Monday, November 22, 2010

It's Beginning ...

to look a lot like Christmas!!!

I started some decorating this weekend for Christmas and yes, many things will be different this year. Anything meant to go below waist-high will have to stay packed away for another year (or two) or used at the church youth house as the little monsters have a way of destroying anything shiny or non-toy-like. The Christmas tree is still a "probably" though as I have a fence from my wonderful sister-in-law, Brenda, that she used to go around the tree when her boys were little.

My latest Christmas project was making stockings for my boys. I bought some for Jack and me ages ago and wanted something similar ... but alas, no luck in the stores so I headed for the fabric store. I revved up Grandma's old sewing machine and went to work putting together new stockings for my little boys. The trim around the boot I had to hand-sew and the letters were iron-on. I'm still struggling to find some snowflakes that don't look old-lady-like ... I thought I could cut them out myself but that is way harder than you'd think with felt. Anyway ... here's the result!


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  2. Good job with the stockings - they look like you bought them all together. Here are some felt snow flakes (and other shapes) I found...

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/bbdsupplies?section_id=6822355

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/kutz?section_id=6148899

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/59724565/christmas-felt-shapes-christmas-magic

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/60613711/felt-reindeer-6-colors-set-of-12-pieces?ref=sr_gallery_17&ga_search_query=felt+shapes&ga_search_type=supplies&ga_page=4&order=&includes[0]=tags&includes[1]=title&filter[0]=supplies

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  3. I am impressed with the stockings!! Go Amy!!

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