Christmas is coming...

 

I know its only November, but someone on the radio has already put up their tree!
I'm very sorry I promised a tutorial last handmade Monday but I have had a mountain of homework! So here it is, paper gift bag tutorial.

Take your flat piece of paper, and fold it lengthways.

 

 

Then unfold it and fold widthways.

 

 

 

Fold the corner into the middle like you're making a paper hat.

And the other corner...

 

Here comes the tricky bit, push the outer sides of the triangles into the middle and flatten them down, to create the same shape just with the folds on the inside.

 

 





 

 

 

Take the front flap on one side and fold it into the middle.

 Then fold it again. Repeat both sides.

 

 

 

 

Flip over and repeat, you should end up with something like this.

Fold up the bottom triangle...

... then let it go. Fold over the top, you could fold in the corners to neaten them if you want.

 

Open it out...

Then crease the bottom. Now you have your bag! You could punch a hole in the top and tie it with ribbon to make a gift bag, (you need a very big piece of paper for this) or you could make lots of teeny tiny ones and string them up to make an advent calendar - its really up to you and depends on the size of the paper.

 

Sorry for the delay, anyway I'm off to check out the other blogs on handmade Monday!

 

 

Ps Its only 37 sleeps till the big day!



Campervan Chaos!

Hi all!
Lately I've been very busy so haven't posted but I'm back!
I started school again the other day so have been settling back in, I've been invited to a party next weekend and as the host is a campervan addict I came up with a new product!

Hard at work!

Unfortunately blogger wont let me post a photo of the bag but I'll see what I can do for next time...

Also to add to the collection...

 

 

A campervan cushion! It was a long, hard decision between the reds/blues (what you can see here) and the greens/pinks it also came in!

 

 

The other day it was Mum's birthday ( coincidentally my last day of the holiday ) so I decided I would make her the choclotiest chocolate cake known to man!

Complete with homemade chocolate lollies!

 

 

Dad was worried I'd give every one a coronary! My cooking teacher asked if everyone liked it and I said I didn't know but seeing as there is only half of it left I hoped so. There is none left by the way.

 

Also a couple of weeks ago we visited Wells Moat boat race! Teams decorate rafts and dress up for a fancy dress contest followed by several races -  I thought I'd share a photo or two!




 

Right now I'm off to check all the other fabulous blogs on Handmade Monday!

That's all from me for now,

 

In a Pickle