Christmas Tree Sweet Tree

As I told you the beginning of the week, I bought some things at Makro, this is what I did with them

I also got some Maoam strips from Amazon to make some but they havent arrived as of yet 

Christmas Tree Sweet Tree

Polystyrene Cones

Selection of flat sweets.   Eg Refreshers Drumsticks Maoam

Hot Glue gun

Cello for presentation

Ribbon

Take a cone , this one is 20cm tall, but you can make them as big as you want them to suit your taste and budget

I then coloured my cone green with a felt pen, you could also paint it if you so wish

The reason I do this as if you leave it white the colour seems to peek through, I think black would also be a good colour

Then starting at the bottom stick the sweets to cover the whole lower part as shown they should attach fairly quickly as you are using hot glue

When you have the first layer on , move on to a second layer using the same technique as above. Continue in layers until you reach the top

I used 4 layers for my tree

On the top put a Santa’s hat or cut out a red star from cardboard. Both ideas shown below

Decorate the finished tree with some cello and a festive ribbon

Now on Facebook and twitter

Hi, 

I`ve opened a Facebook ,  twitter account and website

You`ll find me in all the places and this blog

This is the facebook page

If you could like me that would be great. I`m running a competition and when I get to 1000 likes, I will pick a person using a random generator to receive a £10 paypal voucher or £10 voucher to the shop of your choice. eg ASDA, Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons or any other store, its your choice

I have included the paypal voucher in case you do not live in the UK

This is the twitter

 if you would like to follow me

And heres the website

Thanks guys and good luck

Sweets ready for sweet trees and other quests

Managed to get my OH to take me to Makro today which is a bit of a task as he dont like the place

I purchased these 3 items

Flying saucers 300 pack £5,15

Swizzels Matlow strips  £12.95 for 3kg

Haribo jelly beans - £7.20 for 3kg which is excellent

I follow the price of sweets constantly and challenge you all to find me cheaper 

Im going to be busy in the next few weeks making my sweet trees so watch this space

Sometimes you just have to stop what your doing

Hi

Sometimes you just have to stop what your doing and do this

STOP

This is ace, check it out and its great in this day and age, for resting your eyes or putting the kettle on

Pop Up House

I been working on this a while. While I was in a card shop I seen some pop up cards and wanted one of my own, I couldnt make an easy one, I went straight in and came up with this

Its a Silhouette file and can be cut out on a Silhouette machine and a craft robo

https://www.christmascraft.co/Silhouette_Files.html

Pick up the file here

Printed T shirts - ready for an outing

I see people selling t shirts with slogans but can never remember what they are, or what's suitable for me

So this afternoon I decided to print some up for a forthcoming outing

My OH is always joking around, he`s very intelligent and ran a successful business but he always winds people up

So I decided to get one over on him

I printed these t shirts for the whole family

I used T shirt transfer sheets i picked up on eBay and some t shirts that were 5 for £12, also on eBay 

4 of the t shirts are like this

And his is like this

Sweet Bouquets

These are easy to make and are lovely for all ages and any budget

They`re great for Christmas presents, Valentines and Birthday treats

And fun to make too, what more could you want

How to instructions here

And more great ideas for a frugal Christmas with big impact