GBCN Crafts Handmade Ornament Exchange 2018

[oregonpachey]

Mine came today! I love it drloretta thank you!

[cmeon]

Nov 28, 2018 18:52:00 GMT -5 oregonpachey said:

Mine came today! I love it drloretta thank you!

That is so tiny and adorable!!

[panicked]

Nov 28, 2018 18:52:00 GMT -5 oregonpachey said:

Mine came today! I love it drloretta thank you!

That’s ADORABLE!

[panicked]

Oh my gosh, you guys! Check out the AMAZING ornaments adhdfashion sent!!! How cute are these?! She also included some Lindor truffles, which are now gone. ;-) thank you so much, adhdfashion!!!

[adhdfashion]

I am glad you like them panicked !

[drloretta]

Wow, that was fast! Glad you like it. So much fun to make

[drloretta]

Nov 29, 2018 19:23:13 GMT -5 panicked said:

Oh my gosh, you guys! Check out the AMAZING ornaments adhdfashion sent!!! How cute are these?! She also included some Lindor truffles, which are now gone. ;-) thank you so much, adhdfashion!!!

Those are adorable!

[mala]

Nov 29, 2018 19:23:13 GMT -5 panicked said:

Oh my gosh, you guys! Check out the AMAZING ornaments adhdfashion sent!!! How cute are these?! She also included some Lindor truffles, which are now gone. ;-) thank you so much, adhdfashion!!!

I am SO recreating these for myself!

[Captain Catnip]

I forgot to put my name in the package. Oops.

[cmeon]

Nov 29, 2018 20:06:09 GMT -5 adhdfashion said:

I am glad you like them panicked !

What did you make the "batter" from? They really are super creative and SO cute!

[adhdfashion]

Nov 30, 2018 11:00:26 GMT -5 cmeon said:

Nov 29, 2018 20:06:09 GMT -5 adhdfashion said:

I am glad you like them panicked !

What did you make the "batter" from? They really are super creative and SO cute!

It's just felt. I glued in.

[mala]

Mine came! It is amazing. I need to get on the computer to get a picture here, but I love love love it

[shortcake2675]

Thank you!! Captain Catnip, was this from you? The kids are overjoyed by the chocolate. And my 8 year old is super excited about the pickle. Also, the Santa hat on the pickle is killing me. The heart is perfect.

[Captain Catnip]

Nov 30, 2018 18:48:23 GMT -5 shortcake2675 said:

Thank you!! Captain Catnip, was this from you? The kids are overjoyed by the chocolate. And my 8 year old is super excited about the pickle. Also, the Santa hat on the pickle is killing me. The heart is perfect.

Yep, it was me. I assume you saw the giftbag was for whoever finds the pickle? If you didn't look I made sure it was something shareable so there are no arguments. I thought it needed a Santa hat to be a Christmas pickle.

[shortcake2675]

Nov 30, 2018 19:23:40 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Nov 30, 2018 18:48:23 GMT -5 shortcake2675 said:

Thank you!! Captain Catnip, was this from you? The kids are overjoyed by the chocolate. And my 8 year old is super excited about the pickle. Also, the Santa hat on the pickle is killing me. The heart is perfect.

Yep, it was me. I assume you saw the giftbag was for whoever finds the pickle? If you didn't look I made sure it was something shareable so there are no arguments. I thought it needed a Santa hat to be a Christmas pickle.

Oh you're the best.  I didn't  look at it because I had an audience, but that was really thoughtful.  

[Captain Catnip]

Nov 30, 2018 19:28:19 GMT -5 shortcake2675 said:

Nov 30, 2018 19:23:40 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

Yep, it was me. I assume you saw the giftbag was for whoever finds the pickle? If you didn't look I made sure it was something shareable so there are no arguments. I thought it needed a Santa hat to be a Christmas pickle.

Oh you're the best.  I didn't  look at it because I had an audience, but that was really thoughtful.  

I hope you get to try the candy, too. The little box has the flavors on the bottom. They are from a local place.

[aprilsails]

Nov 30, 2018 20:49:23 GMT -5 kellady said:

My ornament came today too!  Thank you aprilsails,   I love it!   I have only the most basic sewing skills, so I am so impressed by your work!

I love the colors too.  My tree decorating is of no particular style, so this will fit in so well with everything I have.

Thanks again!

You’re welcome. Sorry I didn’t send treats but shipping from Canada was brutal!

[mala]

Thank you shortcake2675 ,! I read the note while the big kid was talking and the little one was screaming, so I totally missed what was in the snowflake until I sat down like 10 minutes later and did a complete double take! It's amazing and I love it.

[shortcake2675]

Dec 1, 2018 8:14:16 GMT -5 mala said:

Thank you shortcake2675 ,! I read the note while the big kid was talking and the little one was screaming, so I totally missed what was in the snowflake until I sat down like 10 minutes later and did a complete double take! It's amazing and I love it.

When you said you liked skulls, I couldn’t resist. If it gets wonky, you can spritz it with water and leave it to dry weighted down, but I sent it in the bag to hopefully keep it dry in between holidays.

[cmeon]

Our super sweet host made me a thank-you ornament for doing next to nothing- what a gig.

