Handmade Granny Square Blankets for My Babes

Some of you frequent readers 

(are there any of those??)  

may remember me saying I was going to make Granny Square blankets for my kids for Christmas

Well, I got them done 

(and NOT at the last minute, believe it or not!) 

They both came together quite nicely and I am so proud of my work!

So I wanted to share!

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 I love these colors all together.

I decided on them based on her bedding color scheme as seen here:

My Viking

For Christmas this year I commissioned my sweet and ever-so-talented friend +Lisa Gullion 

to make me a gift for my husband.  

He is Swedish and very proud of it, 

So I had her make a viking helmet for him and a detachable Viking beard

So, I just wanted to show off some pics of my amazing friend's work

and how cute my husband looks in it.

Here he is fluffing it out so Linda and I can take pictures
Maggie seems to like it!

Custom Keyboard Kitty "Ivy"

Recently I received a message in my Etsy shop from a really sweet lady asking if I would consider doing a custom Lackadaisicat (Keyboard Kitty).

{{Honestly, I felt like a dope that I hadn't thought of it before she asked!}}  

Cute-Looking Chaos - Photographing the Kids and Dog

Let me just say that I am the WORST holiday procrastinator ever....

I CONSISTENTLY:

-wait until the morning of Valentine's day to get Tristan's valentines

-wait until the Saturday before Easter to get the stuff for Easter baskets

-wait until a few days before Halloween to get costumes

-And wait until like the 20th of December to think to send out Christmas cards.

It never fails!

Time just gets away from me so quickly.

So this year I decided I was going to take a stand against....

well..... myself. 

I had the idea to take the kids out to a cotton field and take some nice Christmasy looking photos because the cotton looks like snow when you look out across it.

I thought I could shop them a little and make our own Christmas cards 

Well, I got the pics taken, I guess we will see how the rest goes....

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Bunny couldn't stop playing with the cotton. 

Handmade Scrap Buster Advent Calendar

Last year I had a lot more time on my hands than I do now

And I got ambitious and decided I should make my own Advent Calendar!

I am all about traditions, and my husband and I are always looking to start new ones

I had received LOADS of my Grandmother's old fabrics including a whole tub of Christmas fabrics!

And I was chomping at the bit to use them!

I am so proud of this project

It was a pretty quick one too!

Rag Quilt for Violet

Just last year my 90 year-old Grandmother gave me all of her fabrics and craft supplies...

I can't even BEGIN to tell you how much stuff that is!

She requested only one thing of me 

And that was to make a quilt for my cousin Rachel's little girl for Christmas

Her name is Violet (adorable) and my Grandmother had already picked out a bunch of pretty fabrics with purple and lavender and, duh, violet to make it with.

I was so excited about this project!  

The fabrics she picked out were amazing and I couldn't wait to get started!

Here is little Violet with the finished product

A toddler-bed sized quilt made ESPECIALLY for her!

 Grace (my daughter) and Violet are only a month apart!  (Violet is older)

Here's a pic of them together at our Grandmother's 90th Birthday Party

(Sept 29th 2011)