The C Word......

[CanonChrissy]

As much as we hate it, its coming. The shops are filling up, the TVads are starting......the C word...oh yes CHRISTMAS.

This is a bit of a lady thread but guys can join in too.......they have great ideas too.

I'm looking at making a lot of natural stuff as gifts or decorations. I currently have apple slices, sprinkled with cinnamon, drying in my oven. The smell is stunning. Im hoping to use them as tree decorations, gift decorations and pot pori.

I'm also going to do oranges and glass baubels filled with different things. Quite exciteis anyone else doing similar?

Update........burned to a crisp.....grrrrrrr. Need to try again.

[Ryewolf]

Holly wreaths, mistletoe - though kissing under the mistletoe implied a lot more than that, Yule log all very traditional.

[JHFoto]

Only 72 days to go....................

[CanonChrissy]

I know.....scary! Who has Xmas craft ideas?

[Guest]

Bah Humbug. I'm going to hide behind my camera until it's all over.

[FUJI]

I know.....scary! Who has Xmas craft ideas?

My good lady, attends a  Craft group who meet up every Tuesday.........the current trend for Christmas, is the use of the traditional ....DOLLY......clothes peg, to create figures that have a small screw eye in the head so they can be hung from a Christmas Tree or be used at each end of a Christmas Card suspension cord.

They have patterns for a whole range of Regency figures a-la ....Sense and Sensibilty.....ladies in Empire dresses and gents in tight pants ,waistcoats and tailcoats etc.

There is great potential, for other literary figures too.

For a couple of years, my good lady spent literally hours knitting, very beautiful Nativity Sets.....they proved too popular, but just not worth all that effort to see them sold for peanuts on a Christmas Crafts stall.

So it's back to cheap, cheerful, attractive now.......( probably why she sticks with me;-))

 

FUJI

Edited October 14, 2015 by FUJI

[Guest]

 

So it's back to cheap, cheerful, attractive now.......( probably why she sticks with me;-))

 

FUJI

I'm sure you qualify on two out of three counts there Fuji ;-)

 

[colinb]

Sad to say my Yvonne made 14 Christmas puds some months ago and the Christmas cake at the start of the year! 

[CanonChrissy]

A grotto sounds fantastic. I successfully dried some apple slices and will try oranges tonight. With star anise clovescloves and other Christmas spices I'm hoping to make some Xmas pot pori and some natural tree decorations. Also bought some clear glass baubels and have started to fill them with beads, feathers, chillies, ribbon etc. All in prep for a craft fair at sons church.

[Phoenix]

its far to early to even think about Christmas, but when it comes closer, I actually do a lot of 'home - made'. Last year I made lots of cards and bundled them up for friends as a 'gift that keeps on giving'. I'll do that again, and maybe some foodie things, home made cream cheese, truffles that sort of thing. But again, ITS TOO EARLY

[colinb]

Dont be sad Colin thats something to be proud of well done Yvonne, has she been feeding the cake with a little of the hard stuff.

Ron

That and the puds, she gets quite a few requests from friends for one of her Christmas puddings (have to say they are rather tasty!) which is why she cook/bake(?) so many.

[Clicker]

Hmmm I may have to put an order in for a pud as well as a plane Colin!!!

[CanonChrissy]

My craft stock is building. Hubby spending so much time at hospital with his poor mum I'm home alone worrying too much. So I have turned to crafting. I have made some "Christmas in a Jar" ornaments. Jam jars with wire handles filled with my home made potpourri. They are delicious to smell look gorgeous and I have orders already for 2. 

[CanonChrissy]

have just put together a beautiful table centrepiece in between my hospital visits, shopping and housework. This craft thing is addictive!

[CanonChrissy]

Sounds fantastic funand easy to put together