Old candles

I have quite a few old plain candles hanging around so I thought I`d chrismassy them up a bit

This type of thing

So i stamped an image of matilda onto tissue paper and coloured it in, I then fixed it to the candle using an embossing tool, it came out better than I thought

And I put some bling on it to finish. So nice christmas ornament for me , which worked out free because I was going to throw the candle away

Otis makes a new friend

When we got up this morning otis and his family had decided to make some friends, so here they are my son wasnt very impressed but it gave us a laugh

Otis Sugar Socks Day 2

Today I had to go up to art club, and we were having what you yorkshire people call a "fuddle", I call it a buffet or party.

Everyone bought a plate of something to eat and when I opened my craft bag, Otis and his family popped out. So they went over to look at the food.

At this point not all the food was on the table as it was early.

Well more people came in with their things and after a bit I could see Otis "peek a booing" over the top of the food

PEEK A BOO

The family soon got bored and came over to see what I was doing, I noticed they had brought some food with them

I told them off as we hadnt started the food, they were very naughty and had helped themselves without asking ..sometimes you have to keep a close eye on them because otherwise they cause a lot of trouble.

So to make amends they wanted to help me paint

So they can be good if they try

Otis Sugar Socks

Otis Sugar Socks was late arriving this year due to the snow problems. He did tell Santa he`d behave himself as he now has a family, Mrs Sugar Socks and Baby Candy Canes, but unfortunately everytime santa looked around he was off playing and not helping with Christmas. So we got a letter asking could we look after him ....

Here he is with the family

He was so excited to be here and promptly checked out the christmas things.

Over the next couple of weeks he will be blogged most days as to what he will get upto.

If you want to do something similar yourselves check out this great website.
http://magicalholidayhome.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=140

Otis has previously appeared on my facebook page but will now be here due to demand

Wheres the christmas cupcakes gone?

Last night I made 24 cupcakes. 12 chocolate and 12 normal sponge one ones. I made a variety of toppings including, orange, strawberry, mint , coconut.

I thought I`d leave it until today to photograph them as the light wasnt very good and this is what I`m left with

5 cakes

NEC Stash

I had a FAB time at NEC, wasnt just the stash , it was the whole event, started by chatting to Nigel , create and craft, watched a demo and was on TV asking can we have create and craft 24hrs on freeview. Christmas band playing in the background.

I then wandered around the show, special thanks to Silhouette who spent a good 15 minutes showing me all the silhouette can do. I bought two sets of sketch pens, but the other products I`m definately going to purchase. OH was with me so maybe idea for him for my xmas presents, but he was too busy chewing their sweets which they kept giving him.

I bought a few things, but alot of things I didnt get as I`m lucky to have loads of craft shops near to pick things up.

Being a member of MSE i`ve become very cautious with my pennies and am constantly asked wheres the best price for??? Do you find this??

I also spent a bit of time in the Art part as I love painting. I did leave the exhibition before the end but that was because my conked out body wouldnt allow me to do anymore, otherwise I would have stayed until chucking out time.

Heres some of the purchases, I did purchase quite a few books and magazines and I havent photographed these.

Apart from the Silhouette pens and everything else, the gold and silver promarkers are brilliant. I`ve only photographed a couple of each item, but I bought several packs of each thing, because I know what I`m like, my usual saying is....I wish I`d bought more

I`ve wanted these for ages but couldnt justify the cost, so when I seen them and they were in my budget for the day, I just had to have them

I love backing papers, I have quite a collection, must use some.....I bought a few stamps as well, although i`m not bery good at it, my new years res, is to stamp more and improve. And the wooden embellishments are for a 50th Anniversary photo frame I`m working on , has anyone else noticed you cant buy them anywhere? and i have two 50th wedding anniversarys next year.

Christmas Gifts

I`ve been busy lately making the following, I have abigger family this year to make for with my daughters boyfriends family and dont know where the time goes, below is a selection of cheap and cheerful gifts I`ve made and I`ve enjoyed making them

These are Cadbury Dairy Milk and Chocolate Lollys

Here we have Bah humbug, after dinner chocolates santa stash chocolates and tuck shop treats

Christmas kisses, reindeer poop