Christmas Projects #3 & #4.

At this point, I have admitted defeat and severely cut back on projects I had planned to make for Christmas. Luckily, no one knows what my intentions were, so they won't feel cheated, right?

I did complete projects number 3 and 4 this week.

I'm very proud of project number 3. This just happens to be the first round ball that I've ever made. I knew there had to be a trick --you have to cut your pieces out on the bias, rather than with the grain. Hooray! Round on the first try!

This necklace was, surprisingly, my first attempt at jewelry making. It didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted it to (the button I chose to embellish it looks surprisingly like a lemon slice now that it's all put together), but I like it anyway. I think I'd wear it, so I don't feel bad giving it as a gift.

As I type this, project #6 is sitting in a basket next to me--a mess of dismembered body parts. Hopefully that body will come together with hair and clothes by Christmas. Otherwise, it will look like I made my daughter an ET doll.