Happy 1st December!

Happy 1st December everyone! It's officially Christmas now!

 

I have been busy planning lots of Christmas inspired posts to bring you over the next few weeks, which I am very excited about and looking forward to sharing with you.

 

 

Hannah xox 

Recent Purchases - Christmas Craft Special

This year, I’ve decided to get creative and have a go at making some Christmas presents and decorations. Over the past few weeks, I have been planning what I’m going to do and I’m starting to get everything I need ready and organised. In the past, I’ve left things too late and its hard to get exactly what I need.

 

One of the things I love to do at Christmas is a nice bit of festive baking and this year I’m very excited to decorate lots of biscuits to give to my friends and family as they make great presents. I’ve bought a collection of Christmas cookie cutters from a fabulous seller on Ebay who has cutters for almost any occasion. If any of you are interested, their ebay shop can be seen here. The cutters all come beautifully individually wrapped in cute tissue paper.

 

 

From Top Left - Angel, Santa Face, Snowman, Mitten, Stocking, Toy Soilder, Wreath, Candy Cane, Bauble, Holly leaf, Snowflake, Bell, Bow, Christmas tree, Gingerbread Man.

There are so many ways in which you can package and wrap these biscuits which I will show you in future posts, including using lovely Christmas ribbons and cellophane and old jars/tins and boxes.

 

Ebay is the perfect place to buy lots of cheap ribbons and twines, wooden decorations, paints, felts, buttons and fabrics to make some lovely handmade gifts and decorations so I fully recommend taking a look and getting lots of inspiration!

 

Here is a little sneaky peak of some of what I have bought over the past few weeks. I will be bringing you a series of Handmade Christmas posts to hopefully inspire you to get creative this festive season!

 

Selection of Christmas ribbons from Ebay

Fabrics

Felt and buttons

 

Will you be making anything this Christmas?

 

Hannah xox

I Love...Christmas Jumpers

Now that Christmas songs are playing at work, I'm starting to feel very Christmassy and one of my favourite things about Christmas are Christmas jumpers! I would wear them all year round if I could.  Here are my favourite current offerings from the high street! My favourite is definitely the cream holly number from Topshop.

Candy Cane - £50, Topshop
Christmas Cardigan - £35, ASOS
Holly - £50, Topshop
Grey Fairisle - £45, Topshop
Cream Reindeer fairisle- £35, ASOS
Red Fairisle - £35, River Island

Hannah xox

Craft Project – Cath Kidston Photo Frame

Christmas is my favourite time of year and with it being just around the corner, I have been trying to think of some little creative crafty gifts for Christmas.

 

You can have lots of fun creating unique gifts for family and friends and I have a number of projects that I’m going to share with you over the coming weeks.

So here is my first one: Cath Kidston paper mache photo frame.

 

 

You will need:

• An old photo frame (I got mine from a charity shop for 50p)
• Patterned tissue paper (I chose Cath Kidston paper tissues in provence rose for 85p)
• Plain white tissue paper
• PVA Glue
• Paintbrush

1) Cover the photo frame with plain white tissue paper using the PVA glue and leave to dry.

2) Tear the patterned tissue paper into small strips and using the PVA glue layer the photo frame with the patterned tissue to give it a decoupage effect.

3) Leave this layer to dry and the repeat step 2 a couple of times.

This is the final result:

It has a vintage effect because the paper has dried slightly crinkled which I think looks great!
I will be giving this photo frame as a gift to a friend who I went on holiday with year with a photo of us together.

 

What do you think of this craft idea?

 

Hannah xox

What I Bought - Cath Kidston Deer Jumper

Today, I wanted to share with you one of my recent purchases – this Cath Kidston deer jumper from their Christmas 2012 collection.

 

 

It is a beautifully soft and chunky jumper which is perfect now that the weather has got so cold and the days are much shorter. I bought it in a medium which is perfectly slightly oversized to just throw on and snuggling into.

 

It is a little pricey at £70 but it will last for ages and see me through many winters. The deer print is absolutely gorgeous and by far my favourite Cath Kidston Christmas prints. Plus Bambi is one of my favourite Disney films so how could I resist this cute jumper?!

 

 

What have you bought recently?

 

Hannah xox

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic festive period. Mine has been exceptionally busy with hardly any time to rest but amazing all the same! I can't believe how fast it has all gone though - over for another year :(

I really must apologise for my severe lack of posting over the last month. I have been super busy and just not had the time to write anything on my blog. But I promise to be a lot better this year – it’s one of my New Year’s Resolutions!

Here is a sneak peak of some of the gifts Santa left for me under the Christmas tree. I was extremely lucky to receive so many lovely gifts from my family and friends.  

Christmas presents:

Sewing machine

Baking recipe books

Mixing bowls and cake tines

Topshop Giftcard

Soap and Glory gift set

Make up brushes

Make up

Candles

Ed Sheeran CD

Cath Kidston mug

Necklaces hanger

Pink Smarties

Chocolate coins

Wire storage pot (which I think I’m going to use for my make up brushes)

Slippers

Christmas socks

Christmas pyjamas

Me To You Christmas teddy

Diary

Calender

I got a lovely rich purple sewing machine from my parents which was a big surprise but is something that I have wanted for a while. I hope to do some craft posts for you soon with customised clothes and crafts/gifts. I’m just getting used to sewing again though, as I haven’t actually been on a sewing machine for a few years since school!

I've got some more blog posts planned for you for the rest of the week so I really have no excuse not to post!

In addition, as a New Years gift, I am offering my YSL Arty inspired rings for just £3 (50% off!!) for one week only!

xo Hannah xo