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7th December 2018
There’s something lovely about Christmas crafting. Not only a celebration and a way to relax itself, but it’s so nice to put in the extra effort to show your friends and family what you’ve created them to enjoy.
We thought that Christmas crackers were the perfect thing to craft because not only are they more sustainable but they can be really personalised with the presents inside. We say sustainable because they’re made out of our napkins. You unwrap them and then use your napkin during dinner – if you want to learn more about why our fabric is sustainable you can read our blog on that.
♥ Reindeer and Snowflake Napkins – one for each guest (they come in packs of 4)
♥ Treats to go in the cracker – we went with posh chocolates from Charbonnel et Walker and some Molton Brown goodies since our friends love this brand. We got some minis so they would fit in the crackers.
♥ Cardboard tubes, we got ours at Hobbycraft
♥ Pipe cleaners, we got Christmas multi coloured ones, two different patterns so they look slightly different
♥ Frozen wishes snowflakes – wooden topper stickers from Hobbycraft
♥ Gift tags
♥ Jokes and paper Christmas hats
How pretty are these chocolates!
We had a Christmas craft evening with friends to make our crackers. It’s so much more fun to craft with friends so get some wine (or coffee for us) plus some extra chocolates or mini mince pies and invite your friends over!
The Reindeer and Snowflakes design is a Nordic Christmas design. Scandi design is renowned for being simple in design. Clean with rustic touches, it’s a stunning design which is so effective with the different colours. Reindeers and Snowflakes dominate the design which reflects the Nordic influence and this sits between different layers of patterns.
To begin your napkins, get your Reindeer and Snowflake napkins and fold it in half making sure the fold is along the lines of the design. so that all the Reindeers are sitting in the same direction. Take your cardboard inner tube and first place the joke and hat inside then, depending on who your cracker is for, place the gift inside.
The cracker is great because you can add in anything you’d like. Like we noted, we chose luxury chocolates, Molton Brown treats and also some Aveeno goodies for friends that love those too. You could also add in other things; perfume rollerballs, earrings, lipgloss – you could really add in anything and use it to give your gifts to friends!
Add the treats in now and then you’re ready to roll them!
Roll the cardboard in the napkin, making sure that your favourite part of the design is visible when it’s finally rolled. Then, slightly twist the ends and tuck them ever so slightly back into the tube. This is so that that they don’t unroll and are kept in place better by the pipe cleaners.
Wrap the pipe cleaner around both sides, it’s best to go round twice then twist together so they hold best. That’s all there is to it to create your Christmas crackers!
To decorate, we added the silver and white glitter snowflakes – just for an extra bit of pizzazz. They also reflect the design with the snowflakes!
Since all the crackers will end up looking the same, you need to write gift tags and attach them to each cracker. Otherwise, you’ll create all these beautiful crackers and not know who’s cracker is who’s. Especially annoying if each gift is personalised!
It’s also an additional touch to be able to write a nice little note to each of your guests to say Merry Christmas. Attach them to one end by the pipe cleaner or tuck underneath the glitter snowflake before you attach that.
There you go – such an easy craft but one that’s so lovely and will really add that personal touch to your Christmas dinner. Remember to show us by tagging us on social media if you craft our Christmas crackers!
