Christmas Craftiness Revealed…

I thought life would calm down after Christmas but it’s taken this long to get a moment to sit down and blog.  Here are pictures of my Christmas creations.

I made a quiet book for Lizzie’s girls …

I love this fabric I found for the coverMatch the colors into the pocketMatch the Velcro shapesPut the heads on the animalsPut the cupcakes in the numbered pocketSnap on the balloonsUnzip the purse to reveal some blingAn abacus with counting beadsButton the flowers onto the stems

Some baby shoes for Aubrey…


Some slippers for my sister (They looked much cuter on Pinterest)…

And a quilt for my cousin…

This one caused me a lot of stress (and a few tears) but I think it turned out pretty cool.  I almost like the flowers even better from the back.



And here is Joshua sitting on one of his favorite Christmas gifts.  He carried it around the house for days!

We Can Learn a Lot from a Child…

When life gets busy, just slow down and take a rest!

Don’t be afraid to reach out and make new friends

Stay close to those you love

Merry Christmas everyone!  I’ll soon be able to post all of the fun crafts I’ve been making.

Such a Happy Little Helper…

This morning Joshua and I went out to the garage to get in the car, but Joshua ran around to the other side of the van.  He grabbed the snow shovel and headed straight for the driveway to shovel snow. 

He actually made a bit of progress on his own, and then he helped me do some shoveling before he decided it was fun to run up and down the sidewalk leaving footprints behind. I just love my little guy!

There’s a cheesy grin if I ever saw one.

I’ve been Crafting!

Andrew and I are on the ward Christmas party committee and we were put in charge of decorations.  After exploring many options on Pinterest, (I am addicted!) I decided on these string art trees.  I started with yarn, I thought it would hold together better, but I like the look of the string more.  Some of the trees have beads and some of the later trees I just wrapped with wire garland.    I have to remake a few that Joshua decided to help with but I really like how they turned out.

Then I decided to take this same concept to make some snowmen.  I harvested the heads off an old craft project that I did years ago and didn’t like anymore and viola!

The other project I’ve been working on is this Christmas advent calendar.  There is a pocket for each day of December until Christmas.   Instead of treats each pocket contains a card with an activity for us to do as a family. I finished this up just in time (I was still sewing pieces on on Dec. 1st!)

And because I know some of you only come to my blog to see pictures of my handsome boy, here he is!