Makes: Merry Christmas!

I've taken the week off to celebrate the birth of the Christ child!  I hope His coming brings light and life into your heart today.

I made these precious babies for Christmas presents.  Thanks Owlishly for Sleepy Sarah!  They are soooo sweet. 

What were your favorite Christmas makes?

Free Pattern: Earflap Hat - 9-12 Months

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This is a 9-12 month size.  It should fit an approx 19" head circumference.  Sweet little #2 is 1 year old, with a 18.5" head circumference.

Free Pattern: Earflap Hat - Toddler

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Newborn size is here.
3-month size is here.

6-month size is here.
9-12 month size is here.
Youth/Adult Small sizes are here.
Adult Medium/Large sizes are here.


This toddler size earflap hat should fit a 2-4 year old.  My beautiful #1 girl is 3 years old, with a 22" head circumference.

Free Pattern: Butterfly Hat - 6 months

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Makes: I Love Pinterest!

The girls and I have been doing crafts lately, for Christmas ornaments and for fun.  All these projects were ideas I found on Pinterest, on which can be found all manner of amazing things!

A wedding invitation ornament, for my recently married good friend.  The leaf embellishment is from the wedding favor.  It turned out so pretty!

 Combination of the wedding invitation idea and a mod-podge project I saw, I curled up strips of sheet music and filled the plastic ball.  Love how these turned out!

  These toddler discovery bottles were based on a pin from Disney Family Fun.  I used empty plastic spice bottles.  I hot glued them to within an inch of their life, but they still leaked, so I resorted to the butterfly duct tape.  These are so fun!

I saw the jingle bell wreath on Pinterest, with a ribbon bow.  I didn't read the post before I made ours, so I didn't know that they used copper wire to get it really round.  Mine slumps a little with a pipe cleaner.  I do like how they came out, though!

 I crocheted this scrunchie to make an Elmo for my camera, like I saw on this pin.
(sc around a hairtie, join, ch 3, 3dc in each sc around, join, finish off)
I cut out eyes, pupils and a nose from felt and tacky glued them to the scrunchie.
I really hope this will help me to get my girls to smile for the camera!

Hope you are listening to Christmas music and making lots of Christmasy things too.  This is such a wonderful, crafty season.  :)

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Free Pattern: Travel Wipes Cover

This pattern is a crochet cover for a Huggies travel-size box of wipes.  Paired with a paci pouch, it would be a wonderful baby shower gift!  A little more trouble than the usual glue fabric and ribbon method, but I've always liked the Huggies box better than the Pampers one.

Make sure you leave the top open with the button closures, so you can get the cover off to refill the box with wipes. 

This is the thick-and-thin pattern.  Stay tuned for the all double crochet pattern to match the other paci pouch.

Free Pattern: Baby Earflap Hat - 6 months

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