I’ve been busy making some Christmas gifts and items for my Etsy site. I don’t know about you, but I sure can get side tracked when crafting! I have tried to remedy this issue by cleaning out my craft room of things I don’t need at my fingertips. Of course, that means relocating those items to the garage which is still being cleaned out as well. It seems like an endless cycle! I remember when I was a teenager and I’d “clean up” my bedroom and my dad would look in and say, “Well, it looks like you just shook a box!” There was definitely some truth to that! I do believe creative people need things out and visible. Out of sight, out of mind doesn’t work well when crafting. I NEED my things to be visible!

My mom passed away in May and I have her things to sort through as well, and that is a more emotional job. It’s bittersweet to look through the things she treasured, without her being here to talk to about them. I am taking my time parting with some of her things, because once they’re gone, they’re gone. No rush. I’ll get there. It makes me wonder about those things that I treasure and if my kids will really care to hold on to them or not. My best friend and I have discussed that if anything happens to me first, she is to go through my person things because she will likely know better the significance of most! My daughter is a “pitch it” kinda gal, and my boys would likely feel overwhelmed! Oh well, I don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon, so I have time to scale back!

Here are some pictures of items I’ve been working on: Woolly Trees

I’ll be adding more colors as I come across the right color wool. These are a lot of fun to make and are so cute!

Here are two punch needle trees that I backed, stuffed and mounted. These take more time, as they are needle punched, but come out so neat. I love the relaxing process of creating these, and I’m working on additional patterns, but here are two for now. Writing patterns is time consuming, but I’m figuring it out so they will soon be available in my Etsy shop as a digital download. UPDATE* This pair of patterns are one listing in my ETSY Shop!

I have accumulated a lot of beautiful wool and also repurpose wool sweaters I find, wash and make into something new. These tree ornaments are all from parts of a sweater and have cinnamon stick trunks! They can be hung (strings will be added) or nestled in a basket or attached to a package.

That’s what has been keeping me busy for now so stay tuned for more goodies!