Holiday Crafts, anyone?

Christinaruth74

anyone working on crafts for the holidays? Maybe decorations, gifts, ornaments, etc. 

pinspire me!

penelope4612

This isn't very interesting, but I am debating getting one of those plaster footprint sets to get a footprint of this baby's foot for a first Christmas ornament...

Christinaruth74

@penelope4612 cute! When it was DD1s first Christmas I attempted a cute little "mistle-toes" foot print thing... getting baby footprints is way harder than I was prepared for. Mine turned out to be a Pinterest fail.. womp

aevan011

I made/printed personalized photo frame mats today, since I'm just giving the grandparents & greats photos of the baby for Christmas. I'll take some pics and post. I'm doing the footprint ornaments.....with my dogs lol. 

ea301

I really want to do something crafty for grandparents & aunt/uncle presents this year... following this thread so I can copy someone else's great idea. muahaha

Christinaruth74

I went to a craft/Pinterest party at a friend's house the other night which got me curious to see what other holiday crafts people were working on. Anyway, a friend at the party was working on coasters using ceramic tiles, wrapping paper, and modge-podge. We have SO many spare tiles in the basement that I thought I might be able to pull off something like that for sure! Anyone else try this? 

Yesterday DD1 and I strung some cranberries (well, I strung, she found the "squishy" ones for me and threw them away) and I've been working on some handlettered signs to hang..

ajstevenson

Shoot, @chrustinaruth74 my fat finger hit the report button when I was trying to hit quote! I'm sorry, I hope you don't get into trouble!

ajstevenson

DSD and I made ornaments for the necessary and nephews over the weekend. we kept it VERY simple. I got clear plastic ornaments at Michaels and filled them half way with artificial snow. Then we wrote their names in metallic silver or gold and used sparkly ribbon on top. they turned out pretty sweet!  I will also be making Tessa her stocking here shortly.

Christinaruth74

@ajstevenson haha no worries. My fat fingers get me in trouble all the time. 

That ornament is adorable!

acreight13

Not a picture of the ornament I did with my DS but is the same idea. I also did them in green and made into Christmas trees. It works well because you don't have to get a perfect print as you are going to turn it into snowmen or trees and whatnot. 

AbriannaO

We are doing the salt dough ornaments with LO's hand or foot print on them for Christmas gifts for the Grandparents and an aunt. We'll see how those turn out. Bought the kit on Amazon for $8/9 each.

My mom wants to do the plate with the "Mistletoes" with LO's foot prints. So depending on when the arrival is, she and I will go to one of those pottery painting places so she can make that (I am just along because I'll be the vending machine for the baby).

This weekend I am hoping to get a canvas started with hand prints. In my mind it's cool, but it may turn into an epic fail. In the center it will have my DH's hand print in one color, then mine will be inside it with a different color, then the dogs' will be on either side of our prints. Then when LO arrives, we will add theirs inside mine. I want to get it started now so that we aren't then dealing with wet paw prints and a fussy baby. Not holiday related, but since it;s December, it will be a a holiday craft.

maamawaabangi

I've knitted my hubs two hats... he's been working on our house and it's getting cold. Honestly, that's all I have energy for! That and making Advent happen. 

Christinaruth74

@maamawaabangi I would love to learn to knit/crochet. I feel like it would be a relaxing hobby.  I'm trying to drop hints to MIL that I'd love her to knit DD2 some little pixie hats! 

leksiL

I have been considering breaking out the sewing machine to make some presents one last time before baby comes...but can't seem to get motivated to even get the clothes out of the dryer at this point!

When baby is here I hope to get some pictures ordered in time for Christmas presents but we will see how that works. I still haven't downloaded our pictures from our Scotland trip in June, and the addition of newborn care makes me think getting anything done in the two weeks between her birth and Christmas is absolutely nuts.

karmba

Not really holiday related - but I'm hoping to finish DS's baby blanket by Christmas.  I'm a bit off schedule...

aevan011

Holiday gifts for the grands & great grands - putting photos of baby when he/she arrives. None of them want or need anything for Christmas, so this was an easy project. Hope they're not huge, I tried to resize

Christinaruth74

Made another sign between last night and today. 

Spoiler alert: all of my holiday crafts this year are just for me.

penelope4612

Found a recipe for Salt Dough Ornaments if anyone is interested:
https://www.verywell.com/making-baby-handprint-crafts-284509

maamawaabangi

@Christinaruth74
I LOVE the word art you're making!!! So pretty! I have a chalk board I try to get creative with. 
Knitting is enjoyable... once you learn. The learning curve can be steep at times... but it's good for times with hubs is watching a game and I can just do something. So far I've knit 2 girl hats and 2 boy, a pair of gray booties and 2 hats for my husband. I do better (enjoy) with smaller projects, but am about to knit a big blanket for my hubs (it was his xmas gift last year... oops!)

Christinaruth74

@maamawaabangi do you also crochet? I've heard the learning curve is a little more gracious with crocheting vs. knitting, but I know nothing. 

And thank you! I started looking into handlettering last year in an effort to do something other than waste time on Facebook. It's really therapeutic for the most part. A friend encouraged me to follow a handful of other handletterers on Instagram and it's been so nice to see inspirational quotes and bible verses filling my feed. I have a long way to go... I'm really lax about keeping things straight and centered, but I'm okay with it. 

Lisa3379

I found that learning how to crochet was a lot easier than knitting, although my level of expertise ends at scarves and blankets... I'm basically really good at making rectangles of various sizes but it's a cozy hobby, I like it. 

maamawaabangi

@Christinaruth74
Yes, I do both... crochet is easier in the beginning, but you can do less with it in my opinion. I also don't like it as well because you have to look at your work (to find the next loop) where as knitting you can do by feel (the next stitch is always there on the needle). But, it seems like people prefer either one or the other. 

SmashJam

I am not crafty at all, and I bought a stocking kit online for DS and DD. For real guys, I think you have to be crafty to do this and it might be a hot mess, I am feeling a bit nervous about it. This is one of those things my mom would have done for my kids (she made mine and my bro's), but since she is no longer with us I felt it was important that I bust them out. Really though, I am starting to doubt my ability, haha.

Christinaruth74

@SmashJam your kids will love them some day no matter how they turn out❤️

ajstevenson

Just finished the pattern for Ts stocking.

cayaylonglegs

Not Christmas related, but I made these last week before Ana's arrival. I want to make hats in different Harry Potter colors during my downtime in the next 6 months, we'll see if that happens though.

In my opinion knitting is harder than crochet. That 2nd needle is enough to throw me off. That being said my crochet is sloppy at best. I don't read patterns and kinda just make things up as I go.

Christinaruth74

Putting this here because idk that it fits anywhere else. I had an etsy shop (My Lil Punkin) but closed it down once I got KU and was too sick and tired. I have loads of fabrics I've been trying to clear out and today I made a bunch of top knot headbands in NB-2m size. I made what I could for Baby Girl but made some extras as well just to use up the fabrics. Here's what I have... if anyone is interested just let me know! They would be just a few bucks + shipping. I realized I don't really know anyone else outside of here with itty bitty baby girls!