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Christmas prep

24/12/202430/12/2024 Carolyncrafty stuff, sewing2 Comments on Christmas prep

Hello, Christmas makes!!  To be honest though my output is quite modest this year, I haven’t gone overboard with the making of Christmas gifts unlike previous years.   Just a few little things… I’d mostly made this black felt bunny…

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a knitting advent-ure

29/12/201829/12/2018 Carolynknitting, Uncategorized24 Comments on a knitting advent-ure

I’ve knitted a magical, rainbow, unicorn of a jumper/sweater! But, what is this, Carolyn??  I didn’t know you were into magical rainbow unicorns?!  Well, of course there is indeed a story behind this… my little “troll” progress keeper was my…

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the bumper Christmas edition

26/12/201801/02/2019 Carolyncrafty stuff, sewing10 Comments on the bumper Christmas edition

So, every Christmas I like to make a small mountain of stuff for my loved ones; this year was a smaller mountain than previously, mostly because I embarked upon a sorta epic making-adventure of a more selfish variety, ahem ……

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mini Lamington petit fours, and baby birds

24/12/201724/12/2017 Carolyncrafty stuff42 Comments on mini Lamington petit fours, and baby birds

scaling Mt Lamington… Before the onslaught of sewn Christmas gifts, and, I’m sorry, but there’s a LOT to share… here is a rare appearance of some baked Christmas gifts!  We kind of have a no-gift policy  within our extended families…

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an armada of icebergs…

01/12/201701/12/2017 Carolyncrafty stuff, Uncategorized28 Comments on an armada of icebergs…

Sooo… what tasteful works of homemade Christmas art has Carolyn proudly displayed in the entrance hall to assault the eyes of unsuspecting visitors to our house, hmmm?    Oh, a whole bunch of little cardboard icebergs… hmmmm, ok, yeah.  “Interesting”…

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Christmas mignardises

20/12/201524/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized16 Comments on Christmas mignardises

  So, every year I make something small to give to close friends and family for Christmas, sometimes a Christmas ornament, sometimes a sweet treat to eat.   This year, I decided on eatables; mini Christmas-pudding mignardises.  Cute, non? The idea and the details are…

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fun with gingerbread

25/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized19 Comments on fun with gingerbread

*sings* Have yourself a very gingerbread-y Christmas… Gingerbread!  Gingerbread madness  🙂 I love the stuff but I pretty much never make it.  Until I do and then it seems like I become temporarily obsessed and will make a lot, maybe…

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the Wolery

24/12/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized27 Comments on the Wolery

After my brothers and I had all moved out of home and started our own families; I started a rather non-rigid, and not annual, tradition of making a Christmas ornament for each of us… just something silly and small, not…

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