Crafty Craftin'

The boys have been busy doing a bunch of crafts that I planned for their time at home...all have gone pretty well, all things considered...that would be the fact that doing crafts with three boys can be a bit, ahem, challenging at times!


This one included Dad and Desiree', who happened to be around on the evening we did this in front of a movie. I got the idea from one of the fabulous blogs I follow and it was alot of fun!

We started with a big bowl of felt squares cut into pieces, about an inch or so:
Oh, and Bart decided he would lay RIGHT in the middle of it all as well...We took large Darning needles...(think BIG eye) and strung Black DMC floss on them. Then, I let the kids decide what their color scheme would be, and they just started stringing them on. Very relaxing and mellow craft I must say. I just stayed in limbo, to be available to restring needles for the little two every few minutes or so!
Jared ended up doing only one...and it was PERFECTLY straight. No crazy crafting for this guy.
Justin and his finished Beaver believer wreath:
Jeremiah and Desiree' hard at work:

I believe Jeremiah opted for Honda colors, and Desiree' did a rainbow sort of mixture. Travis also did an OSU wreath:
After we got the right amount of squares on, we just tied the floss in a knot to make a circle. I tied matching ribbon on, and to the tree they went! FUN!

Christmas Fun!

Well, we are cruising into Christmas weekend, and I am REALLY tired of sewing! Whose bright idea was it to make all of this handmade stuff anyway?!??! :) I have made three trips to Joann's already, BUT, I am on the last project, then it is time to wrap it ALL! It should be wrapped for approximately 24 hours. Yay.

I managed to get the boys presents all wrapped before they were out of school, hence avoiding the need to lock myself in my bedroom for two + hours...seems things always go BANANAS when I do so, so am happy to prevent that!


I had a TON of fun using the Cricut to make fun tags for their gifts...I know, I know...a little over the top, but hey.

These are their P.J.'s to open on Christmas Eve...
For the professional sleeper in the house:

I also used just their initials to label some others:

Martha Stewart, EAT your HEART out. Oh. YAH.

Have also had a ton of fun scrounging through my Grandma's old Christmas decor and using her old vintage ornaments to decorate with...YES, Mother, you are vintage...(she says these aren't old...they are the ones they used when she was a kid)!!


I love the look of these old ornaments:

Can't forget our AWESOME pieced together in random Goodwill fashion village!
AND, the only real tree out of the six we have up:
OK. Must go finish final two presents. Would love to share pictures, but don't want to give away any suprises. Next time! Also, I have to show you some of the crafts the kids and I fit in this week around all of my sewing!!

Wishing you all a WONDERFUL, Christ filled holiday!