A Christmas tradition - PJ pants for all the Grands! This year, I beat my old record! 10 pair!! It's all Mr M's fault ... of course, he would love Seattle Seahawks PJ pants ... why didn't I think of that before the jigsaw puzzle pieces fabric was bought?? And if one Grand gets two pair, all get two pair!! No there are no new Grands this year - I also make a pair for my Hairdresser's daughter and now our Water Aerobics teacher. Each has a child the same size of one of my Grands - in theory I can cut two at the same time! Sometimes that works!
Mr D is of course, super hero pants!! It's all about the super heroes this year!! and Mr K is too little to care .... yet!! He got jungle animals and numbers!! Mom is a Math teacher and I can't resist cute number fabric that I find!
Miss P got a special pair of PJ pants, besides the Dorothy's ruby red shoes - Frog pants. Alright - learn from my mistake!! I had a yard-ish of fabric left over from a special quilt. I've been saving it ... wait for it ... since my DD's HS graduation!!! The cautionary tale comes in here - don't expect any praise for finally using it from the DH! I saw his eyes glaze over, thinking that he had to move that fabric TWICE! Now, we'll see if she can figure out what quilt it is in!
We were on the committee for the Christmas Pot luck for Quilt Guild again this year. A is a great head of the committee - more ideas than anyone can implement in 2 years!! This year was a beach Christmas. And we made needle cases - 4 different patterns. Didn't they turn out great??? A lot of quilters were very carefully feeling the packages to determine what shape was inside!!
Every year, since forever, I wrap some presents like salt water taffy. Are you old enough to remember that 'special' candy?? My Grandmother Grant loved it. I hated it!! BUT when the salt water taffy came out, stick around because the good times are starting!! And that's how I feel when I wrap presents in this way! Minis traded FQs and the wrapped very easily as salt water taffy!
Woolies Christmas party is Friday and while I can't say what is in these presents, quite yet, they are wrapped in Christmas fabric! One year I collected Christmas fabric in hopes of making gift bags that we would use over and over again ... well, I made a couple and the year I used them, I never saw them again!! They got taken home, or lost in the shuffle???? Who knows - but I'm way too addicted to Christmas wrapping paper to change now! Check out the Dollar Store for some darn cute wrapping paper! Some are even double sided!
Water Aerobics car pool is getting tea towels this year. One friend is wild about elk. On our 35 mile trip to Crescent City CA pool we usually see at least one herd of elk. There are 2-3 herds in the area along 101. The other friend has chickens. The towels are from Craft Warehouse which is way too good of a store to be clear the heck over in Medford!! That's 2 1/2 hours away!
Isn't Pinterest dangerous??!?! I've seen these Nutter Butter Santa cookies a few times and was always tempted. While looking for something else (isn't that always the way??) at Freddies I found the cookies - so this is the year I made them! Pretty cute! Notes to myself for next year ...
Melt the white almond bark in microwave, in a mug. Gives you the depth to coat 1/2 a cookie at a time easily. 4 squares does the whole package of cookies.
I couldn't find red colored crystal sugar anywhere! But I did find a tube of red frosting and it worked well. I also used it to stick the Red Hot candy nose on.
Mini chocolate chips are the right size, but a pain to work with. I used white bark to stick them to the cookie, next year I think chocolate bark wouldn't be so "messy" looking. If I get myself organized, I can make them the same I make the acorn cookies. But just a touch of chocolate frosting would work too.
I hope your Christmas is merry and bright! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
2 comments:
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and yours!
Love my elk!
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