Christmas Creativity

I love crafting things. My mom is a very talented seamstress, and that just didn't pass on to me (I'm not patient enough, nor am I a perfectionist). But I love to dabble in just about everything else. The only crafting that is of any skill is my knitting, and I'm not too experienced. I like to scrapbook, paint things, use my hot glue gun, decorate and sew pillows and various other decorative items.

This year I made marble magnets, definitely one of the easier Christmas crafts I have made. The best instructions I found are here from a great website called not martha. I don't have any special close-up lenses for my camera (hint, hint... nice gift idea!), but here are my best pictures of some of the magnets I made:



Danny made glycerin soap cubes for the grandparents. This was lots of fun for us, because we used glycerin soap blocks and just added food coloring and some lavender essential oil. The best directions for glycerin soap are from Martha of course. But I don't have any great pictures of what we made. I think that we were pressed for time, so once it was made we wrapped and shipped them right away.

I didn't get the scarf and hat made for Danny, so we'll see if that happens in the next month. Last year we had snow into April, so there is definitely still time for him to wear them if I get around to it!