Posts by Ruth Morgan
Illuminated Christmas Trees
These lovely little Christmas trees are easy, fun and inexpensive to make. They can be decorated with stick on gems, threaded beads, coloured wire, glitter glue, tinsel, etc. Materials required – Lutradur 70 Acrylic paints Battery operated tea lights (available from Hobbycraft, Wilkinson’s etc) Decorations, such as glitter glue, adhesive glass beads etc. Thin green wire (optional) Here’s how to make them – 1. For each tree, cut a semi-circle of Lutradur 70 with a radius of approximately 10 cms. This can be done by drawing round a dinner plate, saucepan lid or by using a compass. (This size […]
Christmas Gift Tags
It won’t be long until the 25th December . . . Here are just a few examples of how one of our (very) talented customers has used Zeelon to make a variety of Christmas Gift tags. With a clever combination of colouring, printing, snipping and shaping she has produced some beautiful designs. Aren’t they gorgeous!
Lutradur Illuminated Christmas Trees
Christmas decorations to make at home These lovely little Christmas trees are easy, fun and inexpensive to make. Materials required – Lutradur 70 Acrylic paints Battery operated tea lights (available from Hobbycraft, Wilkinson’s etc) Decorations, such as glitter glue, adhesive glass beads etc. Thin green wire (optional) Here’s how to make them – 1. For each tree, cut a semi-circle of Lutradur 70 with a radius of approximately 10 cms. This can be done by drawing round a dinner plate, saucepan lid or by using a compass. (This size allows two trees to be made from an A4 piece of Lutradur […]
Evolon Angels
How to Make Angels using Evolon These little Evolon angels can be used to decorate a Christmas tree or to hold place names at the dinner table, or just to bring their own messages of goodwill at this festive time of year. Evolon is ideal for this project as it is a white flexible fabric, yet strong enough to support itself. Here’s what you will need – Evolon Wooden clothes pegs – one per angel Ribbon for decoration Fuse or thin silver garden wire Small fluted pastry cutter Sellotape or stapler Scissors Here’s how – First, take a clothes […]