Merry Christmas everyone!
I’m feeling fat on crepes and bacon and about to head out to my parents for an early dinner. No wonder there’s a mass trek to the gym come January. My stocking was full of Ghirardelli, Cadbury, Nutella and the like. I’m already overly-sugared and I haven’t even opened one bag of these new goodies nor made the two batches of homemade marshmallows I’ve planned with Elijah. It looks like I have one more week to pack it all in before I start sweating to the oldies with the rest of the world. That iTunes gift card will come in handy — workout music.
But, enough of that. It’s still Christmas and I’m wearing stretchy pants.
Here’s a fun use for those great Anthropologie giftwrap-snowflake -thingies. I’m not into hair bows, but this bit of sass works for me somehow. The snowflake has a slit in it, so I just tied a ribbon around Charlotte’s little ponytail, threaded the ends through the slit and tied a bow. The ribbon holds the snowflake in place — no barrette or clip. In fact, it was such a piece of cake, I’m going to cut out a few felt flowers to keep on hand for this same purpose.
And, no, my kids weren’t all gussied up for Christmas this morning. Rumpled jammies and ruffled hair works for us. These pics are from Saturday.
My big present from Isaac today was a Blackberry phone. He was feeling guilty about always sporting the fanciest new technology while I kept with whatever free phone came with our service. So, it looks like I’ll be talkin’ fancy, at least for a month or so — ah, technology. 
Word is that if I had a Bluetooth-enabled laptop I could use my phone to connect to the internet wherever I go. No cords. How cool is that? So, if there’s some way to get Bluetooth on the old mistress, then it looks like I’ll be heading to the park with Charlotte more often. We could both use more sunshine.
After a month of family sick-tag, I didn’t think I’d be pulling off many handmade projects this year. But, somehow, right there at the end, I was able to throw together a couple of fun things for the kids. Later this week, I’ll get Charlotte dolled up in her new mod coat and pink striped gauchos and snap some photos. You’ll die. And Elijah got a pair of Freshcut pajamas (jellybean print). He’s quite sentimental about such things. It just melts me to hear my nine-year-old boy say, “Oh, wow! I can’t believe it! My very own pajamas out of your fabric, Mom. Wow! Thank you!”Â
Boy, I don’t think a handmade Christmas could ever be wholly traded for convenient commercialism around here. Something would be missing. At least, at our home and in my heart. Charlotte, opening gifts in her new coat and a diaper, Elijah’s jaunty PJ parade, crimson memories to last a lifetime. And, with a response like that, Elijah can have all of the pajamas he wants.
Oop, it’s time to head to Granny’s. I hope your morning was as warm and festive and messy as ours. Merry Christmas!
love the great use of the snowflake…what a cutie pie! merry Christmas to you & yours.
Cute! Cute! Cute!
Merry Christmas:)
I can’t wait to see everything you ended up making! I love that snowflake/flower idea- will have to try that! 😀 Adorable photographs, too.
Merry Christmas!!
Hope you had a great day! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
What cute hair decorations! I love your site and your creativity.
I love the snowflake idea. Adorable!
Absolutely can’t WAIT to see her new coat and pants.
Heather, thanks so much for sharing all you do! Hope your Christmas was merry!!
Ohhh fun! Love the snowflake hair pretty!
I use a BlackBerry for my phone & internet. We live off-the-grid, so I must! Darn it! LOL! It functions as high speed internet for us (USB to the computer) and our only phone.
I LOVE being able to sit and play on it while at the park (or sitting somewhere on the property too). You can surf all those fun blogs and sites while sipping a latte basking in the sunshine at the park. Oh, and Charlotte PLAYS PLAYS PLAYS too!
Enjoy Heather!
Merry Christmas!
~gyl
it sounds like you had a great christmas! just got my fat quarter bundle of fresh cut….ooh, i love it! it really is gorgeous heather!
I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!
We went more handmade this year and they didn’t even miss the commercialism. Love the snowflake, I’ll have to try that.
Aww, sounds like you had a good day!!!! What cute kids. We usually are 100% handmade but with a 4 month old baby in the house this year, everyone got tins of cookies. That was it. 🙂
Great use of the Anthropologie snowflake. My husband was oh so generous and bought me the boiled wool jacket that I’ve been lusting after and I had saved the snowflake, but didn’t know what to do with it. Into the hair it will go 🙂
Wow, I can’t even imagine the satisfaction that you must get over the clothes out of your own fabric! My children are very gracious over their jammies that I made, and I bought the fabric! 🙂 Looking forward to reading many wonderful posts in 2007!
Hello Heather, Since I am so into Snowflakes this Christmas I just have to say I LOVE THE SNOWFLAKE HAIR DECORATION!!
Am new to the blogging, so it is great to explore all the different blog sites. Your posts are all so inspirational and have given me some good idea’s for my tree for next year. The stumbling block is I will have to start work on the idea’s in January! uggh. Best wishes and Happy New Year Ginny.
Heather……I LOVE, LOVE your snowflake idea, it’s wonderful! I will definitely use it for my little girl, she’s 3 1/2! I know she will love it! I’ll be sure to take some photos. Thanks for the creative ideas!
Jennifer
as always, photos are beautiful… still waiting for you to teach me how to take glorious photos!
I’ve been reading through your archives since I found your blog through Erin’s House on Hill Road and I’m loving them! I may just have to try out the snowflake hair-do thing myself, with various shapes depending on the season.
Heather,
Happy new year…And so what are you telling me?…that we no longer will have the same phone ring…I doubt the Blackberry will have our disco beat from our “old school” phones of a just a couple of years ago…oh well, we all move on. Congrats. And I am happy to say we got our collection of your fabric in over the holidays. Can’t bear to cut into it…it is fabulous. Great photos with the camera.
Take Care
Gina