Hand Made Christmas

I think maybe next year I'll start earlier and try to do MORE handmade things for Christmas, but this year I managed to get at least a few things done! I did two little paintings for my cousin (Ok actually I'm technically still working on one, and she took the other so no pictures of that. I'm infamously bad at being on time with presents), an IU blanket for my brother, and these wooden decoupaged letters for my friends Katelyn and Sarah for their new apartment. Actually, they haven't actually found an apartment yet but they'll get one eventually so I'm just starting their housewarming gifting now.

Sewing something it on by hand and making it come out completely straight is more difficult than it looks... I eventually decided it just made it look more "home made." Haha

Katelyn's favorite color is green and Sarah's are red/orange. Thank goodness they compliment each other so well!

I was also lucky enough to be the receiver of one of Kelly's HAND KNITTED HATS! Yay! I had asked her a while back if she could knit me a charcoal hat when she got the chance, and that was part of my Christmas hat! I love it, because unlike a lot of hats sometimes are when you buy in the store it is not too tight and it's so soft! I can't wait to get an outfit picture with it :-)

Now I'm off to visit family for the weekend to throw my cousin her baby shower, so you can be sure I'll have a picture recap with that along with some of the funny games we're doing. Hopefully inspiration for anyone else throwing a baby shower in the future! Have a great weekend, everyone!