Christmas Inspiration.....

I haven't blogged in awhile. It has been so busy and tiring at work. Retail is horrible to work in at Christmas time. I have had some of the rudest customers. Argh!

Anyway, I thought to make some flickr mosaics. 

1. Christmas present wrapping 2008, 2. gifts!, 3. Swaps sent to Miss Pickle, 4. holiday gift wrap, 5. crackers, 6. Holiday Sparkles-Embellish a Package Kit, 7. boxed, 8. Untitled, 9. French Country Embellishment box, 10. celery stamped wrapping, 11. All wrapped up, 12. Lucky Bird Parcels, 13. the photo trade, 14. esther packed up, 15. DSC_4647, 16. bird tag

This first one is all about beautiful packaging. There are so many creative ideas out there and every year I always want to try it but I never get round to doing it or think that people won't appreciate it the same way. 

This next mosaic is about stocking stuffers. Or just some cute little gifts that can be added to your main present.

1. paper-covered matchboxes + free labels, 2. My Glitter Birds Are In Etsy's Gift Guide for Stocking Stuffers!, 3. So girly...., 4. lollipop stamps, 5. Holiday Binder Clip Trio, 6. stocking stuffers, 7. Kokeshi Doll Stocking Stuffer, 8. BUM-BUMS soap,BON-BARS SOAP, 9. Sitting pretty!, 10. Rikuyo, 11. wooden box, 12. Vintage Wallpaper Soaps, 13. Weihnachtliche Praesente, 14. Strawberry Peppermint Bird Soap, 15. Mini Notepads, 16. More prints!

I like stockings but we don't really do them here. So this year Jase and I thought to exchange some stocking presents...all a surprise. 

I had this bauble made at work. I thought it would be fun to get a personalised bauble made. I got one for Jason made as well. 

I made some personalised Christmas crackers for my girl friends. It was so much fun to do. 

These are the little items in my crackers. A pastel pen, a little Bloom soap, and some tiny envelopes. 

I also made some little crackers with some Lindt chocolate and some tiny pegs. 

This is my beautiful feather wreath. It came with the lights already intertwined within the feathers. I'd like to hang this on my door after Christmas. 

I just had to add this Twilight movie poster. I've seen the movie twice. I loved it! I'm thinking of watching it a third time. One of my work mates is keen to watch it too. Hehe! We are a Twilight loving bunch in my area. 

Anyway, I hope to write another post before Christmas. On my one day off. Sigh. More tiring work. 

I thought I would share some of my little creative bursts =) It's nothing much really.

I made those fabric buttons and sewed them on a baby singlet. I just did it for fun. I like making those fabric buttons and thinking of incorporating them to some tiny note cards. Plus I love those teeny weeny baby singlets. 

This is an example of something I'm thinking of making. They're simple but I think they can be used for little gift cards etc. 

And a twilight movie themed mosaic using flickr pics of course. I'm still very much into my books right now.

1. Edward and Bella, 2. Edward & Bella (Twilight), 3. Bella&Edward, 4. i heart, 5. The cullens and BELLA!, 6. E&B 5

 

I'm really looking forward to the movie now. At first I wasn't sure of Robert Pattison as Edward but I was never against him like some fans, but he's really grown on me. Eeee!!

P.S. I'm hoping to open my Etsy in about two weeks time. I know I keep prolonging it but there's so many bits and pieces that has to be done.

Enchanted night and presents

A few weeks ago I had a little gathering for my birthday. I wasn't here for it so I thought I would have my own little things when I got back from overseas.

I have a few photos from that night and I took some photos of what I received today. Taken in my new room!

This is my table setting. I was in such a rush to set it up as I had Caeleb's 3rd birthday party beforehand.

It was really meant to be a girls only night with some of my closest girl friends but my brother hung around so Jason stayed as well.

A photo of my party favours. I had to take this photo quickly so it's not very neat. They received a set of 3 large notecards, a set of 4 mini notecards, a pen and pencil plus a little glass bottle of random bits and pieces. I painted a coloured letter for each girl and tied it around the glass bottle. I love making party favours and planning parties. It's so much fun!

Here's a close up of some of the notecards I gave.

The table set with the party favours. To see any of the pics better just click on the photo.

A close up of the little glass bottle. You can kind of make out the tiny butterflies, the pom poms, chocolate kiss and maybe the tiny pegs.

Moving on to what I received. This next few are from Jason. We always set a limit and just ask each other what we want. So this is made up of a whole bunch of small things.

There's the new Australian Instyle, Teen Vogue (American) I really like reading Teen Vogue actually lol, book 7 and 8 of the Series of Unfortunate events (I'm reading them all), book 6 in the Alex Rider series and the 3rd installment in the Stephenie Myer vampire trilogy (more about that later).

He got me 3 packs of 100 pages. I love my paper as most of you know.

He also got me some beautiful Christina Re paper. I adore her paper and products.

He got me a gorgeous Guess wallet from this new Guess shop in the city. Plus the desk blotter in the background was also from him =) He got me two other items, a litte wooden desk organiser from Ikea and a white cube shaped bookcase which I will show in the next post about my room.

This was from my friend Thara. Body products which I always need and little undies =) in the drawstring bag.

My lovely friend Laura who is a graphic designer designed the brown wrapping paper for me. I was being really careful when unwrapping it. Plus she got me that beautiful clutch purse.

My friend Kristina got me a cardmaking kit with ideas book, another card kit, pretty paper and stickers! Paper and the like is one of my obsessions.

This is from my brother and his best friend Melly. An assortment of luscious paper, stickers, rub ons, pens, a little address book and a photo frame with a picture of Melly and me. Eeee! Paper!

A close up of the lovely paper. I think I might end up framing some of them instead.

I got this from my sister in law and my oldest brother. A cute black singlet to use for work and other occasions, a pedicure voucher (yay!)and a Hilary Duff roll on perfume. It smells quite nice. Sweet and not too strong which is what I prefer.

This I received from one of my penpals Alicia. It's this pretty ornament to hang, some flavoured green tea (I love green tea) and some Ariel stickers.

And I just have to mention this, I love the Vampire books from Stephenie Myer! Well her first book Twilight is being made into a movie. They have cast the characters and I think they're starting to film. I'm looking forward to this movie.

This is the Vampire family. I don't usually like Vampires as they freak me out but these books are so seductive I guess you could say. A vampire romance book. I do recommend reading the saga.

Anyway, that was long so I hope you all made it through =)