Year: 2010
I made merry christmas!
We had such a wonderful holiday month over here. Lots of fun, very little stress, lots of making, too much eating, everyone is very pleased with Santa this year. But in retrospect I have to say the best part of this Christmas for us was our crazylucky timing. Miss Phoebe caught herself something gross and feverish at the mall but it didn’t kick in until bedtime Christmas night and our camera which has been flirting with death finally gave up … More
bells of glittery
Oscar and I had so much fun making these ornaments for gifts and for our tree. Oscar loved picking the trims and using the hot glue gun. I love how vintage glitz they are.
gaudy awesome
I love ornaments. And most all of our favorites are made by Seasons of Cannon Falls. You see them at shops but they are near impossible to find online. I saw this very sparkly, very 50s, repro ornament at the shops the other day. I nearly bought but realized I had all the stuff on hand. So a bad of mini balls, some super stiff felt, spangly trim and glue gun later, ta da…
Isn’t she a beaut?!
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ruffle gal
Phew! Party’s over. I’ll share some project pics later. Once again, I was over ambitious. I think my parent helpers wanted to strangle me. One of these days I’ll figure out age and time appropriate party activities!
Phoebe and I crafted it up this morning while the boys were at Tron. Lots to share. First, this crazy gal…
I hot glued some ruffled trim to floral wire and then glued to a wood ball for the head. I didn’t have … More
lego girl
Today is Oscar’s school party. I’m party planner again – wish me luck! And then it’s legotime. Can’t wait!
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new tree skirt
The handmade tree got a new skirt this week. I love this alexander henry yuletide 2d zoo fabric so much. So festive and cute. I cut out some animals from the scraps and make them into ornaments for the tree. This tree should see a lot of action next week when O’s done with school. I’ve got a stack of ideas waiting for him.
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