Happy December everyone! Even though we don’t have our tree decorated yet I’ve been getting into full holiday mode: brainstorming gifts I still need to purchase, picking out wrapping paper, planning menus and yesterday I played my Christmas playlist all the way through. That last one was actually Taylor’s fault, I mentioned having a particularly silly song from it stuck oin my head and he mocked me for it so I had to punish him and also reward myself. To help you all get in the Christmas spirit here’s one of my playlist faves that I just added last year:
I love it, it’s just so happy! I wish Danielle Brooks would put out a whole Christmas album. You can download this song free here.
Now that’s you’re sufficiently jolly, here’s another little treat: I’m doing a giveaway this week over on my instagram. The winner gets a handmade felt & rhinestone pickle ornament and a green-to-gold gradient “MERRY PICKLEMAS” mini glitter banner. Just a little silliness to help relieve the stress of knowing Christmas is only three and a half weeks away and there’s still so much to do! Click here to see the rules & enter.
For anyone interested in custom banners be aware that today is the cutoff for orders. Please visit the shop to get yours. Any orders received after today I’ll try my best to get them shipped in time for the holidays but I can’t guarantee they’ll make it in time, so get your order in asap! Any orders I’ve already received/ones made today will be made and shipped on time; I’m going to try to get them all done this week so wish me luck!
On Friday night it snowed like ONE INCH but it was perfect tbh, just enough that everyone was jolly about it but not so much it was any sort of hassle. It only stuck to like… plants so all the sidewalks and paths were clear.
One night I was feeling sad so Taylor put on his one-piece woollen long underwear and buttoned a cushion into so he looked like a tall Danny Devito as The Penguin (there’s a reason I can adult one-pieces “Cobblepots).
I gave Gwen pompoms to sort while I sorted rhinestones.
One of these pickles could be yours! (The other two and the ham are spoken for but like… LOOK AT THAT HAM, I even put pineapple rings & cherries on it.)
Gwen hampered herself.
lol Gwen looks so over it. I love the little ham! I keep meaning to sew some felt ornaments and maybe embroider them.
It’s really fun! I use regular wool or acrylic felt for the fronts and stiffened acrylic felt (you can get it at crafts stores) on the backs so the ornaments have more structure.
Ooo using the stiffened felt as a backing is a good idea! I think I’ll make some tomorrow night. You are like my craft muse, I made a happy birthday banner for my daughter’s party that was inspired by the ones you make and it turned out adorable! It took a good amount of time though so man, kudos for busting out all those banners on such a tight deadline.
Thanks!