handmade kate

after a little christmas break...

   

Somebody's hanging out, just waiting for some sewing to get started...

merry christmas to all!

I hope everyone is enjoying a peaceful, relaxing, and wonderful holiday!

 

umm...i think no more photos for a bit

Bleech, you would think I would know better than to photoshop something to death, but I certainly managed to to just that in my last post.  Sorry about that.  So I promise, no more photos until I get one of these dreams for Christmas.  We've made due with an ancient digital camera that copies the photos onto a !floppy disk!--really cool about 5 years ago--but it's not quite cutting it now; even with a lot of help little help from photoshop.  But I was so excited about bringing such a nice alternative to the usual hostess gift of a bottle of wine to a friend's party that I forgot about the lack of photo abilities we have around here.

On to holiday updates:  The "handmade Christmas" is almost finished!  Looking back, I think this year may have been way too ambitious.  I did it--well almost--yet when I look around the house at the trails of fabric, thread, dirty laundry, dishes, (OK, you get the idea), I'm more than a little overwhelmed thinking about getting everything back in order in time for the day.  I wish I could show a few behind the scenes shots (well, perhaps it's best I can't), so my gifting recipents would understand how much was put into those babies; because, believe me, those who know me so well, know my house only looks like this in extreme times.  Thankfully, in my daily round of fav blogs I was was reminded today that I'm not the only one--this is simply a part of the season.   I know it will all come together--cluttered little house and all.

hostess gift

Thank you Stephanie!  You have certainly made gift-giving easy this year :)