My handmade gifts to family are all done and safely in Canada awaiting Christmas. I'm still working on some handmade gifts for my own daughters and I'm pretty sure they'll be ready in time...

The only gift I can share prior to Christmas is the backpack I made for my 2 year old nephew. I used the pattern found in the book, Little Things to Sew. I hope Hudson liked it! I know my girls love to haul their belongings... so hopefully he will to!

This is the 4th year I've made my girls an ornament for Christmas time. This year, I made Santa Claus ornaments (free pattern). Holly and Greta are kind of Santa Claus crazy (can you blame them? The guy brings presents!). I love how the ornaments turned out - they're really cute! The girls were happy with them. We very happily set up our Christmas tree yesterday. I love this time of year!

We made the favors for Holly's birthday party (and I neglected to hand half of them out!). We used the bubble art we had made earlier. I cut the paper into 2"x3" rectangles and then I cut slits on either side. Holly stamped "thank you" on each one and then Conor and Greta slid the bubble container into the paper slits. It's was a real assembly line. I love how they turned out. And I love the play on bubble art and bubbles!