Christmas morning sketch, 9″ x 12″ Christmas morning … pretty packages under the tree fire burning in the fireplace hot coffee sticky buns in the oven camera at the ready granddaughter running baby watching squeals of delight laughter excitement smiles hugs dogs shredding boxes cats pouncing kids playing grateful happy content […]
Category: Holidays
Embroidered Wool Christmas Ornaments
Christmas is only three days away, and I’m finishing up some last-minute projects, like these cute embroidered wool Christmas ornaments. Since I’m a grandmother now (and a crafty one at that!) I’ve decided to start a new tradition of making a handmade ornament for the grandkids each year. Since we only have two grandchildren so […]
More Folk Art Christmas Stockings
Our family is growing! In the past year and half, we’ve welcomed a new son-in-law and, not one, but two new grandchildren into our family. Nicholas and Lilly Last year at Christmastime, we made-do with an assortment of miscellaneous Christmas stockings for the new additions, but this year, I decided to stitch up some stockings […]
Silk Origami Christmas Ornaments
Fabric origami is a lot of fun, and I love the fact that, in just a few hours, I can have a whole collection of beautiful handmade Christmas ornaments to give to friends and family. Made of silk dupioni, they add an elegant touch to a Christmas tree, but they’re almost too pretty to put […]
Folk Art Christmas Stockings
I thought you might enjoy seeing these Christmas stockings that I made for everyone in our family several years ago. I need to make a few more since we’ve had some additions this year, but I think that will have to wait until 2011. The stockings themselves are made of homespun plaid with a cotton […]
