Well Its that time of year. What time? CRUNCH time for making my handmade christmas gifts. Every year I give handmade gifts for christmas. Last year I did peppermint bark, sweet red pepper Jelly, and I cant remember the third thing. All in a pretty box I hand decorated. This year I am doing ornaments that I am doing a mix of cross stitch and tent stitch with I will be adding rhinestones and beads for sparkle too.
Why am I starting so early? Well simply because they take time to make. I have to stitch two halves for each ornament by hand, wash and press them, then sew them together with a loop of ribbon for a hanger when dry, after that I have to add rhinestones and beads and stuffing. Some of them are going across the country and even 1 or 2 are going over seas. I have to make around 12-16 in all. Their all different colors and I am trying to do things in colors I know other people would love. I am also considering sending some homemade bird feeders along with them to my local friends and those here in the states.
At this point I am behind in making my ornaments and so am going to be furiously working on them to get them done in time. I am going to be working on the ones that have to be shipped first so at least those can be done and packaged and ready to go Since I need to ship them about the beginning of November for the overseas and the middle to end of November for the across country ones. That way I KNOW they will arrive in time.
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