Pressies for the in-laws

Now that Christmas is over I can finally share the last presents with you. I would also like to take this opportunity to invite you all over to Grey Duckling to take part in my first ever giveaway. In the autumn I made a few bobbin lace flower brooches and I am giving one of them away as an extra New Years present to one lucky person. You just have to comment on the post on Grey Duckling to take part in the giveaway.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all a crafty New Year.
Eddie


Bunch of knitted flowers for my sister-in-law made using Ingrid's recipe for knitted flowers on Historic Crafts.


Novel bag for my sister-in-law using this tutorial from Grey Duckling that I adapted from the book 'playing with books'!


Decoupaged drawing onto the bottom of a bowl for my sister-in-law



Basketweave scarf for my father-in-law using this pattern that I talked about on 'Roued is...'.


Another decoupage bowl!


Mug cozy for my mother-in-law made with the Dixie Norton's pattern on Ravelry.


Garden markers for my mother-in-law. I have posted a tutorial on Grey Duckling on how to make these.

Christmas present list

Today I would like to share my list of Christmas presents with you all and see what you say to it. I can't wait to hear your comments. Just in case my family somehow stumble upon this post I won't mention who is getting what.

• Knitted Basketweave scarf - I made one of these for my dad for his birthday and now it is back by popular request.
• Knitted Flowers - using Ingrid's wonderful recipe.
• Mug Sweater - using the Ho(o)t Coffee pattern by Dixie Stix
• Novel Bags - bags made out of books inspired by the book: Playing with Books - I made some changes to this idea and will be doing a tutorial in a post called "Gifts for the Book Lover"
  
• Snack Bowls - I decoupaged the bottom of glass bowls with drawings I made myself - I will show you at a later stage.
  
• Ctr-Alt-Del Pillow cases - as seen on Gizmodo
• Recycled Spoon Garden Markers - I have already posted a tutorial on making these in the Gifts for the Gardener post.
• Bowl decoupaged with stamps - will post tutorial for this in a post called "Gifts for the Geek"
• Big Island Dish - glass dish with decoupaged map on the bottom - I have a tutorial ready for this weeks "Gifts for the Navigator" post.
• Musical tea light holders - I did a tutorial on this a couple of weeks ago called "Gifts for the Musician".

Can't wait to hear from you.

@EddieDuckling

Papercuts and Postcards

Hello everyone, I'm Lauren from Sewing Me, Sewing You. I thought I'd drop by to post some ideas I want to work on for Christmas prezzies - so far they are only ideas and I haven't actually got round to starting any of them.

The first one is papercutting. I saw an article in the Guardian about Rob Ryan and fell in love with what he does. I'd like to try my hand at paper cutting, though with a much simpler design than his which are like this...



I also like this from Green Chair Press blog...



The second idea was to create a set of personalised postcards, by buying plain blank ones and drawing, stencilling or decorating the postcards while leaving the address/message side blank for the recipient of the present to use, thus spreading the joy to others!

I'll post some pics if I manage to do either!

a warm hello!

Hi fellow crafters! My name is Emily, and I have a blog called seymour. I've been a crafty gifter for most of my life- the first handmade gifts I can remember making are the door sachets I gave to my mom in first or second grade. :) My favorite things to do include sewing, baking, crocheting & drawing. It is so exciting to continue the tradition with all of you as fresh inspiration!

kitchen, natural habitat.

So far, my I've listed most potential present recipients (I hope the list can stay as long as it is!), and some gifts that sound fun to make. That list includes:

• mittens
• tree skirt (a pre-Christmas Christmas present)
• scarves/snoods
• handmade cards
• hats
• keychains
• shave kit/ makeup bags
• pajama bottoms (I think we can all agree this is an excellent gifty project!)
• simple, easy fitting tops and dresses, like Simplicity 3835
• stuffed animals/amigurumi
• bookmarks
• baked goodies with pretty packaging

Hello from Scruffybadgertime

I'm Scruffybadgertime & mainly love to sew & make jewellery, over here at Scruffybadgertime.

Every year, Christmas & birthday I at least try to make my friends pressies, although this year I'm feeling more ambitious & want to add more handmade pressies to the list. This means I need to get started, & am so looking forward to getting some inspiration from Crafty Christmas Clubbers.

My theme this year seems to be nightwear ... (last few years it's been jewellery)
I am tempted to make my girlfriends some PJs a bit like these (& Tilly's!), all presented in a matching drawstring bag, & maybe with some cute crochet slippers? I could make matching washbags/ make up bags as well ....(oh, I can so easily get carried away!!)

Then for my Mum, I'd love to be able to capture that "perfect" nightdress that she can't get anywhere - I've a 70s pattern that I'm hoping will work.

For my man, he is so short of clothes - where would I start? He could do with the whole lot!
Flowery (& otherwise) shirts feel tempting for the important menfolk in my world (those that would appreciate them!). Would it be worth trying to make boxers? Has anyone else ever given them a go?

I have a feeling I am likely to go off track when I catch other people's great ideas! This is very exciting!