This was one of those crafts that I wanted to do with my daughters because I wanted to make one. We used scraps from the quilts I made for them last year and sparkly modge podge. And then we glued the scraps onto glass ornaments. I love how they turned out! Our Christmas tree will likely be covered with handmade ornaments forever and I love that. I love these little things I make with and for my daughters. Decorating the tree was such a joy this year as we remembered years past from our ornaments. It's just so special!

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!

We went for a walk at one of our favorite open spaces on Thanksgiving. Sometimes I feel like a walk with kids has more prodding then I'd like it to, but that's ok. We'll get there. It was a really beautiful day. Warm and sunny!

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!

My awesome husband celebrated his 30th birthday at the beginning of this week. We've been together for about 85% of his twenties so it's a bit mind-bending for me to have him in a new decade, but exciting nonetheless.

Conor's mom flew in to surprise him (and our daughters - let's be honest). The only time I brought out my "big" camera was when we went to the Baylands in Sunnyvale. November in CA is one of my favorites. The weather commits to being cooler, the rain comes... it's a happy time!