Well, now everyone has received their little piece of festive handmade I can finally blog all about them!
First up, place mats - the red and grey are the ones now in Guernsey with my brother and his girlfriend and the funky house shaped ones are Jo's creation for her ma. Both sets were great fun to make and were very well received by their new owners.
The more we do of this sort of crafting the more efficient we become and the neater our work gets. We're now self styled pros at turning in those awkward seams and solving various problems we come across along the way as we make our way along a new crafting journey.
Next up, pin cushions - super fun and easy to make and they do their job brilliantly. The white is mine that I made ages ago, the yellow is my ma's and the little pink one is Lexi's, my niece. Jo made some too but I didn't get a photo - as usual we were too wrapped up in the making to document it much.
Initials - I used some of mine as labels for when wrapping gifts and others were used as the gifts themselves. Once templates and a few logistical issues were sorted these came together beautifully. With a little bit of ribbon or fabric to form a loop they make lovely additions to the Christmas tree too.
Organisation is the key to all sorts of life's little pleasures so we each made a little peg organiser (Jo's was 'lost socks' while mine was just labelled 'things' as my parent's are so organised that they would rarely consider having lost socks or lost things of any kind for that matter.) Ma's going to use it in her green house for holding seed packets and instructions so I'm sure it will be well used.
Along with all of the above creations we also made chalk boards, animal magnets and various other solo projects for various friends and relations. All in all, a very lovely weekend spent with a very good friend and my first car-boot experience too.
Hope you've all had a lovely festive season. I'll be back in the new year with more bits and bobs. 2013 here we come.
S. x
