presents

So as i mentioned earlier, this year i decided that i would make as many christmas gifts as time and my sanity would allow. now that the gifts have all been handed out, here's what i spent my past 1.5 months or so making...

3 pairs of flannel pants for my mom and sisters


i spy bags for natalie (to grow into) and our 2 nieces


2 appliqued photo albums made out of recycled wool sweater scraps for my mom and andy's mom


2 oak leaf ornaments also made from recycled wool sweater scraps for our moms




Another set of rag quilt letters for our other niece


a jumper for a niece


a robe for a brother-in-law with long arms (it fit perfectly. whew)


a pug puppet also made out of wool sweater scraps for natalie


2 zip pouches for my sisters to match their purses and wallets that i gave them earlier this year


3 bomber hats for andy's brothers and dad. wool outer, fleece inner


this last one wasn't a gift, but I did make it. I saw in Pottery Barn Kids a felt advent calendar that was so super cute, but they wanted a ridiculous amount of money for it, so i thought i'd try to make one similar. It's about 3.5 feet tall! I used nice wool felt so hopefully it'll last until natalie's old like her ma.




Coming up next are natalie's Christmas dresses. yes, dresses. plural.

ketchup

I have a lot of catching up to do; I've been so busy making Christmas presents that I haven't had much spare time on my hands. Over the next few days I'll be posting what I've been up to.

For today though, I'm just going to share some photos from this past weekends' annual cookie day. It's getting more interesting trying to make zillions of cookies with three little ones running around. But we managed. And they helped too!