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The holidays at our home

The stockings!

Tree top

A section of the tree. Noah had that Santa ornament painted especially for his first Christmas- ahhh, memories!! :cheery:

We made a wassail on Saturday.

Getting into the spirit.

The last hand made gift ready to be wrapped! I didn’t block a thing.. BAD KNITTER, *lol* !
More after the holiday. I have [...]

Hi December!

I am SO ready for the holidays. The house looks magical, wonderful, & “Christmassy,” I just love this time of the year. We only have a few gifts left to purchase, which I will do this coming week, meaning this will be the earliest we’ve ever been finished with giftmas shopping! I’ve been really enjoying [...]

Turkey Day is upon us

Happy Thanksgiving!! I won’t be around until next week, so I figured I’d post some photos of recently completed gifts before the T Day photo bombardment.

I’m nearly finished with D’s Weasley sweater. I love it! All I have to do is seam the sides & weave in the ends. The Cascade Tweed [...]

Been busy soapin’

I made seven duck in a pond soaps for the littles in our lives. The kids helped with these & let me tell you they smell AMAZING!
Counter clockwise- The two princess soaps smell like “Winter Wonderland,” the two to the left in the back were scented “Candy Cane” with peppermint essential oil, the two [...]

Hats x2

I finished K’s hat & made N’s. I loved how they turned out. It’s always so fun to watch how the yarn you dye works up.

K’s the proud owner of a huge head.
We got the kids’ winter coats on Sunday. Old Navy was having a 40% off sale (fortunately for us!) [...]

Gift-along update

I shaved down my list a tiny bit & I’m feeling like I am making excellent time now. I’m starting to get very excited about this year’s winter holidays! By the looks of things, I’ll even have enough time for baking goodies- one of my favorite things to do during the holidays season.
This [...]

Beanie hat & tea set

Two of my latest finished gifts, a beanie hat..

I dyed this KnitPicks Bare superwash merino for Ella Bean, she picked the colors. The purple was intended to be periwinkle, but it works. I made this hat from the Firebrunette pattern, Single Crochet Beanie. I like how fast & easy they work up so [...]

Arrr!

N’s “Jack Sparrow” finally completed. I think he’s adorable, I might have to make one for ME!

E’s Waldorf doll should be fully complete soon. I did however, get a few of the cute outfits I ordered for it..

The rest of the clothes are on the way with (I hope!) the [...]