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A Handmade Christmas, Part 2

- December 30, 2012 | by April -

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Between opening gifts, cooking breakfast and dinner, and enjoying my family’s company, I didn’t snap as many photos as I planned. But, I will share the ones I managed to take into between all the joyful chaos.

Every Christmas, my mother-in-law creates Santa faces for one present for each of us. It’s always our “big” present. This year, she also created an elf package to go along with my husband’s Santa package:

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Because there were six of us and we open gifts one at a time, it took most of the day just to get through them all. It was a lot of fun and made the day more exciting. Instead of tearing into the gifts, we get to watch the reaction of each person when they’re opening. I love that tradition and hope to continue it when my husband and I have children.

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I glittered these pears to use as our centerpiece at the dining room table. Everyone loved them:

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1 Comment · Filed Under: Creativity, Handmade, Holiday

A Handmade Christmas, Part 1

- December 28, 2012 | by April -

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This year, I set out to make as many of our gifts as possible. My theme of a handmade Christmas made everyone feel warm and fuzzy, and my parents said it was one of their most favorite holidays of all time. Today, I’m sharing pictures of the handmade presents.

Above, there’s a pic of the pumpkin cookies we made for all the dogs in the family. Between us and our parents, there are nine of them! We bought the jars from Walmart, I made the labels, and my husband made the actual cookies.

I squealed when I stumbled upon this tutorial for “polaroid” coasters and I immediately decided to add it to my handmade gift list:

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I was inspired to make some peppermint foot scrub {tutorial found here}, lemon cupcake body scrub, and brown sugar lip scrub for all the ladies in the family:

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These mugs stole my heart and it was such a simple DIY that I created some at the last minute for the coffee and tea lovers in the family:

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And, I saved my favorite for last. I picked out pictures that I knew certain people would love, got them printed off at Staples and then transferred them onto canvas. I loooooooooved the way they turned out:

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What about you? Did you end up making any Christmas gifts this year?

15 Comments · Filed Under: Creativity, DIY, Handmade, Holiday

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