Home Made Christmas

There's not a lot I can show about this year's home made gifts but I can talk about my reasons for doing so.

It started out as financial. There's been more than a few Christmas's where the hubby and I were either poor starving college students or just flat out broke. I love Christmas though so this isn't going to deter me. Plus as a quilter I have built up quite the stash of fabric and other crafting supplies. So really I just need to get innovative.

Here are some of the gifts I have made in the past:

Felted wool TARDIS picture I made for my father-in-law (Doctor Who is a big favorite in our family, I really wish I had a picture of this one. I'll have to try when we're back for Christmas. He has it hanging in his office.)

Sunflower pillow for my sister-in-law

No sew Wreath from V and Co

Lavender and Flax seed eye pillows (links to the pattern I use as a rough guide, I don't mess around with interfacing but  I did make both the pillow and the carrying case)

Personalized Note cards

Knitted beanie's 

There's quite a few other things I've made but these are just a few.

 So Our financial situation has changed quite a bit. We're by no means rolling in money but both being gainfully employed helps in that department. 

This however has not stopped us from continue to try and make most of our gifts. I had a conversation with the hubby last Christmas about as we move forward financially I still want to continue to make gifts. 

To me it's just so personal in this day and age of disposable consumerism. Things are getting  more and more expensive and less and less durable. I love being able to make things in specific colors or patterns or reference favorite things in pop culture that I may not be able to find otherwise. 

Sure it takes extra time and a lot of thinking outside the box but to me it's well worth it. 

Do you make Christmas gifts? If you do/have what are some of your favorite things you have made? I would love to hear-I'm always looking for new ideas

Summer Afternoon

It's been a crazy long week, but it's finally Saturday and the weather is pretty nice.

This is a picture from a tea party I had when I

was hosting a small group in my home this spring. I love my polka dot tea pot, it's just soo me.

I love spring and summer, everything is cheery. colors, gardens, the weather.

I'm starting to look forward to fall. I was looking at the garland I have hanging in my dining and living room and started thinking about how I'm going to have to switch it out for my fall garland here soon. I'll miss the cheery colors but I love autumn too. it means the season of my favorite pie and hosting Thanksgiving.

Here is another sight of spring. Here are some cherry blossoms I made using this tutorial. It was super easy and I love the way they turned out.

Today is relaxing, I have some stuff I should probably be doing but after the week I've had I just need to relax. We're going over to some friends house for dinner tonight and I think that's about as much as I can handle socially. I do think I will make some cupcakes to take over. I have a box mix just waiting to be doctored up.

Anyone have any great plans for the weekend?

P.S. I am so sick of typing up a blog and having it look all pretty and then when I publish it, it's all grey and blah

old project, good colors

Here's a couple of photos from a pillow I made for a friends birthday last year. She has these colors in her living room which is why I chose them. Recently Ive been drawn to these colors myself and remembered this project. I got the green fabric at Joann's and I have a little left but wish I had more. I'm on a hunt for just the right fabric to recover some blah lamp shades and I think this could be a contender

The blocks are from a charm pack, some Sandy Gervais line, gobble gobble maybe? I don't think that's right.Awesome! that's the line, I think.Oh well, I love the colors.

my crafty blog

so here is the blog I created for all my sewing and crafts. If ever I get around to or brave enough to do so Ill create an Etsy account and this will be the place to show off the things ill be selling

For now Ill show items I'm making for christmas presents

This is a pillow I made for a friend, you cant really see it here but I had fun with some of my stitches on my new machine :)

This is for my mother in law it was inspired by V&CO.