Sarah has done all the Christmas baking this year - it is wonderful to have a daughter who is such a fabulous cook! We make a great team - she made the goodies and I worked on the packaging details.First up, Sarah made some Chocolate Marble Bread … [Read more...]
Last Minute Christmas Projects!
With less than a week to go until Christmas Day - there is still time to make some last minute sweet treats and ornaments. Now that I have finished all my Christmas present shopping, I am enjoying making a few things to put my own touch on the … [Read more...]
Christmas Biscuit House
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. Â 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...]
