Crafty Advent - day 24
24/12/2013
Just a quickie post today, as we know you will be busy.
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We heard a rumour that Santa was taking a few days off in Dorset before his big day!
As we walked along Studland beach we saw a man dressed in red paddling in the sea. I said -Mollie I think that is Santa.
She ran off ahead of us to get a better look.
YES ALI IT IS SANTA she shouted at the top of her voice.
By the time we walked the rest of the way along the beach - which seemed like ages.
We found him relaxing in a deckchair in his beach hut.
Ooooooooooh NO!
Santa has dropped his magic keys.
But do not worry - Crafty Ribbons are magic!!
We will get the keys back to Santa
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Crafty Advent - day 23
23/12/2013
Lots to today? If you are looking for a QUICK last minute crafty table idea, then read on.....
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............a fab £15 voucher to be won, so pop over....you know the rest!!
Ribbon sweetie bags filled with those gold and silver choccy coins.
25cm of wide sheer ribbon, fold in half and sew or glue the sides.
Fill with choccy coins and tie a ribbon around the top.
Very simple!
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all month long here
Crafty Advent - day 22
22/12/2013
Hoot Hoot it is all downhill from today...............
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We had a few unexpected visitors recently and I had to rush upstairs and use my "special"
Christmas card. This was a quick card I made to replace it.
I find it amazing what you can do with buttons.
Really nothing to it.
Must go I have lots to do today.
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Crafty Advent - day 21
21/12/2013
Almost there, anyone getting excited.
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I made something for me and my two special girls.
These cute little snowmen are brooches.
Can you believe they are just 2 white buttons a bit of ribbon and black felt for the hat - amazing.
The top one is for Sydney as it has a turquoise scarf and the bottom one is Mollies.
I simply stuck the two buttons to a brooch pin and tied velvet ribbon around the gap for a scarf.
This is mine. It is a little smaller then the girls snowman and I used gingham ribbons for the scarf.
How cute are these snowmen?!
If you have not already seen the design team creations then do go and have a look here.
They really have designed some super creations for this advent.
Crafty Advent - day 20
20/12/2013
Our warehouse is closed, so we can now enjoy the festivities!
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We had a small Christmas party in the warehouse earlier in the week.
So I made a Christmas cake....................well a sponge cake.
I had to decorate it with ribbon................ it would have been rude not too.
So I wrapped ribbon around the cake.
Then I made a tree!
With a button red star.
The girls all thought it looked wicked.
It must have tasted good too................not much left.
But sadly I could have none.......boo hoo..........
I had a bad reaction to walnuts a few weeks back, really poorly and I felt very sorry for myself.
So I stopped all types of nuts - hey ho.
Since then I have had two minor reactions - both from nuts in products.
So when I unwrapped the fondant icing and read "May contain nuts"
No way Hose - a swollen face looking like Santa was definitely not on my Christmas list.
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Crafty Advent - day 19
19/12/2013
Boy have I done some sewing for this advent!
My creation today is for my other niece Mollie and probably took me the longest time to make.
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I found this very tricky to photograph, so sorry but there are quite a few.
Mollie loves playing with her dolls and asked me if I would make a pram set for her.
I said I was very busy, could I buy her one. Her reply was "No thanks Ali it will not have been made with love".
Oh it broke my heart
It started out as just the top cover, quilted and edged with red jumbo ric rac
I have been wanting to use ric rac in this style for ages, and believe it or not,
it was rather easy to do.
The cup cake fabric is two tea towels - I have said before I love crafting with Tea towels.
I made a quilted matress for the bottom of the pram trimmed with red bias binding, then a matching fleece blanket with cupcake detail.
Then I made a matching pillow and a really cute dolly taggie blanket.
The taggie is soooooo sweet.
I do hope she likes it. It was definitely made with tons of love.
The design team have also been creating, so check out their creations on our Inspiration blog.
Crafty Advent - day 18
18/12/2013
Stuck for a little prezzie for a sewing friend? Then read on....but first.
Joanna Sheen is our sponsor today with a selection of her crafting goodies and CD.
What do you think of these........
Little pincushions to sit on your friends crafting tables.
For the last couple of weeks I have been looking for little pots in the charity shops in Blandford.
Simply tied with 10mm Swiss Dot ribbon in Black.
This is pot is rather zingy so I used the lime Fresh Stripe ribbon for that extra splash of zest.
A perfect and quick little gift idea.
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Crafty Advent - day 17
17/12/2013
Why not sit back and relax, my project today is a little lounging delight for a little girl.
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Today's creation is a Christmas prezzie for my niece Sydney.
I just hope she does not flick onto one of the office computers after school today.
I MUST stress that shocking pink and turquoise are Sydney favourite colours.
I used a bought cushion cover, drew a star shape onto the cover and simply stitched the
Basics 2 Go buttons onto the line.
At the points I used the turquoise stars from the multi star selection
I have my fingers crossed she will like it.
The design team have come up with a super collection of creations today,
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Crafty Aadvent - day 16
16/12/2013
A touch of Scandinavian Style from me today.
We have letraset as our sponsor today with a fab collection of pro markers.
You all know what to do by now the Inspiration blog is here
We all know what the Scandinavian Style look is....
Simple white and red chic.
Felt white hearts edged with red blanket stitch and finished with classic red and white gingham ribbon
They look wicked on the tree
I used two layers of white felt.
The gingham is just perfect for this Scandinavian Style.
Why not finish the look with simple red and white parcels.
Saddle stitch ribbon and plain white tissue paper.
Super simple.
More inspiration from the design team on our Inspiration blog.
Crafty Advent - day 15
15/12/2013
We got very messy creating todays project for you......
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Now are you ready for our messy creations.
I decided that Christmas cake should be for all, so I made this.......
Bird cake hung up with Red snowflake ribbon from the Go Grosgrain Collection
BUT........
......I made a mistake........
......I had left everything out on the canteen table, so when the little ones got home from school............
Mollie, Sydney and Sam wanted to make some.
I used a spoon to mix the soft lard with the bird seed..............
But they used their hands......yuk!
We popped them in the fridge over night, they picked their own ribbons.
Mollie choose the silver tinsel.
(shhhh a secret.........but the birds are a bit scared of the silver and have not eaten her cake,
so I have been out with a fork to make it look as if a birdie has been enjoying it.)
But guess what? They had to go home, and could not help to tidy up!
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