I have been feeling less nauseous the last couple weeks so I went to work (you've got to cash in while you can!) Maybe you guys could try making one or some of these ideas. It was a lot of fun.
Being involved in the Relief Society in our church calls for transporting food to sick or needed people on many occasions, so when I saw these cool casserole carriers on homemadebyjill I've been wanting to make one. These were really fun to make and I liked Jill's edits she used from the original pattern.
I was looking on Etsy for some wooden toys when I came across some wooden peg toys that were hand painted. They were adorable, but a set of 10 was $165. Luckily, we have a unique craft store in town that sells pegs in different sizes for 33 cents each. That's a $161 savings for me :) It was so fun to paint them for the boys' gift this year. They really like them. You can use painters putty to make Laya's hair and yoda's ears. Make sure it dries. Also use a finishing gloss to protect them.
I was able to make the boys' Christmas jams this year. Julian has never had a pair of really soft pajamas and cried when I had to literally pull them off to be washed!
My friend shared her great idea to make a Christmas tree skirt and put her kids handprints around the edge through out all the years. Since I've been laying around sick I finally had time to make one. I think I will sew little Christmas characters like Rudolf and Santa and a candy canes etc. between each year of hand prints. I hope the boys will have good memories each year as we pull it out.
While thinking about the new baby coming, I thought it would be neat to knit a little sweater or something. I've always liked the knitted look of clothes compared to crocheting it, so thanks to youtube I was on my way to learn how to knit :) This will be a scarf. I hope I can make a sweater eventually. Have you guys been making anything lately too?
