I’ve been busy trying to get things made for Christmas. I found coasters – at JoAnn’s I think – that had Aida cloth and a cross-stitch pattern in them that I thought would look good with tatting instead. It came out well I think. The snowflake is one of mine, seen in this post from January 2009 and is made in size 40 Lizbeth Blue Ice #163. It was a gift but she has it already so it’s okay to share.
I bought these little composition books at the Dollar Tree, three for a dollar. They are about three inches tall, one green, one black and one blue. I had a thought that they would be cute with scrapbooking paper on them – and I was right. The paper went on smoothly and they actually came out looking better than I expected, yea! I’m definitely going to have to do this again. They make a great little gift, along with a cute pen. Quick, easy, cute and inexpensive – can’t hardly beat that.
I’m doing an Advent exchange with Tabatha at Crafting with Tabatha. We did this last year through Ravelry and had such fun we decided we do it again this year. She does a great job on decorating the packages and coming up with neat gifts! One of the things she sent me this year was some Fray Check which I’ve never used (I have used similar things) but am glad to have. And she made two of these cute crocheted tree ornaments. Up until this last Sunday they were the only Christmas decorations I had up.
Tabatha also sent me this wonderful case of interchangeable head crochet hooks. I’ve never seen anything like this before. Isn’t it great? I won’t have to search for just the right size hook when I change thread size and need help with joining (or whatever). As I said, she comes up with some great gifts :-).
I was able to visit with my daughter last week and do a little crafting. She had been given some exotic bird feathers and we played around with them: this is what we ended up with. We didn’t know what we were doing when we started but had a lot of fun doing it. We are calling this an angel : )
Hoping you are all looking forward to a marvelous Christmas.
Come, Thou long expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people free;
From our fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel’s Strength and Consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art;
Dear Desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
Born Thy people to deliver,
Born a child and yet a King,
Born to reign in us forever,
Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.
By Thine own eternal Spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone;
By Thine all sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy glorious throne.
Words: Charles Wesley
Music: Roland H. Prichard
I'd forgotten about the coaster idea – which is certainly a good one. Yours looks wonderful with your lovely snowflake in it!
Fox : )
What a great idea with the coaster. The snowflake is very pretty. And another great idea for thge notebooks.
THe feather angel is interesting. Looks like Macaw feathers. Happy Holidays!
Fabulous winter coaster!!! 🙂
Lovely coaster, I like the pattern it looks lovely in the coaster, brilliant idea.
Margaret
Coasters make great gifts, and how clever of you to get tatting in them. Now I want to try it too!
But even more, I want to try papering over the composition book covers! Brilliant! Just think…theme birthday party take-aways just got more fun and more affordable.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours. Cherish the simple things! (Like tatting, hee hee.)