8 left!!!!

So I didn't quite make my goal of 1 craft a week for the entire year of 2010, I was soooo close. We traveled to WA for Christmas and while there we had a girls craft day, where I also made another advent calender, a watch band, and a wood craft so I was really even closer to my goal. I don't have pics because we flew home and I couldn't fit all of my creations in my suitcase so they're being stored at my parents house until we drive home for our next visit!!! This year for 2011, I haven't been as crafty as I would like but I have been working on my embroidery and some cards, here are a few pics of what I've made!!

Craft #44

This is a towel I made for my Mom (so she could see that I'm finally making good use of the gift she gave me), the night before we left for our Christmas Vacation!

Craft #43

Embroidering the gift towels really got me motivated to utilize my awesome embroidery machine that my Mom gave me as a graduation gift. I always thought of embroidery as an "old lady" thing, and that I really couldn't do a lot with it but then my eyes were opened really wide, when i went searching for ideas. Now I'm sooooooooooo excited to use it for home decor, gifts, cute kids clothes, holiday decoration, etc., etc. etc!!!

Craft #42

Each Christmas my hubby likes to give his office gifts, this year we gave each person a hot pad and a towel with a monogram on it and a tag that said, "Warm wishes this Christmas Season!" I like it because it's not something they have to keep out all year long, it can be an "at Christmas-time only" decoration and they are useful as well as decorative!

Craft #41

We also decorate for Christmas while my Mother-in-Law is here and I have so much putting things together, this year I was excited to use my silver reindeer I bought at the after Xmas sale last year!! I had a vision in my head of making a winter wonderland, at first it wasn't working but then my hubby stepped in, for some reason I always forget what a creative and talented guy he is!!! It turned out just like I pictured in my head, I loved it and would just sit in the dark staring at it!!! I can't wait to put it up again next year!!

Craft #40

When my Mother-in-law comes for Thanksgiving it has become a tradition to do a craft, this year we made advent calenders out of muffin tins, they turned out really fun!!

Craft #39

For Halloween I had to come up with something for dinner and didn't buy anything specifically for it so I came up with breakfast burritos!! We cut our tortillas into the shape of pumpkins, then "painted" them with orange food coloring and added faces w/olives and cheese then put the "brains" (scrambled eggs) inside. We also had slugs with it (peach slices!!)