Halloween Time!

We have been carving pumpkins tonight

Marc decided to do Jack from The Nightmare Before ChristmasSo I did Sally to go with JackHere they are together

This was my first go at pumpkin carving and marcs first go at doing a fancy design, we are both very pleased with ourselves :)

I have also made a funky garland but its too dark to take photos now, so I will take some tomorow and do another post

Christmas Presents - Funky Photo Albums

I also found time yesterday to make a couple of Christmas Presents. I have two teenage girls to buy for and was struggling to think of something they would both like, then I remembered how much they liked to take photos and keep photo albums, so I bought a couple of plain albums from tesco and decorated them with their names, added a bit of sparkle and hey presto you have some funky photo albums perfect for a fussy teenage girl :)

So thats a step closer to being ready for Christmas, woohoo!

Soon it will be chocolate making time, I make a box of chocolates for all the ladies in my family for Christmas, also this year I am planning on doing some chocolate dipped spoons to put together for Christmas presents :)

Christmas Decorations!!!!

Well I have made a start on my Christmas Decorations, I got inspired so I went out and bought some shiney things and started being crafty.

I have made a fair few of these ones.....

Little pockets to fill with sweeties and hang on the tree, each one is made using a square of felt at the back, then two layers of netting and a top layer of felt with a christmas tree cut out, I decided on a christmas tree as I wanted to keep it simple. Then I added a little loop of ribbon.

Then I made a couple of these....

They are little net packets full of blue and white felt and sparkly blue stars. I have scrunched the top up and then tied it together with some thread and sewed on a loop of ribbon so I can hang them on the tree

Getting very excited about christmas now :)

I think next on my list is to get some of the clear baubles to work with, I have lots of ideas of things to fill them with and decorate them with, and I think I will also make some christmas banners to hang around the house too...watch this space for more christmassy goodness

Christmas Card Sales :)

I have been asked about my cards so thought I would pop a post up about them.

All my cards are £2.50 each posted, 5 for £7.50 posted or 10 for £12.50 posted

I have a website www.oohpretty.co.uk but I haven't updated the Christmas stuff yet this year......you can contact me through the site tho, I have a lot of stuff ready to buy but I can also do personalised .

Oh actually you can see my for sale thread here
http://www.evvo.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=15326
on the New Beetle site I am a member of. I have photos of my vw stuff on there, and some examples of the personalised items I have done for people.

Christmas Cards!!!!!!

I have been a busy bee recently and have been making lots of lovely Christmas Cards, some are for selling and some are for family and friends. So I thought I would share a few here with you .....

Firstly some VW inspired cards

......and some Modern and funky Christmas Cards, I have been trying to do lots of simple but striking designs to send around the family. These ones have all been inspired by a pad of Christmas paper I bought last weekend

Right that's enough of that for now :)

I'm sure I will do more Christmas Crafty stuff soon so I will provide photos of everything I do!

But my next Craft project will be Halloween decorations...stay tuned!!!!!

Oh my first post on my new Blog :)

Well hello everybody...I have finally joined the blogging world! Now I can't promise I will do something every day but I will try to keep on top of it and post something new as often as possible

So why have I joined the blogging world....simple really I enjoy sitting and reading other peoples so thought it was about time I gave something back and did my own for you lot to read :)

Im sure at the moment it doesnt seem very snazzy in here...but give me time I will add more things and make it more interesting as I get used to it all

Right thats it for now.....I need to figuire out what all these buttons do.......