Christmas Makes 2011 – Handmade Stitched Gifts

As Christmas 2011 was on a bit of a budget I made a lot of our gifts. As well as biscuits I stitched some gifts mostly from beautiful patterns I found online.

Crossstitched heart decorations, felt baby shoes for my niece, a festive cross stitch tree, a snowman decoration and a felt decorative Holga.

The snowman and Holga are my own patterns but the rest came from patterns from various web sites and blogs.

Small hearts
www.lesgrillesdeliselotte.com/article-grille-gratuite-poi…

Baby shoes
www.marthastewart.com/good-things/felt-baby-shoes

Blue work heart
gazette94.blogspot.com/2011/04/coeur-rouge.html

2011 tree
chezelisa.over-blog.com/article-sapin-2011-88265395.html

Winter heart
gazette94.blogspot.com/2011/08/coeur-hiver.html

Felt snowman decoration

Holga decoration from my own pattern

Christmas Cards For Sale – 2011 Pop Ups and Packs

Going on sale in my Folksy shop Christmas cards new designs for 2011.

Stand out by sending special cards to your friends this Christmas. You won’t find these cards on the high street. The cards are from my original art work.

They are left blank inside for your own message.

Only a limited number of these cards are being produced so get them while you can.

Christmas Card Packs

Each pack has 4 cards of the same design. The cards are 105mm x 148mm printed on silky smooth 300gsm card of excellent quality and come with envelopes.

They cost £4.35 a pack (4 cards of same design in each pack)

Fairy Polar Bear – here’s one big bear in a little pink tutu ready to grant your festive wishes

Nutcracker / Toy Soldier – a festive jolly toy soldier with a grand moustache

Double Reindeer – double trouble from our reindeer friends!

Mistletoe – simple seasons greetings

Christmas Pop Up Cards

Each card is 120mm square and comes with envelope. This printed card uses excellent quality silky smooth 300gsm card with pop up insert on 220gsm or 160gsm card so it folds away well.

They cost £4.50 each

Silent Knit – even snowmen like to keep the draft off their necks with a nice knitted scarf

Flaming Good Christmas – warm yourself up by the hearth

Jetpack Santa - Father Christmas has all the best technology this year

Frosty Trees – it’s snowing this Christmas in a winter wonderland

Daily Photos: Days #271 to #280

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280/365 Furniture Shop – Second hand furniture store in Cannock to raise money for St Giles Hospice. Looking for a bookcase.
7 October 2011

279/365 One Window – My bedroom window, the view from where I sit up in bed.
6 October 2011

278/365 Sixth Sense – Grotty day so curled up watching Sixth Sense
5 October 2011

277/365 Echo Burning – Echo Burning by Lee Child. Jack Reacher #5 in series.
4 October 2011

276/365 Scrabble – Scrabble on Facebook
3 October 2011

275/365 Rugby – Wales qualify for Rugby World Cup Quarter finals.
2 October 2011

274/365 Mantlepiece – Mantlepiece
1 October 2011

273/365 Hallway – Our hall.
30 September 2011

272/365 Trentham – Day out to Trentham unseasonally sunny.
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29 September 2011

271/365 Dad and Flyman – Dad with Flyman taking advantage of the late September barmy sunshine.
28 September 2011

Daily Photos: Days #261 to #270

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270/365 Dead in the Family – Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
27 September 2011

269/365 Meditation Relaxation – Starting trying to listen to relaxation and meditation cd’s again.
26 September 2011

268/365 Maud – My niece Maud with her mum Kate when we went for Sunday lunch.
25 September 2011

267/365 Dead and Gone – Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris. And a pj day.
24 September 2011

266/365 Telly – Telly and heart rate monitor demonstrating today I am as run down as I’ve been feeling.
23 September 2011

265/365 From Dead to Worse – From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
22 September 2011

264/365 Dentist Waiting Room – My dentist’s waiting room in Derby. Had to go to get a filling repaired. She’s wonderful with me (a nervous patient) which is why I still travel back there for treatment.
21 September 2011

263/365 Farm Town – Addicted to Farm Town on Facebook
20 September 2011

262/365 All Together Dead – All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
19 September 2011

261/365 Sunlight Throw – Autumn sunshine coming through the sofa throw drying on the stair banister.
18 September 2011

Daily Photos: Days #251 to #260

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260/365 Headache – Headache, last thing at night, with finger over the flash.
17 September 2011

259/365 Merryhill – Visit to Merryhill – this is the roof at the entrance we used.
16 September 2011

258/365 Plain Truth – Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
15 September 2011

257/365 Maud and Paul – Maud with Paul when we babysat for the day.
14 September 2011

256/365 Bedside Nighttime – My bedside table clutter at night.
13 September 2011

255/365 Mirror Peek – Bathroom shaving mirror.
12 September 2011

254/365 Push It Day – Tired but happy at the end of the day of my 10k wheelchair push/walk to raise money for ME Research www.justgiving.com
161 September 2011

253/365 Out for Blood – Out for Blood by SJ Rozan
10 September 2011

252/365 PJ Day – Pyjama day of rest
9 September 2011

251/365 Birthday Outing – My birthday. Here with my husband in the cinema.
8 September 2011

