Hello today im sharing my lovely craft swap that i received from Sam a lovely lady who in fact does not live that far away from me xx
So the swap theme was gingerbread man and i signed up without thinking about what i might make , then realized oh no what do i know about cooking ginger breads i burn things so i don't do baking the hubby does cooking cakes and things with the children as i am totally rubbish at measurements ,and timings , so what do you make for a craft swap that involves the theme ginger bread ? .
And so i set too on the internet trying to inspire myself and get crafting ideas , then i came across a blog ,that i follow on twitter and the lovely lady has a felt gingerbread ,as her avatar profile picture and that gave me an idea to make a felt gingerbread man wearing a gingerbread tie made from cute ribbon i bought at Christmas , so i made him and he looked a bit like a man made of gingerbread , then for a while i got crafters block , this is when your stuck for ideas because you've done too many crafts quickly , and so it wasn't till i was having a crafting day with my girls that i came across my daughters book she won from Make and Craft magazine for making a felt flubble , inside it had felt pin cushions made like little buns and tarts and pies so i got the idea to make a gingerbread iced bun and set to they are very quick to make and so easy to follow the instruction as the book is designed to teach children all different sewing techniques , so me being a big kid found it a very good book , the next idea i got from instagram lots of the lovely people i follow are making these crochet hearts from the blog attic 24 and so ive been learning and made a few myself , i was given some orange yarn by my cousin and thought its rather gingerbread i colour i know i shall crochet a heart as they are pretty and attach a little felt gingerbread man instead of a flower , i think it worked out well , and so i had my craft swap made , the next part was the gift what should i send well i was stuck but eventually thought if i buy something that can be used in the kitchen again and again its a better gift than something you can only use once and so i bought a pot holder , in fact i bought one for me too lol , and as i always like to add a little note with the swap i made a gingerbread card , what was very funny was , i couldn't find any pens or pencils to decorate the the card from my designs by sazy b crafting draw and so i got my eldest daughters pencil case out of her school bag and used the pens and pencils that was inside , as she said you can use them mum but please put them back when you've finished what made me laugh they are my pens missing from my draws but i guess she uses them more than me i can buy some more xx , and so my swap was finished it has taken me along time to finish as you have other things to do along the way , in the end i think it was a nice swap , i loved my gingerbread mould and bun cases and the lovely heart i got from Sam , its really nice to do these swaps the next one is ladybirds im already thinking infront and awaiting my partner .
And heres what sam sent me :)
