I trust we all survived the holidays? I did, barely. Ugh. ;0) I thought I'd take a minute to share a few of the things I was able to complete (craftiness involved). The first thing I did was was to make some cloth garland for my Christmas tree. I have used recycled sparkly Christmas ribbons for a few years now and since my colors were chartreuse and red this year, I opted for something a little different. I had several remnants of Christmas themed material that a cut into wide strips (about 4 inches wide). I alternated a red swirl pattern with a vintage poinsettia print with my theme colors. I sewed all the strips together making a a long chain (about 70 feet long). I broke up the pattern by taking a small remnant of red on red snowflake material and tying knots in the middle of each fabric, as well as, the seams where I sewed the colors together. Along with my collection of red and chartreuse ball ornaments (along with some old fashioned green) and chartreuse bead garland and some over sized, old fashioned Christmas lights, the effect was gorgeous! ;0D (See picture below too!)
Christmas skirt this year! ;0) My daughter (being the girly-girl tomboy that she is, ha!) is very into pretty things. Last year I made her
this dress and this year we opted for a pretty skirt instead. I picked up a remnant of stretchy velour fabric for like .97 (wow!) and a black embellished t-shirt on clearance at Target for $3. I added two inserts of black and white polka dot to the skirt out of the velour and topped them with black bows (to match the t-shirt). I made a quick head wrap and let her borrow my sparkly black cardigan (which she covets BTW). Such a cutie and look at how grown up she's getting!
The black and white material on my daughter's skirt made an appearance here as well! This adorable dress was a present for my baby niece! I bought the top at the thrift store for a $1 and love the embroidery detail of the roses on it. I normally make empire-wasted dresses (be cause they are just so stinking cute!), but the detail was way too cute to not save. I opted for a drop-waste dress instead. I attache a skirt of b & w polka dot to the bottom and ran a ribbon and made a bow for the bottom of the shirt. I also made some matching hair bows for her little piggy tails and I love, love how cute this turned out! ;0)
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I'm sure I mentioned that my nephew is a car freak and this year I had soooo much fun making his gift. It's a quiet book that he can take to church on Sundays and play with his cars. I actually designed and made this myself and it was so fun! The book opens to four pages flat where a road travels through a neighborhood, to the country, to the forest, and eventually ends up at the beach! It folds up and ties tight with a garage pocket in the door to store cars. I made it out of felt and backed it with a transportation-themed flannel, so if they have some felt board figures, they can be used on the book too. ;0)
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| J. Lamb 2011 |
I also made some journals (that didn't take a picture of, poo.) and I painted a table for my two older nieces (with a monogrammed "A" for their initials, which I didn't take a picture of either, double poo.). I did snap a picture of a quick painting I did for New Year's of night falling. Not great, but I like the colors. ;0)
I also want to express my thanks to everyone (you know who you are) who helped make this Christmas really special! You are all amazing! I was so taken aback by the generosity of my friends and family and know that I am forever indebted to you all, thank you.
~J. Lamb
