After school this afternoon, Sarah, her friend, and I made some little Christmas houses. They are a twist on the more traditional gingerbread house, and are assembled with ready made biscuits such as Sponge Fingers, Hundreds and Thousands, Tina … [Read more...]
Candy Crafts
Sarah and I love to make things out of Candy to give as Christmas gifts - there are so many wonderful ideas around to present chocolates and lollies in creative ways. It is the one type of craft activity that kids are guaranteed to want to … [Read more...]
A Lifesaver at Christmas Time…..
As Christmas is approaching, I made up some covered Lifesavers to give to my friends at school. I got the inspiration from the Candy Coins on the Martha Stewart site.I wrapped rolls of Lifesavers in white wrapping paper, and then wrapped some thin … [Read more...]
Monogrammed Gift Tags
Christmas is my favourite time of year and I really look forward to creating all the little finishing touches that add to the magic of the season. Simple is the theme for all my Christmas projects this year as I seem to be short on … [Read more...]
Charming Ornaments – Part 2 – How To
I had a few requests for the instructions for making your own Charming Ornaments. You can make up a batch fairly quickly. Supplies for each ornament:small piece of quilters cotton (I used red, lime, and pink) fusible webbing such as vliesofix … [Read more...]
Charming Ornaments
Some scraps of Prints Charming fabric were put to good use on these felt ornaments. This year I am planning on wrapping gifts in shiny white paper, tied with red ribbons, and will attach a felt ornament for decoration. Simple but festive!Edit: You … [Read more...]
Beautiful Bloggers
(Image Credit: Tessa Edwards)We have "met" many amazing people through the wonderful world of blogs that inspire us on so many levels. One of these is the lovely Renee who shares her incredible journey on Circling My Head. Renee had a giveaway … [Read more...]
Christmas Gift Tags for Bridge Lovers
My In-Laws are great lovers of card games - Bridge, Canasta, 500 etc - so I have created some Christmas gift tags with a Card theme.Supplies and Equipment:Old deck of Playing Cardsred ribbonred and white card stockdouble sided tapehole punch, circle … [Read more...]
Freaky Friday with Blue Cricket Design
Today I am doing a guest post over at Blue Cricket Design - so if you would like to see a fun Advent Calendar tutorial, you will have to pop on over! In return, the lovely Becca from Blue Cricket is posting here with a fun tutorial of her own. So … [Read more...]
Quilt-A-Long
Thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes for my Mum - she was delighted to read so many well wishes from all the corners of the world! I have finally found some time this week to make a start on the Joseph's Coat Quilt A Long that the ever so … [Read more...]
Moondance Rose
Thanks for all the wonderful Birthday wishes for my Mum! Anyone who knows my Mum, knows she loves everything to do with roses. At one stage she even had more than 50 varieties of roses growing in her garden. When I saw the Moondance fabric by Robyn … [Read more...]
Happy 70th Birthday Mum!!
My wonderful, amazing, talented, and beautiful Mother celebrated her 70th birthday last week. On the weekend we celebrated with a High Tea Party and I had a lot of fun putting it all together. We went with a pink and white colour scheme, with accents … [Read more...]
