The festive season has begun which means plenty of visits to /or from friends and relations. This year how about impressing them with some epic Christmas facts!
I was sent these amazing pieces of information by the chaps at morphsuits and some of them really made me chuckle!
I thought it fitting to write a small post on this the last day of 2014. I know I have been rather quiet of late but hopefully with the new year we’ll be settled comfortably into our new home and I’ll be able to find some more time 🙂
We’ve had a wonderful, if slightly chaotic Christmas complete with a heavy dusting of snow on Boxing day, which is still with us (much to the children’s delight). I’ve decorated around boxes and wrapped around suitcases but slowly everything has come together and Christmas day itself was actually very relaxed. We like to celebrate the full 12 days through and have built our own set of traditions around various days. A new tradition this year though has been gathering around our fireplace after playing in the snow and coming inside wet through. We never actually had a fire of any kind at our previous home and it’s been a very welcome addition.
Unfortunately the fire is rather old fashioned and not quite to my personal taste, I’ve already managed to paint the surround that was originally a deep cherry colour but really I’d like to replace the whole lot completely. I’d love a multi fuel burner, or a limestone surround with granite hearth. I heard that Cast Fire Places were running a festive competition and I couldn’t help but give it a shot. They wanted to see a photo of my festive fireplace, so here’s mine by Christmas tree light complete with Dalmatian admiring the tree. Fingers crossed they like it and I can show you all a lovely new fire soon 😀
For now though I’d like to wish you all a very happy new year and may 2015 (gosh that doesn’t sound real, it may take me a while to get used to writing that!) bring you much happiness and peace.
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Christmas is nearly here! The tone of that statement and whether it strikes fear or excitement is often directly correlated with just how prepared you feel for the festive season. Many of us find ourselves flooded with obligations both pleasant and stressful, but if there’s one Christmas tradition I always make time to fit in it’s crafting, especially with my children. So in an attempt to bring a little normality back into our chaotic home (see my previous post!) I bring you our Christmas crafts with Bostik!
As usual our box was jam packed with creative goodies:
Bostik Glu Dots and Blu Tack
Pipe Cleaners and Pegs
Polystyrene Ball & Star shapes
Cardboard Cone
White Foam and Coloured Card
Gift Bag
Ric Rac and Ribbon
Glittery Stickers and Pom Poms
Gift tags
Decorative paper
Small brass bells
What we made:
Christmas Angel
The cardboard cone could have become many things but as we had a new Christmas tree sadly lacking a winged friend to adorn the top, an angel was the obvious choice.
I started by cutting the wings out from white foam.
Next I made a hole in the polystyrene ball and pushed it onto the top of the cone to give the angel a head. I painted the head using a mixture of chalk paint colours which gives a lovely soft matt finish, it also dries really fast! It is more commonly used to paint furniture.
Once the paint had dried I used the Bostik glu dots to stick ribbon around the base of the cone (or dress).
This was further accessorised with silver ric rac, also stuck using the glu dots.
Next her wings needed to be attached. If you want to test to find the best height then use a little of the blu tack. Final adhesion is achieved using the glu dots once again (they really are useful to have at hand).
Finally I used a gold bell (so she can ring out the good news!) looped onto a ribbon to give the angel a pendant. This is attached at the back using yet another glu dot.
Gift Bag
My youngest was in charge of the gift bag decoration and chose to use a selection of sparkly stickers to create this festive wonder.
Gift Tags
All three children were given free reign to cut paper, stick pom poms, stickers and anything else they fancied onto our gift tags. We were given two pre-cut tags, but we also used the cardboard to cut more out.
Peg Princess
My daughter made a Peg Princess using ribbon and off cuts from snowflake stickers to make a tiara.
We had a wonderful time listening to Christmas music while crafting away and I wholeheartedly recommend it!
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