Navigating life as a military wife.
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! We weren’t able to head home this year, so we did Christmas morning present-opening via webcam with our family, headed to dinner with some Navy friends, and rounded out the evening with a trip to the movies to see Avatar (In Imax 3D….sooooo worth it!). Merry Christmas from our house to yours, but before I go for the evening here’s a picture of Paul the Dog with his Christmas present.
I’ll be back tomorrow with a regular post…see you then!
I admit it. These aren’t quite as nice as the ones my mom made when I was a kid, but I made these without a pattern (turns out the “pattern” mom mailed me last year included all the patterns in McCalls kit EXCEPT the stocking, so I had to use my childhood stocking as a rough pattern). I also had a small fight with my sewing machine. I’m pretty sure it was user error, considering I haven’t used a sewing machine in about six years, either way it was really frustrating…but I figured it out! The first stocking took me an hour and a half to make with my sewing machine battle. The second stocking, took ten minutes (thank goodness, as I started stocking #2 at around 11pm!)
All that being said, I’m really happy with how they turned out! Once again, I love the material, it really goes with the Christmas decor I’ve got goin’ on in our living room. And even though they aren’t perfect, I love that I made them! On that note, I am wiped out, so I’m headed to bed. Happy Christmas Eve!
Why hello there! You can’t tell any differently, but this is not the American wife you are accustomed to reading about. This is her famed sister who has recently turned the ripe old age of nineteen. I will be filling in for Kate for today and tomorrow!
Today I would like to talk to you about a very important subject in this holiday season: bows. In the past, I have always used bows from Hallmark or some nice twirling ribbon to spice up my presents. I have even, when there has been no alternative, not garnished at all. *gasp!* Yesterday, however, I discovered a fun little trick. Not only was I taught, via Twig & Thistle, how to make one of the delightful little bows you might find at Hallmark, but was inspired to use unconventional materials to do so. After attempting some bows with left over wrapping paper (which will NOT be making an appearance here because of their… unique designs) I made a bow out of a paper towel. I then decided to get out some paint and Pollock-ize a paper towel before I made it into a bow. While the colors aren’t exactly Christmasy, they are still quite adorable in my opinion! (And it would be pretty easy to make some new ones with red and green.)
It’s been fun blogging today! See you all tomorrow!
I got this guy for Christmas three years ago or so (the same year I got a drill…what can I say, I’m a renaissance woman!)
I’ve been a little afraid of it (the sewing machine NOT the drill) since then. I used to sew a lot in high school, but I haven’t much since then, and I kind of forgot how to use a sewing machine! But last year as I was decorating for Christmas, I decided I needed to make new stockings for my hubby and I. We both still use our childhood stockings. My mom sewed stockings for our whole family when I was a kiddo, and I love that they’re homemade. So I decided I really wanted to make some for our little family! The nice thing about making your own stockings is that as your family grows, you don’t have to worry about stockings being discontinued at your local store…you just make another using the pattern! So last fall, my mom sent me the pattern to the stockings she made for our family, but the season flew by and I never really got around to making them! Yikes!
So this year I decided I HAD to make them! I went to the fabric store with plans to get a redish (Katy red) fabric for my stocking and a greenish fabric for my hubby’s stocking. The green I use in my Christmas decor is kind of a limey green, and all the fabrics I found in this color were really girly. I found a red and off-white fabric I really liked for me,
but I couldn’t find a coordinating fabric for the hubby…until…I found this:
I know, it’s black and white, BUT I love it. And with the other fabric it looks really festive but modern. The style of our house is traditional with a modern twist, and I think these two fabrics really capture that feel! Plus, when it’s time to make stocking #3, we can add a green fabric to the mix!
I haven’t sewed the stockings yet as I forgot the fusing for the inside of the stockings, but I cut them all out and got the sewing machine set up! Here’s what the stockings look like all laid out:
I’ll show them to you again when they’re all sewn up!
Danke. Merci. Takk. Asante. Gracias. Spasibo. Thanks. However you say it, saying thank you is very important! With all the hubbub finally coming to an end, it’s time to take a moment to thank all of those kind and generous people in your life who made this holiday season special! Any form of thank you [...]
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