At Last My Decoration is Finished....bring on 2014.

Hi everybody
At last my decoration samples are finished and I have so enjoyed making them - it spurred me on to make more.
I love this time of year gathering Christmassy things whether it be card and paper, ribbons and buttons, wrapping paper and tags, candles that smell of Christmas, I love it. All the colours of Christmas too, nice warm and glittery things, food too..... Christmas shaped chocolates and biscuits, ginger spiced things especially the coffee in Starbucks...Gingerbread Spice Latte... yummy!!!
Getting distracted from what I am supposed to be doing and that is the samples....

I showed you the banner on the previous blog post that is the morning's make... and the 8" x 8" card is the afternoon's make...

White poinsettias and a sparkly Christmas tree is the theme this time, using craft card and a great background paper from Woodware featuring 'Merry Christmas' across it...
Hope you like it.
Only a few spaces left for the decoration class, Sat 14th Dec.

Just on the last of the Christmas packs for the second of my classes on Sat 23rd November...
Sneak peek at the packs......

Found some cute wooden Christmas trees when I went to Paperchase in London in September. I have seen some similar in small packs in Hobbycraft too! Wonderful place Paperchase wish we still had one nearby...
Great for knick-knacks etc.

Another good find while I'm on the subject - I found this holder for garden twine, which I use a lot on my cards, from Asda...

Hopefully it will always be on the reel looking pretty when I need it and not buried under a pile of papers!!!
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                                     LOOKING AHEAD AT 2014 CLASSES:-

                                     Sat 11th Jan. 2014  -  Pastel Medley
                                     Sat  8th Feb. 2014 -  Get in Shape


                                 All their contents will be revealed soon.
                                 Scary thinking of 2014, what happened to 2013?

Thank you for dropping by.
Take care.
Jennifer x

Joy to the World.....

Hi ladies
Busy time of year for us crafters November, most of us have started our Christmas cards, if not, bought stamps etc to make a start. I am busy with the second of the Christmas card classes which is on the 23rd November, cards done just some of the pack to finish... in the mean time I have made the Bunting for the first half of the decoration class which is on the 14th december, a bit later than normal because I couldn't book the hall the week before as it was already booked up. Never mind.

Thought I would start right at the beginning with my first bunting- bit of playing before I get it right....

Then the mess starts...........

Then the cat decides to join in........

Then he gets down and decides to stay........
Eventually I get my desk back to myself with a bit of bribery.
I hung the bunting across my shelf just to get the shape....

Sneak peeks of the other three that make up the word 'JOY'.

Hope you like the red and pale turquoise colour scheme.
Silver bells, silver snowflakes, felt, embossed glitter and lots of matching ribbon and of course buttons all add to the Christmas effect.

As we are on the subject...Christmas...I thought I would show you my new silver heart lights I got for my craft room from Dobbies garden centre, these are the third ones, as the other two sets had some lights out and some flickering.... I was beginning to think I wasn't supposed to have them, but I love them, third time lucky... Hope you like them...

They are so uplifting when you are crafting on a dark day, the more lights the cosier it looks!

Always the last pictures go to Charlie. One where he is squeezing behind the back of the sofa because of the fireworks...fattie cat... small space...

And just before I was going to post this blog he decides to sit on my chair...

Got the feeling I am being stalked....

Thanks for stopping by and I will be back soon with the other half of the decoration class, a Christmas card.

I have the MME paper and the Ink pads to sell if anybody would like them. I will bring them along as usual to my next class.

Bye for now..

Jen x