Holiday Giftmaking continued

I've finished a command for a sweat 1year old. Made with skin tone organic cotton, 100% wool felt, hand dyed greens and some velour petals.

Unfortunately, after almost a month of purchasing a 2lbs bag of wool roving, nothing came in. I bought it from a shop were it should have been here within days, but got nothing! Very frustrating. So I've put the jointed doll on hold and stuff this little earth plush with felt scraps.

I've also made 12 little stocking for a card swap. They are filled with an apple-cinnamon tea bag. There's 12 of them.

And we made our tree! It's an hand-me-down fake one. The delicate ornaments on top, wooden and stuffies at the bottom. It's the first year that I actually have an helper!

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a wee tiny part of this week... Imaged.

How to believe in Santa?

Sadly, Santa means nothing to me... no good memories, no cookies and milk... I didn't even know we had to leave a carrot for Rudolph (what about the other deers?) We had a "santa" at our family party... You can picture the most drunken uncle of the family, forgetting to put back his fake beard all the time, smoking?

I'm not liking the commercialness of the holidays either, and Santa was representing that to me.

But somehow I changed my mind. I want to create that magic for my kids, as long as it shall last. But how?

What are your Santa Claus, it'll be Père Noël here, traditions?