I haven't had too much time for crafting over the last few days, yesterday was our village Christmas festivities and I was working in the gift shop. It was lovely, the Anonymous Travelling Market was in the high street, with food and gift stalls. There were carol singers and Father Christmas even put in an appearance. Luckily the snow and ice had pretty much defrosted so lots of people ventured out and there was a really festive atmosphere.
This morning I'd planned a lazy day with a spot of crafting thrown in, but unfortunately my 10 year old was out sledging yesterday, making the most of the tiny bit of snow we had left, and he managed to run his thumb over with the sledge & then to make matters worse he fell on it! So my relaxing morning was spent sitting in Salisbury A&E. To cut a long story short, his thumb is broken, so he now has a splint and a sling and instructions to be careful. Luckily for him its his right thumb, so he's hoping he gets away without writing at school tomorrow.
I did manage to steal half an hour this afternoon to do a tiny bit of crafting - I've decided to make a rag wreath to put on our front door. I haven't had a chance to finish it, but here it is half made:
I'm reserving judgement on it until its finished - I don't know if its going to look shabby chic or just shabby. Am hoping to finish it tomorrow & then make a decision on whether to hang it up or not.
Sally
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As it's too cold for me to sit at my kitchen table and sew (don't ask - storage heaters & a door that doesn't fit properly!), I thought today I'd share my favourite Christmas decorations with you. These have all been with me for about 10 years, and I love each and every one of them.
This one was made for me by my aunt. The triangles are filled with stuffing and its edged with ribbon. She also made this one for me too:
It's not a brilliant photo I'm afraid, but the bells are made up from panels of fabric. Plastic bells and ribbons hang down from each one & the fabric bells get larger as they go down.
This next decoration is from a kit by Bucilla. I bought it years ago, and started making it, but it was one of those things that never get finished. Luckily my mum-in-law came to the rescue and spent many hours hand stitching every sequin and felt piece together.
Don't you think she is very clever?
Finally this is the only decoration I can lay claim to making. Again it's a kit from Bucilla, and again I bought it years ago when my eldest was tiny. Only this time I did finish it. Every sequin, every stitch was hand sewn by me, a complete labour of love and every year I get it out and am amazed I actually had the patience to make it.
Let me know if you've got favourite decorations, I'd love to see them and hear the stories behind them.
Sally
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I'm really really trying to get myself in the Christmas mood, so I made some more felt decorations today.
Firstly I finished the snowman I started a few days back:
I used black seed beads for his eyes and buttons, and used clear ones on his hat.
I also found a fantastic tutorial for felt Christmas puddings over at the wonderful Crafty Helen @ Home blog(click here for the tutorial) and decided to make some small ones to hang on my tree.
This tiny one is made from a circle the size of a candle votive, and I used seed beads to make the holly berries. I've used a 10p piece so that you can get an idea of how tiny the pudding worked out! I then made a slightly bigger one from the base of a candle holder, and this time used larger beads to make the holly berries.
They were really good fun to make, and so simple. All I need now is some glittery thread to make hangers from and I think they'll really look good on my tree.
Finally I found a new use for the felt balls I made the other day:
A teeny tiny snowman. A very colourful chap wouldn't you say!
Sally
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