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Archive for the category: christmas
:: Speaking of cute…
Posted by Vanessa on January 9, 2008 | Permalink
The kits Joelle posted about are such a good idea, they reminded me that I got this book for Christmas. Although it doesn’t come with the fabrics the ideas inside The Cute Book truly are very sweet and unusual, including a pattern for a city gentleman in his suit. I think they’re mainly designed for hand sewing, mind, and I’m currently up to my ears in a tangle of machine-stitched scraps!
The Cute Book is by Aranzi Aronzo.
Categories: christmas, craft, design
Tags: aranzi aronzo, books, craft, cute, dolls, fabric
:: A Christmas message
Posted by Four Good Corners on December 21, 2007 | Permalink
Categories: about us, christmas
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:: Tasty treats
Posted by Kirsty on December 20, 2007 | Permalink
Mmm, mmm - I spent Monday night cooking up all sorts of treats that your dentist wouldn’t approve of. This jar contains:
:: milk chocolate and baileys truffles*
:: dark chocolate and whiskey truffles
:: decorated gingerbread christmas trees
:: gingerbread cupcakes with red and green icing
:: gingerbread holly leaves
I didn’t make the candy cane, but I thought that it was a nice finishing touch.
* these turned out a bit sloppy because I over-baileysed them and I had to encase them in tiny cupcake cases - oops!
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:: More reasons to love ReadyMade
Posted by Joelle on December 19, 2007 | Permalink
The current issue of ReadyMade magazine has a Christmas gift for readers - an excellent free download album of 19 tracks which they have put together with San Francisco’s Noise Pop festival.
I’ve been listening to it loads whilst wrapping presents and cooking up more batches of chutney, and myself and the husband are both loving it. It’s sort of Christmassy, without being too Christmassy, if you know what I mean. You can download it yourself here.
If you haven’t read ReadyMade before have a look. It’s the only mag I have a subscription to and I’m thrilled when it arrives on the doormat and can’t wait to see what cool craft and DIY projects they have included. This issue’s DIY letterpress machine is pretty amazing but rather beyond my handyman skills I think. I might stick to their marshmallow recipe instead.
Categories: christmas
Tags: free stuff, music, readymade
:: A Christmas gift to you
Posted by Joelle on December 17, 2007 | Permalink
I thought, dear readers, that you deserved a Christmas present from us. Something handmade, something useful, something to encourage you to get crafty with coloured paper and wool. So, I present to you the mittens pattern I made for wrapping paper, cards and gift tags.
Categories: christmas, craft, tutorial
Tags: cards, christmas presents, decorations, mittens, screenprinting, wrapping paper
:: Present Challenge: The Results!
Posted by Vanessa on December 17, 2007 | Permalink
Like any huge fan of Christmas, I like to have as many as possible. On Saturday I held a Christmas dinner party - on which, more later (except for a small crisis over giblets, it went well). But today my boyfriend and I exchanged presents. We’d set one another a challenge to make one another Christmas presents for a $30 budget. I had NO IDEA what he would come up with so I was really delighted this morning to open a wall clock made from a copy of my favourite Shel Silverstein book, ‘The Giving Tree’!
Fortunately he was also pleased with his Road Trip Kit…
Categories: challenge, christmas, craft, tutorial
Tags: 'Shel Silverstein', christmas, clocks, craft, kits, presents
:: Fa la la la
Posted by Joelle on December 16, 2007 | Permalink
I’m currently sat on the sofa, stuffed full of cheese and mince pies, and feeling very Christmassy, so I think it’s a good moment to share some of my festivities, and a great chutney recipe, with you all.
Categories: christmas, recipes
Tags: baubles, christmas trees, chutney, decorations, food, recipes
:: Picture Perfect
Posted by Vanessa on December 15, 2007 | Permalink
This picture, which Joelle sent me, always cheers me up. I was feeling quite daunted this morning as I thought of all the stuff I have to do today, both pre-Christmas dinner, pre-Christmas in general, and by way of packing - and then I looked at this.
Remind me who it’s by, again, will you Jo?
Since I’m feeling quite Christmassy, and am off to Disney tomorrow (hmm, a violation of the shopping challenge? What else is quite as corporate?) expect a very Christmas-orientated post soon documenting the success/failure of Christmas dinner and including the flying sheep, my very favourite ornament.
Categories: challenge, christmas, style
Tags: , christmas, favourites, pictures, plans, style
:: Children’s gift guide
Posted by Joelle on December 14, 2007 | Permalink
Well, last ordering and posting dates for Christmas are rushing up on us, so without further ado, here is another gift guide for you from Four Good Corners. This one is all about lovely gifts for children, though I have to say that one or two of them look good for grown ups too!
If you missed the ethical gift guide posted here earlier this month you can read it here.
Click on product names for links to shops.
Alexander Girard woodblocks, $100, are the most charming and stylish around, for the retro modern tot.
Giraffe wall decal made from vintage wallpaper by Inke Heiland, €58.50
Lion cushion by Zid Zid Kids, £24 at Luxeville
Found paper collage, personalised with initial, $160 from Petit Collage
Junior Panton chair by Vitra, £89.25-£105
Handknitted cardigans from Cooking Apple, £35-£38 (on my list is the adult tank top they started making due to popular demand)
Katvig bodysuit, £13.99 from Olive Loves Alfie, one of my favourite local shops now has a new online shop, so all of you not near Stoke Newington can buy their lovely things.
Paint your own t shirt kit from Creative Charlie, £14.99
Making Stuff for Kids, £14.95 - I’ve had the Making Stuff book for a while, and it has loads of great projects in it. This new version, full of crafty projects for children to do, is bound to be good I reckon.
Children’s hamper, £30 from purveyors of excellent old fashioned sweets Hope and Greenwood. Naughty. But nice.
Alphabet Folk ABC chart, $18 from The Small Object
Aeroplane baby spoon, £6.75. Zoom zoom! The mashed carrot is coming!
Lego mould for making the most brilliant Lego shaped cakes and jellies, £9.99
Vintage Blue Peter annual - Inflict your childhood nostalgia on the next generation! From 50p on Ebay.
Categories: christmas, shopping
Tags: children, christmas, gift guides 2007
:: To co-ordinate or not to co-ordinate?
Posted by Kirsty on December 13, 2007 | Permalink
Okay, so not quite as catchy as Shakespeare’s poser, but definitely something that’s bugged me for quite a while. As a kid, all my classmates had crazy, mad, riot-of-colour Christmas trees, while my mum insisted on a tasteful bronze and copper affair that I wasn’t allowed to help decorate. The thing was, it looked fantastic! Sorry, peeps, but I’m a colour co-ordinating little Christmas fairy - if it doesn’t match, it’s not going on my tree!
Categories: christmas, craft, design
Tags: Christmas tree