For some reason this year I decided that I wanted to make a lot of my Christmas gifts to people this year instead of purchasing something. It wasn’t a financial reason… I think mostly I was just feeling crafty and had a lot of good ideas for people and thought “Hey I can make that”. Eventually, this is the final list of ALL the things I made! Unless you know me well, you probably won’t follow the list of names, but good luck trying 🙂
- A personalized cross stitched bookmark for my sister-in-law Bridget
- A personalized cross stitched bookmark for my sister-in-law Beatrice
- A personalized cross stitched bookmark for my sister-in-law Mary Clare
- A personalized cross stitched bookmark for my sister-in-law Genevieve
- A personalized ‘Baby’s First Christmas’ ornament for our newest nephew Charlie
- A personalized ‘Baby’s First Christmas’ ornament for our newest niece Brandy
- A personalized ‘First Fawver Family Christmas’ ornament for Charlie’s parents, my brother-in-law Michael & his wife Bridget
- A US Army ornament for my brother-in-law Michael (he’s a vet)
- A US Air Force ornament for my brother-in-law Zachary (he’s currently enlisted)
- A fleece baby blanket for Charlie
- A fleece baby blanket for Brandy
- A fleece baby blanket for our nephew Russy
- A fleece baby blanket for our niece Isabel
- A cross stitched giraffe ornament for Russy (I made him a personalized ‘Baby’s First Christmas’ ornament last year & want to make him one every year)
- A cross stitched ladybug ornament for my friend Veronica
- A cross stitched apple bushel & pie ornament for my friend Jennie
- “Wish” wine charms for my co-worker Judi (which doesn’t include the two book club custom sets she was nice enough to buy from me!)
- Doggy wine charms for my co-worker Ginette
- “Luck” wine charms for my co-worker Tanya
- Sports ball beer glass charms for my co-worker Randy
- Saints medal wine charms for my sister-in-law Celeste
- Sewing themed wine charms for my sister-in-law Monica
- Wine Lover wine charms for Dominic’s new boss
- A red & green tutu for Jennie’s daughter Joy
- A pink & white tutu for Joy
- Red & white polka dot hair ties for Joy
- A tulle decorated metal basket for Joy (it counts!)
- A tulle decorated hair band for Joy (I had extra tulle but not enough for another tutu!)
- A charm bracelet for my stepsister April (Russy’s mom)
- Designed a photo book of Russy’s baptism using photos I took & had Shutterfly print 2, one for April and one for her mom Joanna
- Designed a photo plaque for Dominic’s office at his new job, again using Shutterfly for the heavy lifting but it took some time to pick out the right photos!
- Personalized a stocking ornament for Charlie to add to the large family set I gave my mother-in-law last year.
That wasn’t even all the crafting I’ve done since October! I also…
- Used my Cricut to make decorations and vinyl cut outs for my Halloween pumpkins
- Constructed the accessories for my epic Stay-Puft Marshmallow (wo)Man costume
- Made a felt bag, just because I had extra felt (still do)
- Used the Cricut again to make table settings and such for Thanksgiving
- Cross-stitched a stuffed giraffe for Russy’s first birthday
- Put together a “My First Year” picture frame collage for April
- Made a paint bucket donation can for the San Leandro Historical Railway Society depot repainting fundraiser
- Made two sets of wine charms commissioned by my co-worker Judi for her book club’s annual gift exchange.
- Made some other wine charms to sell in my Etsy Shop (eh, I had the supplies out and needed to keep my hands occupied while catching up on the DVR)
- 4 ornaments from our high school and college tassels
- My yearly home made ornament for our tree (most are cross stitched but some are other mediums)
For ease, a photo album just for the crafts mentioned! I don’t have pictures of quite everything, but you’ll get the idea 🙂
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