For the tenth day of A Gift a Day, I made pajamas for Ivory. The pattern goes from sizes 2-6. I made some adjustments to make these smaller for Ivory, who is 1 1/2. I’d like to make some more like these for Wren and Elsa, and I hope to make some for Cyrus and Ezrom as…
For the ninth day of A Gift a Day, I made bookmarks for my boys. The London bookmarks are from my website, and the medieval bookmarks are some new ones that I made, that are available here. If you have a color printer, the London bookmarks will print in color. I decided to do something a little…
For the eighth day of A Gift a Day, I made an embroidered pillow for Elsa. I printed out her name in a font that I liked. If you are looking for some new fonts, check out dafont.com for free fonts that you can download to your computer. I printed her name really large, at size…
For the seventh day of A Gift a Day, I made some more jewelry for Winter. There will be more gifts in this series for her because she has a birthday close to Christmas, so some gifts will be for her birthday and some are for Christmas. You can also swap the charms out for something else….
For the sixth day, I made two scarves. The pink one is for Liberty and the green one is for Winter. Scarves Supplies: sheer fabric thread Tools: scissorssewing machine I made these much like last year’s scarves, but I made a slight change. I sewed a 1/8″ seam all the way around the scarves first. The…
For the fifth day of A Gift a Day, I made a necklace, bracelet, and matching earrings for Winter. This is the same design that I used for Liberty’s birthday necklace, which you can see in pink here. Necklace, Bracelet, and Earrings Supplies: earring hooks (I bought these at Walmart last year, 42…
For the fourth day of A Gift a Day, I made felt Matryoshka doll (nesting dolls) puppet for Ivory. My other children have seen me making these, and all of them think they are really neat (even my 8-year-old son!) so I think these could be made for any age. These turned out to be a lot more time-consuming of…
For the third day of A Gift a Day, I made simple bracelets. Bead Bracelets Supplies: beads clear elastic cording (I purchased the smallest diameter cording; it comes on a small reel abouthe size of a ribbon reel) Tools: your own two hands scissors Ruler and measuring tape (if you don’t have a measuring tape you can…
For the second day of A Gift a Day, I made an apron for Cyrus in his favorite color. He loves to cook, and he is learning how to make new things in kitchen all the time. Apron Supplies: 1 yard of cotton duck fabric thread Tools: scissorssewing machine Time: The total time for one apron is…
For the first day of A Gift a Day, I chose to make bow barrettes. Most of these are for Ivory. The flowered ribbon one in the back of the second photo will go to Wren and one of the pink ribbon barrettes will go to Elsa. Bow Barrettes Supplies: Ribbons 40 and/or 50 mm snap…
This post contains affiliate links. After several requests to post the list of gifts that I’ll be making (like I did last year), I’ve decided to go ahead and post one. First, though, I want to talk about a few gifts that I’m giving that aren’t handmade. I found several things at garage sales this year….
As the holidays approach, the lack of money sometimes seems overwhelming. Not only are many of you struggling to keep a roof over your head, but you want to have good family experiences and memories. You want to give good gifts to your family. You want to serve nice holiday meals and even some treats. Take the…