Crafternoon: Ornaments

I went to another Crafternoon this weekend - Ornament Edition - at Spacecraft in Brooklyn. That's Maura and her mom up there, who host the Crafternoons. Aren't they the cutest?

After heading straight for the cupcakes, I got down to business. This is the snowflake ornament I made using felt and embroidery thread. I traced a cookie cutter to get the pattern.

Now we have another ornament for our tree. His name is Frederick. Yes, we named the tree. We were trying to remember what kind of tree it was and I said, "A frederick?"

I think he feels a little naked right now. I'll have to get to work on the fabric garland/chain soon. Or maybe a popcorn chain? Hmm.

An Etsy Christmas

My family had an unexpected handmade Etsy christmas this year. I mean, I sell on etsy, so obviously I bought a bunch of stuff from there and from craft fairs, but I didn't expect that my family would actually buy from etsy as well. Change can be hard.

The Amazon universal Wish List button made a big difference. This button allows you to add items from any other store or website to your Amazon wish list. It's great because we always make our Christmas lists on Amazon, but I always end up wanting other items as well.

Here's a run down of our handmade holiday.

I started off buying some christmas cards at the Handmade Cavalcade craft fair from MShoelace: "Holiday Eggnog" (which prompted us to try eggnog for the first time... and I loved it!)

At my own Brooklyn Lyceum Craft Fair I bought two adorable prints from Kristiana Parn: "Going Together" & "Feeding Birds".

I received these lovely items on christmas day...

Sunshiney slipper socks from KaitiJo even though I forgot to add my shoe size. Sorry!

Japanese tree fabric from Karaku. So cute!

I bought these presents for others...

Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of a couple of items: A reversible travel dog bowl from Meegun and a bracelet & necklace from Metalicious, but they were great and well received.

Camera Mug with handle from Urban Soule

Two screen printed T-shirts from Michael Phipps: "SNIP" & "Instruments of War"

What a great christmas! I hope this will prompt an even greater handmade turnout next year.