Wily Wednesday - Yule Crafts 2011

It's time to reveal what was keeping me madly busy during the last two weeks of December (and part of 2012). I wanted to wait until I gave away most of the gifts before writing this post, which is why it's late. I had big plans for Yule, but I procrastinated too much, and technically I'm not even finished. Anyway, here's a sampling of the 2011 Yule crafts:

• New clothes for Bender!
• Head scarves for Kai (in the background)
• Paw stockings
• Catnip fishies
• Plush Angry Bird (Kai's obsessed with these guys)
• Winter-themed FSMs (I only had the tree on hand, but I think the Santa hat is my favorite.)
• Polymer clay tree ornaments
• Jars of homemade blackberry, raspberry, and blueberry jams (I'm most proud of the blackberries -- we picked them in our own neighborhood. Doesn't get much more local than that!)
• Homemade soaps, lip balm, and lotions.
• Geeky Perler Bead magnets (I never did these as a kid, so I had to try them out.)
• Oatmeal fudge (a recipe from Kai's mother)

Gay Snowflakes

During one of our many Michael's trips, Kai found some wooden snowflakes. They were in sets of three graduated flakes strung together. When she cut the strings and started playing with them, we decided they would look neat as layered, painted tree ornaments. A generous amount of color and glitter paint later, they became our first collaborative Yule tree ornaments.