Anyway we did alot of stuff over Christmas, surprisingly spending for presents was minimal, We went back to NZ to renovate our bathroom see our family blog, which took alot of money, so when I asked my brother if we could cap present spending for this year, we went all the way and capped it at nothing!! If possible haha.
We had to make, bake or create all our presents. They turned out surprisingly well, we made a hardwood chopping board out of a peice of left over totara we used in our bathroom, for my brother, we made bags for my nephews and a cape/shawl/overskirt for my sister in law, we got scrap page photos from my sister, and a personally painted masterpiece from my nephew, lots of yummy sweets, biscuits etc, nana didn't join in the crafting experience and bought presents. But otherwise we had a blast!! The kids loved it, there was no scraping together money and hoping everyone would like what you could 'afford' or not afford as it happens sometimes lol.
will post pictures when my harddrive gets back from holiday!!
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Lisey and i have also been doing some more bags, one deconstructed from a pair of jeans, and a shoulder bag I was having a go at for my handmade bags blog, which never really got of the ground. See below:
I use the latter bag for my knitting or reading book when I go out, I think I need to either make it out of stiffer fabric for it to be sell able, I did use iron on interfacing, mabey a stiffer interfacing would give it more body?!
The jean bag is also floppy, but I think we need to fasten it shut to keep its shape, haven't got around to it yet so she doesn't use it much. Might use it for a dance bag?!
The jean bag is also floppy, but I think we need to fasten it shut to keep its shape, haven't got around to it yet so she doesn't use it much. Might use it for a dance bag?!
