DIY Christmas Crafty Presents Part 3

I mentioned www.tescophoto.com on my last post but now I want to tell you in a bit more depth about one of their items, the Tesco Photobook. Now when you think of a photo book, you probably think of personal, printed photo album. And while you can use the Photobook builder for that (which would also make a pretty nifty gift), I used it to create my own recipe book.

01. When you go onto the photo books tab you'll see three options of design; Easy Builder, Advanced Builder and Photobook Creator, of which I used the creator option.
02. You then download and install their free Photobook programme which opens to kind of resemble and work similarly to Microsoft Word- simple, easy and clear.
03. Then you can start to build your book. Think of a name and a theme, mine was cupcakes and desserts but you can do anything you want. All the photos used apart from on the front cover are my own cakes which I made, decorated and photographed for the book. If you haven't got enough time/patience to do that then just search for your favourite recipes online and use pictures from there.
04. The detail of the book takes a bit of time but not because it's difficult, just because there is so many options to choose from! There's a library of backgrounds and clipart pictures which are brilliant, a range of fonts, sizes, colours, anything you could want.
05. Once you're done you can have your book sent to a nearby Tesco store or to your house and are the perfect gift for any food lover or if you just want to keep all the recipes you cook with in a nice place. I don't think I can rave enough about this, I was a little unsure how the quality would come out with the pictures since I didn't use a a top of the range camera or anything but I was ridiculously pleased with how it turned out.

If you have any more questions about this or my own book then email/tweet/leave a comment and I'll get back to you! Also, until the 16th December with the code XMASBOOKS you can get a second one free= more money saving= more money left to spend after Christmas in the sales. If that isn't win win I don't know what is.
GeorgieXO

DIY Christmas Crafty Presents Part 2

A great site for unique and personal gifts is www.tescophoto.com where there is literally a plethora of different gifts you can make for people. Phone and laptop skins with your own photos on, canvas prints, notepads, diaries, clocks, calenders..... literally everything you can think of which can be personalised to however you want. I previously ordered a photo book from tesco photo (more on that next post!) and was honestly so pleased with the quality of it, so if that reflects the printing quality on their other items then you're definitely in safe hands. 

The instructions are really simple and easy to follow and you know with a company like Tesco you're getting good quality at a good price. The range of things you can print on is mad, there literally is something for everything and would make ideal gifts for those who have everything.

GeorgieXO

DIY Christmas Crafty Presents Part 1

It's so easy nowadays to run to the shops and fill your basket with Christmas presents for people, and to be honest I don't really like that. I really think a present should have thought put into it and worrying about spending too much money at Christmas can be completely avoided through lovely, personal gifts. So first up on my prezzie guide is a cookie mix that you give as a really versatile gift to friends or family. 

Cookie Jar 

*For note, this isn't my picture, just my inspiration*

01. Go to your nearest Wilkinsons and pick up one of their jars. Mine isn't the one in the finished picture but for £3 or less you can get really nice vintage feel clip top storage jars which are perfect for this 

02. Stop in at hobbycraft (literally my fave place in the world) or any crafy place and get two different pieces of nice card, perhaps textured, for your recipe to go on. You might want to get some ribbon to decorate it or a cookie cutter or two to attach to the jar

03. Last stop is any food shop. You can either buy a dried cookie mix like the Betty Crocker one or if you're feeling clever, the dried ingredients to a cookie recipe you may already have.

04. Now for the fun part. Whack the ingredients in the jar and add your ribbon or any decoration you may want. Cut your paper/card so that there is a smaller rectangle on a large rectangle. Write in your best handwriting what your gift recipient needs to do to make their cookies (either follow the directions from the packet mix or if your own recipe, all of the wet ingredient steps)

05. Hole punch one hole through the reciepe and tie some ribbon through it and round the jar.

06. And you're done! Personal and easy present for under a fiver. Why run around the shops fighting off others to get that pre-packaged biscuit box for your nan when you can set aside an hour or so to do this; much more fun, much less stressful.

I've got a few more of these type of posts planned so let me know if you like them!

GeorgieXO

We meet again

As per usual I've been a bit very MIA, I love reading blogs but getting round to writing stuff is such an effort when 6th form dump real exams, mock exams, ucas, coursework...... Yeah. Not so fun, soo I thought I'd do a quick fire update:

01. After much crying/frustration/anger my UCAS was finally sent off, and to my amazement I got all my replies within less than a week which was amazing! Finally feels like I'm getting somewhere. If anyone else is applying for Public Relations in Bournemouth, Leeds met or uclan let me know!
02. My room is slowly being re-done so I've been collecting loads of ideas and inspiration for when its done. I'm going for white walls as my room is pretty small so I wanted something fresh and bright, and then vintagey kind of accents, like bunting across the wall above my bed. Unfortunately I'm living in my brothers old room until it's all done...
03. Hattie the guinea pig has officially moved indoors and is a room pig, if you don't know about guinea pigs you need to educate yourself on their cuteness!

04. My driving test is in two weeks and I'm not ready.
05. Being a poor student means I can't really splash the cash at any time of year and so Christmas is always a tad difficult! I have the kind of family who have everything already so I love making things so that its a bit special. So I've been thinking of ideas and planning all that so hopefully soon I'll have up a few easy DIY present ideas!
06. And I have such a love/hate relationship with working in retail over Christmas, it's the best feeling when you help people and they're appreciative but it majorly sucks when people think they can be rude to you even when you've gone beyond everything you have to do to try and help them, and they still have the cheek to insult you. Not cool guys.

Room Inspo.

UCAS offer!

Heya Hattie

XO