Daily Photos : Month of August 2011

1. 213/365 health centre waiting, 2. 214/365 orpheus rising and hunted, 3. 215/365 shredding privet hedge, 4. 216/365 push it for me, 5. 217/365 maud, 6. 218/365 summer at willow lake, 7. 219/365 where i should have been, 8. 220/365 push it hat, 9. 221/365 rioting and looting, 10. 222/365 odd thomas, 11. 223/365 last minute, 12. 224/365 morphing dad, 13. 225/365 telly, 14. 226/365 telly days, 15. 227/365 plums, 16. 228/365 someone to watch over me, 17. 230/365 038, 18. 229/365 033, 19. 231/365 maud, 20. 232/365 reading, 21. 233/365 magic pony poo, 22. 234/365 if i did it, 23. 235/365 frida, 24. 236/365 twycross wristbands, 25. 237/365 the visitor, 26. 238/365 barely there, 27. 239/365 the silent gondoliers, 28. 240/365 beetroots and baby turnips, 29. 241/365 the debcollector, 30. 242/365 funny hubbie, 31. 243/365 waterproof trousers

Daily Photos: Days #241 to #250

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250/365 Stack of Pressies – My birthday tomorrow and I’m a very lucky lady!
7 September 2011

249/365 Cinema Screen – Went to the Showcase cinema to see Harry Potter 7 part 2.
6 September 2011

248/365 One Good Turn – One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson.
5 September 2011

247/365 Laptop Telly – Another day of laptop and telly.
4 September 2011

246/365 Fingers – Burnt my finger on the iron putting transfers onto a hat. Only a little burn.
3 September 2011

245/365 Turnips – Growing turnips.
2 September 2011

244/365 Stupid Game – Newly addicted to another stupid game on Facebook.
1 September 2011

243/365 Waterproof Trousers – Bought waterproof trousers for my 10k wheelchair push/walk just in case.
31 August 2011

242/365 Funny Hubbie – I dared him to put the elastic band around his head and he did. At the time hilariously funny.
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241/365 The Debt Collector – The Debt Collector by Lynn Hightower.
29 August 2011

Daily Photos: Days #231 to #240

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240/365 Beetroots and Baby Turnips – Last of my beetroot crop and first of my turnips for roasting.
28 August 2011

239/365 The Silent Gondoliers – The Silent Gondoliers by William Goldman
27 August 2011

238/365 Barely There – An odd day. Real mix of emotions.
26 August 2011

237/365 The Visitor – The Visitor by Lee Child. Jack Reacher book #4
25 August 2011

236/365 Twycross Wristbands – Went out to the zoo with my husband and enjoyed spending time out together.
24 August 2011

235/365 Frida – Watched Frida again. Great film, very inspiring. This time made me very hungry for Mexican food!
23 August 2011

234/365 If I Did It – If I Did It by OJ Simpson
22 August 2011

233/365 Magic Pony Poo – My husband spreading horse manure to create my new vegetable plot using no dig method. The manure came through ebay from Magic the Pony.
21 August 2011

232/365 Reading – Had a good old reading session.
20 August 2011

231/365 Maud - Babysitting my 20 week old niece Maud with my husband while her folks both work. Lots of smiles, lots of contented playing and baby chattiness.
19 August 2011

Daily Photos: Days #221 to #230

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230/365 Pride – My brother lent me this DVD which I finally got around to watching. Kind of heartwarming, kind of cheesy.
18 August 2011

228/365 Someone To Watch Over Me – Someone to Watch Over Me by Judith McNaught
16 August 2011

227/365 Plums – Picked plums from the tree in our garden
15 August 2011

226/365 Telly Days – More telly as weariness continues.
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225/365 Telly – Rather weary so lots of telly.
13 August 2011

224/365 Morphing Dad – My dad has his first laptop and discovered his webcam software has a morphing mode which was the source of much hilarity.
12 August 2011

223/365 Last Minute – Nearly forgot to take a photo so here’s a last minute one!
11 August 2011

222/365 Odd Thomas – Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
10 August 2011

221/365 Rioting and Looting – Keeping an eye on things through social media. Eventually I relied on the Police outlets.
9 August 2011

Daily Photos: Days #211 to #220

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220/365 Push It Hat – Made a hat with donation information on it for 10k Push It challenge www.justgiving.com/push-it
8 August 2011

219/365 Where I Should Have Been – I should have been at a friend’s wedding but was too ill. Thanks M.E.
7 August 2011

218/365 Summer at Willow Lake – Summer at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
6 August 2011

217/365 Maud – Bought Maud a new toy which is apparently good for chewing. Big thumbs up.
5 August 2011

216/365 Push It for ME – Working on the web site and promoting my 10k wheelchair walk on 11 Sep 2011 to raise money for ME Research. My friends and family will be pushing my wheelchair over a 10km route around Lichfield and walking some or all the way with me. There’s no way I could cover even a fraction of the distanceunder my own steam due to my illness and so this is a great way to raise some much needed funds for biomedical research.
www.justgiving.com/push-it
4 August 2011

215/365 Shredding Privet Hedge – A bit more chopping and shredding with my husband doing most of the work it must be said.  But made quite a dent on the hedge at the front. Now mulching the border for weed control.
3 August 2011

214/365 Orpheus Rising and Hunted – Orpheus Rising by Colin Bateman (brilliant) and Hunted by Emlyn Rees (awful).
2 August 2011

213/365 Health Centre Waiting – Waiting for a blood test at my doctors. This is the nurses corridor.
1 August 2011

212/365 5th Anniversary – Me and Mr Creative on our 5th wedding anniversary.
31 July 2011

211/365 Shredding – A shredding session in the front garden chopping back the unwieldy Buddleia. My husband did all the chopping and the shredding wasn’t too demanding as it was long sections to feed through.
30 July 2011