Making Christmas Gifts - The End

The finished product...

Finally!

Now to make about 20 more of them...

Haha - just kidding, I've already made about 12 and sent some to Mainfreight as christmas gifts.

I'll probably start handing them off to friends now -
here you go, Merry Christmas... go hang it in your toilet or something.

Making Christmas Gifts Part Three

I've finally pulled out the sewing machine, found all the bits and fixed the tension on it...

At least I think the tension is fixed.

One can only hope!


Anyway, this is the cast of characters for my homemade christmas gifts.

Dried flowers, a stocking template, lace and organza.

I saw this really cool idea in a book, christmas stockings filled with potpourri, hanging from a light fitting.

It looked really pretty!

And really easy.

Watch this space...

Making Christmas Gifts Part Two

Well, this is some of the lavender I lopped off the overgrown bush. It is now hanging in the boys' window.

So far they have slept very well!

As you can see, I'm attempting to dry it.

This clue should set you all on the right track...

I'm also drying some of the petals from the rose explosion of a couple of weeks ago.

Incidentally, guess how long it took me to deadhead all that lot! And I'm still not finished!

And that was all one bush too!

But I felt very very proud of myself when the old ladies walking to and from the store up the road stopped and commented on how 'glorious' they were!
:)

Thanks Pam, for teaching me how to actually do something with roses...

Making Christmas Gifts Part One

The first stage in my cunning plan to make christmas presents...

Can you guess what I'm going to do?

:)

I found the idea in a book.

It actually looked quite stylish!

Wonder if I can recreate it and whether you can guess what it is?