Christmas Stockings

I made new Christmas stockings for our family earlier this month and forgot to share them!!

I used this tutorial and pattern and they turned out perfect!
http://so-sew-easy.com/christmas-stockings-tutorial/

I had 3 hand quilted ones I had made several years ago but wanted a full matching set for our complete family.  I decided to make 8 stockings to accomodate for potential children, pets, and visitors :)  It was really fun and I am happier with the results than I thought I would be.  I did plain white cotton lining and a white cotton with silver glitter. I am excited to get out another stocking with each little one that comes to our family!

 

 

(don't mind the little helper and other projects scattered around)

 

 

And while I made stockings my Stud hung the Christmas lights!!

 

Sugar cookie Sunday

Eli helped me make sugar cookies on Sunday. He really was a great helper! 

Then we made the worlds best icing. I don't love frosting but really liked this icing. It was thick enough to stay on the cookie but didn't overwhelm it with sugar! 

It was 1 cup powered sugar and 4 teaspoons of milk. Food coloring if you want too. I poured it into a plastic bag and cut off the very tip. Border around the cookie then squirt some inside and smooth with a knife. Perfect! 

And then Bryan helped! He said I was too slow so he started to whip them out. Haha. It's...a bell. ;) 

Firepit Friday

This weekend we finally got to use our firepit since we bought the house. Bryan's always wanted one and this house already had one so we were set! 

Sunday Funday

Today has been so perfect.  We attended our church's stake conference which is just several congregations all meeting together.  The great thing about this was church was from 10-12 instead of 1-4 so we have all day together! 

It snowed a couple inches last night and after lunch my sweet husband went to play in the fresh snow with Eli.  He took Eli on rides around the yard on the death saucer.  This is what these cheap saucers are called in our family.  They inevitably end in injury, luckily though no death yet :)

It was also surprisingly wet snow so we were able to build a snow fort and snowman!  It made my heart happy to see Eli and Bryan out there playing and enjoying the simple things in life!

 

 Snow fort! He's hiding from me :)

 

 Kisses!

 Hugs!

 

 

Mini Christmas Home Tour

Lots of fancy pants bloggers do "Home Tours" of all their Christmas decorations.  I don't aspire to be one of those bloggers but I wanted to give my (maybe 4) readers a glimpse of our home at Christmas, my favorite holiday of all time!

Here is the view from the front door.  This is were the majority of the decorations are.  I don't have many so I couldn't spread them throughout the house too much.

 Bryan's aunt made this dining table runner for us a few year ago and I love it!  Its perfect all through the holidays into January.  And I got those two candle wreaths for only 5$ each!  They were on sale at Porter's for 50% off but they forgot to change the tag so I got them for 50% off of 10$ instead of 18$.  Woohoo!

 I don't have many decorations in the kitchen at all.  Not quite sure how to spruce up this space but it has great counter space that I like to keep open!

 How can you resist those sweet Eli hand prints?  I LOVE this wreath we made together. 


I am in love with our stockings!  I had made 3 stockings a few years ago but wanted to have a complete set for when we have our complete family.  I made 8 stockings with different colors but all the same cuff.  (I don't exactly plan on having 6 kids but I wanted extra in case family or friends came to stay too).

My mom helped me make this Noel sign two years ago and I still love it in our new home.  It matches my style perfectly. 

And you can never have enough glitter!!

 

Eli loves this little nativity from my mom and plays with it everyday.  I love that he is learning about what Christmas is really about.  He loves "Baby Jesus" and frequently gives him kisses. 

 

 

 I am currently obsessed with this red buffalo check fabric.  I want to decorate everything in this fabric.  Pillows, curtains, scarves, dresses, I could go on.  Yikes.  But for now I have restricted myself to just pillows. 

A free printable, 1/2 eaten jar of candy canes, and those heavenly smelling pine cones take up this corner table.

 

 

Our Christmas tree makes me so happy! I love it in all its lopsided, sparse, and crooked glory!

 

Thank you dollar store for most of our decorations.  I love the different snowflakes in the tree.

This was a very inexpensive area to decorate but I love this space.  I made the glitter reindeer silhouette, added berries and flowers to the plain 3$ wreath, and added some ribbon to the candles. 

This little elf used to have a hat, but Eli likes to haul him around the house, and often sleep with him.  So along the way he lost his hat.  But I'd rather see him be loved and played with than just sitting on a shelf.

 



I couldn't find the perfect wreath, so I settled on a 6$ clearance swag.  I made a red bow to add some color.

 

 

And there  you have it!  Our little Christmas home tour.  We feel that this house is really starting to feel like home and I can't wait to create more memories here.  Merry Christmas!!