Holiday Projects

Throughout the past week, I have been in full-fledge getting-ready-for-Christmas mode. The biggest project has been getting the house decorated, but I have also been working on some other holiday projects.

This is truly my favorite time of year! I love everything about the season (Well, almost everything - I hate the "something-happening-every-night-of-the-week" schedule that we end up keeping. I guess I'm becoming more of a homebody than I ever was before.) The past couple of years, I have discovered something about myself. That is the fact that I really enjoy making things throughout the season - fancy Christmas cookies & goodies, Christmas gifts for friends & family, & even things to decorate our home for the holidays. In fact, I would even go so far as to say that this is my personal way of celebrating the season. Christmas just wouldn't be the same if I didn't/couldn't celebrate this way. I guess I could compare it to the enjoyment that a lot of people get when they take time to shop for the "perfect" gifts for the people on their list. Now, I do enjoy shopping for Christmas presents, but I'm not really the type to search & search for the "perfect" thing for each person. Besides, a lot of the gifts that I give are handmade - I get SO much more enjoyment out of that than I do out of shopping for a gift.

Anyway... last year I branched out from just making some of my Christmas gifts to some other "creative" projects. Here are just a few of the projects I did last year.

Handmade (but mass-produced) Christmas cards

A framed collage - made with just a few of my scrapping supplies.

Plates of Christmas cookies for the neighbors. This was a family tradition that we had as I was growing up. I have decided to keep it alive, but I couldn't help adding my own little twist to it.

Christmas ornaments

While I have yet to buy the first Christmas present, I have been working on my list of projects for this year.

Hair clips that I will be using as stocking stuffers for the little girls in my life. Ryleigh has been using hers already & I really like how they turned out!

Plain glass ornaments that I altered, using rub-ons, ribbon & some buttons. I got the inspiration here.

A small canvas that I altered, as well as a super fun to make button tree. The button tree inspiration came from here & here. More holiday projects to come in future posts....