Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 December 2014

Crafty Christmas...

 
Hiya guys!  Happy Sunday!  Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas!
 
I spent the day chilling out with my family and watching loads of DVDs!  Overall, it was a really good day!
 
I was actually going to do this week’s post about what to do with leftover Christmas present boxes that can be reused, but…my lovely sister got me something really cool and crafty for Christmas so I obviously couldn’t not do a post about that!
 
Months ago, while I was organising my arts and craft supplies, I was moaning about the labels on the drawers and how they looked really messy because I was handwriting them.  I mentioned a label maker would be totally handy because I could organise e-v-e-r-y-thing and label them!  To be honest, I didn’t really think anyone was listening to me, but guess what I got…a label maker!!!  Yay!
 
 
 
 
What makes this label maker even better is that it embosses the letters on to the tape, instead of using ink, making it 3D…AMAZE!
 
 
 
 
So, getting inspo from a film we watched - Maleficent, which you should watch if you haven’t seen already, because it is r-e-a-l-l-y good – I thought it would be fun to do a line from a Disney film song.  For example:
 
 
 
 
I then thought ‘what if I type out lyrics to a full song? And maybe display it in a photo frame?’
 
So I tried it out!  I typed out the lyrics to a song I’ve loved ever since I was wee – Judy Garland’s ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’.  And this is what I came up with.  I love it!
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
I think it’s pretty cool, and I really like the fact I decided to use different colours for every line of the song!  The photo frame I got from a pound shop.  I like the style of the frame…but it would be lovely if it was gold instead of white!
 
So that’s all I have for this week!  I hope you have a good week ahead, and bring in the New Year in style! And enjoy yourselves, of course!
 
I’ll be back in the New Year with more crafty projects!
 
Happy New Year when it comes!
 
Take care guys xxx

 

Sunday, 21 December 2014

Christmas baking!!


Hiya guys!  Happy Sunday!

I thought I would do another photo post, but a wee Christmas baking one so you can get to see what I’ve been up to this week J
 
So, when I wasn’t working, I managed to do some baking.  I made Gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies! To be really honest I’m not the best at cookies - cupcakes are more of my thing - but…they actually turned out not too bad!  And, if I do say so myself, they were yummy!
 
For me, the sugar cookies were so much easier to make, and I didn’t make as much of a mess as I did with the gingerbread ones.
 
I also made some gingerbread cupcakes.  As I said, cupcakes are my thing so this was pretty straightforward and easy to do!
 
Anyway, here are the photos of all the yummy food! 
 

 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
Well that’s it for this week…until next time!
 
Happy Holidays! xxx
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recipe Sources:
 
 
Gingerbread cookies
 
Sugar cookies
 
Gingerbread cupcakes
 
 

Sunday, 14 December 2014

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!

 
Hiya guys!  Hope you’ve all had a good Sunday!
 
This week, I had intended to do a post about making loads of DIY baubles and decorating my Christmas tree with them.  However, I’ve been pretty busy with work and didn’t really have enough time to do this L 
 
Instead, my post is a short one about ideas for making your own Christmas baubles, and at the end I’ll have photos of my tree!
 
Let’s begin…
 
 
 
Christmas bauble #1
 
 
This is a really easy bauble to make, although it’s a bit messy - but quite cool once it dries.
 
 
 
What I used:
 
Medium polystyrene ball (less than £1 from an art store)
Torn up newspaper text
Glue
 
 
 
 
What I did:
 
1)     Basically I just covered the ball with glue and newspaper scraps, then covered it with more glue…sort of like paper mache.
 
2)     I then left it to dry!
 
 
You can decorate your bauble more if you like – glitter, gold/silver pen, gems – whatever goes with the style/colour scheme of your Christmas tree.  Bauble hooks, ribbon or string can also be attached to it so that you can hang it on your tree!
 
Idea: Half a dozen of these could be put into a large bowl for a table centre piece.
 
 
 
Christmas bauble #2
 
Like the first, this bauble is not that hard to make.
 
 
 
 
 
What I used:
 
Large clear plastic ball, opens up (less than £2 from a haberdashery store)
Card
Craft Punch, flower design
Glue
Glitter, red
 
 
 
 
What I did:
 
1)      First of all, using the craft punch, I cut out nearly a hundred wee bits of card - crazy amount for one ball!
 
2)      I covered the inside of one half of the ball with glue and stuck the little card designs down, with some space between for the glitter to be seen.
 
3)      I did the same for the other half.
 
4)      Once all the card was stuck down, I covered the inside of both halves with more glue, then poured on the glitter.  I then put the two halves together then shook the ball so the glitter would stick to the glue.
 
5)      Once both halves were dry, I glued them together, to finish the Christmas bauble.
 
 
 
Again, bauble hooks, ribbon or string can be attached to the bauble, if you want.
 
You can be totally crafty, decorate and make DIY baubles any way you like - using permanent markers, glitter glue or old nail polish...anything!  This is where you can have fun, designing!
 
I really do like the idea of making my own DIY baubles but, in the end, I just used decorations we had from last year.  The gold and silver colour scheme never goes out of style!
 
So I will end my post with my gold and silver decorated tree!  
 
I’ll catch you all next week, with another Sunday post!  Enjoy the week ahead…until next time!