Holiday Shirt

I don't think it is any secret that I love holidays & getting festive.  Sadly, this year I am suffering from a lack of funds.  However, thanks to inspiration from pinterest, lots of ribbon and glue already owned, and a mother who always had sewing and craft projects going on – I am trying a new craftier phase of life.  I even spent most of my Saturday working on several projects.  My poor sewing machine had not been plugged in for 3 years.

I am posting the above Christmas tree shirt that I made for Lexi. Most of my other projects will be Christmas presents, so those I’ll have to keep under wraps.  I liked how this one turned out.  It was insanely easy.  I simply used ribbons, fabric glue, fray check, and scissors.  I think it would be even better to use non-traditional Christmas colors like soft pink and blue, perhaps I’ll try that next year.

Decorating Pumpkins

This year, I decided that I didn't feel like carving pumpkins.  Actually, I should say this week has been crazy hectic with work.  I barely survived getting by on minimal activities and very little sleep.  However, holidays must go on, right?  I decided that we should do some kind of pumpkin decorating activity one evening.  I pulled out my hot glue gun and bin full of ribbons and this is what we came up with.  The kids picked out the ribbons for their pumpkins.  Jordan wanted bats and spiders.  Lexi wanted skulls and polka-dots.  We used these as our decorations for trunk-or-treat.  Maybe next year things will be a little easier and we can go all out. 

San Diego Snow

Lexi and Jordan just love snow, pretty much like all kids, especially ones that rarely get to experience it.  Today, in fact, Jordan saw a snowball fight on television and was very excited to have one.  I had to explain that we would not be having one today.  He was quite sad and questioned why.  Well... I explained that we don't have any snow and the temperature actually made it all the way to 80 degrees.  In stead, we made snow flakes to hang up.