My work desk is currently covered in these little beauties …….
![wooden Gingerbread men tags. tree decorations wooden Gingerbread men tags. tree decorations](//lh3.ggpht.com/-DPCY32zOjqg/VArZba8TJhI/AAAAAAABDD4/mQuD8djHDF0/wooden%252520Gingerbread%252520men%252520tags.%252520tree%252520decorations_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
They are the wooden gingerbread men I bought from HobbyCraft last year
but never got round to using, except for one. They came in packs of 4 for £1, which I thought was brilliant enough, but they were also on a 3 for 2 offer – so in the end I ended up buying six packs, 24 gingerbread men – working out at about 17p each, bargaintastic!
![Gingerbread man wooden tag[4] Gingerbread man wooden tag[4]](//lh4.ggpht.com/-xcPaUA2ALME/VArZc3_Gu5I/AAAAAAABDEI/lnrP49p8yiY/Gingerbread%252520man%252520wooden%252520tag%25255B4%25255D_thumb%25255B5%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
As I said, last year I only “played” with one (above) but I wasn’t that happy with him, the proportions of the ribbon, eyes and buttons I used were just not quite right
http://itsallfiddlefart.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/wooden-gingerbread-man-tag.html, so this year I was determined to get them right …. using a narrower ribbon and sourcing better flat backed gems for the eyes and mini buttons for the body.
![Gingrebread man tag. tree decoration. Gingrebread man tag. tree decoration.](//lh4.ggpht.com/-JW9u_HPSZZU/VArZeR4w1II/AAAAAAABDEY/xvFSsujF3zE/Gingrebread%252520man%252520tag.%252520tree%252520decoration._thumb%25255B9%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
…..
and I think I much prefer this years version, which can either be used as a gift tag or tree decoration.
They are now all packaged up and waiting for a new home ….. and another few bits of my humungous Christmas stash are finally used up!!
4 comments:
I love it when hobbycraft does offers like that! And your lil men are so cute !
Frankie
http://www.knitwits-owls.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1
they are beautiful and what a bargin, well done on using more stash!
Tilly
They're fantastic!
Hi Helen. Gorgeous, one of my fav Christmas decs : ) Take care.
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