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We had a lovely Thanksgiving. We spent most of our time with Sheldon's family. I'm getting more used to being with a big family. It's nice. There is always something going on. Especially with the girls around.

My favorite thing to do after I get home from a trip is sleep in my own bed. Now that I am well rested, I have two days to do whatever I want before going back to the daily grind.

I have to make our advent calendar!!! and finish my holiday organizer. I worked on the latter a lot on Thursday night at my parents' house but it still needs some work.

I crocheted most of the weekend. It was the easiest thing to do without taking up space. I made 3 granny square scarves and 4 hats. I would post a picture right now, but I'm going to be lazy this morning. :)

We are going to clean today and get out the Christmas decorations. I love decorating for Christmastime. Sadly, my house is so small I don't have room for many things. I guess I'm ok with this, but I would really like to be able to put up a big tree and all of my ornaments. 

Tomorrow, I must finish my coat! It is getting really cold here and I'm ready to show off my handmade creation. I'm really close to being done. I just have to hem it and do the buttons. I probably need to take it to the dry cleaners to get off the fuzzies and give it a good pressing, but I probably won't. 

Ok, I've got to get busy! I'll leave you with some cuteness from the weekend...

Thanksgiving already!?

I can't believe it is already the holiday season! I'm really excited for the next 6 days because I have holiday and vacation leave from work and I will be doing all kinds of crafting. I have a lot to do!

We're going to our parents' tonight and staying until Sunday (my parents live 45 minutes from Sheldon's so we'll be going between the two houses). This is my crafting arsenal:

too much? Probably, but I have issues thinking I will have time to do stuff while I'm away and then never really getting that much done. I should learn, but I don't, so it all comes with us!

In these bags are my supplies for making my holiday organizer

I bought the tutorial from Rachel at Smile and Wave weeks ago and just haven't had any time to put it together, though I've been gathering supplies for a while.

I am also going to make an advent calendar for me and Sheldon. I was inspired by Elise's cute felt advent calendar:

I'll be making half of the activities and Sheldon will make the other half. That way, one of us will be surprised every day. I think this will be a great tradition for us. Since we started dating during the Christmas season last year (December 21st), the month is special to both of us. 

The third of my major projects is my coat. Yes, this year I decided to sew my own coat. I don't have pictures of the progress so far, but I've done everything except the hem on the bottom and the button holes. Here's a pic of the pattern. I'm doing the long version in gray wool with black satin lining. It has been a major project for me, but I'm glad I decided to tackle it.

I also have a few getting ready for deluxe projects as well. Yup, I'm going to be busy for the next 6 days and I am sooo very thankful to have that much time to work on fun stuff! Everyone have a fantastic Thanksgiving!!!

Christmas?

Look at that! Ok so really the only reason I already have Christmas stuff out is because I bought the wreath and didn't want to mess it up and I had to make the garland for the tree and decided to leave it out.

I've been working hard preparing for deluxe. And I decided to make some Christmas stuff this year.

Want to see a deluxe sneak peek? These are my ornaments...

I will have these three styles of snowflakes in an array of colors. I'm all about color for Christmas this year, and think everyone else should be too! ;)

What are your Christmas decor plans? Are you keeping with the old or trying something new?