Holiday crafting

This is the our first Christmas in the new house, and our first tree together. I haven't had a tree in awhile, so I only have an ornament here and there that friends have given me over the years. I decided I wanted to collect and make my ornaments slowly, so our tree is a bit sparse, but I love all the ornaments we have so far! Below are two I made recently. I love the little bird. It's from Joelle Hoverson's book, and I'm definitely going to be making more.



I also made a couple of soft tree ornaments as gifts for some co-workers. The pattern is from here. I'm pretty sure I'll be making more of these as ornaments and also just as trees to place around the house.



And okay, this has nothing to do with holiday crafting.. more like holiday buying.. for me. They opened a Daiso near us recently and I've been finding every excuse to go there. I found this cute wire basket which is now neatly enclosing the pile of mail and papers on my desk, as well as a little fabric container that can be hung. Both super useful. Oh, and I couldn't resist those fat little clothespins. I'm sure I'll think of something to do with them.



This has been a busy week with preparations for my brother's wedding this Friday and a bridal shower and bachelorette party on Saturday. It's also the last week of work before a company-wide 2-week shutdown, so work has been extra busy.. not to mention all the gifts for co-workers that need to be bought or made. It's going to be a fun weekend, but boy am I looking forward to 2 full weeks of not working!