Deer cards

Two more deer cards (& envelopes made from paper bags). 12/19/09.

Homemade Yarn Tree Card

Yarn Tree Card 12/13/09.

I think I saw this in a holiday magazine last year. Wavy yarn gives the tree a bit of texture, but you could use just about anything. I sewed through the green cardstock, but you could glue each piece of yarn down, horizontally as well. Only made one of these, since they take a while.

Messy back, but this gets glued down onto the card.

Homemade Snowpeep Cards

Snowpeep Cards 12/15/09.

I think Martha Stewart has a version of these somewhere. One tip: thread the scarfs through the paper instead of gluing them between the buttons. This way, the scarves look as though they're actually around the 'neck' of the snowpeep.

Snowpeep with a fancy scarf.

Snowpeep cards in process 12/15/09.

DIY Crinkly Scarf

Linkshare: DIY Scarf Instructions (and photo) by Jennifer Juniper.

Now if I could just find a single free evening...and keep my eyes open long enough to remind myself how to work that sewing machine...and then grab some fabric and... and... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Holiday Cards for 2009

Handmade Holiday Cards, 12/13/09.

Finally! A relaxing weekend with plenty of down time, little to no stress, and a chance for Chris and I to waste away the day watching movies. Since I can't sit still watching t.v. for very long, I dragged my box of scrapbooking paper downstairs and made cards all day. I doubt I'll be able to get many more done...there are still the envelopes to make (if I can find enough paper grocery bags), but I enjoyed every bit of this.How To: This was very easy to pull together. With a Google image search, I found a clip art image (here) of a deer/fawn, printed/cut it out, and used it as a pattern to trace onto various patterned papers. Mount the cut-out deer onto another rectangle and mount on paper that has been folded into a card. Done and done.

I heart wood-grain.

14 and counting...

Tree Up

90% hokey handmade ornaments. love. 12/12/09.

3 Down...50 to go? Homemade Holiday Cards

A short holiday playlist. And a few handmade cards.

The stocking came from a gift tag on a present last year.
Gotta love hambly.
My favorite so far. 50 to go.

Warmly "Shedding Light on Homelessness"

Taken 12/6/09.

I've been sooooo excited to share this. The Street Sights staff recently received our first-ever sweatshirts. Hoodies, actually. They're soft and warm, they're printed and designed well (designed & printed by teens!), and the staff is representin'. Even the hood has "Shedding Light on Homelessness" printed up the left-side. Ever seen a hoodie like that? I doubt it. We've received a number of requests from non-staff members asking if they can purchase one, out of suppor...may be an early 2010 fundraiser!!

First Snow

12/6/09.

These last months have been flying by. When that happens, I know I'm too busy or that I need to stop pushing myself so hard. I'm exhausted when I get home and crashing earlier and earlier. this is not working! Somehow it's December and I'm sure 'tomorrow' it'll be over. Anyway.
Above = our first snow, last Saturday night/Sunday morning. We had just picked up our giganto xmas tree...waking up to our first snow fall the following day? Good timing. Before I even had a chance to post these photo of our snow dust, we were dumped on this morning. And this, of course, called for the spontaneous singing of snow-themed songs. ...Until I get in the car and realize I need to drive all the way to Woonsocket. And I have to do it every day we receive these gifts of snow dumps.

12/9/09.

12/9/09.

Thanksgiving

After a week of fighting a cold, I'm hoping that tomorrow I'll be back at work. Sadly I was too sick for us to make it to my aunt's Thanksgiving on Saturday. Stupid cold. But on Thursday, we had a very nice Thanksgiving in Queens with Chris' family and family friends. It's amazing that even friends of the family feel like my family -- a reminder that "family" includes all kinds of relations.

This holiday season, I feel fortunate to have such a large family of people who are so kind and generous.

Muppets

Paper flowers & pages

Taken 11/22/09.

Easy-to-make paper flowers from last week's scrapbook weekend with mom. Make a bunch and create a wreath. Instructions are at miss fancy pants.Started a 'my first garden' book on the weekend with my mom. Beginning pages above.