Christmas Frosting class, I’m happy to report, was a grand success! We had a small, but very fun, class, and it ran about three hours of crafting, eating and shopping, what a glorious way to treat oneself before the holidays *and* get some practical things done at the same time. We made gift card containers, a stocking stuffer and lots of pretty gift tags for all those lovely Christmas presents that are sure to be delivered in just a few weeks! In addition, the ladies took home plenty (and then some!) of materials to continue and make more creative, fun tags.

First we started with a fun mini composition book that could do duty as a stocking stuffer, or could be a nice little present to oneself, and could be used as a holiday party planner, a holiday calendar/event-keeper, to keep track of those all-important Christmas wish lists, or as a reminder, “to-do” list of all those things that need doing that tend to fall by the wayside when the holidays are looming. The components were very simple, a mini composition book, some Basic Grey patterned paper from the Figgy Pudding line, a Sandylion fuzzy three dimensional penguin sticker, two Swarovski iron-on crystals (glued on, in our case) and a couple of varying Swarovski jeweled sliders.

Next was my personal favorite, a band-aid style container decorated up. It could be used for a gift card or gift certificate, or filled with candy (though I would line it first, with a food-grade wrap of some kind, if it’s loose candy), a jewelry case, or you could even fill it with pre-made tags for birthdays, holidays, or other gifts. If you wanted to give it early, you could fill it with handmade Christmas tags, to help out the recipient with some personal wrapping at this craziest time of year. Fill it with Spring fill and leave the lid open and you could tuck several small Scrapbooking tools -maybe precision scissors, precision tweezers, small adhesives, maybe the Basic Grey Precision File Kit, a QuickStik- inside and wrap it with cellophane and tie it off with a ribbon for a fun present to the crafter(s) in your life! Again, this project used Basic Grey Figgy Pudding patterned paper, in Glacier, and some Snow Vivelle on the bottom for snow, with a small slit cut so that the North Pole Sign (a Silhouette shape) could be inserted in slightly at the bottom and look as though it’s sitting in the snow itself.

-Continued on Page 4--