Secret Santa

This year some friends of mine & I decided to do secret santa. This is what I gave away :)
A jar full of M&M Cookies mix.
A handmade stocking courtesy of Camille's 'Merry' pattern. {I used 'Clermont Farms' Moda Jelly Roll for the body of the stocking and another Moda red & gold star fabric for the cuff.}
and...
'Patches' the Zhu Zhu guinea pig + outfit (the pet for the girl who can't buy a pet since she's movin' out soon). haha, even 20+yr olds can enjoy electronic rodents :D

Oh, and what did I receive I hear you ask?! - a jumbo gingerbread house :D mmm, yummy :)

christmas time is coming

I'm really enjoying Christmas time this year; not to say that I don't enjoy it every year, but this year, I've been trying to be more Christmas-y. I made a note to myself to have the Christmas tree up sometime during the first week of December - check. I've got to have a Secret Santa present ready to go by this Thursday - check. Christmas carols on my iPhone - check... see? it's all so Christmas-y.

Plus, teaching RE in the schools is over for another year, and so is teaching in the parish, so I don't have to worry about planning lessons and preparing craft activities for the next couple of months... now it will just be focusing on having a lovely Christmas with my family and perhaps making it to the coast this summer :D

Also, can't wait for my sewing patterns to arrive... pity the post is always slow around Christmas time. Though I'm just over the moon that I was able to buy Camille's "Merry" stocking pattern in .pdf form - yay!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

ps: actual picture sewing tutorial for the stockings.