Christmas crafts coming up this week

The season's craftiness continues!

Check out my guide to making your own table centrepiece over on the Guardian by clicking here - and here's a sneak preview of the end result - not bad, for a first-time floral attempt even if I do say so myself...

I managed to get to a Christmas market over the weekend - the German market and craft fair in Birmingham - where I snapped up some folksy painted Russian dolls at a snip of the price they are in stores, although there's a very cute "paint your own kit" for sale over at Cox & Cox which would make a lovely last-minute stocking filler.

And there's much more do-it-yourself craft coming this week, with a very special "make your own" Christmas decoration guide on Wednesday, courtesy of Clare at Pretty Green and a brilliant Christmas biscuit recipe coming up on Friday too. Have a lovely, if not cold, start to the week!