Friday, January 07, 2011

Handmade Holidays

This year I tried to focus more on heartfelt and handmade gifts. And since it had been awhile since I had been creative, I remembered just how much I enjoyed the process.

I decided to make stamped necklaces for my mom, sisters, and Hudson's school teacher. I enjoyed personalizing each one. You can get the stamps quite inexpensively at Harbor Freight and I ordered the discs online.My dad and nephews were recipients of some fun face plates. I followed this tutorial and they worked up pretty fast. My dad received a set of four Papa Plates so the grandkids can use them when they visit.
In other news, our Christmas cactus bloomed this year. We were given a start as a little neighbor gift two years ago. It goes on my list as "best gift" for sure.
I'm still having a hard time convincing myself that it's time to take down my Christmas card display. It's got to be one of my favorite "decorations."

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