Thursday, December 24, 2009

handmade Christmas gifts

i finished the gifts i made for wilson and sara just in time! i thought i would finish them up sooner but forgot how the definition of being "productive" has changed. instead of seeing how many things i can finish sewing in a morning, i'm counting how many diapers i can change between feedings! i'm being productive in other ways! but it feels good to be forced to sit and rest for 15-20 minutes every 3ish hours.

so for wilson, i made a color book. it was my first time to sew a cloth book and i really enjoyed it. i think i would have added more details if i had the time...next time.
(inspiration came from here and another blog i cant find now! sorry!)


for sara i made this...

i used this tutorial.



it was such a fun project.
it would have taken less time if i had read the whole tutorial first. it took some thinking and tweaking but it worked out. and i LOVE the finished project!





and look who is moving in...


a miniature version of our family.


i also painted these girls for some sweet friends of ours.

can't wait to give sara her gifts!
and i'm sure she'll be more then willing to help wilson open his.

3 comments:

Marci said...

Those are so beautiful, I cannot believe you painted those little people too! You are so gifted. And I am totally jealous of that cloth book, they sell on Etsy for muchos dolares! I love yours.

kelly said...

these are such cool gifts! i love keeping up with your creativity & you're giving me hope that crafting can go on even with baby #2 :)

Shalene said...

TOOO CUTE! (kids & items you made)