Hello blog friends! I hope that each of you had a fabulous Christmas and that you are still basking in the afterglow. :o) My Christmas was wonderful!
Now that the gifts have been given and are in use, I'm able to show you some of the things I made here on my blog. This should give me some blogging material over the next few weeks if I stretch it out!
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Every year we choose names with my husband's family to see who we will buy a gift for. This makes it easier financially as we don't buy for each person, but difficult for me because I see things that are screaming to be made for
each of my sisters-in-law. At any rate, this year I had Hubby's sister, Meta's name ~ I made her an apron!
This may be my favorite apron so far. I love the colors and the brooch. See the little button on the pocket? This came out of my mother-in-law's craft space that was divied up after she passed away -- a little piece of Meta's mom right there on her apron. :o) She loved it.
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In other news around the Christmas tree, my husband's brother Don had his name for Christmas. His gift to Hubby was to finish the roof on the bathroom structure we have on our northern property where we camp. Both his brothers were there this weekend working on it, and when they finished yesterday they sent him this picture:
You see, Hubby and his brothers are contractors. Over the years they have worked on a lot of job sites together and one of their little "things" is to draw a silly face somewhere and write the other one's name on it. You can see the happy face drawn in mud on the rooftop, with "DJ" written next to it (Hubby's initials).
This gesture makes me smile. The connection with Hubby and his brothers is something he treasures, and the little happy face in mud on the rooftop means almost as much as having a roof on this little building!
Girl gift.
Boy gift.
Different presentation; both equally loved.
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