I haven’t been much into crafting gifts lately, I sort of felt like bought gifts have been more appreciated. I’m not sure if that’s my own anxiety or if it’s fact. I recently said to my mom that I’m going back to primarily handmade gifts for 2023 and she was excited, and started discussing ideas for some relatives. I told her that I don’t have time to do any this year, nor do I want to because I’m just too burned out by life. I don’t want the stress of last minute homemade gifting. I’ll wait and begin those in the new year.
However, I do have some holiday crafting I’d like to accomplish for the 2022 season for my own household.
- Salt dough ornaments : Salt Dough Ornament Tutorial primarily because we only have a handful of ornaments that have survived. Not nearly enough for my liking. Probably won’t stamp like in the tutorial, but that is because I don’t own stamps. We shall see. I’ll probably have my children help me make them so they will be more special.
Maybe I will add them to the agenda noted in #2 below.
- Gingerbread houses (or similar) from store-bought kits. My nephew asked me about eggnog and I told him I would make a day where we can make gingerbread houses and I’ll get eggnog for him to try; again. My own children and my nephew have all had eggnog in their lifetimes — but apparently it hasn’t had a lasting impression and they don’t remember. So, “Eggnog & Gingerbread House Building Day” must happen. I insist. (I’m not even a fan of eggnog. lol)
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Maybe knit or crochet ornaments. Simple knit or crochet balls (baubles?)… ornament balls.
This is mostly for the ornament acquisition, as well as my wanting to practice knitting and crochet.
That’s pretty much all I intend to accomplish this year. Seems like a lot still: depending on how much I procrastinate… 