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Christmas Parties II
December 9, 2008 by Ruth
Getting back to our Stampin’ Up! party last week, we also had a lucky door prize. So I decided to make this box. (Again if you would like the template, feel free to email me and I will send it too you.)
It is a very easy box to make and to be honest I have modified it a great deal since making this box. You see I actually made it all without the stamped images on the side, scalloping on the lid and embellishment on the top. So you can image it was quite plain and boring. It wasn’t until the late afternoon of the party that I realised I needed another box and thought the pressure is on to decorate it.
I thought it turned out quite well given the pressure I was under at the time and lack of inspiration!!!
Calendar Girls
December 8, 2008 by Ruth
Sorry for taking so long to blog again about the Christmas party will get back to that later today, however some exciting news.
My daughter Annabelle and niece Sophie are calendar girls for the Australian Nappy Network 2009 Calendar. Check them out here. They are the ones surrounded by the wool bales with sheep on the bottoms.
My sister and I use cloth nappies and the Nappy network was asking for photos, we asked my little sister if she wouldn’t mind taking some and that was the result. Annabelle is only 4 weeks old then. Hard to believe given she is now 8 1/2 months old!!!
Well must go shall post a little later.
For those who have asked for the box template it is being sent to your email box today.
Christmas Parties and Preparations
December 4, 2008 by Ruth
Well, what a week. Today is the first day in about a month that I feel I can relax without any pressing chores to do. I think the silly season has definetly started. Which means lots of eating and socialising and this is exactly what I have have been doing. Starting last Saturday night.
My husband and I had 13 people over for a nice little dinner party, I hope they all enjoyed it as much as I did!!!!.
Last night was Marelle Taylors group Stampin’ Up! party. This year I volunteered my services to host the event instead of going to a restuarant. You might think why. Well we (my husband and I) are very privelidged and blessed to own a table that can seat up to 20 people and I love a good dinner party. So it just went from there.
Last night was Marelle Taylors group Stampin’ Up! party. This year I volunteered my services to host the event instead of going to a restuarant. You might think why. Well we (my husband and I) are very privelidged and blessed to own a table that can seat up to 20 people and I love a good dinner party. So it just went from there.
I think everyone enjoyed themselves. Kirrily created some games for us which were fun and Marelle and I won!!!
However the reason I haven’t had a chance to blog lately is I have been busy creating the decorations for the table. I hope you will understand why when you see the photos.
Firstly at each placing was a box below filled with Chocolates I had made. (If you would like the template for the box, just send me an email.)
I then made napkin rings for each setting
and finally yesterday it occured to me that we didn’t have any Christmas Crackers and you can’t have a christmas party with crackers so I set out to make some
I also organised a lucky door prize and created a box to hold the present inside.
