Usually I work on a Saturday until 3pm but this weekend because the snow had started to fall about 10am and because the weather reports suggested that we were in for a LOT of snow we decided to close the shop and come home early.
All of the snow worked its magic on me and I began to feel very Christmassey and Crafty. Here is what we got up to ...
The girls made marshmallow truffles which involved sticking a fork into the largest marshmallows that we could find, dipping into a bowl of melted dark chocolate and then into sprinkles. The girls needed a little bit of help to get the truffles from the fork onto the greaseproof paper. Then we placed them in the fridge to set. They were quite for ages dipping and sprinkling and then again later in the day eating the finished product!
Handmade Christmas Presents ...
I always struggle with presents for Grandparents because what do you get them when they have everything they need already? This year I wanted to be a little different and send out some handmade gifts.
I went to the market Saturday morning and bought some Hyacinths in pots for all of the Nanna's in the family. I stamped a piece of calico with a Brilliance ink pad (in Rocket Red) and frayed the edges a little before sticking it to the front of the pot which I had wrapped with hessian. I attached some garden string and a little ribbon to each pot and finally added a little punched tag which was stamped with a kiss on one side and 'handmade with love' on the other.
Handmade Felt Scrubs...
All of the snow worked its magic on me and I began to feel very Christmassey and Crafty. Here is what we got up to ...
The girls made marshmallow truffles which involved sticking a fork into the largest marshmallows that we could find, dipping into a bowl of melted dark chocolate and then into sprinkles. The girls needed a little bit of help to get the truffles from the fork onto the greaseproof paper. Then we placed them in the fridge to set. They were quite for ages dipping and sprinkling and then again later in the day eating the finished product!
Handmade Christmas Presents ...
I always struggle with presents for Grandparents because what do you get them when they have everything they need already? This year I wanted to be a little different and send out some handmade gifts.
I went to the market Saturday morning and bought some Hyacinths in pots for all of the Nanna's in the family. I stamped a piece of calico with a Brilliance ink pad (in Rocket Red) and frayed the edges a little before sticking it to the front of the pot which I had wrapped with hessian. I attached some garden string and a little ribbon to each pot and finally added a little punched tag which was stamped with a kiss on one side and 'handmade with love' on the other.
Handmade Felt Scrubs...
I covered bars of soap with some of the wool tops that I had lying around in my workshop (next time I will use homemade soap but didn't have any for this project so used shop bought). Hope my sister is not reading this as this is one of her presents this year!
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