a bit of the holiday craftiness...revealed!

now that the holidays are well over, i am finally getting around to posting some pics of the gifts i made this year.  

the first pic is a poem avery put together with the magnets i made.  i love refrigerator poetry and always think i should buy some, but then, when i was shopping for transfer paper (for avery's gift projects) i saw that you can buy magnetic printable paper!  i typed up as many words as i could think of and printed them onto the magnetic paper, covered them with clear contact paper, cut them out, and there you have it....magnetic poetry!

next is a pic of a felt ball i made for my nephew.  it is very squishy, grabbable, and washable.  he is a country baby...his parents live on and run a ranch...john deere is close to their hearts, which explains my color choice.  i also made a felt ball for sabina (kerri's babe) which was lime green and hot pink.  i also made sabina's big sister, ruth, a table cloth, place mats, napkins, and a "cooking with ruth" cookbook (she got a kitchen for christmas and is really into cooking).  i failed to document these crafts before i mailed them off to nc.  :(  but if she posts pics of the girls with their gifts on their gallery site, i will pull them and put them here.

finally, the calendar.  i got this idea from my friend, jennifer.  her friend, jodi, gave her a calendar she picked up from an artist in ny city last year.  it is smaller and i believe each pic relates...a theme of sorts.  jennifer, feeling crafty, began a 2009 version.  i was incredibly inspired and got busy myself.  

each month has a different drawing and quote.  i have written the author of each quote at the bottom of the page.

i had so much fun with these gifts.  i have been thinking about doing another calendar for 2010.  i might try to start this month...a page a month!  we'll see...