Lou's Homemade Christmas

I made this wee book for my sister Louise. We had been watching Kirsty's Homemade Christmas and she had said that she liked it but missed the last programme. So I thought that I could make her a wee mini-book with the programmes recorded on DVD's inside the book. I also taped a few other Christmas cookery shows and added recipes.

There's a wee notebook inside so she can use it each Christmas for lists etc. I was quite pleased with the result and I think that she liked it. I wanted to make salt dough letters for the front but didn't have the time. The papers I used are from a free digital download I got last year from Shabby Princess. I don't think that this collection is still on their site but there are other great fee downloads.

I used a lot of gesso in this project, which I got off Ebay, to create the white edges. I have just started using it and love it. It's much more opaque than white ink and goes really far! A good investment.

I cut out the 'Lou' from felt and cross-stitched it onto the paper. I used my craft-robo to cut out Christmas and then embossed it with a glitter powder.

Louise had said that she liked the ribbon I used for my Christmas presents so I wrapped a load around a parcel tag and enclosed it in the back page.

Update on the to do list - have cut out all the pieces for Charlie's cot bumper, just need more quilting fabric for inside then I'm ready to sew!!