It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas

...or, alternatively titled by my room mate, "Are you freaking kidding me Amy? It's 70 degrees out and you've got Christmas music on? "


I love Christmas with a burning, soul consuming passion, and as a crafter my Christmas stuff started about a month ago. My big thing this year has been little felt Christmas ornaments-- my goal is to tie them onto every package I give this year, so even if I can't hand-make all my gifts I can at least have something sweet and stitched for everyone.

In other Christmas related news, I'm planning a Christmas extravaganza trip to NYC at Christmas with my sister-- should be awesome, and was the inspiration for the Rockefeller Center ornament.


It might be a tad risky to make memory-based ornament before there is a memory, but that's just how I roll. The ornaments are really quite simple to whip up-- I don't think anything's taken me more than an hour or so-- and so they grant a very high impact to effort ratio.

My other project, which you see at the beginning, is barely a craft in the traditional sense (zero creative thought involved) but I'm stitching up a Nativity scene for my nephy-poo from a kit.

As a kid, I loved playing with the nativity scene under the tree, so I love the idea of a kid friendly one-- so my mom picked up the kit for me.

I've got a few other little projects going currently-- the Christmas card has been designed but is waiting for production, I'm designing two dresses for draping and one for the student run design show, and I've picked up knitting again-- but these Christmas mini-projects are super addicting. Stay tuned for a tutorial!