Sophisticated Stockings

I have just discovered some grown up and sophisticated stocking to add glamour to your Christmas celebrations.  they have been created by Linda Wild.

using decadent rich fabrics, Linda's Christmas stockings are not only practical, but incredibly beautiful.

Available from her Folksy store Wild Rose Designs

Christmas Decorations ~ Hatifers Hand Sewn Gifts

I saw these beautiful decorations this morning and felt that I just had to share them.  They are so beautifully created by Debby Mooring.

Each decoration is handsewn

A lovely selection of decorations to decorate your home and tree this year.

All available from Debby's Folksy store 

Gingerbread House

Hansel and Gretel would have loved to discover this beautiful ginger bread house created by Kireina Jewellery

Knit the Nativity

How about a project that looks to me as though it would take considerable time.  Now you can knit the Nativity.  Well at least you can if you can knit. I can't so I shall just admire other peoples!
The Knit the Nativity book is available HERE.  Do let me see  your knitted nativities.

Decorating Your Tree ~ Good Enough to Eat

Continuing on the theme of decorating your Christmas tree.

Gingerbread men: recipe HERE (remember to add a hole before cooking so you can tread ribbon through.)

Dried orange slices: HERE

Quality Street Sweets: Quality Street come with beautiful jewell toned wrappers and can be tied onto the ends of branches.

Pasta decorations: follow these tutorials

Pop corn Garland:  thread pop corn and cranberries onto thread using a darning needle. drape about the tree.

other items: candy canes, sweets, apples

Christmas craft Tutorial ~ Felt Baubles

Wouldn't you love some of these lovely vintage look felt baubles for your tree?   Well now you can because the talented Bugs and fishes has kindly drawn up a tutorial that you can find on her blog HERE

Christmas is coming

So Harrod's are opening their Christmas department this coming weekend and beautiful as the decorations, ornaments and other things are, what could be better than making your own.

It may seem very early to start, but the time will fly and there are only 153 days left!

Over the next weeks and months, there will be tutorials, inspiration and featured creations from talented crafters.

Colours Of Christmas ~ Silver

As a child I grew up with a silver tinsel Christmas Tree.  It was beautiful (in the eyes of a small child) Sparkley and shiney.  Of course, it eventually went out of fashion and our family moved on to embrace the "real tree's"
Silver is a colour long associated with Christmas and is probably derived from the sparkiling effect of snow and ice.

Vintage silvered glass decorations

Christmas Crafts ~ Christmas Gift Tags

These lovely festive tags are another  stylish creation from Buttercup Boutique.  I love the fact that they are all different, but are so clearly a set.  Great use of bits and pieces.

CHristmas Crafts ~ Felt Baubles

Topcats Corner has been busy creating this trio of brightly coloured felt baubles.  Each one is decorated with blanket stitch and a star flourish.

Christmas Creative ~ An Introduction

Yes, I could resist it no longer and have decided to undertake another blog.  This time dedicated to a topic very close to my heart ~ A Handmade Christmas.

Christmas is an important time to me.  It's a time when I celebrate the birth of Jesus, and whilst the faith aspects inspire me, so too does the opportunity to decorate, create and design.

I would welcome any input from other creative people, so tutorials, handmade christmas items, stories, poems, thoughts, music etc are most welcome.  You can email me or contact me through the various online forums etc.
I really look forward to hearing from you.
Karen