Not much art around here lately, but I do have some decorations up for Advent. More to come (we still do not have a tree), but that's why we have all of Advent to prepare.
Pardon the blur on the above photo-- I was experimenting with some low-light photos while we listened to stories of St. Nicholas during out annual celebration.
AND (two days later) I finally tried making the Grittibanz... I need to work on the shaping, but this was my first attempt (because I always forget). The children were enchanted, nonetheless.
Just today I finished making stocking for my littlest two children. Excuse the side-ways photos, I don't know why they won't orient right.
And here are all the kids' stockings. I have never quite gotten to putting names on them, but I think I need to do that because I am starting to have trouble remembering whose is whose.
That "vintage" green poinsettia fabric came, I believe, from my Mom's fabric stash. I didn't quite have enough for the baby's stocking this year, sadly, so I bought some new poinsettia fabric. You can't see in the photos, but the white materials have glittery and snowy prints.
I have a few small tree decorations that I love. We put tiny "fairy" lights on the little tree on the piano and the kids enjoy randomly setting them from "soft twinkle" to "give mom a seizure" just for fun.
And lastly, the kids had fun with this little craft kit I bought on clearance last year. They made a whole little pile of trees to give away to friends.
Cool! Nice Grittibanz; I don't know the difference between those and what you were attempting to create -- they look amazing :D
ReplyDeleteI hope the fairy light situation does not get too crazy, haha
If you recall, the stockings in this household did not have names either but I had ways of knowing whose was whose. Just last year though, (or maybe the year before) I put first intitials on each one, so now they are monogrammed and other people can figure out whose are whose too.
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