Crafty Christmas Crochet and Doily Gift Wrap

It seems two minutes since Belle and I were doing Christmas Crafts last year!  I have been meaning to try out crochet for ages and now seemed the perfect time as I wanted to make some little Christmas Decorations and also add them as gift tags to presents.  So I searched YouTube for a snowflake crochet tutorial, found one and gave it a go.  This was my first ever attempt at crochet and I have fallen in love with it!

This was my first ever attempt at crochet so be nice...

Simple Christmas Doily Gift Wrap:

Last year I used brown paper and string with a candy stripe theme for my Christmas Gift Wrap.  I still have tons of brown paper left so thought I would try something a bit different with it using paper doilies.  What you need:

Brown Paper
Jute/Twine/String or Wool
Paper or crochet doilies (paper are obviously much cheaper)
Scissors and tape
Plus any other ribbon or embellishments you want to add

 There are tons of different ways you can use the doily but I just love the lace affect it has.  You can add embellishments such as buttons or ribbon or cameo's.  You can also add accents of whatever colour scheme you want.  Here are some more idea's for you which I quickly put together:

I am sure I will be doing many more crafts before Christmas, with Belle too, so I will post them as and when if you want to see more.  

Hope you are all wrapping up warm this weekend, it is going to be a cold one in England apparently

xxx