Screen prints available for Christmas gifts!

If you're still looking for a gift for a loved one this Christmas, why not get them a unique screen print from my online shop? There are limited numbers left of all the bicycle screen prints so get in there quickly to avoid disappointment! You can buy from my Folksy shop here :)

Snowman Christmas Screen print

A special Christmas screen print by me - A Snowman made up of little snowflake shapes, printed in metallic silver and pale blue ink. This print is available now from my Folksy shop now at £18.00, hope you like it!

Handmade Christmas Wreaths

I have been busying myself lately making things for my stall this saturday (30th November) at the Spiegeltent Christmas Fayre. I have made two more Paper christmas wreaths similar to the ones I made last year but slightly smaller and so  bit less work! These ones are about 8 inches across.

Update: The blue one is still available so I have listed it on my Folksy shop here, postage within the UK is £3.

 

I also made a mini wreath which is needlefelted with red felt. It has felt holly leaves, gold thread and bead holly berries.

Felt Christmas Baubles

I made some cute Christmas decorations from bits of felt, beads and ribbons. My sewing machine skills are still not as great as I'd like but these were good practice! The idea and the patterns came from Samantha Stas in this month's Mollie Makes Magazine.

My screen printed Christmas cards

I created these two cute characters especially to feature on these screen printed cards :)
These happy Robin and Snowman dudes will definately stand out against all the other boring Christmas cards!

You can buy one now from my Folksy shop if you like them or contact me directly. They cost £2.70 each and the postage is 60 pence, no matter how many you order!

Christmas Robins and Snowmen!

I know it's a long time till Christmas but I'm getting organised whilst I have some time on my hands! Here are some Snowman and Robin tree decorations made from Fimo that I've been working on. They are for sale so please do get in touch if you would like one. The snowmen measure around 50mm tall and the Robins around 35mm tall.

Robin decorations

Snowman decorations

How to make a Christmas Gift Box

A couple of years ago I shared on Folksy this tutorial about how to make a Christmas (or any other) gift box, I just remembered about it as I want to make a little box for one of my Christmas gifts, so I thought I'd share with you here :)

How to make a gift box:
You need: A square piece of coloured card or an old greetings card (front and back)
A Ruler, a pencil, some scissors or a scalpel.

Stage 1
Find an old Christmas card and cut off the front page and put aside the back. Crop it to a square shape (if not already). Try to use a card larger than about 12cm square otherwise your box will be very fiddly and small! The finished box will be about a third the width of your card size. You can use any sheet or card if you want to or a large piece for a bigger box.

Stage1

 

Stage 2
Draw a line from corner to corner on the back of the card (dont worry this wont be seen) and then from the other corners. There shouldn't be any need to measure anything on the card. Now that you have found the middle of your square you can draw a vertical and a horizontal line. Draw from the corners of these lines some vertical lines, carry on until the back of your card looks like that of the photo.

Stage 2

Stage 3
Now cut and score the lines as shown in the image, using scissors or a scalpel 

Stage 3

Stage 4

Fold the corner triangles backwards. Then fold the two that are on the square sections into the middle. (you can fold them back again in a minute).

Stage 4

 Stage 5
Fold other sides into the middle as shown. Tuck the triangle edges inwards.

Stage 5

 

Stage 6
Fold the square sections over the top of the tucked in bits and the top of your box is ready. There should be no to stick it but you can if you want to. Repeat the whole process again using the back of the card to make the bottom of the box. It's a good idea to make the square in stage one a little smaller so that your finished bottom half will fit inside the top. Now you have a festive gift box and you can make any size you want!

Festive shrink plastic jewellery

Just a couple of festive shrinky plastic bits I've made :) Please get in touch if you'd like me to make you some!

Snowman Brooch

Christmas Tree Earrings

Christmas Tree Earrings close up

Pink Christmas Wreath

This is a handmade paper Christmas wreath that I made last week. If you'd like one similar please let me know, I can do different colours to suit your Christmas decorating scheme! Please get in touch if you'd like me to make one for you at cenoble@hotmail.co.uk.

Button Christmas Trees

Christmas is creeping ever closer so I thought I'd raid my button collection and make some button Christmas Trees! These cute decorations are each made of nine or ten different coloured green buttons stacked on top of a large bead and topped off with a star button and some festive ribbon.

If you'd like one please get in touch with me or maybe try making one :)

Christmas Wreath

Are you starting to think about Christmas yet? How would you like a beautiful and reusable Wreath this year? 

Last year I made a wreath from festive paper and would like to make more for this Christmas. If you would like me to make one for you please get in touch! I can do any colour and size you'd like. Prices will be from around £16.

Hand made Penguins

Having been inspired by thee BBC's frozen planet series, I made these little corderoy owls for my friends and family over Christmas, I think they're rather cute :)

Christmas display board

I'm very pleased with this Christmas display board I made from a board I found in the attic, some fabric, wadding, split pins and ribbon :)

Christmas Wreath

I decided to make my own christmas wreath, but not out of spiky mean holly, but out of festive paper. I basically got the idea from a tutorial which I found here, so I'll admit I did have a bit of help. It was pretty easy though and didn't take too long, once you've found a thing to be the base of the wreath! I'm pretty pleased with it :)