Made It ...

First of all, we must all agree that "make it" is a very broad term and is taken very loosely.  If we can all agree on that, then you may continue to read ...

This is an arts and craft (or whatever) apron for Lynnette.  Bought the apron at Michael's and ironed on the design.  All the artwork are copies of pieces that Lynnette has done.  The Make-it part was creating the iron-on and then ironing it on. 

Apron #2.  Again, bought the apron at Michaels and ironed everything else on.  Except for the bows which I tied and sewed on.  Make-it was cutting, ironing, and sewing.  The apron tied in nicely with the kitchen she also received.   Hat courtesy of cousins Morgan and Madison via Mae-Mae.

Lindley got a treasure chest full of Jake stuff.  Some of that stuff was a Jake outfit.  The boots, white t-shirt, and blue sweat pants were manufactured elsewhere.  The red head scarf and blue vest with yellow piping was made by LaLa.  Who probably should have used a pattern.  There is no picture because - well, have you ever tried to get a 3-almost-4 year old into an outfit for the sole purpose of taking a picture?  Especially at Christmas where there are an infinite number of presents left to open and play with?  There will be a picture.  One day ...  Actually the fact that there's no picture is not my fault.  When I remembered that there was no picture, I texted Lynnette to take one.  She refused to wake up Lindley, get her out of bed (so maybe it was like 9 or 10 pm), get her dressed in said outfit, and make sure she was joyous in the picture ...  However, I did get a picture via Sam of Lindley opening the chest-o-Jake-crap.  If you look closely, you can see the vest just above the Lego box.  You're welcome.

Molly got a "utilities" bag made from all the different lanyards from the Disney cruise ships (she's been on enough to have earned all the lanyards).  Again, I probably should have used a pattern.  Also, it looked slightly better in person than in this picture.  The lining is Minnie Mouse polka-dots.  It's adorbs ...

Mathieu's frame from Michaels.  Pictures were printed, cut, and glued on.  And ribbon was glued around the sides.  And yes, this was probably a project done by 5th graders in Vacation Bible School. 

Sam's was "made" by the bobblehead people.  So to keep it legal, I made him some chocolate oatmeal cookies.  Steve got homemade fudge and Maribeth got homemade poppy seed bread.  Some years are better than others ...
 

 

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Today was a great day because:  I no longer have to worry about Christmas presents; Everley time; veggie soup for lunch; oranges from Ken and Jeanne