And a set of potholders and a clothesline trivet for my Father in Law. He likes pirates, hence the skull and cross bones fabric. The binding is a blue batik that looks like water, leftover from making some memory quilts for my cousin. I also had some 1.5” strips of the same fabric left, so I used those up on the trivet.
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Perfect pairing. You’re really good at thinking of gifts for specific recipients. Well done!
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Ed is super hard to shop for. But he likes to cook, so I got him a meat breaking tool (helps you break up ground meat in a skillet), and made these. I think I’m going to make him a few spice blends too.
I wish I had access to his French press, so I could make a little matching quilted cozy to keep his coffee warm. Maybe Kay can get pictures and dimensions when they go home today.
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My crafting time has been eaten up by PT three times a week! I am so tired and depressed…I am going to rest this weekend and come up with a doable plan…even if I make ONE thing…
You guys are my rock and inspiration!
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Rest is a good plan! And remember that it should be fun to craft, and if you dont make it in time, you can give it as a gift later.
I hope you have a nice weekend, whatever you do! 
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Rest up and find the joy. And don’t forget- you have through to January 6th to be within the 12 days of Christmas! 
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You’ll be getting some Christmas mail (hopefully) soon! I hope that will make you feel a bit better.
I’ve been sending mail to many people here but yours is still on my desk because I’ve misplaced what I wanted to send…
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I just remembered I was invited to post in this thread! Eek! I’ve done so much holiday crafting the last two months. With that on top of work, I feel lucky my brain hasn’t completely fallen out of my head. Instead of a massive photo dump, I’ll just share a fun photo - my biggest gift buffet of the year, set up for colleagues. I made everything, sans the plant hangers which were shared by my mom.
Top image, back row, left to right:
Reed diffusers
Felt baskets
Hot/Cold rice packs
Jalapeno salt
Onion soup mix
Top image, front row, left to right:
Wool ball trivets
Charcoal deodorizer sets
Leather wrist lanyards
Rebatch soap in bags
Bottom image, left to right:
Scrappy tree ornaments
Gnome macrame ornaments
Macrame plant holders (made by mom)
Jewelry
Candles
And topped off with some “shopping” bags to take all their goodies home! It was really fun and so appreciated. My friends/colleagues have come to look forward to it every year, which is a nice warm fuzzy.
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This is amazing!!
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Yowza! That’s a lot of work! I’m not surprised that your colleagues are looking forward to this event!
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This is so cool! Thanks for sharing pics!
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I wish I were a colleague! that is quite an impressive bunch of wonderful and thoughtful projects!
I am sure all of it will be welcomed and appreciated…wow…no wonder your brain is fuzzy!
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Wow! Must be like an amazing, free craft fair for all who are invited. So cool! And you do so, so much organizing and planning and early Christmas crafting. So impressed!
Every year, I intend to start crafting early for Christmas, and every year I don’t do it. Grrr!
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Thank you all for the kindess! I started crafting earlier this year than ever before and it actually made it fun and fulfilling instead of the last minute marathon I usually pull. 
Scrolling through this thread is amazing! The variety and quality of things everyone makes is so inspiring. I’m already making notes for next year! 
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wow! what a wonderful idea!
(now to check out the projects – well done, you!)
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These are for my brother-in-law. He taught me how to knit this year—a skill I thought I would never be able to learn. He sells yarn on eBay, so these little block-printed and then hand-stamped cards are for him to send to customers along with their yarn purchases. They go into little vellum envelopes.
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Wait–what? He sells yarn? He knits? Oh, man…you need to share his site…We need all the inside sources we can!
BTW…those cards are beautiful!!!
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The cards are beautiful! What a great way to say thank you.
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Got a set of zipper pouches put together for my tween/teen nieces.
And a set of 6 spice mixes for my FIL. (I actually made 12 jars of mixes, and put the rest aside for neighbor gifts.)
I reused the box from the small Mason jars by wrapping it in tissue paper…
Then filled it with the stuff for my FIL. Homemade spice blends, peppercorns, pepper mill, meat breaking tool, sea salt, and homemade pot holders and trivet.
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