Random bits...sort of

Here's Mum with the wreath she made with us girlies a couple of weeks ago. My sister, Sue, has been on a wreath making frenzy and has done at least three. I did mine, but still have to put the jingle bells on it.

Mum's has bells on it, can you see them? They're red, green and gold.

We just used fabric scraps and tied them around one of those cane wreathy things, it's really easy. I just used all the scraps from the bunting I made a couple of years ago, as well as a few of Mum's leftovers.

Good job, Mum!

And speaking of Mum, she wanted to make this card. I taught it in a class years ago and I must've shown it to her. I had one kit left, so lucky ducky. She did it over a couple of days and now has it displayed in amongst all her Christmas decorations. 

It's a long card - an A5 folded lengthways.  

Wow, lots of bits on there, hey? Remember how I talked about making cards with lots of bits on them? Well, looks like I still do them sometimes. I love this one - it's just so cuute. I love making cute characters, they really are my favourite.

And lastly, a Santa ornament.

I saw this idea in a Marvy advertisement a couple of years ago. Their artist had layered the shapes exactly as you see here and had pierced the holes too. I added the Santa, he's mine.

Gosh, if I had some time, I'd make one to go on the ribbon. I'd use this year's Santa though, the one with the hair on both sides of his head. I'd keep the plain heart - needs to stay that way otherwise there'd be too many scallops, I think.

Okay, enough randomness for today. Bye now!

Some childhood Christmas memories...

1. I can still see those colourful, shiny decorations in our house when I was eight. They were strung across the dining room.

2. I remember sitting in front of the Christmas tree and looking right up to the top of it. Wow, it was huge.

3. I remember being upset that I only had one present on the end of my bed while my sister had about eight. I'd kicked mine off onto the floor...

4. We both got the biggest, hugest, most massive eraser you've ever seen in your life that year. I can still see the massive word ERASER on it. Like, OKAY, I'LL ERASE SOMETHING!

5. I still remember the gold watch I got and how surprised I was. I never told anyone I wanted it and just looked longingly at it. How did Mum know?

6. I remember waiting excitedly for both sets of grandparents to arrive around 11 am Christmas morning.

7. Going to Grandma and Grandpa's Christmas party was a highlight every year. I remember being in the car once trying to contain my excitement. I was going to get three presents that night. One from Grandpa and Grandma (always a goodie) and two from the uncles and aunties. It was always a loud, fun night and I LOVED it.

8. I love how Christmas Days weren't rushed and busy, but fun and quiet. I was a kid remember, so I wasn't in the kitchen!

9. I remember playing The Game of Life one Christmas night. Granny wore a cap because the wall lights were in her eyes. I do exactly the same thing now.

10. I used to love celebrating with the whole church at a pool party at the local pool. I remember the white belt I got one year.

11. Ha ha. Grandma used a rubber band to tie the turkey legs together and someone tasted what it did to the turkey. I think there was a bit of spitting and yuk yukking going on. She wrote "don't use a rubber band" in her Christmas list book.

12. I remember going to church every Christmas morning and singing carols. They were shorter services and we got home a lot earlier than usual.

Ah, Christmas. Thank you, Lord, it's all about You.