Reusable flat packed wooden Christmas trees!

I always wanted to buy a small tree that I could use over and over again, without having to buy a plastic or real tree, which would not easily fit in my small home. I could not seem to find anything suitable at a reasonable price, so I thought I would create my own, and share the idea in my shop, here.

If you are looking for an alternative to a real or plastic christmas tree then this could be it! These locally made laser cut plywood Christmas trees are designed to be decorated and used year after year. Small enough to fit on a table or counter top you can decorate these trees with small decorations and lights to create a festive atmosphere. You could even paint the tree to fit in with your festive colour scheme.

The trees are supplied flat packed and can be disassembled easily and stored away for use next year and many years to come. They are very easy to slot together and directions will be provided.

 

Traditional Christmas Wreath Workshop

Yesterday I took part in a Traditional Christmas Wreath workshop in Frome, hosted by Grace from Bramble & Wild, a lovely Artisan florist in Frome. I'm really pleased with the result although it was surprisingly hard work!! My wreath features Blue Spruce and some other Christmas Tree bits, Cypress fronds, Juniper, Dries Lotus pods, mini pumpkin things (can't remember what they're called, possibly Pompelos?!) and dried green oranges. Oh and Pine cones. Hopefully now I can make wreaths of my own without supervision but that will have to wait until next year!

Christmas Characters in tiny jars

I bought these tiny jars a while ago and I couldn't think what to do with them, and then I got the idea to put some tiny characters inside of them and make them into christmas tree decorations. (They are very small, the jar opening is about 10mm) I think that next time if I made more I would use jars with a larger opening! That is why the snowman has somewhat stumpy arms haha! 

I made the characters out of white Milliput and then I painted them. Milliput is ideal because it's air drying so it would dry in the bottom of the jars to create the snow, and its super hard so it is easy to paint.

 

  

 

Origami Paper Folded Christmas Decorations

In the summer I learned how to make these lovely Origami folded paper decorations, courtesy of Origami Est at The Handmade Fair. Its very easy to do and quite relaxing! Really pleased with the way these turned out, I used some lovely Christmas foiled paper by Dovecraft, Time to Sparkle, in 6 inch squares. You can see how to make these in Origami Est (Esther Thorpe's) book, Paper Home

or online here.

Happy Sprout Christmas decorations

Just thought I'd share these cute happy sprouts that I crafted out of Fimo :)

Needle felted Christmas Pudding baubles

 Another Christmas decoration I have created, Needle felted Xmas Pudding Baubles! To be honest I did cheat a bit and needle felted on to polystyrene balls but the result is just as good I think and takes a lot less time! These baubles are going to be for sale on my stall at The Spiegeltent Christmas Market in Bristol on November 30th (please see my facebook or twitter pages for more info).

Felt Christmas Baubles

I made some cute Christmas decorations from bits of felt, beads and ribbons. My sewing machine skills are still not as great as I'd like but these were good practice! The idea and the patterns came from Samantha Stas in this month's Mollie Makes Magazine.

Christmas Characters now available!

My Christmas Characters now available to buy from my Folksy shop here and more Christmassy goodness will be added soon!

Christmas Robins and Snowmen!

I know it's a long time till Christmas but I'm getting organised whilst I have some time on my hands! Here are some Snowman and Robin tree decorations made from Fimo that I've been working on. They are for sale so please do get in touch if you would like one, they cost £5 each + £3 p+p in the UK (£3 for as many as you'd like). The snowmen measure around 50mm tall and the Robins around 35mm tall.

Robin decorations

Snowman decorations