Christmas crafts

Here are some aprons that I made over summer while I was still full of energy. This one I am particularly fond of. It was my first sewing project and I made it with no pattern and for free using a dress, some lace and a pair of black pants that someone was discarding.

This was my 2nd project and, wow, it was sooo much quicker and nicer using a pattern. Thank you to the ladies at church who helped my sewing grow!

And this apron was made from a pattern found in the Excellent book "A is for Apron". I have borrowed this book from the library 3 times now. It has lots of funky apron ideas and they make great presents!

I've never been one to do crafts before but I have lots of friends that are into it - so when I was invited to a Christmas wreath making day I joined in for the love of fellowship. Here is my finished project, thanks to the help of Jael! Sometimes I like it and sometimes the words 'bling' and 'tacky' come to mind - which is why I'm not a craft person - I can never seem to get the colour/design right. I obviously like this one enough for it to make this post though :)

And here is my latest Christmas project. Do you all know about Picassa? I LOVE it. It's a photo organising program that you can download for free. Look at the fun things you can do with it!

Winter Birthdays

One thing that blesses me in our marriage is that I love surprises and Nate loves to give them. So this year for our birthdays Nate told me to pack my bags as the 3 of us were going on a journey somewhere. He never let on where we were going until we arrived - in Gatlinburg. Nate had reserved a cabin in the Smokey Mountains complete with log fire, hot tub, a pool table and an air hockey table! It is an adjustment for me to go from celebrating my birthday with Summer pool parties in Australia to Winter get-aways in the States but I couldn't have asked for a better way to enter into the 30s. Thank you, my most wonderful hubby.