Craft items for presents

Hellooo,

Christmas has been and gone, it was joyful and time spent with family and friends. I can now share with you what else I made as presents for my friends. (I was worried they might see them on my blog and it would ruin the surprise)

I created two calendar for the year ahead. 

I brought the paper work from Hobby Craft. 

The backgrounds are all paper that I already had, and 

used pictures that I had taken over the years. 

They are very personal gifts which will last them the year. Each month they get a different pictures to enjoy from fun times. They were also fun making, using different coloured paper, ribbons and extras.

Can't wait to start my next project. 

Love Lolly

xoxo

A little jar for the future

Happy New Year!!

Yea I'm like a week late writing this, but I've said it to you all now.
I want to make the most of this year which means spending time with the people I love, doing stuff I love and being who I want to be.. which includes having fun! Over the last year I had many changes in my life, some good, some bad, but my skin has been my main problem. I still trying find out what is causing it all, which is harder than it seems.
Therefore I've created a jar to remind me of all the good things that happen over the year. I got the idea for a picture I found on Pinterest.

The Jar reads:

"Starting January 1st, write all good things that happen to 

you on little pieces of paper:

- Surprise gifts

-Accomplished goals

- The beauty of nature

- "LOL" moments 

- Memories worth saving

- Daily blessings

Then on December 31st open the jar and read all the amazing

things that have happened to you in 2014!"

Its a great way of remembering all the good stuff that happens over the year, I've already started to add little notes to my jar. 

Hope its going to be a good year... and the same for you.

Love Lolly

xoxo

London trip to Winter Wonderland

Hey,

I wrote this before Christmas but it was unable to upload for some reason but I still wanted to share it with you.

It was my Christmas trip with the girls to winter wonderland in London. We went last year and enjoyed it so thought we would go again. 

We went Sunday morning to beat the rust and walked straight in, but be warned.. Go early as when we left at lunch time there were long ques to enter.

My friend Claire and me with a polar bear!

This was at one of the bars, a talking moose. Many people were standing watching him.

The ice rink, which draws in many people to the wonderland. Many people were giving it a go, some were better than others. There was a person singing in the middle in the main stand, which gave a very Christmasy atmosphere. 

After going to winter wonderland we went for a walk round London and Covent Garden was where this photo was taken... A beautiful Christmas Tree in the back ground.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a happy new year. 

Love Lolly

xoxo

Weekend to London

Hello,

A few weekends ago I had a weekend off work, so I went to London to visit my friend as I don't get to see her much. I'm lucky as she lives south of the river so we could jump on the underground and head in to the centre of the city. 

We went to the main places, Leister square (my favourite!) piccadilly Circus, Carnaby Street, Covent Garden and then on to Spitalfields Market which is near Liverpool street station. I hadn't been to the market before but my friend loved it! She had been many time, and found many treasures to buy. So I was excited to see what I could find!! 

There's what I found!!

Cutie nautical dress (I'm not sure about the belt but I have plenty of my own)

Priced at £10.00

I love bunnies so this was for me.

Priced at £5.00

Shirt for £10

Necklace was £8

This is a vintage map of Bedfordshire which is my home town... I think it will make a lovely picture hanging on my wall, when I find a frame big enough.

I loved my shopping day and can't wait to go back to London to find more treasures.

Love Lolly

xoxo

Christmas door wreaths

Hello, 

It's not long till Christmas now, so I've been making the house look a little Christmas. It all starts on the welcome into the house so something on the door is a must!

This year I wanted a traditional door wreath, however as I never make one just for myself I had three to make. 

For my Nan's front door.

Mine, a touch of red and gold. 

And I haven't got a photo of the last one, but it was for my neighbour. 

I like making these as they are pretty extra to add a touch of Christmas.

Love Lolly

xoxo

A few new books

Hey,

 I just wanted to share with you some new books that I picked up from a charity shop while I was Christmas shopping. I had done well getting many Christmas presents so with three of these books priced at £1 each and one at £1.50 I knew I could treat myself with these.

They are all by well known authors and ones I would of brought anyway, so these are a great bargain!! I already have a few books by these authors so looking forward to reading these.

I'll let you know my reviews of them when I get a chance to read them soon.

Love Lolly

xoxo

Homemade bath bombs

Hey,

I've been busy getting stuff ready for Christmas which includes making Christmas presents this year! I've been searching many different ideas for my friends when I came across bath bomb recipe's so I thought I'd give them a go. 

You will need:

1/2 cup powered Citric Acid 

1 cup of Baking Soda

3/4 cup of Cornstarch

1/4 cup of Cane Sugar

Food colouring

Essential Oils

Water 

Large bowl

Muffin tin (or any molds, can be different shapes) 

Spray bottle 

Step one

Mix in a large bowl, powered Citric acid, Baking soda, and cornstarch.

Step two

When mixed well, add in the Cane Sugar and mix well.

Step three

Mix the your choice of food colouring with your choice of Essential oils and add a little water into a spray bottle. Add bit by bit to the mixture. Mix well as you add, the mixture should start to come together. I found the best way was to use my hands to make sure the mixture stick together. The mixture should be lightly wet so it molds together but not fizzing or you will have to start again. 

Step four

When the mixture starts to stick together add to your molds, use a lot of pressure to compact the mixture, to prevent cracking. 

Step five

Leave the mixture in the molds for up to 24 hours until the mixture as set in the shape. It's best to do this in a dry place. Then carefully remove from the mold and store in an air tight container.

Here's a picture of mine that I made:

I brought the cute little jars from a pound shop and added Christmas ribbon. 

Over all I think this makes a pretty present! 

Now I must warn you the first time I tried to make these I added too much water and food colouring to the mixture so it started to fizz, so when I added it to the mold sit just kept fizzing. I thought it might settle down, so I left it lover night.... However it turned out to be a bigger mess and just fizzed everywhere!!! 

Therefore the second time I didn't add as much water and food colouring, so they were still powdery, over night they still didn't set, so I put it all back in a bowl and added more water and food colouring slowly. In the end I had the perfect mix, this does take some trial and errors to get the right mix. Just give it a go.

Enjoy,

Love Lolly

xoxo