It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
I have had a wonderful and busy Thanksgiving weekend, and I hope you all have had a great one too. It has taken me a few days to recuperate. Saturday night we stayed up until 2 am playing Rook after Brice's family's dinner. It has been a long time since I stayed up that late. We got our tree and are going to be decorating it tonight. I can't wait!
I got crafty last night and made a couple of things,
These dishtowels are for my partner in the Holiday Traditions Swap hosted by sewliberated:
I got the fabric ink from here and the stamps are Martha from Wally World.
Then I made this wreath:
It's just linen wrapped around and then mod podged to keep it from fraying. It's embellished with crochet flowers from here, ric rac, and buttons. I kept seeing all these beautiful handmade wreaths at flickr and had to try one. It's also based a bit on Katy's tutorial.
Brice said it looked "old fashioned" which is a bad thing to him. It took all my might not to slap him around a bit. I told him the people on the internet would set him straight. So far on flickr they have.
Be sure to check back tomorrow because I am participating in Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day. I'll be giving away this lovely patchwork bag:
I think there will be some other prizes too. Not sure yet, but be sure to check back.
Have a great day ya'll!
You do such beautiful work. Looking forward to following
your blog.:)
Posted by: Tricia | December 02, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Old fashioned? Oh, I don't know, I think he might deserve to get slapped around for making a daft comment like that...
They all look beautiful.
Posted by: UK lass in US | December 03, 2008 at 12:23 AM
is it tomorrow yet? ha ha. No...it's not.
Yes, Brice deserves a slap. Give him one from me ;)
LOVE those dishtowels, what a cool idea.
Posted by: Katy | December 03, 2008 at 04:59 AM
Absolutely darling wreath!
Posted by: Stephanie | December 03, 2008 at 07:12 AM
That wreath is just gorgeous!!! I love it. :)
Posted by: Kristena | December 03, 2008 at 03:57 PM
Ummm...NOT old fashioned at all! love them! love the post (esp. the part about hubby). xoxo lizabeth www.sparkbark.com
Posted by: Lizabeth | December 03, 2008 at 07:27 PM
The crochet flowers look really adorable. They make me want to start crocheting again! :)
Posted by: Teresa | December 05, 2008 at 11:42 AM