On the 25th day of Christmas I gave to Choccy & Furry..

...some yummy christmassy lush products

.....to have a lovely soak after a hard (but fun) day.
A bath bomb, soap and lip balm, wrapped in cling film to help preserve scent.

I've had a lovely, creative time making items for the gals, searching for bargains, and trying to make sure they suit the person they are going to, I hope I accomplished this :)

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On the 24th day of Christmas I gave to Choccy & Furry..

...a scrapbook page of memories.

I wanted to do a personal scrapbook page for both Furry and Choccy - These were my 2nd & 3rd pages I'd ever done so was concerned about getting them looking good, especially trying to do them in a style I thought they'd like.

FURRYS - The gift of friends:

I printed off photos that were taken the first time we'd met, and ones I thought we'd all like. I put a wonderful poem that I found with it, though I have to admit, edited it slightly to make it suit better.
I backed it all on brown as I know this is Furrys favourite colour, putting it with pink and ivory as I think these colours looked fab together.
The embellishment "good times" was a piece of card which I used glossy accents on to make it "pop"

CHOCCYS - Ironbridge
I tried to split this layout to represent the 3 areas of ironbridge we visited when Oona came to Telford.
On the left is photos of Blists Hill, a victorian town so its on victorian style paper that I aged slightly.
The centre is the time spent outside, both on the actual ironbridge and playing in the park. I mounted this on mellow yellow paper that faintly says "laugh, love, fun" which I thought was perfect.
On the right is our time at Enguinuity, a science fare type place, full of learning, hence being on a background of clocks, notes etc.

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On the 23rd day of Christmas I gave to Furry..

..a book about extrodinary potenial in pigs

I bought "The whole hog" for Furrys advent pressie, a tad risky as these kinds of books can be rather dull, but all reviews of the book is that is very interesting and well written, whether your a fan of pigs or not.

On the 23rd day of Christmas I got for Choccy...

...a collection of seed cards

As Choccy is a keen gardener I decided to give her some seeds. In my shed I have envelopes with seeds I've collected from my own plants. I put some of these into small clear bags and created cards with images of the plants and growing instructions on them. I laminated the cards so the bags could be stuck to them but also be removed without harming the instructions.

On the 22nd day of Christmas I gave to Choccy & Furry..

...a 2010 calender

This is where my stalker powers and (rather small) internet knowledge came in handy. I found some photos of Furry and her family - this is what happens when people put photos up on the internet, people like me turn them into calenders, you have been warned!!!

Choccy was harder, there were few photos to find of all her family, and I didnt want to miss anyone out, so as I know she loves Magnolia Stamps I set about finding the best pictures made with these, and use those.

I made 2 totally different style calenders, both with Microsoft Publisher, printed them out (which working out which way to put the card so it printed the right way, back on back, in what order etc was mind numbing late at night) and used a binder to fasten them together. I then punched a hole at the top so it can be hung up.

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On the 21st day of Christmas I gave to Choccy & Furry...

..2 packs of 3d halloween stickers
To use on the girls cards or Scrapbooks.

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On the 19th day of Christmas I gave to Choccy & Furry

...a jar of bath fizzers

Another idea originally from Martha Stewart, I made a bath bomb mix and added Fairy dust scent, and a little red colouring. I then pushed it into a silicon ice cube tray and waited a couple of days to ensure it was properly dry before jarring it up.

I'm planning on making similar for my brother but with ck1 scented oil for part of his christmas smellies hamper.

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