Have you got Christmas wrapped up?

As Christmas is drawing nearer and the festive mood is trying to take over despite the looming perspective of moving house later this week I would like to make the shopping experience more pleasant for those of us, well, who are sill looking for gifts :-)
Ta-da!
I am pleased to announce FREE GIFT WRAP and FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING on hand crafted items bought from MY ETSY SHOP until 31 December 2012 by using LOCALSHIP12 code.
Merry Christmas folks!
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Preparing for Christmas. Not long to go

Now only lazy can ignore all the preparations for the coming Christmas: decorated shops, Chrtistmas cards everywhere, butchers taking order for Christmas turkeys etc.
Despite Remembrance poppies,a couple of craft fairs and some orders I need to work on Christmas designs have not been forgotten. So far I have tried two iconic Christmas plants which are holly and poinsettia. And yes there is a way of making fur trees out of velvet but I am not just sure I will have time to try it ☺ It looks a very time-consuming adventure!
I created poinsettia out of pure silk satin which I hand painted in rich reds and hot pinks. The flower is rather big (about 15 cm across) and is finished with a brooch base.

For the holly corsage I used cotton poplin in dark green and some hand painted pure silk satin for the little berries. The brooch looks very sweet and immediately reminds you of Christmas!

I am thinking about making other fantasy flowers which can decorate festive outfits at parties and corporate celebrations. Should stock on beads and feathers then! :-)