Just 2 days before Christmas, and I finally got the doll done. I tried to be sneaky and not let my 3 year old know what I was doing. I told her Santa asked me to make something for her, and that she couldn’t look at what I was working on (like that was really going to work). I thought I was doing O.K. until Day said, “Mom Addison is going to get my doll.” She totally knew. Oh-well….I love how it turned out. 
This weeks the craft I decided to make was ornaments. The first one I made (and didn’t take pictures of) was this from Little Birdie Secrets. She made a star wreath, and below showed making ornaments with the stars instead of the wreath. I made one and added it as an embellishment to a gift. It was really cute…if only I’d taken a picture of it to show you all.
The next ornament inspiration came from this Pottery Barn ornament. After making the signs last we decided we could make this ornament. So a group of us got together and that’s just what we did! We decided to make them square, since squares are so much easier to cut than circles. My friend Tori is planning on putting them on Martinelli’s bottles as gifts for families. Good idea huh??? I decided to just make them for my family (selfish I know), and put them on our tree.
Pottery Barn Ornament 
Cardstock for squares (or circles)
-Big Square 9cm x 9cm
-Small Square 6 1/2 cm x 6 1/2 cm
Mod Podge or glue
Glitter
Hole Punch (I used my handy crop a dile for the hole punch/grommets)
Grommets
Ribbon
Letter (stickers or cardstock)
Scissors
Decorative Scissors
Glue Gun
Instructions:
Cut big square with decorative scissors.
Mod Podge/glue edges and add glitter – let dry
Use Glue Gun to glue the small square on top of the big square.
Punch hole in top (I did mine on the diagonal, but you can center it in the middle and have it hang square).
Insert Grommet
Add Ribbon
Glue/Stick on letter. (I traced/cut my letters out of cardstock)
The finished ornaments
A-Aaron, L-Lindsay, D-Daylynn and A-Addison 
My friend found this cute Halloween sign at The Bateman Buzz, and thought it would be cute to do one for Christmas. We originally want to have it say, “Merry Christmas.” When we really thought about it we thought a shorter word would be more manageable with all the kids. We went with Noel, and I am in love with it! I didn’t have any Christmas decorations in my eating/computer area, and this added just the right touch.
What you need:
Scalloped Note cards (one for each letter)– we didn’t have any, so we used cards and cut them with scalloped scissors.
Scrapbook Paper
Letters (we traced ours off the computer. Vinyl, stickers or dye cute would work great too).
Ribbon to string the cards
Hole Punch
Pom Poms (optional, but they do add a little something extra)
Sparkly pipe cleaners
Glitter (optional)
Glue Gun
Take note cards glue layer(s) with paper. Add embellishments like glitter, pom poms and pipe cleaners and letters. Punch holes in the top (easier if done before adding everythig), string ribbon through holes and hang.
Decide which fabric you want to be the top and bottom. Then cut the coners a quarter inch in. It’s best to measure…I learned from experience. 
Sew the other 4 squares together. 
Fold strip of fabric in half right sides together and sew together creating a box. 
With the right side of the fabric inside add the top and bottom piece. 
Leave a small opening on one end of the square, so you can flip it out and fill with batting. 
When done, hand sew the opening closed. 
O.K. so it’s not supposed to take 8 hours, but it did! Add 3 kids, 2 babies, 1 sewing machine, a short intermission for dance class, and it ends up taking 2 moms 8 hours to make one doll each. We noticed there weren’t a whole lot of girly baby toys, so we decided to make our own. We decided to make the always adorable Black Apple Dolls. I’m in love with this little doll! It’s going to be hard to wait until Christmas to give it to her. I added a tulle hair bow and some shoes to give her a little more character.
Princess Wands and Prince Swords. Wand: I wrapped ribbon around the wood dowel, added some sequence strands and glued felt stars to the end. I finished it off with a little glitter!
Swords: The swords took some creativity. I wanted to buy them, but they were so expensive! So I wrapped the dowel with tin foil, cut a “blade” out of cardboard and wrapped it with tin foil. Then I bought some sturdy felt and cut the handle out of it. 
I loved this adorable castle flannel, and made bean bags for the frog. This is the only time I used a sewing machine. 
Pin the Crown on the Princess 
Felt Crowns to pin on the Princess. 
Princess Cupcakes. 
Sugar Cookies. 
All Decorated at the park.
We used scraps of felt to cut out an empty tree, and lots of different colored leaves to glue into the tree.
Last March as I was anxiously awaiting the arrival of Baby Addison (she’s a little over 5 months now) I was busy refashioning onesies for her. This particular one didn’t have a whole lot of umph to it just hanging on the hanger back then. Now with with our cutie to fill it, some baby legs and a puff ball it has come to life! 
- I would probably use elastic thread for this project. When I put this on her this morning, some of the thread started to break. I now have to glue (I’d re-sew it, but my machine is broken) it back on.
-I’d make the skirt fuller. It’s cute as is, but it would definitely be more fun that way.
-I’d sew the skirt at least an inch higher up on the onesie, so it would sit around her waist.
Side Note: Gerber onesies run small! These are 6-9 month, and she has been wearing them since she was 4 months! I’m glad I tried it on, or else we might have missed wearing it.
