Holiday Decoration Update

Woo-hoo! I have nearly finished making some new holiday decorations. Honestly, I had so much fun carving out time to hand-make these objects. I feel like we will return to them–year after year–as our family grows and we create new traditions together.

For the “Cherish” banner, I bought this pattern and followed it closely.

For the advent calendar, I was inspired by this tutorial, although I was too lazy to actually pull out my computer and reference it when it was time to make it.

For the quilted table runner, I just winged it (or is it “wung” it?). I’ll be posting a quasi-tutorial over at 2000 Dollar Wedding soon. (But be forewarned that I am one of the internet’s worst tutorial writers; I’m just too impatient to stop and take all the requisite pictures!)

Next up on my Handmade Goodness Agenda:

1. A Happy Birthday banner to hang up for our son’s homebirth
2. Pillows for the sleeper sofa in the baby’s room
3. A quilt for Coconut’s room
4. A diaper bag (that’s really just a bag with lots of compartments)
5. An ottoman cushion for the baby’s room
6. Tags to label Coconut’s book baskets (fiction, non-fiction, and books from the public library)
7. A stuffed animal for the baby’s bookshelf
8. Little bean bags
9. Felt balls
10. Pillows in cool shapes to decorate the baby’s bed
11. A knitted hat

Oh my. That list is a little overwhelming. I need to go back and prioritize it from most important to least important. It might not all get done in the next four months, and I want to make sure the most important stuff gets done first…