Christmas Crafting

I had so much fun getting ready for Christmas this year.

It definitely kept me busy, but good busy ;)
For Jessica's little friends I made bows, headbands, and clips. We had the good luck of finding Shade girl tanktops in size 7-9 @ their warehouse sale in October for only $1. So we loaded up bags with the tanks and a bunch of hair things and put a tag on it that read, "I'm 'tank'ful for you this 'hair'iday season."

For neighbor gifts I made gumball/candy 'machines' from terra cotta pots and glass globes, and 'Believe' blocks with this quote by Henry Van Dyke:

'Are you willing to BELIEVE that love is the strongest thing in the world- stronger than hate, stronger that evil, stronger than death- and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred year ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love?

Then you can keep Christmas.'

Then for those cute sisters I visit teach, I made 'countdown blocks' with a tag, that now they can countdown to our next visit.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself, though my gym attendance lacked horribly as I was staying up late to get it all done so I could 'enjoy' Christmas, and getting up @ 5am to torture myself was near the bottom of the list ;)