Finished Just In Time for Christmas

YoYo Reindeer Card

I have had a busy week finishing up the wrapping, packing and mailing of boxes to send my Christmas gifts off to five different states (Arizona, California, Indiana, Nebraska and Ohio). Then I got to work on wrapping the gifts for my friends at work. Needless to say a couple of the packages I mailed required a homemade Christmas card and although it's hard to make everyone a card I do try to include a little something I have made like the cute little felt gift card holders that came in a kit. This was a wonderful project for me to work on as I watched TV with my husband. It was a little hard to work on when the cat decided to get into my lap but eventually the two of us came to an agreement that she could sit in my lap if she let me sew as she prefers me to sit still while she naps so we compromise - I sit still for a little while as she gets settled down to sleep and then I get to sew. It is actually safer that way for my project as the thread fascinates her and sometimes gets tangled up in her paws with the needle flying into the air!



Felt Gift Card Holders



My mom's December card is the cute reindeer card made with the large oval yoyo's. I love how they turned out and my Cricut Expression machine makes cutting out the letters for the "fa la la la la" a breeze.  The lace Christmas tree card started out with an idea of just sewing the lace back and forth in a very simple squiggly tree shape and then somehow it just evolved into a Victorian type Christmas tree. As the paper and lace sits on my desktop for days as I work with and around it - I have time to say "what if" and "ooh, I like that" and then I start pulling out papers and other embellishments that might give me the design I am looking for.

Lace Christmas Tree Card

Of course after all of my "what ifs" and pulling things out from every nook and cranny in  my craft room it is in shambles!  So today I plan on doing a lot of organizing, cleaning out and putting away so that I can start preparing for the New Year.