[Nfb-krafters-korner] Sharing a craft idea for next Christmas

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Valerie
 
We love sharing ideas and craft things here on the list.  I will say  that 
give it a thought if a possible class can be done before you put all the  
directions down.  I am always looking for class type projects.
 
We do have Christmas in August.  What that is, the whole month of  August 
we have Christmas and Holiday classes.  It gets folks not waiting  until the 
last minute to do classes and plenty of time to make those Holiday  gifts.
 
If you visited our calendar page there is an announcement regarding  
teachers contacting me for booking in Holiday classes for  August.    August 
classes need to be booked and class proposals  submitted by the end of May.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 1/7/2014 3:42:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rosetta at adam.com.au writes:


Hello Annette, I am fairly certain we painted both sides and  that they used
a special pen to write To/From and names on back, I didn't  do this part, we
just gave the names of the people who would be receiving  the gifts and the
cards were labeled ready to go. I imagine the paint would  repel writing if
not a special pen used, is that right? Other than that I  guess you could
leave the back side blank to write on or make some of the  little To/From
labels on the computer, that sounds really good, I'd love to  know how to do
that. Maybe we might have a computer craft ideas class,  making extras. 
There
must be a lot we could do on a computer to embellish  our crafts?  The gift
tags sound quite simple, but everyone who saw  them thought they were so
pretty, think the sparkly beads really finished  them off.

The decorative ball with the flaps and triangles sounds  another lovely
project, how clever some people are with their craft  work.

If it's O.K to share ideas and descriptions of craft work, there  is another
one we did that I can add. I am new to the list and not quite  sure of the
guidelines for list posts, perhaps the list is more information  and
gathering info for projects, so pleas let me know if I have stepped  outside
guidelines.  Best wishes. Valerie  

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Sent: Tuesday, 7 January 2014 11:01 PM
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Valerie,

That is a great idea to add to the  list.  Did you only put the glitter on
one side so that the writing  could be put on the back?  To/From labels can
be made on the computer  and then applied to the tag or gift.

Annette


-----Original  Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
On
Behalf Of  Valerie
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 3:39 AM
To: 'List for blind  crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Sharing a craft idea  for next Christmas

I hasitate to share an idea with all the great  projects on offer and maybe
this craft idea has already been done,  apologies if it has been.  These 
were
an easy project to do, but  thought I'd share the idea anyway. A craft I was
involved in some time back  was making Christmas Cards, gift cards to tie
onto presents or gifts.   I think the card shapes were cut from very large
punch shapes of Christmas  Trees, Bells, Snowflake etc, we used patterned
cardboard or brightly  coloured cardboard, painted both sides of the shapes
with glitter paint and  when dry, threaded a brightly coloured cord through 
a
hole punched at the  top of the card, before tying a knot in the cord, we
threaded on three  sparkly beads, The cards were very pretty and 
Christmassy,
Some one needed  to write the gift person's name on the cards, but other 
than
that, they  were all done by those involved.   One card I painted with  
pearl
like paint and threaded bead pearls onto the cord, colours were all  in soft
pastels.  Cheers Valerie  



Valerie

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