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the mad rush to create and, in a few cases, to buy christmas presents. not to mention the few birthdays that fall between now and then. i'm thinking this christmas will highlight all of my favorite "craft" activities (knitting, sewing, and embroidering). this weekend while watching the puppies at my parent's house i started a few gifts.
{embroidery transfer for future pillows, gift for the grandmas}
{embroidery transfer for future pillows, gift for the grandmas}
the embroidery transfers are by lace tales, i purchased them earlier this year at the quilt show i went to with my aunt jamie. the iron on transfers turned out very clear and are pretty easy to follow so far. i hope to have the one i'm currently working on done before the end of the week and the "home sweet home" ones done by the middle of next week. my fingers are going to hurt!
a few years ago, while my friend andrea and i were living together, we were pulling out christmas decorations and getting ready to trim the tree. andrea was looking through my small collection of ornaments and came across a few "interesting" ones that had been given to me (i.e. an american flag tassle thing) one in particular caught her attention, the "christmas canoe". i must say, it is one of the more random ornaments that's been given to me, but since andrea found it so amusing i let her have it. today she sent me an e-mail with the following picture attached. i'm so happy to see that the "christmas canoe" has a home!
{andrea's work desk}
{andrea's work desk}
other happy news, my dearest friend laura is back from her road trip, sadly she moves to san francisco on the 14th. this next week i'll be cramming in as much laura time as i can before she leaves.
{celebrating her first night back in long beach}
i have felt so relaxed and relieved since christmas. in the early hours of christmas day (4am?) i put the finishing touches on my gifts and had them all wrapped and under the tree. it was a lot of hard work, but i was so happy and satisfied with how my projects turned out.
here are some highlights...
madison with her backpack, i filled the bags with coloring books and pens, and for a last minute addition, made crayon holders. i made the backpacks and crayon holders for aislyn, madison, little john, and emilee.
emilee with the pillow i made her, the fabric is by heather ross's "mermaids and sea creatures" collection
a mail bag and some project bags for jasmine
lavender filled birds for robbie
the little deer bag for my aunt jamie and the bottom two items are travel tissue covers for my grandmas
i also made; kiki a scarf and gloves, a scarf and check book cover for my mom, hand embroidered dish towels for gina and gary, a "tool" roll for my friend robin, a little box bag for serena, gloves for veronica, and pillows for laura.
phew! and even after all that, i started knitting a scarf christmas eve and gave it to my aunt jamie when i finished christmas day.
a few pics from our weekend at mom and dad's
jazzy and the corgi's keep warm
mom lights tree #1of 3
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