Homemade Gifts

I usually make some of my gifts at Christmas time. This Year was no exception to that rule.

Christmas Pictures

Christmas Traditions

I started a Christmas tradition with my kids a couple of years ago making sugar cookies. You know the kind you roll out the dough and cut shapes out and decorate with icing and sprinkles. It makes a mess in the kitchen, but the girls love making them. I bough them some plain aprons last year and never got around to doing anything on them last year. So I was determined to get them finished in time for our sugar cookie making this year. They looked so cute in their new aprons.

Lazy Acres Tree Farm

Last Year we went to the Lazy Acres Tree Farm in Mississippi to get a real tree. So I decided that we would go back this year and get a live tree. We have had an artificial tree up until last year. I just love the smell of a real Chistmas tree. It had been raining all week so I new that it would be muddy, so I packed extra shoes for the girls to wear. I guess it was a good thing to because it was so muddy. We caught a ride on the sleigh and headed out to the feild to pick our perfect Christmas Tree. My deer husband cut our tree down with a hand saw. He loaded it on the sleigh and the guy got it ready for us to take home.

A little bit of Sewing

A good friend of mine and I went on a girls weekend about 2 months ago and we went to Hobby Lobby and bought an apron pattern. When the new Joannes opened in Meridian, I bought some really cute fabric with my apron in mind. I changed the pattern a little bit and put a d ring on the strap so you could adjust the strap. It was really easy to make and I think it turned out really cute. I may use it for a Christmas present!!!!!