Crafty Ribbons Ribbon Advent

 

 

 

 

Just a reminder Crafty ribbons is still running its daily competition.  Theres still time to enter all of the days, just enter your name and email address, and blog URL if you have one.  Competitions close in 2 days x x x x   Just click the link on the right hand side of this page x x x x

 

 

Fingers crossed in the next few weeks i will be able to get up a few posts about all the christmas crafting i have been doing.  Been so so busy doing it, i've not had time to blog about it.  I'm sure that will go on the new year resolutions likst - Blog, blog, blog!!!!

Christmas Crafting...

So, i've been pretty busy the past few weekends crafting away for Christmas. Have mainly been crafting Christmas cards, using Smirk goodies i bought a few years ago.  Was having trouble finding some Fairy inspiration so needed to look online and borrow some ideas and gather inspiration there!!



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've also been crafting some "Handy Pegs" for stocking fillers and Christmas baskets.

 

I have given these a little Christmas twist, with some gorgeous christmassy ribbon and lovely christmas themed buttons and wooden charms.  These have magnets on the back, so can be used to stick to your fridge to hold on to shopping lists, christmas recipes etc.  You can also use them to hang up stockings, cards etc.  Hopefully my recipients will be very happy with them.

 

 

Anyway better go off and spread some more fairy magic over my craft table, and get on with the rest of my christmas projects,

 

Fairy x

 

 

 

 

Crafty Ribbons...

Just to let you all know, Crafty Ribbons (my favourite ribbon company) is doing a Christmas Advent event - giving away lots of lovely prizes every day from themselves and other companies. 
You can also pick up some great design ideas from the design team too - a little bit of inspiration for christmas!!
Just click the link to it on the right hand side of this page, anyone can enter, you dont have to have your own blog, just enter your name and email.

Fairy x



It's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas . . .

The past few weeks i've been starting to do my crafting for Christmas.

I have decided to make lovely hampers for all my family - save on the pennies and give them some gorgeous handcrafted goodies.

 

I started off last week with some soap making. Bit of an experiment for me, something new i've never done before.  It also takes 6 weeks for the soap to be ready, so wont find out till then how it has turned out!!

 

found instructions for it here:

 

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/how-to/craft/how-to-make-soap

 



 

I made 5 types of soap:

Lavender - with real buds of lavender in it and lavender essential oil

Orange and christmas spice - For the orange in the stocking!

Candy cane - sweet minty smelling

Christmas fairy - sweet smelling, pink and glittery

Frosty - a more masculine soap, with frosty mint and cedarwood tones

 

So, in 5 weeks i will be able to cut it up and wrap it ready for christmas. Already in one week, the colour has changed, and it's now much firmer ( the first few days were a worry as it didnt seem to be firming up very quickly!) - and its smelling great too which is excellent.

 

 

So this week was the turn of the Food - things that needed made in advance - Christmas cake, green tomato chutney, and spiced pickled beetroot.  Both the beetroot and green tomatoes had been picked fresh from the garden that morning.

 

And the kitchen smelt wonderful - extremely christmassy spicy scents everywhere!!!

 

 

The jars all ready to add labels to, and the cake ready to be fed with booze every week - it'll be amazing by the time it gets to christmas!!!

 

 

bye for now

 

Fairy x