Comments on: Why You Can't Invite Me to Your House

By: juliet

juliet — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:40:04 +0000

popped over for the other side of the conversation from dooce’s site.

so, what the heck is a tea cosy anyway? do i need one? i am a craft geek calling myself an artist! visions of grandeur!

juliet

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:08:16 +0000

I’m here through dooce.com also

Of course you can’t eat the jellybean reindeer silly, she said they needed a glue gun to affix the jellybeans. Don’t eat it!

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:31:37 +0000

I am of the generation that every single thing we listened to as kids we would be embarrassed to admit to now.

And if you are looking for something edible for xmas, I make xmas mice. A chocolate covered cherry (with stem, that’s the tail) then a Herseys kiss for the head and in between? Almond slices for the ears.

YUM!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:39:05 +0000

I am here via Dooce. I like your blog! I think you should make those santa claus plates with cotton balls. Loads of fun!

By: Fish on Legs

Fish on Legs — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:01:48 +0000

Hi – visiting from the UK via Dooce’s website (regular snooper on her blog) while my bosses think I’m working (uh-oh).

Just like to say that:

Also like Prince (but don’t actually have any) and I’ve got Steely Dan too; I used to make Christmas cards for my god children to colour in and send to their grandparents/relatives – I even made them an advent calendar one year; and I still make presents for people – this weekend I made a Roman Blind (that’s the fabric vertical concertina style blind) for my partner – and it works! And with the left overs I’ve made some cushion covers and a tea cosy.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, I knit on the train to and from my office in London (it annoys the other passengers, which works for me!)

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 15:18:50 +0000

So…could you give us the directions for making those jelly bean reindeer? That sounds like a great winter (stay inside weather) kind of project!

By: Yoke

Yoke — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:46:28 +0000

(via dooce’s link)

funny post!

i’m always collecting junk such as egg cartons, corrugated boxes, plastic sheets, foam boards, used cds, and random other “homeless bum trolley materials”, with fancy ideas that i’ll be able to “make something” with them.

but i never do. basically, i suppose i’m just collecting trash.

By: jes

jes — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:11:25 +0000

also courtesy of dooce,

and love reading both sides of the convo! you girls have fun in craft hour!

happy holidays!

By: wanderingcherie

wanderingcherie — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:11:07 +0000

*Had* yarn-covered wire hangers? Dood, I *still* have them. They even have that gold and brown and white variegated yarn on them. (shudder) But I love them because my shirts stay on them instead of congregating at the bottom of my closet.

Also, I’m here courtesy of Dooce.

By: leahpeah

leahpeah — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:49:01 +0000

homemade gifts are the best, i think. the beer bottle candle holders sound beautiful. and i had at least 5 of the covered wire hangers in my closet.

thanks to all the dooce readers for stopping by.
lp