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Christmas Craft

Well, with the inclement weather, I was stranded at home (I wish). With nothing to do but turn my mind, and hand, to Christmas craft I pressed on.

So much opportunity. I walked up and down the length of Green Lanes for inspiration. Wood Green to Homebase. My those lights are pathetic!

Then I decided to Make My Own Kind Of Christmas. Baubles for the tree. You may recognise them. I did.

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So, if any of you HOL's are doing your craft for Christmas - I'd love to see it, please share...

ahoj

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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on December 5, 2010 at 11:47

Your Nigella Bauble in blue is very recognisable, but who's the dalek in red?

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Permalink Reply by scott m. on December 8, 2010 at 4:06

I guess the red one is Delia

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Permalink Reply by matt on December 5, 2010 at 12:36

OAE, I think it's the Norton bauble

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Permalink Reply by Liz on December 6, 2010 at 18:30

Nice idea, Steve.

All our paper chains are made out of old envelopes and bits and bobs of paper from the recycling box.

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Permalink Reply by jack63kids on December 7, 2010 at 12:07

Steve,
Those so cool - do you have instructions on how to make them? I'd love to know what you used for all the parts.
If I can work out how, I'dd send my template for Christmas Angels which my mum showed me how to make a few years back. I make and sell them at charity fairs at church - more a labour of love than a serious money spinner but people like them and I use tissue paper recycled from jewellery, flowers and undies! Some really cool ones with 'figleaves' written all over it!
Jack =;-)

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Permalink Reply by jack63kids on December 7, 2010 at 12:34

Ah, just found the link.... worked out that you've customised some existing daleks - really like your Christmas modifications - think they are the coolest Christmas decorations I've seen this year and think I know where to get over rather larger one from left overs from our Christmas market. Might just swipe that off the rector's wife for a small consideration ...

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Permalink Reply by scott m. on December 8, 2010 at 4:05

Yes, indeed they are the character option Daleks, just glitterised!

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Permalink Reply by jack63kids on December 8, 2010 at 12:37

No *just* about it Steve. Glitterising is a specialised job!
Think you might have started a trend here, such a great idea.

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Permalink Reply by jack63kids on December 7, 2010 at 12:18

CHRISTMAS ANGELS, to hang on trees, light fittings, or anywhere you like ...
You will need:
Template for angel shapes;
Large piece of tissue paper - can use recycled tissue from flowers if it’s not ruined;
Thin cord - cord from haberdashers used for blinds is good and cheap;
Barrel beads or any with wide hole - one per angel
PVA glue for the hangers;
Glue pen for the angel bodies - I use a Scotch Scrapbooker’s Glue pen, but any with a thin dispenser will be fine

Use the template to cut 3 pieces to make each angel from tissue paper folded in half.
Lay one of the angel shapes, wings spread open, with ‘wrong’ side upwards
Use the glue pen to ‘outline’ one half of the spread angel - putting glue as near to the edges as possible and to the inside of that half, down the middle
Place another angel piece, folded in half, over the one you’ve glued, so that they match up down the middle fold and the wings. It will slide for a short while after placing until the glue sinks in so you can smooth the wings outwards
Thread both ends through the bead. Take one end and loop it around and push it back through in the same direction as first time. Yeah really! See the pic included, it’s impossible to describe.
Dip the cord ends into PVA glue for about the same length of the ‘head’ on your angel making sure the cord is covered in glue then press it on as near the centre as possible fold on the ‘head’ of your angel. It will hang better the closer to the centre it is.
Leave both sets of glue to dry - this will take much longer than you’d think, so go do something else if you aren’t making 50 more angels straight away. Don’t go right away though.
- move them once in a while and make sure they aren’t sticking to surfaces or angel parts you don’t want glued together This is important as it’s much easier than trying to rip tissue paper later;
When the glue is dry, take the third angel body piece, ‘wrong’ side up and wings spread open and glue all the way around the edges and straight down the middle of the fold
Place the third piece over the top of the other two and slide into place, which is possible for a moment before the glue starts sinking in. Make sure the centre folds are pushed well together to make a good crease. Make sure that the ‘head’ holds the cord in place securely
This is an incredibly forgiving design and little rips, edges that don’t match up and mistakes don’t really matter. If edges don’t match you can either trim them when dry or leave the ‘ragged’ edges which can look surprisingly pretty.

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