Each year I aspire to make a bunch of Christmas gifts for people, hoping they'll love them as much as I do. This year being a SAHM for the first time I had a little more time to actually fill that aspiration. Here's a few pictures of the projects I accomplished.
French Press Felted Slippers
These are the cutest slippers if I do say so myself. I made 4 pairs (another black pair with a different set of buttons is not pictured). Fairly easy pattern, and a very impressive gift. For more information check out French Press Knits.
Felted Change Purse
The purple change purse on the right was a present for my daughter. She had admired mine and I thought it would be a nice surprise to knit one up for her. The one on the left was supposed to be a gift exchange gift, but I changed my mind so its now in my extra pile.
Ice Cream Cone Tape Measure
This was another gift for my daughter. This pattern came from the Betz Whitebook Warm Fuzzies. It is a tape measure if you pull on the cherry out of the top of the ice cream cone. My daughter was constantly playing with mine so I decided she might enjoy her own.
Lotion Stick/Bar
These were gifts for the aunts/grandma's and female neighbors this year. Its called a lotion stick or lotion bar depending on the shape. I had seen the recipe on Cathie Filian's blog but ended up using the recipe and getting all of my supplies from The Sage. They were a hit! I think the labels made it--my sister (a graphic designer helped with those). I plan on making more, I still have plenty of ingredients left--or maybe I'll try another recipe from there...stay tuned.
Spice Rub
These were gifts for the uncles/grandpa's and male neighbors. I used a recipe from Martha Stewart's website. Earlier in the year I had given this as a host gift and thought it was a great guy gift so I resurrected it for Christmas.
Did you make any interesting projects this year?
