Because Christmas is on a weekend this year, I have extra days off from work which means that I was able to put a little more homemade love into things this time around.
Stockings:
Since we're staying in San Francisco this year, my in-laws mailed us our gifts. We each got a lot of stocking stuffers...but no stockings. For our wedding I was gifted a sewing machine but, being extremely accident prone, I have been afraid to use it. The need for stockings made me overcome my fears. I found a free pattern online, figured out how to thread the machine (thank goodness for the automatic threader) and set to work.
Charlie's stocking
my stocking
Wrapping paper:
Every year Charlie goes all out on some crazy and creative gift wrapping. I was having trouble coming up with creative ways to wrap but, since we have to much paper around the house, it seemed silly to buy wrapping paper; so I busted out the rubber stamps and some plain drawing paper and set to work making patterns and then wrapping gifts.
Charlie loves cooking so most of his gifts are for the kitchen; this stamp seemed like the perfect thing to use
Very nice! Everything looks so festive and pretty. Happy Holidays.
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