So... you will never guess what i have been up to!

I just have to say I am very proud of myself so far this Christmas season! Why, you ask- well its because we have decided to do a homemade Christmas this year (mostly because its alot cheaper) and our kids and extended family are really hard to buy for right now! I have gotten SO much done and thanks to Pintrest I have had alot of ideas at my finger tips. And as I am pretty sure that no one that I am gifting to looks at my blog (if I have you look away now!) I am going to share all my fun stuff now - mostly because it will help me to wait to give it away :)

OK So this one I made for me BUT I loved the way it turned out and I have to share!

This is a wreath made out of a book! So much fun I made it for my Dad and Stepmom. My Dad is a totally book freak (that may be where I got it from) and my Stepmom is super cute so I thought that this fit them extra well I got my inspiration here

This one is for my In-Laws it turned out so fabulous this picture really doesn't do it justice (but I am not the professional photographer in the family) It matches thier house and I think that they are just going to love it! I got my inspriation for it here

This one is for Andy's Grandma Gallagher it matches her bedroom and I think that she is going to love it! Just a note some inspiration as the wreath above but I will warn you it takes over 100 flowers to do this smaller wreath and almost 200 for the larger one - I am only going to make one more of these! (because well I need one for me!)

These are SO cute we found inspiration for these when we where looking for secret sisters gifts for Taylor to take to Girls Camp. The girls just love them! 2 of these are for Mara and Lexi's Friends and then I made one for each of them! I got my inspriation for them here

These personal progess book holders we also found for girls camp, but they also fit Faith in God books perfectly! Some of these are for Taylor to giver her friends but we have also been using these for birthday party gift ideas and the girls just love them! I found inspriation for them here. I didn't take a picture but I also like to put a spiritual directory assistance card found here in them it fits just perfect!

This is the Aftgan that I made for Grandma and Grandpa Z. I know that they will love it because when I gave a similar one to my MIL, Grandma Z wanted to know why she wasn't getting one too! Because it was just her colors and she loves aftgans -- Yep I got the hint :)

to keep all of the Grandma's and Grandpa's warm we have made each of them scarves and heating pads (see below) so that is a total of 10 scarves (yep I am nuts!)

Heating pads I lost count of how many I made because I did extras for presents and one for each of my kids etc... I have made these before but used flax seed in them this time as its supposed to help them retain heat better-- I hope so :) here

These shirts are for my cute nephews for Christmas. For my side of the family we decided that instead of the kids trying to buy each other some little thing that will be broken in 2 hours we would have them exchage

 t-shirts so that even if they didn't really "like" them they would still be good for PJ t-shirts so since my nephews are all in between the ages of 8 and 6 I thought that super hero appliques would be so much fun! I got my instructions here but the rest was all me

I will have to do another post with pictures of all the stuff I have done for my girls once I finish the last piece! But yea me! I have actually accomplished stuff!