Happy Holiday Crafting!
Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 
2:22 pm ()
Edit: Yes, I have a new theme. Hit Ctrl+F5 to see it. (I seem to be having some issues with IE. I am working on it….)
Happy December everyone! I can’t believe Christmas is just around the corner! I’ve got so much to do before Christmas and our trip to Florida. I still can’t believe I’m going to be at Disney World ON Christmas! I am a little disappointed that “the” Disney World Christmas Parade doesn’t actually occur on Christmas Day. Don’t get me wrong, they have a parade on Christmas, but THE Christmas parade with all the performers and such happened yesterday (November 30th). You have to buy special tickets for it, and they sold out in six hours apparently. Oh well though, I’ll be in the “happiest place on earth” on Christmas Day! 
I’m still very excited!
So here are some of the things I have been working on lately. First up, I decided today to go ahead and mix up a big batch of peppermint bath salts that are part of the goodies I am making for my aunts and cousin for Christmas. They smell super yummy! I love the little jars too. I got those from Hobby Lobby for 99 cents each. They’re very good, quality little jars. I love little containers and such.
I’ve also been busy painting cupcakes. I guess it was last week I went shopping and found these adorable cupcake ornaments at Joann’s. I bought all that they had. 
I also found some really awesome glitter paint. I used the glitter paint to paint the tops of the cupcakes. They are really sparkly though the picture doesn’t really show very well. Only one has gotten it’s cute happy face so far. They will all be smiling soon. I haven’t decided whether or not to sell these, give these away in ornament exchanges, or keep them for myself. They are so darn cute! Luckily, I bought lots. 
Another thing I have been doing is making more little charms out of polymer clay. It’s not really as easy as it looks. It takes practice and patience to get the shapes and sizes just right. I’m getting better I think. It’s also tricky painting their little faces sometimes. It is time consuming, however, to shape the clay, bake it, let it cool, and paint several coats of paint on. In the end though, they’ve turned out pretty cute I think. I’ve got several I need to still paint.
One other thing I did this morning was make up a big batch of peppermint lotion. Now, I don’t know how happy I am going to be with the end product. The red dye really turned out more pink. I’m not sure if I got enough peppermint oil in the mix either. After it all cools, I’ll try it out later and see what I think about it.
I have so many more things to do: paint Christmas trays, finish the cupcake ornament faces, paint more clay charms, wrap presents, make sugar face scrub, make my peppermint soaps, and try out my new button makers! Yes! I am now the proud owner of a 1 1/4 inch button maker and a 2 1/4 inch button maker. I’m going to go crazy making cute buttons and mirrors! 
Oh yeah! And here are the two Santa ornaments I made the week of Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving, my family has an ornament exchange. Everyone brings an ornament. We number them, and then everyone draws a number and gets an ornament. I gave away the Santa on the left. My grandma got my ornament again this year.
You can see more pictures of my craft adventures on Flickr.
Oh, and both Karin and Jessica tagged me to post a list of seven facts about myself. I was already tagged before with that same topic (only it was six things). Since I didn’t have time to make a new list of seven things, here is a link to my previous answers.
Are any of you working on handmade gifts for Christmas?
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14 Comments so far
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Ashley scribbled this note on December 1st, 2007: 
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Can I have a cupcake? I’ll love it forever?! =P I’m so jealous of you, you must be having all kinds of fun doing all these crafty things.
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I love your creations (and really love your peppermint bath salt idea). I want to do some handmade gifts for Christmas, but I haven’t started any yet. I did get this giant Michael’s Craft book from the library though! I’ve been thinking about working with polymer clay, but I’ve yet to try it. Those little santas are soo cute!
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Oh my gosh!!! That’s SO creative; I love it!! Wow. ^____^ How cute! Peppermint bath salts… now that sounds pretty much amazing. But I like everything. :] <333 hehe
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I love your creations. They are adorable. Whomever your giving presents to this year should love them.
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Aww this theme is so sweet, I love that your site is so colourful.
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I love love love your new theme! I was looking at your newest creations over at flickr & am totally in awe!
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Ooo loving this new theme/layout! It’s so pretty, clean too.
I love looking at the images of all the things you’ve been making, whoever will be getting them as presents is really lucky. -
Ooh, I like this layout lots. And I LOVE the santa ornaments! You should send one of them to each of your readers
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Oh I am actually, I am working on hand-binding a note book for my mother to use as a diary. I’ve never done it before but if it doesn’t turn out right I will just go and buy her a diary, lol
At the moment I am working on a theme scrapbook… I collected so much paper, card, fabric, photos, etc over the last 2 years I’m now grouping everything in my scrapbook to have as an artistic reference, like an artist’s porfolio type thing almost. I’m planning on posting some photos & bloging about it this week sometime!
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Holy cuteness Batman! First, i adore your new layout! It’s so bright and cheerful and I smiled as soon as I saw it. And second!! oh my goodness! Those cupcakes are tooo cute. I love love LOVE sparkles too.
All your creations are amazing. I’m feeling inspire to doodle some happy cupcakes now ^^ -
Great new layout, Ashley! It’s so cheery and bright.
I love your crafty Christmas gifts! I wish I had the same knack for crafty things as you. They look absolutely gorgeous and add a real unique twist to your decorating! I especially love the purple Santa ornaments - those are utterly adorable.
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You should have an email from one crazy girl (aka me) in your inbox right now!! isn’t that a scary thought??
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I love the idea for creating your own bath salts; I think that’s something I wish I would’ve considered before even going out Christmas shopping.
I also really love the charms you made from the clay. I think I see a little octopus in there!
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