Guest Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 channel 4 8pm tonight Yezs, i know but it will still be nice to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 She's a bit of a guilty pleasure for me.... I do love joining OH's tutting and griping about her, yet I also kind of like the programmes . So long as Ms Alsopp doesn't have a spy camera trained on our living room at least am not offending anyone "in real life" with my raging hypocrisy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 e.... I do love joining OH's tutting and griping about her, my OH has just dubbed it "Kirsty gets other people to make stuff for her and then she says she did it!" I don't care, I love watching it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 So do I!! I like Kirsty even though she can't be bothered to finish anything . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 So do I!! I like Kirsty even though she can't be bothered to finish anything . Sounds a bit like me then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Me too, Snowy . The novelty soon wears off when the going gets tough or boring ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Ooh, yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggquisite Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Yes, I'll be tuning in although can't help feeling Kirsty is living the life I should be to a certain extent, she's always up to something creative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I'll be watching it ............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Is it a repeat...or am I just imagining that it's been on before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGirlsMum Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 just sky plus'd the +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Looks like it's on all week 8pm tomorrow again I really enjoyed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Did she blow her own glass baubles for the tree & had she raised her own turkey in a hand knitted Omlet style cube? Sorry I really liked her until I watched Kirstie's homemade home, I felt it was sold to us as a green "moneysaving is fun" programme & yet she must have spent an absolute fortune on the glassblowing, wallpaper printing & soft furnishing tuition etc, unless the people did it for free publicity. I'm not knocking crafters, I like making & fixing things but find out how to do it for myself, Kirstie seems really nice but she doesn't seem to inhabit the same planet as the rest of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Yes, Kirstie does live a very different life to the rest of us because she has money and lots of it but I think the idea of the programme is to show those who think Christmas can only be found in the shops that you can make things yourself or find charity shop/second hand bargains and that they can be just as good, if not better than sparkly, mass produced, expensive stuff and that there's no need to go out and buy new, new, new every year! I liked the programme and like Kirsty's enthusiasm..........and had to laugh at some of her efforts, especially the baby polar bear with the black fingerprint on the side. Good for her for trying . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I'm not knocking crafters, I like making & fixing things but find out how to do it for myself, Kirstie seems really nice but she doesn't seem to inhabit the same planet as the rest of us Ooh, I don't know, I regularly hand-knit my own roast beef, hand embroider all my own evening gowns (of which I have too many to count), hand-bead my own tiara's (do coloured diamonds count as "beads"?), crochet my own loft insulation, and...erm... do other stuff.... Honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 So torn - want to mock as why bother spending so much precious time on a day that has little meaning in a modern family, but would love to blow my own baubles etc!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickendoodle Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 It was a Christmas house from a fairy tale. All I could think was how the lovely bannister garland would soon be in shreds when her toddlers got hold of it Beautiful house and setting but way out of my league. Her kitchen looks bigger than my entire bungalow! No space in my kitchen for decorations or more than one person at a time come to that. Lovely to look at but you need money to do a home made Christmas like hers. I make my own cakes, mincemeat, mince pies etc and I think they cost more to make than to buy - much nicer though - would hate to think what the green sugar paste christmas tree on her cake cost on its own. I'm afraid that when you have lots of money you truly can't appreciate what a normal person is able to spend. Not her fault at all but she does come from a very privileged background. Although in her defence I suppose the premise of the programme is home made and not budget! Just off to blow my own bauble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 she may have her knockers but she did have some good tips, like getting beads from second hand shops, taking them apart to make other things and the salt dough shapes were a nice idea to make with the kids. her hand made soaps in a box looked good enough to eat! I think that's tonight but there was a clip of it last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Us down yer in the stix, well, we're not worthy of 'er radrar, she seems to favour places way away from Welcombe, ie Lewes!!! What's the carbon footprint of that then?????? I loved the ladies making the wreaths, who just couldn't contain themselves I, of course, have been drying my oranges for weeks too!!!! I hate to say that I watched every squirming minute of it, but have to admit I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 OMG! You've talked me into watching it You'll be telling me what to buy next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I quite liked it...her wreath making ability wasn't brilliant was it! I could make something better than that! I loved the glass baubles, but didn't really understand the point in putting them on a dresser though, they really need light shining through them to show them off. I've been to the glass studio she went to last time we went to Taunton, although we didn't spend too long in there as we would have bought lots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I liked it too, in fact I quite like her. Makes me laugh, don't know if she's meant to but she does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Guardian rates her activities by practical possibility: http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2009/dec/09/kirstie-allsopp-christmas-homemade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I only caught the last half hour but really liked what she was doing. My sensible side kicked in when she put the garland on the bannister "what do you hold onto when going up and down the stairs?" but those baubles were gorgeous and she was quite right not to hang them on the tree The beads idea was very good. Is it on again tonight? I didn't realise. I shall be watching again to see what delights I wish I too could make. Oh, just remembered, some of it's the wrapping of the presents with curtain tie backs and gorgeous wrapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I love the final list from the guardian tonight, decorating christmas cake tomorrow, making cards, making wrapping paper Friday, going out to buy alcohol and finding someone to help you tidy up the mess of destroyed craftyness well, not the exact words, but close enough to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
