I’m not sure about you but I am happy to say that my Christmas shopping is pretty much completed and even better, last weekend we had one of our family celebrations so we are really ahead of things this year. With the exception of me and my husband’s Santa lists, we are happily done with our shopping.
At least we were until I wrote that and started to remember the gifts I still need, the holiday cards I need to mail out….hmmm, well, whatever I still feel good.
I have been eyeing a very specific crafting tool this past week. It’s called The Cinch from We R Memory Keepers and I can’t decide if it should go on my wishlist or not. I am drawn to the idea of making my own books and this seems like a really cool way to do that but then I go back and forth about whether or not it makes sense and how much I will actually use it.
I do have ideas for it already so I suppose that’s a good sign but I think about the cost (almost $100) and the amount of space this (presumably) heavy tool will take up in my tiny little crafting corner. So I imagine I will waffle back and forth for quite some time about this.
Today, however, I have decided to dedicate to my sewing projects. I spent last week cutting out all the pattern pieces for quite a few projects. Currently, I am making a camera bag for myself, a toy bag for my son’s Mr. Potato Heads, 3 hats, a scarf & 3 dolls.
Not in that order.
Wow, when you write them all out I sound a bit crazy.
The only holiday items, however, are the dolls so that is the only things with a time limit and the 2 bags can be sewn up in an afternoon. The hats were just my way of using up some of the leftover fleece from the dolls and aren’t urgent either so today I think I will just be enjoying the hum of my machine. If I am really on top of things I will share some pics over on Instagram so you can see how things are coming along.
So that’s my little update for today. I hope you are enjoying some creative time today and would love to hear what you are working on.
Until next time…
-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante