It's been a while...

but the birthdays are approaching like every year (and very surprisingly, too!). What to give to the Gran who has everything? Something she can't drop off at the Church Sale...
I got myself some magnetic photo paper, suitable for all ink jet printers, and saved a collage of the grandchildren on the computer to print out. Now I just have to cut them out and wrap them and she can't complain about not having recent photographs any more if they are stuck to her fridge door...:))

Instead of a real one

Our printed Christmas tree with sticker-decorations

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New focal point

I printed this out on paper and pinned it on the wall.

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And so it begins...

This year the advent calendars for the children will be filled cupcake boxes which I came across today - no glue, no mess, just slot them together, fill and close over - and they can't even spot what's in them...

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Glittery Rainbowwool? Gimme that!!!

Ready, steady - craft...

I have procrastinated long enough. With over two-and-a-half thousand ideas collected on my "craft"-board on pinterest and the first Ch......-Chocolate in the supermarkets (really??? What happenend to Harvest Festivals and Hallowe'en???) it is time I tried my hand at some of them. I have blackboard paint and silver and gold spray at the ready...Time to go collecting materials in the real world. 

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The results of the last two evenings.

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Accessories for my leather gloves.

Work in progress

A loop, fingerless mittens and a scarf out of  200g of self-"patterning" wool. 

Jewel magnets

I used sticky-backed glass jewels and stuck them onto a  square magnet. The "diamonds" without sticky backing will be attached with a hot glue gun.