Fare Thee Well Frasier

It is a sad day today, we took down all of the Christmas decorations (we keep them up until epiphany, which was yesterday) and got rid of dear Frasier. Frasier sure did make our apartment cheerful and cozy. But before we took the lights off of the tree, I hung up our first Christmas ornament that I finally finished today.

D. glued the rickrack on the gingerboy on the right and had the idea for him to hold the candy cane. The one on the left is a girl, see her eyelashes? I didn't have any lollypop stems so I used a q-tip for the stick.

I will have such fun pulling this gingerbread couple out year after year and thinking about how happy our first Christmas was. Oh, look at the love in their little felt eyes. <3

Cupcake Mail Out

Oh, it is such a bother to trek to the library any time that I want to use the iternet, maybe someday I'll have wireless. Here is a recent batch of ornaments that I've sent out.

Getting the cupcakes ready to go to their new homes.

My mom sent me little favor boxes, from TJ Maxx of course, that fit the cupcakes perfectly.

Ready to stuff in a stocking...

...or nestle in a tree.

Bon Voyage little cupcakes!

Holly Pins

While visiting my parents in Korea a couple of years ago, I bought a bunch of felt from a mega craft warehouse, it is the best quality I have ever stumbled upon and it has been serving me well. And here's what I've been doing with it of late...

These vintage inspired holly/poinsettia pins are pretty quick to make and only require a few supplies. It's so much fun to mix little berries with different types of ribbons and pom-poms; the possiblities are endless! All of these can be found in my shop.

This particular one is good for either a girl or a boy, since it isn't too feminine. I made one for D. too, he is such a good sport when it comes to wearing my creations.

I can't help but think of the old Grinch cartoon when I look at this one. Which reminds me, I have yet to watch that this year.

While making these I had to also make a few for myself, I made a copy of this one for me. My mom has a Christmas table cloth from the 1950's covered in poinsettias, this pin reminds me of that vintage tablecloth.

Icy cool

Even though these are pins, sometimes I put them in my hair as well. I make them serve double duty. Hop on over here, and pretty soon you too can be gazing at your Christmas tree with a little holly pin in your hair or on your sweater.

Birdie Boutonnieres

Yesterday I decided that I was going to finally make something that has been on my "to-do" list for six months, make these cute little boutonnieres for my wedding. I used some of the supplies that my sister got me for my birthday from the etsy seller Caramelos. All of the other supplies were things I had hanging around my craft box; wire, floral sprays, pieces of my sister's outdoor wreath that I found on the front porch (see, I did put those to use), feathers, ribbon, and buttons.


This one is my favorite.


This one is my least favorite and made me really mad, the bird looks way too big. Unfortunately I don't have any other birds to replace it with, I guess this means I need to take a trip to the craft store.


This is the groom's, made from an old peacock feather earring of mine.




He has such a cute green face, I want to give him a *kiss*.


Here's that giant bird again! Aaargh!