Janette's Crafty Goodies

Warm Snowballs

Snow is cold, and we have a serious lack of it round our way,  so I thought lets have a snowball fight anyway.  These little critters were made out of a recycled teddy bear.

Almost Christmas, time to crack open the wine.

Too cute to resist, these little fellows were made from wine corks and fluffy wool.  Will have to make sure I only buy wine with proper corks from now on,  I have a few gaps on my tree that will fit these nicely.

My Own Little Snowman

There’s only so much you can make with fluffy wool,  hats and scarves being about my limit,  anything larger and its just too much.  I had intended to make a white hat and scarf with red trim for Christmas, but after the white part of the hat was made it was just begging to be turned into a snowman.  So here’s my little darling modelling her new snowman set.  (I made matching leg warmers too, but she hasn’t got them on in this pic.

Candy Cane Mice

Christmas, much as I love it is really for the children.  It’s a great time to craft with the little ones as there are so many fun things that they can make.  Kieran (3yo) made this candy cane mouse (I cut the shapes he put them all together.)

Angels

The angel kit from was just too adorable to resist.  At least this one didn’t involve pins and sequins so I managed to make these fairly quickly without doing myself any damage.

What to get for the person with everything

Nothing!!!!!  But lets put it in a jar, so at least they have something to open on christmas day.

Feed the Reindeers

Christmas Craft Fair.

My Sister has organised a Christmas Craft Fair in aid of The local Multiple Sclerosis Society.  This is being held on Saturday 8th December from 10am to 4 pm, at Cleator Moor Civic Hall, Cumbria.

I have a Stall booked at this to sell my own crafts, but the MS Society roped me in to making some Items for them to sell.  I tried to keep the items cheap and cheerful, and to make things that I usually wouldn’t make and sell myself.  My son (3yo) helped me make this reindeer food, with a little persuasion in the form of a letter from Santa.

And a close up of the tag, so you can see the text.

Coca-cola Christmas

I love the coke Christmas adverts,  With the red and white Santa, It always feels like Christmas when they start showing them on the TV.  So as a tribute to coke and their take on Christmas (and to find another use for empty cans)I made these.

Never Again

I love pin flair decorations, I have seen them time and time again on Create and Craft and thought about buying them.  I picked up a couple of kits recently and set to work.  Thought it would be easy, but I couldn’t find my thimble and my fingers ended up full of holes and blisters.  They look lovely and will have pride of place on my Christmas tree, but we’ll have to look after them as I’m never making any more. 

Recycled tea light holders (the bit you usually throw away!!)

A few weeks ago at the farmers market and craft fair Shelly unintentionally set me a challenge.  She arrived with a collection of metal tealight holders (you know, the bit that’s left after the candle has been used, that most people would throw away) and asked me if I had any use for them.  Never one to let a simple thing like not having a clue get in my way I said I was sure I could use them for something.  After many long hours thinking about them, I came up with this

A simple church candle decorated with wire, beads and stars made from the tea light holders.