Merry Christmas !! (lots of pictures!! of gifts!)

I been hiding lately.. but busy busy busy! I got all my gifts made except two and will probably do that this weekend.... I hope.
I have too many pictures of all my gifts to post!! These are some of them...
I will give a brief description of each, I won't go into detail..

Knife roll ups.. ( I forgot to sew the middle line on that top one but it was fixed before wrapped hehe) my own pattern.

 

 Lip balm cozy key chain's using This Tutorial here

 Children's play aprons using This Tutorial here

 Fabric stationery tray with hand stamped stationery by me = )     This was my mom's birthday present. She gave me the fabric with the hats on it. Noodle Head has a tutorial for the trays. I just measured the paper and remembered how to sew them up..

 A coupon wallet notebook

 Zoey's baby doll diaper bag.. ( I totally loved how this turned out! and was soooo easy!!)
I found a great tutorial for this Here !

 Fabric trays. Tutorial Here

Crayon wallets (my own pattern)

Fleece pig tail hat . Tutorial is Here

 Ear bud pouch (Easy!)  Tutorial Here ( I love this blog!!!)

 Fabric basket using old jeans. wow I can't remember where I got this one at..

Trash bins for cars..I used a milk jug cut in strips to support the opening in the front. = ) I used the tutorial Here. It called "boning" for the opening but I didn't have it.. so milk jugs was the closest thing!

 This is a Kindle case. It was made for a friends daughter... hope her daughter likes it!!

 And Zoey's dolly!!! ( I took this pic at night..eww)

 Sporting her little Christmas dress!!! One of the last things I need to sew is another dress for her!! Oh and a blankie,

I have more things I sewed up but if you are brave you can go Like me on Facebook and look at the goodies there!!! Will be putting up more later. (just click on the button for facebook on the right there)

I wish everyone a very merry Christmas and safe holidays!!! My goal for the new year is to make more things for Etsy !!! I been buying new fabrics and patterns and I'm ready to sell! Well I have to make them first.. = )

BEWARE...LOTS Of pics!!!

Sent and received!
I finished up my Pay it Forward gift and sent it out this week and Becky from Being Me Again received it and happy !!! I always wonder what to make for people I don't know well and end up making something I like and hoping they do too! You can go to her site and check out the goodies I made her! If you want to join in to receive something made from her just post a comment! ( the first three comments will get something)

So did everyone get a lot of goodies this past weekend from all the yummy Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales??? I bought myself my own Christmas, as me and Doug usually does, its easier that way and we get what we want! We end up getting stocking stuffers for each other too.

I got a few pictures to post and not sure where to start....

hmmmm....I'll start with a package from Sasha . She has been busy busy whipping (and knitting) out these adorable mitts! This is the second pair she made for me. The first pair was a surprise! But when my daughter in law saw them she wanted some so Sasha was kind to make her a pair too! The yarn is a borrowed item. Its going to be dolly hair for Zoeys dolly.. and I've made progress! (more pictures on that below!)

 These little magnets are soo cute and she made them in some of my favorite fabric!  She knew I love orange too!

 Ok here is the dolly.. I have yet to name her.. I want to let Zoey do that I guess. I'm thought of UMM.. as from Alice in Wonderland movie, and Zoey is always saying it.She went into the bathroom (off limits) and I said what are you doing in there??? Umm. lol I think my water bill will be higher this month too. She loves to flush.. what is it with toddlers and that???

The dolly has new jammies!!! I'm making a pair to match for Zoey too = ) I will work on her hair this week! (thanks Sasha for not letting my little dolly be bald!)

My next item on the board..I feel like a auctioneer.....

My mom gave me a little travel neck pillow a few years ago and I have used it alot! (but it's never in the car! hehe)
I took a pattern off of it and voila! I made jelly beans!!! No,, those are pillows!!! They do look like jelly beans???
I just used some flannel I had handy. I notice I have alot of fabric with cats, but no dogs.. hmmmm
I made 3 of them last night then I let Zoey stuff a couple today.

 I couldn't get a good picture of her doing that, she kept wanting to grab the camera before I could take it.. I was holding the pillow open here for her. She loves the stuffing out of pillows btw.. That brown pillow below is open at both ends.. she will pull hand ful's out and hold it while sucking her thumb.. it is sortof cute = ) but she leaves a trail of "fuzzies" When I pulled that big bag of stuffing out her eyes went LARGE. But she was a good helper and stuffed the pillows , then pulled it back out...sigh. OH see the pink pillow on the floor.. thats the one my mom made me lol...

