Christmas Challenge #29: Deer Napkins

I picked up some cute deer fabric at spotlight on sale, you know because nobody wants to buy christmas fabric this early...but I do!

I decided to make these really simple napkins with it. I simply took equal parts of the fabric and hemmed each side.

Because they are such neutral colours I think they would go with many different table settings.

Who doesn't like a bit of gold and a deer head right??

Phew thats one more thing off of my list!

Christmas Challenge #27: Christmas House

I am taking a little break from advent stuff, though I do have another advent calendar that I want to make! Today I'm making some little felt ornaments

 They were super simple to whip up and I just love giving these as little gifts!

As you can see I just cut a few house shapes from some white felt and then added a roof, a door and a little heart window. Simple and Fun! And another day closer to 100 Christmas things !

Christmas Challenge #17: A Fishy Gift

Hi! Today I am sharing a fishy game that I made for my son. This one has been a WIP so I am so glad that I finally finished it and can now pop it away for xmas!

 How I made it: I simply cut a bunch of fish shapes our of felt and lots of fins, dots and stripes. I sewed them all together and added a washer into the mouth of the fish when I stuffed them and sewed them shut. I took two small lengths of wood that I purchased at the hardware store and painted them, then added some line and a magnet on the end. I then hot glued the red hook onto the magnet to cover it.

 I'm happy with how these turned out and happy that they are finally done and my son will be able to play with them!

 I'm also super excited that I have another handmade gift to pop away! YAY for handmade gifts!!!

I just can not wait to see him playing with it!

Christmas Challenge #16: Felt Food Wrapping it Up!

 So now that I have finished my set of felt christmas food I thought it would be fun to wrap it up in a box.

I found a box I had well just lying around ;) and painted it red. I added a heap of tissue paper to the box and added the felt food. I wrapped it in cellophane and then added a bow and a little more holly. Oh I could've added bells!!

I think I may put a label on it that says:

Christmas Toy Food: Cafe Selection.

What do you think?

Im pretty happy to be finishing up on this one!

You can expect to see some handmade gift wrap and some advent things here soon!

Christmas Challenge #15: A Gift: Cat Makeup Bag

Im really exited about this gift! I'm super happy with how it turned out and I'm hopeful that the recipient is going to like it!

How I made it: This was a simple make and only took a couple of hours. I simply cut the main felt piece the shape that I wanted then stitched on felt pieces for the cats face. I then used some adhesive webbing to adhere some lining fabric to the back of the cat pieces. Then aded a zip to the top and sewed the outside of the bag.

 It will make a perfect little makeup bag but would also be cool as a pencil case or a cute crafty bag!

Ahhhh It feels so good to have one more christmas gift made!

Christmas Challenge #12 and #13: Christmas Felt Food

Today I'm adding two little gingerbread men to my Christmas felt food! Because a Christmas feast wouldn't be complete with out a sneaky bite of a gingerbread man!

Which part of the gingerbread man do you bite off first? Are you vicious and bite his head off or do you just nibble an arm or leg?

 I think that I am calling this a set and I am ready to package this lot up and pop it away for a little someone.

I'm really loving this little set!

Christmas Challenge#11: Christmas Felt Food #4

The fourth felt christmas food thing is another cupcake, I just felt like the other cupcake needed a friend ;)

 I'm thinking that I will make this into a set of six then box them up so that I can gift them. I might even make the box.

Again I am liking the second cupcake better, I think once you make it the first time you can adjust to make it a little better. I love that I already have a little set!

Christmas Challenge #10: Felt Christmas Food #3

I've added a red christmas doughnut to the felt food plate.

 I'm loving the size of this one more than the first. I can't wait to have a little pile of christmas food happiness!

I'm so sorry I am a few days behind, I am only days behind in sharing though, I have been making everyday so hopefully I will have a few days with two posts to share :)

Make It Christmas: #1 Star Ornaments

First things first, I have to say a quick word about your theme for the year, I know its too early to be thinking of such things but really having a theme is the best way to achieve a cohesive look at Christmas, it would be confusing to be put modern  wrapped pressies under a traditional tree!  For me this is the most important thing, it takes a lot of stress out if you decide this super early because you can then plan for it.
You can see my post about Christmas themes here. Or My post about Christmas planning here

Taking off from last year I thought it would be fun to make some felt ornaments first up. What I love most about them is that they can be a pretty gift in themselves, there are people who I like to give more than a card to but just a little something extra and this is where a cute felt ornament works well. I also LOVE attaching them to gifts, using them to decorate the packaging or wrapping! Usually most of my felt ornaments get given as gifts, I may keep one or two .

What you will need:

Scissors and thread

Felt in a variety of colours

Ribbon or thread for the loop at the top

Stuffing

Bells are optional

Pattern (at the bottom of the post)

So here's how to make them:
 Cut star shapes from felt using the pattern
Cut two the same size to be the front and back of your star and then cut extra for layering in different sizes.

Layer as many star shapes as you like together, sew them on to the front piece using whatever different stitches you like, or you could simply glue the layer pieces to the front of the star.
 At this pint you could also sew on a bell.
Stitch the front to the back piece leaving a hole to stuff. Once stuffed continue stitching the ornament closed. You can then add a piece of ribbon or string to hang the ornament.



I've made four stars and some of them I have popped through the minc and added some gold foil. I simply used some double sided fabric adhesive that I put through the minc on top of the felt then again with the foil on top of that. It has a cool effect and works really well.

Ok, so this is no fancy smancy blog, I have hand drawn a pattern for you. Its not perfect, it totally has my own hand writing on it and also this is my first ever PDF so don't kill me ok?? ;)
Star Ornament Here

Bunny Bags!

Recently a lovely instagramer, bespokeoutlaw had made some cute bunny bags, she posted a few photos of them, they were so bright and cute and just adorable and I couldn't stop thinking about them. I decided that I HAD to have a go at them! I love it when inspiration hits like that and something actually comes from it!

 After a quick trip to the craft store I whipped up these six in an afternoon. I'm kinda hoping there will be more.Right now I have just enough for some sweet little girls in my life but I can think of a  few more people who I would like to gift these to at Easter.
 So here is a closer look at each one:

They are a fun way to use up lefter over scraps of fabric or have a little fun buying some pretty new pieces of fabric. I love this kind of quick project that you can kind of production line to make a few of them. Hopefully I will find some time to make some more really soon. 

Have you started making any Easter crafts?