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December 19, 2006
An ornament for the new year
Every year I think I am going to make Christmas ornaments to give as gifts or swap. It never happens. The vital thing that escapes me is that to be able to do that in a timely manner one has to begin making the ornaments in October, or earlier. I am never in the Christmas spirit in October. I am mourning the loss of summer, enjoying the weather, ignoring Halloween, and cursing every leaf that falls in October.
So this year I decided that ornaments celebrating the new year are in order. I don't mind that no one thinks there is even such a thing as a new year ornament besides me. That just means that mine won't be late by anyone's calendar.
If the majority of my crafting stuff wasn't packed away in the storage space right now I'd be farther along. I did decide after much consideration not to hand sew these and they are zipping along so quickly with the machine that I know it was the right choice. My mother was a hardcore hand sewer (entire quilts) and I always feel like I am cheating if I use the machine.
It feels good to be making something, doing something creative.
P.S. Did you know that they make white felt with sparkles built in? I love felt, and sparkly felt? Be still my heart.
Posted by grrlTravels at December 19, 2006 3:40 PM
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This year I was planning on making my own Christmas cards, and found this site that had a great idea- cut up your old Christmas cards to make new ones!
So I painstakingly cut 40 doves out of old Christmas cards, then assembled my cards and realized my prototype looked like sh*t.
So I did the only logical thing -- I bought an awl and punched tiny holes in the top of each dove, and threaded them, and made ornaments to put in every (storebought) holiday card I sent. It was really fun and they came out looking really nifty!
Posted by: Lisa at December 19, 2006 5:44 PM