Tuesday 24 January 2012

Thought I'd share

some of the pressies I made for family for Xmas

 Slippers  for my MIL to keep her feet toasty warm

Both the slippers & flower were crocheted


I bought an inexpensive hat & used my handmade felt


and cut the flowers out using my Big Shot & a Sizzix build a flower die & sewed them on using buttons for the centers.


I made a Dressing Table Tidy for my niece
I painted the insides a plain antique white & the outside & top rims were given a coat of colour then painted white & crackle glazed



The recipient :-)


Other members of the family got Snoods - hand knitted & with handmade buttons that I crafted from Fimo


So there you go - a few of the handcrafted pressies ...


My MIL got in on the act too making the boys of the family (including the dog!) knitted hats :-)


7 comments:

Paula Whittaker said...

great xmas gifts. Thanks for sharing ;o)

Kath said...

Smashing gifts,Rachel. I like the dressing table tidy. Did you make the box as well? Gorgeous slippers too. What did the fellas think of their hats?

Rachelxx said...

Thanks Paula :-)

The dressing table tidy started off life as a wooden cutlery holder Kath :-) The fellas loved their hats, but puppy dog wasn't so keen LOL

Hazel said...

Gosh, what a lot of lovely gifts you made. Love the fimo buttons and I'd love some of those cosy slippers x

Deborah said...

It's lovely to give (and receive) handmade gifts, isn't it. Those piny purple booties are fab. Wish I could knit but I have two left hands LOL

Anonymous said...

Fab gifts Rachel! I really love the felt flowers. xx

Rachelxx said...

Thanks for the kind comments. There were 21 of us for our Boxing Day celebration & everyone got something handcrafted :-)