Countdown to Christmas

It is only 242 days until Christmas. If you celebrate it do you make handmade gifts? Do you know what you are giving and to whom? Do you have a plan for when you will start making them? And then the real start date, when do you think that is?

I usually have ideas for gifts around September but don't start really making anything until around Halloween. Then I pause a little and have a mad dash after Thanksgiving to get things done. I'm usually working on something right up until the last minute. (And I'll confess that sometimes my son's (18 years old) gifts don't get made until after Christmas or July). But once I've made up my mind in September I stick with the project, no matter how tedious it becomes.

I was so proud 78 days ago when I posted that I knew what everyone would be getting. Well things have changed because I saw something similar to what I was going to make in a Sister-in-law's house - quelle horreur!

Now I have to rethink things and still try to use the supplies I've already purchased. Darn it. I was creative once, I don't know if I can be creative twice!

What are you making for the holidays?

Countdown to Christmas - 320 days left

I love giving homemade Christmas gifts. I love  the planning, shopping for the supplies and making them. I really love when my family is just as excited about the gifts as I am. I'm going to brag a little: I already know what everyone is getting for next year! I even have most of the supplies for the gift for the girls (Sister-in-laws and Step Mother). Some are silver and shiny and personalized .... oh I wish I could give you a peek! But my family reads my blog so I don't want to spoil their surprise. 

You only have 320 days left, do you know what you are making for Christmas?

Unfinished Gifts of Christmas Past

Do you have homemade gifts that weren't finished in time for Christmas? From last year too? I do. 

I mean, it's not unusual for me to have UFOs (UnFinished Objects) hanging around the house for a couple of years(!), or until I do a major declutter and they get passed on to a friend or donated. But I feel particularly bad about having unfinished Christmas gifts lingering. I had good intentions. I had plenty of time. I had the supplies and even started. I just didn't have the "whatever"to finish. 

The unfinished Christmas gifts make me feel guilty. Like I'm somehow disrespecting the person they were intended for by not finishing them. The giftee received something else just as lovely, just not made from my marvelous hands. 


What about you? What's your guilty unfinished project secret?