2016 DIY Christmas Gift #3

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It's almost Christmas.  Don't ruin it by peeking now.

Move along, family.

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Okay, this is the last of my sewing projects for the year.

I shared the four aprons that I made for friends and kids, then I shared the memory blanket and pillow.

Now, my plan was to make one of these little stuffed critters for each of our kids.

A hedgehog for The Girl, a turtle for The Kid, and an owl for Baby.

I even got everything all cut out and ready to sew a couple weeks ago.

Then I made an extra apron, when I couldn't decide on fabric for my niece, so The Girl is getting it.

Then I became emotionally attached to my nephew's memory blanket, so The Kid is getting that.

So I only needed a homemade gift for Baby.

Enter, the stuffed owl.

Yes, I'm totally aware that he has bunny ears.

They should have been shorter.

But hey, ya get what ya get and ya don't throw a fit.

I think it makes him silly.  And sweet.

And, Leroy Brown agrees.

This photo needs to be in a caption writing contest.

Okay, I took some pictures in The Kid's room, too, 'cause it was better lighting.

Silly but sweet.

I'm goin' with it.

We're down to the wire now.

I was down for the count for two days with some sort of creepin' crud.

I spent ALL DAY yesterday putting my house back together.

How do they ruin everything so quickly!!!???

I swear, being sick is no where near as bad as playing catch up after being sick.

Okay, off to clean up last night's dinner dishes.......

DIY Christmas Ornaments 2016

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Family members, no peeking at this year's ornaments.

You'll see them in a few days.

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As is the case every year, I make ornaments for all the kiddos in the family, as well as a few adults.

Generally I stick to one or two different ones, but for whatever reason, this year I was all over the place.

I'll just start throwin' out photos.

Up first, we have succulents.

I painted white foam, cut out leaf shapes, hot glued them to a skewer, then stuck them down inside insulin bottles that I got from our neighbor.

A twirl of copper wire around the neck and they're done.

I made three of them.

Next up, I only made two of these.

I had some old spice cans, so I turned them into birdhouses, of course.  ;)

Moving right along, I generally do the same thing for all the kids, but this year, The Kid got a one-of-a-kind.

He's my turtle lover, so I made him a turtle out of an acorn, wooden head, and felt.

Silly, but cute.

I love his little butt with a nubby tail.   

Ha!

All the other kids are getting pinecone hedgehogs.

I made the most of these.

I think there are eight.

The girls already picked theirs out.

Baby, of course went with the pink flower, The Girl chose the cream colored flower.

The remaining will go to the other boys and girls in the family.

And last, this was a random buy at Joann's, only because they were so tiny and cute I couldn't walk away.

I had no clue what I was going to do with them, mind you, but they wanted to come home with me.

Mini peg people.

One of my favorite projects was painting the peg people for my niece, and then for Baby another year.

So I decided to paint our three kids for my mom, and my niece and nephew for my sister.

I drilled holes in their heads to make them ornaments.

They're so tiny!

This is The Kid.

The Girl.

Baby.

Nephew.

Niece.

And there ya have it.

All the ornaments of 2016.

As of this moment, it is officially snowing.

And sticking.

Again.

Time to get my tumbler of hot buttered rum and go pick up the kids from school......