Four More Projects for Handmade Holidays

This past weekend the youth at our church had a lock-in. Part of the event was making some items to sell at a Christmas bazaar.  I had four projects planned, coasters, luggage tags, gift pockets, and decorative gift bags. Many of them had never operated a sewing machine before, and I was excited to see them learning.





Here are some of the finished products

Quick, inexpensive table decorations

I took responsibility for preparing the centerpieces for the children’s Christmas party this Wednesday night at our church. With a limited budget and even more limited time, I hemmed and hawed between the ready to plop on the table fake poinsettias and the gift bags to decorate and fill with tissue paper. I decided to go “arty” and decorated the gift bags with my motif for this season.  Each table will have three or four bags.

I never think about getting one of those Cricut products until I start cutting out 100 ornament shapes.