Picture Book

This last month I have been working (almost daily) on this little picture book for Lydia for Christmas. This was my very first applique project, and truthfully I had no idea how involved it was! I probably should have asked someone with experience for some pointers before I started- but I managed to get through it. It is definitely FAR from perfect- but I'm just glad it is finished. I'm sure anyone who has made one of this books can relate. I'm reasonably certain I will not be making another one of these in the near future, and I hope we can manage to keep track of all the velcro pieces to it. I used Burda pattern 7839 and used only scrap material that I had in my closet. Here are some pictures I took before I sewed the book together.

Beginning to look like Christmas

I can’t believe it is already December! We have been slowly putting up our Christmas decorations. We have only managed to decorate two trees and one small Barbie tree for the girls. That took us 3 days! I guess I'm moving much slower these days. Our nativities and more garland is still waiting- hopefully we’ll get it up soon. Here are a few pictures of the girls helping us decorate the tree.