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Tag Archives: Christmas
10 Months Early
Remember my list of projects for the finish-a-long? 10 months (and a little more) before Christmas and my tree skirt is done!! (Never mind that I started it in November…it’s much nicer to think of being really early than really … Continue reading
A Special Order for Christmas
Someone must have put in an order for Christmas snow, because on December 23 we woke up to this: We enjoyed this snow (and more!) right through Christmas until this morning, when I woke up to green grass … Continue reading
Make Your Own Evergreen Christmas Wreath
Last year I shared with you how my mother-in-law taught me how to make an evergreen wreath. This year we gathered with the whole family (my brother-in-law and sister-in-law, too!) to make them again. We started our outing at our … Continue reading
Christmas is for Giving: Spreading the Joy with Extended Family
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. The candle has been lit, the streets are white with snow, and the sound of Joy to the World still echoes in my ears from this morning’s church service. The Christmas season has … Continue reading
How to Host a “New-to-You” Gift Swap
Some of you might be saying, “The holidays? Already? Isn’t it too early for that?” I’ll admit that I don’t like hearing Christmas carols in the grocery store in October or walking past rows of Christmas trees before the leaves … Continue reading
Inspiration
In this moment I have herbs that need harvesting, a project in half-completion in the sewing room, a book half-read whose story dances around my head even when I have decided I MUST leave it and get back to doing … Continue reading
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A Handmade Holiday
I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas holiday! Hubby and I packed up the car on Christmas Eve (and boy was it packed!) and headed over the river and through the woods (literally) to his parent’s house where … Continue reading
‘Twas Four Days until Christmas
‘Twas four days until Christmas and it was pelting with rain, The grass was brown, the trees were bare, it was looking rather plain, But inside something festive had started, something that would not be stopped, The smells of molasses … Continue reading
Season of Secrets
This is the season of secrets. A season when I am involved in more creative projects at one time than almost any other time of the year – and I can’t talk about them! (Well, at least not yet.) Even … Continue reading
Pajama Time!
It has become a tradition that every year I make my nephews flannel pajamas for Christmas. I think I started when my oldest nephew was just a toddler, (and I was just learning how to sew) so this marks my … Continue reading
