Just thought I’d let you know what I VELCRO® use for, as well as crafting I’m also a professional Face Painter and use VELCRO® to keep my paints still in the A4 document holders I use to store them. It also stops little fingers from lifting the paints (yep people do pinch paints) as I can hear it crunch when they lift them. I’ve attached a pic so you can see kit set up.
…. but I got to thinking that I could attach them now using the VELCRO® Stick On from my VELCRO® pack of goodies!
Once the flowers are in you shouldn’t be able to see the VELCRO® strips, and perhaps …… with Advent almost upon us I should find some festive foliage to put in them to add a little festive spirit to my desk and office!!!!!!! Ho, Ho, Ho!
The Design and Technology girls at school are just about to begin a new project where they will be designing and sewing a fleece hat (I hope to be making one too …. so watch this space…) 
I shall be giving them the pack of Snag Free Sew On VELCRO® from my goodie box because some of the girls want to make a whole range of interchangeable embellishments for their hat to give them lots of different looks, how brilliant is that?
Linda said ……. I haveVELCRO® 'd my bow maker to my desk. It stops it moving about but I can still take it off and use in other rooms. Linda x
…. And for that purpose I have a box full of tiny papier mache boxes that I usually colour and decorate with Promaker pens.
Bundling up several of these boxes together has always been is a complete nightmare in the past, as they always seem to come askew, but by using a VELCRO® Super Slim Stick On it’s a piece of cake. with the extra bonus of the self adhesive pads being so so slim you can’t see them and once the string has been taken off the boxes they still stay together and all the tiny contents are relatively safe.
A tiny parcel done and dusted!
When I am creating in my craft room a new idea will often pop into my head while I am already working on a project …. and I can never find a notebook to write them down ….. 
This idea was put together very much on the hoof …. you may have noticed that I have become somewhat manic trying to come up with ideas on how to use VELCRO® … and so this snowman was put together very quickly while the creative juices were flowing! What I have done is VERY basic but now the idea is in my head it wouldn’t take much to titivate it to give it to a more refined and professional finish!
I have taken two 100ml plastic jars found in a Poundshop …. (6 for £1) 
…..and to stick the snowman’s head to his body I have used two strips of “Stick On” VELCRO® on either side of the jar lid and bottom (I had wanted to put it in the middle but the bottom of the jar was concave and so too deep for the VELCRO® to reach the jar lid).
…. but it seemed sad that it should be kept in its box, in a drawer, never to see the light of day for years and years, so I decided to frame it. I was mindful however, that one day, I in turn, would probably wish to pass it on (in its original box of course) and therefore needed to secure it within the frame using the least number of materials possible in order that its condition was not harmed or its possible value affected.
So I decided to use two adhesive VELCRO® ‘Stick On’ circles (one on the ribbon and one on the medal itself) to hold it in place, and they seem to have done the trick.
I have also framed a couple of other treasures recently (not using VELCRO® this time), which are now gracing the shelves of my dining room which I am slowly “doing up” ….. for when I am ready to apply to be on ‘Come Dine With Me’ !!!!
The peacock brooch was from Marc, which I strongly suspect is from Butler and Wilson, The tree, also a brooch, was from my mum last Christmas and is from Pia ….. and the Eiffel Tower was one bought back from Paris by The Duke from our very trip abroad together to celebrate not having to help pay any more towards Tom and Lucy's university fees etc.….. he loved Paris soooooo much he couldn’t stop thinking about it when we got back …. so about a fortnight later we went back to do it all again! What was he like?
All I’ve done is match the snowman up with scraps of matching paper, then added silver glitter corners with a couple of flat backed gems. When speed is of the essence at Christmas I shall bang out a dozen of these cards …. then they will be done and dusted!
I made this book of spells as a very elaborate trick or treat box a few years back …. 
….. and because the skellybob hand was quite heavy I needed a light but secure and substantial fastener ….
So it was a case of ….. bring on the VELCRO®! On this occasion I glued the VELCRO®, but if I was to do a similar project again I would now use the self adhesive STICK ON variety.
VELCRO®fabulous!
…. and you can see that he has used VELCRO® adhesive dots for the fastener.
VELCRO®TASTIC!
And on my head I will also be wearing my Primark Christmas pudding hat £3, what a bargain!!
Ho, Ho, Ho!!
But at almost the same time as it’s arrival came my box of VELCRO® magic, and then it was a no brainer …..
….. I attached a strip of VELCRO® to the notebook and another to the pen top … simples!
Cheryl W suggests …….
And finally a heads up to this gorgeous tiny Christmas baby socks from Primark …. these are size 0 – 2.5 (early days) and cost £1.50 for three pairs. Last year you might remember that I filled Christmas baby socks (below), not half as pretty as these, filling them with sweets with sweets and they vanished as soon as I put them out. You could also buy three sets (24) to make a gorgeous Advent washing line!
This years socks will be put across our fireplace on a piece of pretty string and attached with miniature pegs …. photos to follow in December.
