I spent most of December prepping Christmas gifts. I love this time of year - making stuff I think the family will use, having fun with new skills, experimenting on those I love.
In addition to the edible stuff I give I made veggie hods to serve as gift baskets. The whole family gardens to some extent or another so I figured it'd be functional as well as pretty. I've already been informed by some recipients that they're way too nice to put dirty potatoes in though so they'll be using them in the house for yarns, plant holders, etc. Mine? Out to the garden!
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| I love my project room |
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| Veggie hod under construction |
For my Grand-neice I got to practice my sewing skills. She needed clothes for her doll. She's too young to easy tie things yet so everything had to slide on or have snaps. I confess I learned a lot (which means I made mistakes, obviously) but I have high hopes for improvements in time for her birthday in March.
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| Lettuce-edge refashioned onesie |
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| The outfits |
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| I need to work on my tailoring... |
I also took some Pinterest inspiration and made button ornaments.
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| Snowmen! |
And for this year's special ornament I blew out the first chicken egg laid on the property and added some jewelry ornamentation. I thought about painting it or something but decided it was pretty just as it was - so I just labeled and dated it.
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| "The First Egg" |
Now it's time to clean up the project room and start doing some of those items from the winter project list. Like making more doll stuff!
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| My first quilt project |
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