Christmas Craft Party

I know, not the right season to be posting this....

but still a fun time for all to see...

and was a fun time for us all too...

I have an annual Christmas Craft party for the same set of friends and 1 guest every year. I have been doing it for 7 years now.

See these are my good freinds....

my non crafty friends..for the most of them.. 

(we will let you be the judge of that at the end of this post)

I believe everyone can be creative and crafty.

And they never fail me..

or themselves either..

We join together to do some crafts,

catch up with the years events..

we all work or are associated with the railroad

so most times our schedules don't mesh very well....

the age gap spans a few generations

and makes this the most fun mix for me ...

I learn so much from each of them

I so look forward the entire year...

preparing for this one fun day.

Here are the projects that they could choose to make...

or for the brave could spend the day with me and make them ALL!

The Canvas idea I got from

Scrap Stashers

at The Little Blue House

and the original idea come from

Lolly as in Lolly Chops,

check hers out she has done some awesome things with this one tree cut out.

The Christmas Bulb idea I recieved from

Paula at Littlebit of Scrappin

she sent me a Halloween one I just adored so had to do these too.

The cards also come from 

Scrap Stashers 

at The Little Blue House

this was my first try at Iris Folding..

I am hooked now and making my own desgins

The Two Picture Blocks I desgined last year

at my freinds Christmas Craft party

The Skol Can Jewel Boxes are my favorites to make and give too

you know me and my recycling ways

My freinds all settled into crafting and having a good time.

here is Sandy and Mother/Daughter

Pauline and Becky

And the other Mother/Daughter team, Barbara and Cindy along with

Ann Marie...shes the brave one in the bunch

as you will see later in this post.

Sandy did some lovely work on them blocks, don't you agree?...

She says she has a few more things from home to add to these

and then they will be finished

I think they looked great this way too

She also worked on the tree Canvas....

the letters are a light blue to match the back ground

I love this project becasue they all turn out great

no matter what is done to them

She doesn't like her distessing ..but I loved it..

I think it looks like rusted metals

Give her a vote of confidence my freinds..

she reads my blog

And her lovely rendition of the Iris Fold Christmas Card

Becky did the Jewel Box to start out...

I just love the flower over the knob on the top

I will sneak this idea into a few of mine

and the colors on this were oh so pretty

She also did the Cork Toppers

(which I now realize aren't in my picture above

but you can find them

Here ) or below

Wine Toppers

aren't they just adorbale?

here is one close up...I just love the personality for this..

Sweet and precious just like my friend Becky

Also she did the card, and made a beautiful fall pumkin

Cindy had to work this day so arrived late....

she was catching up quickly and didn't get to finish some

but the parts she did are beautiful..

I can see some beautiful things coming to life

we will meet again for a follow up

Love the birds in the tree on her canvas..

and the wood texture of her wood block

Barbara, did a Christmas themed tree,

 It looks like candy to me and I loved her

Iris fold card lots too

Then Ann Marie

The Brave one...

stayed to make almost all the projects offered

She crafted late into the night

we talked and laughed and had a bit of fun

her cards turned out awesome too

And a pink little jewel box for her

I loved her picture block, simple in design

but add a picture to this and

it looks so lovely

She also did this lovely one for a childs

school teacher....and the stash from her basket

Her bulbs, which I love turned out awesome.

She always loves the ornaments

So every year I search for one just for her

Remember the railroad deal...

this one is so cute...

I had so much fun this day with all my CRAFTY freinds....

and am already looking forward to next years party

Merry Christmas to you my freinds

Well while Ann Marie was crafting away over there

I put on my crafters hat and started to play a little

I have been having lots of back problems

so wasn't doing much

but I did manage to get this

Longhorn Card

done, this is of my own design

and I must say

I just loved it

and will be making more

Then for a matched set we ofcourse needed

A Texas State Card too

this also my own design

not my favorite...design needs some work

I hope to offer these designs to you once I tweek them to work everytime

so stay tuned if you do and do Iris folding

Well there you have it..I know it was long...but I cannot skimp on my friendships now can I

NOPE!

thanks for traveling thru my fun day with my freinds

leave me comment on how crafty you think they are

I think they are!!...

I know they are!!.

one day they will know it too..

Happy Crafting to you my blogland freinds

Merry Belated Christmas to you too

DeeDee