what a Cracking idea!!

So being 'craftED' we couldn’t just send out any invitation to our event no! We decided to make our own hand made Christmas crackers in a way to send our invitations out with a bang! So people get all the joy and pun of pulling a cracker but inside get all the information they need about our event.

test cracker the final ones will have our logo on them

But this idea also transfers in to our alternative gifts section they really are not hard to do although fiddly (and well say after 30 you may find it a tad arduous), but they are a nice little gift idea say for a select few friends or family members, why not tailor make some for yours you can choose whatever paper you want!
 You can go ultra modern or choose a nice Christmas paper for granny the traditional greens and red...? Or jazz it up a little perhaps a funky bit of leopard print or polka dots? Its really up to you and just like the indie enveloped the possibilities are endless!! And can be ethical you can choose to recycle paper and make them out of some of that! How about that a guilt free cracker!

and the filing is up to you it can be a simple gift a few chocolates, i mean who needs another nail file or those plastic fish fortune tellers “oh look the tail moved that means your destined to travel”
 but the real 'cracker' will be a nice hand written little note inside making it personal and priceless! So get cracking this Christmas whit a 'craftdED Cracker' (sorry about the puns they really are unavoidable in a post about crackers)

Oh and a downloadable template for the crackers is coming up soon as soon as the official website is up and running

i have been experimenting with different materials with the cracker and i used a piece of red acetate i got in 'craft world' in town, it works really well you can see into the cracker which may spoil the surprise but i filled this one with little golden sweets and a note on black paper and its kinda of nice you can see inside

looking at it it does look like christmas packaging from 'Anne summers' for a pair of novelty knickers .... gift idea there perhaps? i have an aunt that every year buys underwear at Christmas so why not be a bit inventive and put them in a cracker! :)

i also made a little one out of funky foam which is really nice too!! perhaps as a little gift for a child? my cousin has has a baby recently so it might be nice to have a little funky foam cracker with the babies name on it which could be put on the tree as a decoration, im really just experimenting at the minute and you can create so much form such a simple idea so download our template and see what you can come up with too!

Funky foam cracker