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I have made several different kinds of calendars ... and it appears I don't take pictures of them after they are finished ...
I made Stacy a perpetual calendar that hangs on the wall ... narrow and long. I made my dh a CD calendar, a wall calendar, a trifold type desk calendar ... ... I am trying to figure out what kind I want to make him this year ... drats on not having pictures of these...just have the saved layouts...
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We have no Hobby Lobby here & I'm not really sure where the closest one is. The nearest craft store, is Michaels, JoAnns, or Craft Warehouse & they are an hours drive away, so we don't get up there much.  I was thinking about making my own charms with scrabble blocks & mod podging some digi-stuff to them (at least if I can't find 4 different charms).
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I usually only do calendars and buy for the kids, nieces and nephew... but this year I think I'm going to make handbags for the nieces and Moriah and fill them with age appropriate little things... and my nephew and Isaac I'm still thinking about what to do... but this year I'm determined to make all the Christmas gifts.
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Thank you sooooo MUCH for sharing your ideas!! They are all so beautiful!! The aprons are so cool, love the print, it's too late for me to do these for this Christmas but may do them for birthdays. I've really been wanting to sharpen my sewing skills 
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I want every single one of these patterns.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/dangercrafts My mom surprised me last week and bought me the pattern for Penelope the Empathetic Monster. I also want the Christmas Ornaments ones to try and make those. My Christmas present ideas are always last minute. Always. I tend to not over do it with homemade stuff to try and avoid that. All I know for sure is that I want to finish a blanket for my sister, and a blanket for my SIL who is going to be studying abroad this spring.
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Oooh! I love the ornament ideas!!!
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I don't know how to knit though. And probably couldn't learn in time to tackle this for Christmas. But they are soooo cute!
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Anybody else come up with some neat ideas???
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I've found some cute ideas around.
Here are a few things we'll be making: Personalized Coffee cups (from the $$ store) Beaded ornament hooks with homemade ornaments Beaded Wine glass charms with a set of personalized wine glasses (not sure how we're doing it yet) CD desk caddy cube with personalized journal/pen Magnet sets (bottle caps & big 'rocks') Patchwork book bag Altered REcipe box or Fabric covered recipe binders & menu board, with an apron
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Sharon, your husband's wood working is fabulous!!!
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My calendars are done and sent to print, and my cards are done and sent to print. So that much is DONE.
I am trying to figure out what to do for the kids teachers, Benjamin has a "man" teacher this year, so that's going to be different! Any ideas (crafty or not) for him? LOL
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Oh if you do a car wash gift card look at this cute craft from Family Fun!!
Happy Travels Car Sachet  Or Jamie my oldest has had a male teachers for the last 3 years and they all loved my standard Video Store Gift card, box of Microwave Popcorn, 2 boxes of Movie candy all stuffed in a big movie theater popcorn looking box...let me see if I can find the one I buy from Dollar tree!!! Like this  If you don't have a local Video Store you could always do a GC to like WalMart or include a purchased Movie with a gift receipt!!!!
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Oh My WORD! You ladies are all so crafty!! I feel like I just fell into crafting heaven!!! Each year I make little lightbulb ornaments out of a night light and Sculpy (Polymer) Clay. Here is one I have done this year so far (my daughter is in LOVE with Penguins)..
 sorry the pic is crappy quality, I took it with my iPhone and the lighting isn't the best in here..
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When I was a rubber stamper I would take a huge photo box full of completed cards to my in-laws Christmas celebration. I'd give each women in the group a ziploc bag with 6 envelopes in it. They took turns looking through the cards and selected 6 to take home with them. They all loved that they could chose the cards that spoke to them and I loved all the compliments I got. I know they actually used the cards too. I should totally do that again this year with hybrid cards. They would be so excited to have a card stash again. LOL!
For those of you that don't want to iron on to recylcing bags, you can always have bags printed at Arts Cow and if you can find a promotion they aren't too expensive. I just ordered my 2010 holiday ornaments from Arts Cow, they are running a Facebok promotion so it's only $1.99 per porcelin ornament shipped. I'm also making a puzzle for each of the families in our camping group. We got a great group shot on our Fall trip this year and I thought it would be a unique and fun family gift. For $5.99 shipped it seems like a great deal. I'm planning on making calendars for me, my mom, my SIL and my sister. My MIL never really commented on hers so I'm going to assume she doesn't want a new one for next year. I made the little pocket calendars for my co-workers last year, but I haven't decided what to make this year for them. Any ideas? I already bought Yankee Candles Med Jars for my DD's 2 - 3rd grade teacher but we'll take an afternoon and sew some little fabric Christmas bags to wrap them in so there is a homemade touch and something they can use over and over. My 11 yo DD is working on some different drink and bath mixes for her aunts and my mom for the holidays. I think it's so cute she wants to make her own presents already! That's probably all I can reasonably get done.
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I just made recipe albums for my parents and in-laws. I used Shabby Princess's recipe cards (download from last year), had them printed at Snapfish as a 4x6 spiral bound brag book. I probably didn't spend as much time as I should making sure it didn't cut off anything important when bound, but I'll just go back in and write on it with a Sharpie if I need to fix it. Gah. I'm so lazy.
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I'm not making presents for anyone but the dog this year. He's getting a nice new coat:
  The dog isn't mine (pictures are from the tutorial I'm using), but he is a greyhound.
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11-14-2010, 11:51 AM
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I am doing this project here -> http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/cg_d...&seed_id=31246 <- to give to my girl friends and sister (maybe mom, b/c she'll be jealous if I don't give one to her) w/ my phone numbers already inside
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When I was a kid, my mom always did candy wreaths for my grandpa. My mom loves bubble gum, so this year the kids and I made her one. It turned out cute and was super easy to do.
 
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