tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32609214842494812572024-03-14T03:02:21.418+00:00Three Kings & An Obsessive CrafterMother, Wife & Crafter - the ramblings ofAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298565205813556410noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260921484249481257.post-31051282263933472262012-12-07T14:36:00.001+00:002012-12-07T14:50:41.506+00:00The elf on the shelf!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The elf on the shelf has just arrived for the minis!! I cannot wait to show them later tonight!!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The elf supposedly arrives at your home, a special gift from Santa, sometime around the beginning of the holidays. His sole responsibility is to watch the children's behaviour and report it to Santa each night. The next morning when the children awake they discover the elf has returned from the North Pole and is resting in a new place. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To preserve the elfs magic he must not be touched although talking to him is encouraged. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I can't wait to hide the elf in a new place each night and have him getting up to mischief :) I will of course be sure to take lots of pictures and keep you updated on how he's settling into his new home. And of course, if he actually helps the children to better control themselves :)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>If you fancy making the elf on the shelf tradition your own visit <a href="http://www.elfontheshelf.com/">www.elfontheshelf.com</a></i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298565205813556410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260921484249481257.post-40372659818760589112012-12-07T14:15:00.002+00:002012-12-07T14:15:47.004+00:00Up-cycled Book Page Baubles<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>My collection of old damaged books is quickly overtaking the garage so I have spent the past week being TOTALLY obsessed with making holiday decorations from old books.</i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298565205813556410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260921484249481257.post-34629261756322023252012-11-28T21:50:00.000+00:002012-11-28T21:50:12.587+00:00Christening :)<div style="text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298565205813556410noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260921484249481257.post-24303622052136568022012-11-28T21:40:00.003+00:002012-12-06T14:11:32.566+00:00I'm Back...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>I never meant to go away but have had a lot going on lately (including the dreaded winter bugs that have been going around) and I just haven't had the energy :(</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em></em></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>But anyway I am back now and have quite a few Christmas projects to share with you :)</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em></em></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>eeee I am getting soooo excited for Christmas now!!!</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>First off - apologies for the lack of posts over the past week!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>It has been a difficult and very busy week!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>My Grandad had a knee replacement last Monday, he recovered well at first and was back home by Thursday but has since suffered a few complications and has been in and out of hospital. My Nana has found it pretty stressful so my time has been pretty much used up with hospital visits and helping out where needed :(</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Thankfully he is much better now - home and recovering well and back to his usual high spirited self :)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The posts I had planned (and promised) will be put on tomorrow - including the winner of the blogtoberfest giveaway - yaayy</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Oh - and seen as this is FAR too cute to not share with you straight away...</i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298565205813556410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260921484249481257.post-52282382992134630492012-10-30T12:26:00.001+00:002012-10-30T12:26:08.819+00:00OMG!!! £100 to spend in Hobby Craft!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>That's right - This is what I have just WON!!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Wow I am so excited - this is going to come in so handy for my Home Made Christmas Project (more on that later) Trip to Sheffield has already been planned for Thursday - hubby will be accompanying me to calm me down in the event of any more crazy lady fits when I enter the shop hehe</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The party was a huge success!! The munchkins had an absolute ball with their friends and the grown ups were full of compliments for all the spooky (home made) decor :)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Oh I do love it when a plan comes together - it fills me confidence which in turn gives me a rush of fresh inspiration. So after spending the past week desperate for the post Halloween break, I'm now actually itching to get the next project started lol</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>These were super duper quick and easy to make and so adorable :)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I took some full rolls of toilet paper and laid them on top of my chosen pumpkin fabrics and cut out a square of fabric big enough to bring up the toilet roll and took into the tube at the top. Then my lovely helpful hubby cut an old broom handle down and whittled the pieces into cute lil stalk shapes to plonk into the top and hold the fabric in place. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The munchkins think these are great as they are safe to chuck around, and play football with - oh and play hide the stalks with - the lil monkeys ;)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As we had some spare pond liner sitting in the garage, I thought I'd make use that instead of posterboard. After searching google images for inspiration I quickly sketched some spooky eye shapes onto the pond liner, cut the "whites" of the eyes out using a craft knife and then taped some tissue paper to the back, I did a few red and the rest white. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So tonight I'm going to share some of my fave Pinterest finds for Quick Easy Halloween Crafts - you know to help anyone else having a melt down - I can't be the only one out there, surely!!! Can I???</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I gave them an undercoat of melamine primer first which I picked up from Wilkinsons for just under £13 before painting them with a normal satin finish wood paint which was just under £10</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I spotted these thistles on the school run the other day and immediately started plotting as to how I could use them in my Halloween decor :)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>At first I was thinking along the lines of a wreath but when I got them home I noticed the leaves at the bottom of the thistle bud and how tentacle like they looked. That's when I thought - MONSTERS!!