My First Christmas Cards For 2012

I'm trying -slowly but steady- to get into the Christmas mood. These are my first two Christmas cards for this year, 2012. Nothing too fancy, just beautiful stickers and a paper puncher. I don't know if there will be more, but these two are already on their way to two special ladies of my life who live abroad. I hope they'll like them! :-)

Have you started creating for Christmas yet?

I'd love to see what you're up to.

Just leave me a link on the comments.

Προσπαθώ -αργά αλλά σταθερά- να μπω σε Χριστουγεννιάτικη διάθεση. Αυτές είναι δύο από τις πρώτες Χριστουγεννιάτικες κάρτες μου για φέτος. Τίποτα ιδιαίτερο, απλά μερικά όμορφα αυτοκόλλητα και ένας διακορευτής με σχέδια. Δεν ξέρω αν θα φτιάξω και άλλες, αλλά αυτές οι δύο έχουν πα΄ρει ήδη το δρόμο τους προς δύο πολύ αγαπημένες κυρίες της ζωής μου που μένουν "στα εξωτερικά". Ελπίζω να τους αρέσουν! :-)

Εσείς έχετε ξεκινήσει να φτιάχνετε πραγματάκια για τα Χριστούγεννα;

Θα ήθελα πολύ να δω τι ετοιμάζετε.

Αφήστε μου link στα σχόλια.

2012 Kitchen Calendars

Another idea for a quick and easy Christmas gift is

a handmade calendar for the kitchen.

Ακόμη μια ιδέα για ένα γρήγορο και εύκολο Χριστουγεννιάτικο δώρο

είναι ένα χειροποίητο ημερολόγιο κουζίνας.

 Just a set of cheap, wooden spoons and forks, some ribbon

and your new cute kitchen calendars are ready to be hanged.

Απλά ένα σετ από φθηνές, ξύλινες κουτάλες, λίγη κορδέλα

και το καινούριο σας χαριτωμένο ημερολόγιο για την κουζίνα

είναι έτοιμο για κρέμασμα.

 Or a round piece of cork (this was meant to be a kitchen coaster)

can make a message board and a calendar for your kitchen.

Ή ένα στρογγυλό κομμάτι από φελλό

(αυτό υποτείθεται πως είναι σουβέρ για τις κατσαρόλες)

μπορεί να γίνει ένας πίνακας σημειώσεων και ημερολόγιο μαζί.

Cute, huh?

Χαριτωμένα, έτσι;

Note:

DON'T FORGET to add your BLOG ADDRESS too when you leave a comment.

See my tutorial for more details.

ΜΗΝ ΞΕΧΝΑΤΕ να προσθέτετε και την ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΣΗ ΤΟΥ BLOG ΣΑΣ όταν αφήνετε το σχόλιό σας.

Δείτε το tutorial για περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες.

Last Minute Christmas Gift

A great idea for a last minute Christmas gift! All you need is your crochet hook, some yarn, a hair clip or a safety pin and some basic skills of crocheting. I've found a tutorial at Crochet Spot if you need any help but it's pretty simple, even without a tutorial. You just crochet a rectangle and then tie it in the middle. You sew, glue or tie it on the hair clip or safety pin and you're done! Simple as that!

You can also use it to decorate anything else, a purse, a blouse, even a package. You can make lots of them in every color, I know because I can't stop making them!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Handmade Gifts

I wanted to show you a little preview of the things that I'm taking with me to the Two Days Christmas Festival. These past two weeks I've been crafting non-stop whenever I find a little spare time or even until late at night. I'm so excited! I'm excited about this whole Christmas Festival but also really excited about me, crafting again with such a passion! I've missed that! So, here are a few of the things that I've made. They are currently in my shop but will be packed and displayed on my table tomorrow. If you are around, please pay a visit. I'd love to see you!

Large Paper Clip Bookmarks

Crochet Heart Shaped Paper Clips

Little Notebooks with a pen (not shown)

And of course

My handmade Notebooks

Sticky Notes Folders

Christmas Cards

Handmade Oilcloth Tote Bag

and many many more random creations

that I'll show you maybe on Monday among

with photos of the actual event.

Stay tuned & Wish Me Luck!

Tutorial - Printable - Sticky Notes Folder

I wanted to show you my latest creation. Christmas is around the corner and I know that many of you are scratching your heads trying to find the perfect gift for your loved ones that won't cost you a fortune, plus it would be useful and most importantly HANDMADE!
As I was browsing my computer inspiration files (yes I have many of those files) I saw a printable of a sticky notes cozy from Peptogirl. What a great idea that is! I wanted to make one ASAP! But the sticky notes that I had around didn't fit in this one, they were too thick, so I decided to make one on my own from scratch. So, here's the tutorial that I've come up with.

Supplies:

❤  sticky notes, any size you like
❤ piece of thick paper, card stock e.t.c. patterned or plain.

❤ a design program as Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw (optional, if you want to set up the whole thing and print it)

❤ printer (optional, if you want to print something on it)
❤ a bone folder (optional)

❤  ruler and cutter or scissors (cutting mat, optional but really useful)
❤ a set of Velcro fasteners
❤ double sided tape or glue (optional)

❤ decorative scissors or edge puncher

❤ fancy stickers, ribbons, buttons e.t.c.

Instructions:

❤ First of all, you take your sticky notes pad and measure it around. Mine was 7,7 x 7,7 x 0,9 cm.

❤ On a piece of paper you can make a ruff sketch of how your final piece would be so that you'll know exactly the final size of it. Your measurements (7,7 x 7,7 cm) would be the center piece, the back of your sticky notes, and then add the 0,9 cm on top and on bottom, plus one more mm (so that you can fold it) that's 1 cm on each side. Next, add another rectangle on the bottom, let's say 7,7 x  6 cm (that would be the top cover) and another smaller rectangle on the top 7,7 x 4 cm.

❤ You can either skip that step. Open a design program and make the same sketch that you did on paper being careful to use the exact same measurements. Now you can add whatever you want, design a pattern, put clip arts, add a clever note... use your imagination. Just keep in mind that whatever you put on the upper side must be reversed (upside -down) so that when you fold it you can see everything straight. When you are done and satisfied with the result print it on the card stock paper that you desire.

❤ If you don't design it on your computer, just make the same measurements directly on you paper and with a ruler and a cutter or if you're really good with scissors cut it around. Then, with a bone folder, fold the dashed lines.

For better folding use your ruler as a guide and

with the edge of your bone folder, mark the dashed lines.

❤ Now you can cut the edges with an edge puncher or use a decorative scissors to make the edges a little bit more interesting.

❤ Take your sticky notes and you can either put them in right away (if they are sticky enough to stay in place) or  for being more secure, add a piece of double sided tape or just a bit of glue.

❤ Pill off the back of the bottom piece (or the top, it doesn't matter) of the Velcro fasteners, stick it to the desired place and then take off the other one and just put the card stock cover on it. That way you can be sure that you have sticked everything right in place.

❤ Finally, you can use whatever material you want to decorate your cover. You can stamp it, add stickers, ribbons, gift tags, glitter or whatever you can think of. It depends on the occasion. This would make a perfect gift for little kids, co-workers, Valentine's day, Christmas or just for fun. And the good part is that you can re-use it if you want to. You'll just have to stick another sticky note pad inside!
You can customize it however you want. Here are some ideas:

You can download the printable version

(for personal use only, not for resale. Thanks!)

here

I hope that you enjoyed it and if you make

something like that I'd love to see it!
Thanks For Stopping By!