Being Festive

It is possible we might have a white Christmas this year. I took some really fun pictures of snow flakes on my car. They were perfect little snowflakes.
I also made an early Christmas present for my Dad's girlfriend. She is a nurse, so I made her some Christmas stethascope covers. I hope they get there in time. They are super easy. But I wasn't sure I was going to get to them in time. But I did.

We finally have a tree topper. It is the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I couldn't bring myself to finish what Tiffany had dubbed as the tampon angel. So I went a different route.

Oh and since I am pretending not to be worried about finishing Christmas knitting and crafting, I cast on a shawl. The beads are taking me a while to add. But it is going to be pretty.

Hopefully after Christmas I will have some pictures to share of what I've been working on. But I probably won't be posting much until after the new year. So have a merry Christmas

Christmas is coming

the goose is getting fat. Pleased to put a penny in the old man's hat. Well, actually there isn't a goose. Although that would be tasty. I think we are having ham. mmmm...ham. But no rolls. Stuffing has been banished from the holiday table. I think I underestimated the power rolls have over me and my waistline. So those might be banished. Or find a recipe that won't completely undo my calories.

But how do I know Christmas is coming? The tree has been decorated and presents have begun to grow in the shade of its branches.

Cute ornaments have been made to decorate its branches.

Santa's little helper has come out of hiding to help.

Ornament extravaganza

I tried to think of a way to smoosh those two words together, but it just didn't sound right. But I don't have too much to show you guys so I am doing a blog post about Christmas Ornaments. I don't have my tree up yet, and I would like to add a few new ornaments to it this year. So I've been searching for cute ones. I also am going to a Pre-Christmas party this coming weekend and I need to bring an ornament to exchange. So handmade ornaments it is.

Of course I started on Ravelry with a search for knit and crochet patterns for ornaments. That is where the candy canes from the previous post and these cute dreidels came from. Made these for a few friends.

Then I moved on to the rest of the internet and found this pattern for a felt dove that looks easy, elegant and quick.

This tiny gingerbread house is tre adorable. In the process on this one.

I'm not sure if I have enough buttons to make any of these Button Wreaths. But

my grandma definitely did. Button stash raided. I think mine turned out cute. I didn't have enough time to put on a bow (I suck at tying them so it takes a while).

Illuminated snowflakes. I think I would like these without all the fuss of adding LED's. Just the pretty beads.

The knitter in me loves this one. I am actually thinking of doing a couple for my tree, but using tooth picks and smaller beads.

And an ornament a knitter should never be without. An emergency yarn stash ornament.

This ornament is just cool looking. Although the tutorial seems like it would make something a bit big to be a tree ornament. I might experiment with something smaller. Maybe with fabric. I need some Christmas fabric.

And I'm not the only one who loves making ornaments. I found a great blog with an even better list. It includes a few of the ones I've featured here, and I lot more I haven't. So many ornaments that she had to make a second post.

And while speaking of ornaments, I would be remiss if I didn't mention my friend Haley's Etsy store. She has some of the cutest ornaments ever. Including this one (not technically an ornament, but still). And I have one. And I can attest it is just as cute in person, if not moreso. Just so damn excited to see it snowing.