I hope everyone had as wonderful a holiday season as we did. Maybe by next Christmas I’ll figure out how to actually keep blogging through the insanity that is the last 2 weeks of the year. I wasn’t kidding in that last post when I said I was in panic mode. But the important things got done. I made 6 …
Panic Mode
That’s where I am on most of my Christmas crafting projects. There is so much left to do, and we’re heading east on Saturday. I’d like to request there be no weddings or babies in the immediate family next year. There’s a reason I’ve put off knitting Allie’s stocking for so long. As for everything else, I can’t talk about …
Christmas Cards
I’m almost ready to send mine out! They may even reach people before Christmas! Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I still need to address 75 envelopes. Since I can’t (won’t) show you our Christmas cards until after they’re received, I’ll instead show you a couple that I made. Both of these were made using–what else–Copics and Glitter Ritz. …
Texture Magic
Between the Advent quilt and the numbered ornaments I made my mom, I ended up with a ton of Christmas fabric scraps. Lucky for me, this was the project my sewing class did at the end of November. So apparently I’m on a little bit of a fabric ornament kick. These take a little longer than the no-sew ones I …
Decorating for Christmas {A Guest Post From My Mom}
Keeping to the theme of Advent Calendars of All Shapes and Sizes, today I’m sharing a super-creative decoration designed by my mom (with my help). As often happens, she called me several weeks ago and said “I have a great idea.” What this usually means is “I need a 20-page scrapbook by early next week,” or in this case “I …
Counting Down…
What I’m about to show you is the best thing ever. No, really. If I had to pick one childhood tradition/memory/object/whatever, it would be this little strip of felt right here. This exact one, in fact. Yeah, I’m cheating a little here and posting a craft that I didn’t do myself. Rather, my mom made this 30-something years ago. The …