A merry chistmas indeed

Some gifts wrapped, some still yet to be made! I've been enjoying my week off so far - it's been restful yet productive. We're spending the night in Monterey for a mini-getaway and am looking forward to a bit more crafting next week.

Merry Christmas everyone!

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!

First Saturday

This past Saturday I was invited to showcase/sell some of my goods at an open house event for a new residential development in downtown San Jose. Not too many people came by but I sold some things and had a good time. They had hot spiced wine there (which I've never had) and it was so good!



Also had a bit of time to make more burp cloths and also a bit of art for a baby shower gift. So many friends are having babies, I can hardly keep track! Gotta look for some more ideas for handmade gifts.

Giveaway winners

Wow, thank you all so much for the blogiversary wishes and kind words! I never imagined having a giveaway would be this much fun. I just might have to do this more often now! Well, I won't keep you waiting anymore. Without further ado, the winners are...



#49 Jess
#33 Stacie

Congrats you two! Please email me at dozidesign[at]gmail[dot]com to let me know which jotter, planner, and cards you'd like!

Pack o' pretty paper

There's something exciting about seeing a bunch of cute patterns next to each other. I think that's part of what makes quilting and patchwork so much fun. So I thought I'd put together a few of my patterns into little paper packs for the shop. People can use them for whatever they want - cards, gift tags, collages, scrapbooking, etc. Most of the patterns appear in my pocket jotters or planners, but there are a few that are new.





Now if only they would magically turn into fat quarters..