 Ok moving on....
I get alot of orders from one certain customer for football items.. Here is a pair of flannel Colts jammie pants..and a little pair of Packers for her grand daughter..so cute!
But she tells me she wants Steelers now as they could go to Superbowl.. I think she needs to decide who she is rooting for .......(just kidding Donitta!)
You can't tell on the pants there are pockets and she wanted the drawstring instead of elastic..

You tired yet??? sorry I'm ALMOST done! If I don't post these tonight I will forget them.

I made a sample wallet up for ...oops almost said! for a gift.. I wanted the checkbook and/or a small notebook to insert sideways down instead of the traditional way. and a lot of room for cards, or receipts and a pen !

I made another one but.. hmm we won't go there. I put a elastic and button closure on it and I just can't deal with those or is it just me?? So instead I put a velcro closure. Like much better! I sort of did it in a rush and didn't match up the threads very well ..yes I'm a myself criticizer .. the worse kind. But I do like this and hopefully get another one done for a gift. 

(note. I always use my older fabric for samples. and have tons of the brown paisleys as I love too!) I can't wait to do this in the fabric I picked out!

 OH MY GOSH MORE PICTURES!!!!!!!!!
Is this lady ever going to stop???? I promise last ones!

I made little old  ole' me something!
I took scrap of paper (tons of it ) and stamped me up some little note and thank you notes! I bought the Just a little note stamp at Joanns awhile ago, and the flowers I received from swaps or bought somewhere , maybe Targets?? (love those dollar bins!!! ) and the bottom stamp with my name on it I got free from Vista prints.. I love that site! you can alot of free stuff there! They get my business .......a....... lot.

Well I'm done! I actually went back to see if I did have more to add..But I'm tired of typing lol
And what have you all been up to lately??? I'm slowly and at a good rate I must say checking off my gift list!
I'm actually going to get out and shop in the real stores tomorrow! I stayed in all weekend and I think its safe to venture out and not get shot or pepper sprayed! OH and there is a great deal on Connecting Threads. Thread for 40% off all December! I grabbed me a couple of sets!!!
Have fun!
I'm sorry if there are typo's I did not proof read it as I'm too tired to re read it .... : P

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Look what I went and did to myself! I'm just glad it wasn't worse then it looks. No blood was involved! (that red stuff on the mat isn't blood lol fleece bits!)The stupid ruler slipped out from under my hand and my finger took a suicide dive to the rotary blade. The nail stopped it from going too deep and it did get a tiny piece of skin. phew. scarey.

I guess us crafter's have to take the bumps and cuts and gash's along the way! But would rather not ! I was thinking my blades were dull..guess not!

OH look the dolly isn't in the buff anymore!!!

I made her a little Christmas dress! I'm working backwards on the directions, waiting to get some yarn for her hair and can't do the face until the hair is on..so she looked cold and had to get her dressed!
I ALMOST have the little unknown projects finished! I got a few good guess's on what they are. Gill was the closest so far in her guess!!!

I guess you can take a peek from where I got the tutorial I'm using!! You have to look for it  HERE. I love this blog and I'm sure you can find it on there! hehe
Laters!

More projects started!

Geez I'm on a roll of crafting and blogging here. You just never know when I will pop up!

First here is a sneak peek of something I started. Is it a quilt? Nope. (yeah right , me make AND finish a quilt??) Is it a wall hanging..nope, mug rugs? double nope. I'll keep you in suspense ..giggle.  If you guess you win a email from me how's that!? lol!

Sorry for the clash of colors with the background. My sewing table was a mess and the bed was the biggest thing cleaned off! I have been saving swatch's that I get from buying fabric from Julie's shop but not sure if there are any on these.. I made some other using a couple of pieces she sent me with my last order but can't show you as, well its finished!
I think this is the first time I've pieced fabric together like this! Maybe a quilt could be in the future.. distant future.
Some of the swatch pieces are from a giveaway I won from Rachael from Blue Mountain Daisy back in May..I believe? My favorite are the little elephants! There are linen pieces there too. Ok enough of this , I go on and on for just one little picture. But hopefully I'll have these finished up. They are going to be gifts !! And maybe for my Pay it Forward swap person that signed up. = ) I have to do some minor hand stitching to finish these up, that might take longer!


Ok last thing I want to share is a little doll I'm making for my little Zoey. I'm using this Tutorial from Quaint and Quirky . She even has a doll pattern to download! cute cute cute!


























This is the beginning process. She's alittle in the buff right now but more follow ups later on her.  I put zig zag tights on her for her legs instead of flesh tone. The hair is next.. Of course I'm matching it with Zoey's wild hair!!

Will post her updates later in the week!!