So this year I decided to make a lot of the Christmas gifts we give to friends and family. I procrastinated a bit although my photography kept me quite busy up until the last minute also. But I had to share everything I made here. All of these gifts have been given now so I won't be ruining any surprises.
This first is actually an apron for our niece whose birthday is on the 23rd. She loves to cook so I made her this apron and put it with a cookbook, recipe box, cookie cutters and decorative muffin/cupcake papers in a cake box for her birthday present. I think she liked it. :)
This next one is the birthday calendar and matching lunch tin full of cards that I made for our dirty santa game we play at our Sunday School class Christmas party. It was a hit.
And I ended up making more of the birthday calendar. I made a total of 9 altogether. Lots of friends and family got this perpetual calendar for gifts from me this year. I've decided to start selling these after the first of the year probably opening an Etsy shop and adding lots of other handmade goodies.
And these are the little hanging clipboards I made. The largest one is an 8x8 that I made for DS's teacher and the two smaller ones are 6x6 ones I made for our nieces.
These next ones are purses I made for our nieces. I also made one for the senior teen who is DS's piano teacher, but forgot to take a photo of it. I used the Amy Butler Smart Handbag pattern for these. The first one is fabric from Heather Bailey and the other fabric I found at Hobby Lobby.
And this last little gift is a little journal I made for one of my best friends.
I did stress myself out a bit making all these gifts, but in the end I had so much fun doing them and it really was such a nice feeling to see how much each one appreciated their handmade gifts.