Look at this adorable kitten! shortcake2675 does some absolutely fantastic embroidery work. I love his little (not pictured) butt patch, too- I never think to label mine, next year!

[Captain Catnip]

mala, how did you start your own knitting group? How did you get members?

[mala]

Dec 1, 2018 20:01:51 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

mala, how did you start your own knitting group? How did you get members?

Short answer: facebook - posting in our community group

Long answer: I worked at a cafe, picked a date and time that wasn't super busy, and put it up on the cafe FB page. I don't work at the cafe any more, so I have a FB group for local crafters, & I post links to it on the community FB page. The day before we meet up I make sure to post both the crafting group and the community FB group to try to get more people involved. The cafe got rid of the couches where we used to knit (WHAT THE HELL) and now we're looking for a new place to go, so we were at Panera this week. We called and asked and they were totally fine with it (ok, crazy-cakes who tried to move my knitting group called them but whatever). We might try Starbucks and a local bar, too, or just move it every week. Haven't decided yet - I'll probably check with the bar before we go there regularly, we'll just show up to Starbucks. I tried to word the event invite in such a way to make it clear that it was open to a wide range of people, any kind of fiber craft, any age, and it would be ok to bring kids. I have had much more traction since I started the FB group and posting in the community page. Be prepared for a lot of people who show up once and never again. I had to come to grips with the fact that most people don't seem to stick with it.

[Captain Catnip]

Dec 1, 2018 20:32:28 GMT -5 mala said:

Dec 1, 2018 20:01:51 GMT -5 Captain Catnip said:

mala, how did you start your own knitting group? How did you get members?

Short answer: facebook - posting in our community group

Long answer: I worked at a cafe, picked a date and time that wasn't super busy, and put it up on the cafe FB page. I don't work at the cafe any more, so I have a FB group for local crafters, & I post links to it on the community FB page. The day before we meet up I make sure to post both the crafting group and the community FB group to try to get more people involved. The cafe got rid of the couches where we used to knit (WHAT THE HELL) and now we're looking for a new place to go, so we were at Panera this week. We called and asked and they were totally fine with it (ok, crazy-cakes who tried to move my knitting group called them but whatever). We might try Starbucks and a local bar, too, or just move it every week. Haven't decided yet - I'll probably check with the bar before we go there regularly, we'll just show up to Starbucks. I tried to word the event invite in such a way to make it clear that it was open to a wide range of people, any kind of fiber craft, any age, and it would be ok to bring kids. I have had much more traction since I started the FB group and posting in the community page. Be prepared for a lot of people who show up once and never again. I had to come to grips with the fact that most people don't seem to stick with it.

I don't use Facebook so that won't for me. Hmm...

[mrspez07]

Captain Catnip I am NOT speaking from experience, but what about something like Nextdoor? Posting on the Panera or other location’s community board. The other option would be meetup.

[cmeon]

So_Fetch and audette - may I politely beg for pictures? PLLLEASE?

[aprilsails]

I finally went by the mailbox today!

I received all these little beauties from someone named Denise. I’m not sure what her user name is but would love to thank her! They are so tiny. My daughter is obsessed with the pink and blue stripy ones.

[cmeon]

Dec 2, 2018 18:31:07 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

I finally went by the mailbox today!

I received all these little beauties from someone named Denise. I’m not sure what her user name is but would love to thank her! They are so tiny. My daughter is obsessed with the pink and blue stripy ones.

audette ! these are so stinkiing cute- I love all the itty bitty sweaters this year on itty bitty hangers!

[aprilsails]

Dec 2, 2018 19:56:57 GMT -5 cmeon said:

Dec 2, 2018 18:31:07 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

I finally went by the mailbox today!

I received all these little beauties from someone named Denise. I’m not sure what her user name is but would love to thank her! They are so tiny. My daughter is obsessed with the pink and blue stripy ones.

audette ! these are so stinkiing cute- I love all the itty bitty sweaters this year on itty bitty hangers!

Thanks cmeon and Thank You Very Much audette! I knew it had to be one of the knitters on the board. They are so cute and unbelievably tiny!

[audette]

Dec 2, 2018 18:31:07 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

I finally went by the mailbox today!

I received all these little beauties from someone named Denise. I’m not sure what her user name is but would love to thank her! They are so tiny. My daughter is obsessed with the pink and blue stripy ones.

Yay!  They got there.  (I was worried with the Postal stuff going on up there...)  I'm glad you and your daughter like them. 

[audette]

Dec 3, 2018 8:32:14 GMT -5 kellady said:

Dec 2, 2018 18:31:07 GMT -5 aprilsails said:

I finally went by the mailbox today!

I received all these little beauties from someone named Denise. I’m not sure what her user name is but would love to thank her! They are so tiny. My daughter is obsessed with the pink and blue stripy ones.

audette those are adorable!  After seeing these and drloretta 's sweater ornaments, I am determined to learn how to knit one.  But I have to know, where are those cute hangars from? 

I found the hangers at Michaels a couple years ago.  It was near their steam-punky stuff, and I think they were intended as paperclips.  But they were way too perfect for this. 

A link on their website for them: www.michaels.com/art-c-silver-mini-clothes-hanger-embellishments/10405724.html#q=Art-C+Hanger&start=2