We've had a busy month. We made little ornaments for everyone in Chatterbelle's playgroup...
This is a self-portrait of Chatterbelle that I scanned and printed onto cardstock then stitched onto scrapbook paper. The one in the center shows the back side. About halfway through these I switched to my teflon foot - it resulted in more even stitching. And I made extra ones for family members. Here is a close-up...
Each ornament was attached to a small bag of no-bake cookies made from good quality chocolate, coconut, pecans, and crispy rice cereal. We also made our gift tags...
It is a Christmas tree that Chatterbelle made from paper, glue, and buttons. I scanned, reduced, and printed it on cardstock.
During craft time at playgroup she discovered that she enjoyed stringing beads on pipecleaners. So we went to the store, picked out a bag of brightly colored pony beads and made these festive pipecleaner wreaths at home...
We had a winter storm earlier in the month. A few days later, Chatterbelle gathered up some fallen branches from the hemlock tree...
She brought them in the house and proceeded to remove all the needles. I gave her a large cup to store them in. It looked like we would have enough for a project. I found some cardboard and drew a design in glue. She sprinkled her needles on them...
I drew the designs on the bottom two, and she drew the two on top. These may get framed at some point.
I also did some sewing this month. Chatterbelle requested a Christmas dress for Esmeralda...
Esmeralda is a Disney doll from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame movie . We found her earlier this month at the thrift store. As is often the case with thrift store dolls, she was without her clothes. Since she is a gypsy girl I made her a peasant blouse and a Christmas print skirt per Chatterbelle's request.
And Christmas wouldn't be complete without Mr. and Mrs. Gnome made from Wee Wonderfuls pattern...
