Homemade Christmas

Well, I made it through the weekend unscathed. :) The kids really enjoyed themselves too. Here's a photo of Mikhail on the float for the Christmas Parade taken by JoAnne (thanks Jo :)).

We went home and had hot chocolate afterwards, we are SOO happy it didn't storm out like it did during the practice.

We also went to the second saga of Twilight-New Moon. It was excellent, and although I have read all the books I still wish they put a little more into the ending. The theatre was packed full of teen aged girls screaming when Jacob takes his shirt off. That alone was pretty entertaining, lol.

I have decided to search the web and find some really cool projects and ideas for decorating your home for Christmas, homemade style. I also want to post some gift ideas that I find. I'll try to post once a week, probably Tuesdays, with seven ideas...enough to make something everyday until Christmas. We'll see how I do.

I found this cute canvas book idea here. I thought it could make a great gift for a baby or even an adult, depending on what you put into it.

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Check out these cool journaling cards!! I was thinking of using these in my December Daily book, maybe you could use them for something too. They are a free download here.

Homemade food packaged just right is always appreciated. Here are some more ideas.If you are a sewer then you probably have a lot of scrap fabric laying around. I think these are cute. There is more where that came from here.If you are a knitter you might have a lot of yarn laying around that you could use up for this project.

There are a lot of cute bows and decorations for gifts here.
These would be fun to make with your kids. I think I might make a few with some ribbon attached in the middle. Probably use some Basic Grey patterned paper and hang them on the tree. Here are the directions.

And before I go, go check out Lotus Paperie December 1st, first thing in the morning. We have something new in store for you.

Thanks for peeking

have a great week! :)

XOXO