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>They were seriously easy to do with a quick dunk in some paint before leaving to dry and gluing on some googly eyes (Oh how I love googly eyes hehe)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Along my blog freading trail this morning I came across the Pinterest Scavenger Hunt (hosted by <a href="http://www.arahbellas.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Arahbellas</a>, <a href="http://alldonemonkey.com/" target="_blank">All Done Monkey</a> and <a href="http://www.justalittlecreativity.com/" target="_blank">Just A Little Creativity</a> which I found on <a href="http://cherishedbliss.com/2012/10/craft-and-tell-pinterest-scavenger-hunt.html" target="_blank">Cherished Bliss</a> So I thought I'd give it a go :)</i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298565205813556410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260921484249481257.post-21928904800912487012012-10-15T19:55:00.002+01:002012-10-15T19:55:26.232+01:00Sticky Web & Egg Tray Spiders<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I made the web with PVA glue squeezed onto cling film on a flat surface (it does take quite a long time to dry so you will need to do it somewhere you will be able to leave it for a while) Once to top of the glue was starting to set a sprinkled some glitter onto it and hung it on a line to dry completely to get the wrinkly appearance, before carefully peeling the cling film away. If you want it to stay flat you will need to leave it on the flat surface and once dry leave the cling film attached, flip it over and press under a heavy book.</i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298565205813556410noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260921484249481257.post-34992466772150812342012-10-14T20:22:00.001+01:002012-10-14T20:22:25.721+01:00Wooden Block Pumpkins<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Okay so I more than a lil fragile today following my sisters wedding reception last night so I've pretty much done nothing but slob feeling very sorry for myself. Although I did feel like an extra special princess this morning when hubby (feeling just as rough as me I might add) sent me back to bed and brought me a brew and bacon butty saying he'd watch the boys :) ah bless him.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I've been making these seriously sweet pumpkins over the past few days. They are just scrap bits of wood which I've pinched from hubbys' garage (shhh) sanded down to round the edges a bit, painted orange and varnished. I then finished them with lil sticks for the stalks, wire for the vines and wire leaves filled with PVA glue. I love them - and they were SO easy. I won't want to pack them away after Halloween hehe</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So thanks to Miss Thrifty Crafty Girl and her <a href="http://www.thriftycraftygirl.com/2012/10/31-days-of-halloween-spiderweb-frosting.html" target="_blank">post </a>the other day on spiderweb frosting I knew the technique to use to do the chocolate spiderweb cheesecake that I want to make for the Halloween party.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As I was using melted plain chocolate to do the web I came across the problem of the chocolate setting pretty much as soon as it hit the top of the cheesecake so it doesn't look quite as neat as I'd hoped...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Ta very muchly xx</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Oh and if you want to check out my recipe for the cheesecake itself - using bourbons!!! you can find it here :)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So why have I only just started working on the decor for ours today?? I'm pretty sure this should have been one of my first tasks and now that I only have 15 days left until the party I've definitely run head first into panic station!!! I'm stressed and tired and hoping that it all pulls together into an awesome party for the kings.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Anyway, onto todays project. my witchy bouquet...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Mini King and I have had so much fun making this :)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We hacked a big thorny bush down in our back yard a couple of months back and most of the clipping are still sat wrapped in a blanket to go to the tip (yeah I know - pure laziness but look at the cool creepy branches I got out of it) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>First up was the ouch part - trimming them down and getting rid of some of the really big thorns - boy do they hurt (hence why the bush got hacked down in the first place hehe)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I used some watered down acrylic for this - yeah I can hear you screaming spray paint at me - but I have a bit of a phobia about using spray paint unless I absolutely need it (I can't stand all of the waste that you get with fiddly little jobs!!!) So we set to work with paint brush and watery acrylic which was fun so that's okay!!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Ingredients </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>6oz Margarine</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>6oz Sugar</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>6oz Golden Syrup</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>200g Condensed Milk</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>6oz S/R Flour</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>6oz Medium Oatmeal</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>3tsp Ginger</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>3 Eggs</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Directions</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>1. Melt margarine, sugar, syrup and condensed milk over moderate heat (or in the microwave)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>2. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>3. Beat eggs together in a jug.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>4. Pour melted liquid into dry mix. Stir well.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>5. Beat in the eggs.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>6. Pour mixture into lined cake tin.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>7. Bake for 40 - 45 minutes, Gas mark 3</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>As a little girl my entire family used to get so excited at this time of year. As bonfire night approached it also meant present time from my Great Uncle Ian - in the form of good ol' Yorkshire Parkin. If there's one thing us Yorkshire folk are good at it's defo parkin hehe mmmmmmm yummy!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>This what Mini King and I have been baking today whilst Little King was at school. It's best made a good few weeks before needed to allow it time to get nice and sticky. If you are as inpatient (and greedy) as I am double up the mixture so you can make two - one for now and one to save. Yum Yum</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Let me know how yours turns out :) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>xx</i></span></div>
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