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Happy International Women’s Day! 🌍 We thought we’d celebrate by bringing you the words from some amazing Pre Raphaelite women, who’s talents shouldn’t have been so overlooked at the time (but luckily now are being celebrated with their contributions to the arts!) be sure to read into their stories if you have a minute today, they’re all so interesting ✨ As a business run by women, it’s always a day to celebrate 💜
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Gorgeous Willow Bough blue on the table paired with layers of beautiful @burleighpottery plates 🤍 Always a stunning design to have on the table, did you know it was first produced in 1887, his daughter May Morris wrote of the design, “We were walking one day by our little stream that runs into the Thames and my father pointed out the detail and soon after the paper was done.” We love the behind the design info, painting a beautiful picture of how he was so inspired by nature 🌿
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Have you seen our range of table runners? ✨ This gorgeous Golden Lily design adds some Morris floral loveliness to the table, pair with matching napkins and placemats for layer upon layer of floral magic ✨
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Some new fabric bundles are now uploaded on our Etsy! ✨ We’ll post the link to our stories to them but some, like in the picture are almost fat quarters, perfect for quilting and crafting, and some are proper scrap bundles full of various sizes and designs, wonderful for crafting- we always wonder what everyone will create from them 🪡 They get rave reviews on our Etsy with crafters and quilters loving them for smaller projects 🥰
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We’re so ready to see everyone’s beautiful Easter tablescapes! 🐣 our top necessities for an Easter table are multiple eggs and gorgeous flowers- the best combo! This William Morris Brother Rabbit tablecloth is the perfect addition to Easter with all those rabbits all over it! 🐰
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Beauty is always found in the details, our kitchen needs lots of different florals to bring colour and fun to the kitchen - this is our William Morris licensed design Willow Bough in Green, one of our favourite tea towels ✨ Do you have a favourite Morris design tea towel in your kitchen? 🤍
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Have you seen our range of exclusive designs? 🥰 From our exclusive French archive dating back to the late 1800s- early 1900s we’ve faithfully restored them and recoloured them to digitally print them ✨ All perfect for quilting and crafting, they’re such gorgeous designs, in blues and greens (this isn’t the full collection but head to our website to see them all!) 🤍
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William Morris designs bring nature indoors with all the florals, birds and botanicals, so we brought some of our garden inside with some beautiful snowdrops on the table - anyone else excited about the garden waking up for spring? 🌱☀️
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What makes our William Morris oven gloves special? Well….
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Happy Pancake Day! 🥞 With the sun finally shining here in Yorkshire we had to bring some of it inside with some flowers from the garden- gorgeous snowdrops down the table ☀️ This tablecloth is the beautiful William Morris Trellis, our licensed William Morris design and always a favourite of ours 🫶🏻 Is anyone else starting on the Easter eggs in February? It’s not just us right… 😉
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Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend filled with love 🤍 Our Mallow Forest Green licensed William Morris design looked gorgeous on the table this weekend 🌱
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We thought we’d do a little spotlight onto all our designs the next few weeks to give more story behind them as they’re all so historic being licensed William Morris designs ✨ First designed in 1874, this is Lily, a beautiful design that incorporates the willow background with lilies and wild flowers 🫶🏻 The design must have been well loved by Morris himself- it was the wallpaper he used to decorate his bedroom at the gorgeous @kelmscottmanor - his home in Lechlade 🤍 Have you ever seen Morris’ Lily design? It’s one of our favourites 🤍
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Dressed for all seasons, we love that if you scroll down our page you can see how you can make timeless designs like this Merton William Morris licensed design beautifully dressed up all year round ✨ This would look beautiful for Valentine’s Day but scroll our page to see it dressed for Christmas- buy your favourite design and re-invent it year round 🤍
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We’re back open ☺️ sorry we’ve been so quiet on here, we’ve had a few weeks off for holidays 🫶🏻 We’re back now and ready to send out your floral magic kitchenware and fabrics ✨
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Still dreaming of last summer with my wedding bouquet and our “Jean” design we had for our napkins 🫶🏻 It’s an original Laura’s Beau design out our archive and named after my lovely Nanny, we have it in blue and this sage green, but we’re always dreaming of new colour ways to print it in 💭 What colour do you think would look good? ✨
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Golden Lily on the table today 🧁 everything should feel special even a little coffee and cake with friends, so we dressed the table up for it to make it extra special, isn’t Golden Lily such a beautiful William Morris design, one of our all time favourites ✨
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Gorgeous William Morris Sweet Briar fabric! 🌿 Love the green leaves and pink flowers 🫶🏻 We have it in cotton, heavyweight cotton, and pvc, so you’ll find the perfect fit for your project ✨ 🪡🧵
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We’re having a moving sale over on our website! ✨ There are some absolute bargains to be had, including all these items! 🛒 Remember we offer free UK postage on all orders too 🌿 Plus we have a 15% off code running at the moment with code; JAN15 🫶🏻
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We’ve got some fab bundles on our Etsy - we have a lot of offcuts from end of rolls and floral fabric magic can’t be wasted so we bundle them up ✨ Perfect for crafting, we have heavyweight fabric bundles and cotton available now, but hurry, they always sell out quick 🥰
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Guess who has a new bed for our new offices ✨ The king of naps, he will wake for biscuits, pets and little else during his day in the office 🫶🏻 His bed is covered in our licensed William Morris Willow Bough green and it looks so beautiful 🌿 The perfect bed to nap on all day ✨
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