Easter gift tags

Yesterday i decided to get cracking with Easter projects starting with some wooden gift tags.  I made a bundle of these and popped them on my Folksy shop yesterday. One set has sold already which is good news.  If you fancy making some they are easy enough to do..

 All you need is some wooden or card shapes some nice backing papers and some embellishments. Use a good roller glue to stick paper onto your shapes and cut round the edge with a craft knife.  Then add whatever emebliishments you want on top.

I have also wiped up a few more tissue holders these are so easy to do and a great use for scraps of fabric.

 This one is for Lilis school bag...

Sock bunny

Now that Mothers day is out of the way i am trying to plan for Easter. Lili breaks up from school next wednesday and i still have 20 little easter gifts to make with her for her classmates. I also have 3 birthdays next week so still have bits to make for those.  ok now i have said all that out loud i'd better get my butt in gear and get on with everything......

Before i go though i will share a little Easter bunny i made for Lili out of a sock...

 She is a little rough around the edges but really easy to make as you don't need to sew just a bit of fabric glue

 I'll probably make a few more for my neices once i can get it looking a bit smarter. Ok i may as well show some more tissue holders i have made to...

 I love making these as they take literally 10 minutes so great as a little project

 Think this one will end up in Lili's school bag!

Pocket tissue holder

Hi everyone sorry i have been AWOL for a week things have been hectic round here and are still a little that way. Last week i had an abscess which made me look like i had swallowed a tennis ball (not my best look!).  Not only did i look a mess it wiped me off my feet.  It was even more annoying as i had booked half the week off work to get some crafting done which just didn't happen!. On top of that we had new fitted units installed in our study which meant everything was everywhere (and some of it still is!) for most of the week. Then on Friday me and Mr G went to Manchester for the weekend to celebrate 20 years of being together.  We had a fab time and i wish we were still there.  here's a pic of us in one of the cocktail bars on Friday night...

Just before i go i'll show you the one thing i have made this week - a pocket tissue holder.  i used some cute fabric scraps i had in my sewing box.  I just love the bright bird fabric.  the inside is pink and white polka dots.

If you want to make one i used this tutorial which is so so easy so go one give it a whirl.

3 gifts from fabric scraps

Today i am going to share with you 3 things i have made from some small pieces of fabric scraps.  Each project took less than half an hour and i have to say i'm quite pleased with how they turned out given i made two of them up...

First item is this phone holder which i made up as i went along.  It was really easy and if anyone is interested i may try and do a tutorial for it.

This owl fabric is one of my faves at the moment.

I used fusible interfacing on the back of the lining and the main fabric to give it a bit of stability and attached a key fob as i am always losing my phone so now i can attach the case inside my handbag.

The next two items i made using some Amy Butler scraps.  These are a present for Mr G's Auntie who goes nowhere without pocket tissues and a chapstick!!

For the tissue holder i followed a tutorial over on skiptomylou. If you haven't visited Cindy's site go and look straight away she has so many fab homemade gift idea's and tutorials.

This chapstick holder i made up as i went along using a similar process to the phone holder but i didn't use interfacing. These projects were so easy and only took scrapos and very little time so i'm probably going to make a bundle for pressies.  They would make good Mothers Day gifts for starters..