Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.
Maisy somehow found herself in a photo shoot.
I made that banner; it says “MERRY CHRISTMAS.”
Maisy loves to find herself a little nest.
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A Homemade Christmas
Since I’m a poor college student, I decided to make most of my presents this year.
This is a wreath I made for my parents (tutorial here).
I knit this for my little cousin (I actually also knit a smaller version for an even littler cousin).
I knit this one for Morgan.
These ornaments were for my Aunt Melissa (above) and Emily (below).
I also knit my grandparents a snowflake dishcloth, but forgot to take a picture.
And then I made these treats for different people. These are Bakerella’s red velvet cake bites.
And these are chocolate cookies (recipe here). Some of them have buttercream frosting in the middle with crushed peppermint around the edge.
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Christmas Day
I don’t have many pictures of Christmas Day, because my camera decided to stop working until 11:00 at night. These are ones my mom took.
My cute grandparents.
Here’s Emily opening her foodie basket. I picked out most of it, so I hope she likes it!
Our table was full of amazing food. Mom bought a standing rib roast to make for the first time ever and it turned out really delicious and flavorful!
Everyone ready for dinner (and Mom behind the camera).
It was a really nice day full of family, food, and giving. I got lots of nice new clothes and a Garmin Forerunner, which is exciting! Does anyone know how accurate the “calories” feature is on the Garmin?
Did anyone get anything super exciting this year?
LOVE these pictures!! Especially my Maisy kitty!! :) What a show off!! :) Thank you so much for all of my wonderful gifts!! You did a fabulous job with all of them!! You are so sweet and I’m so thankful to have such an amazing sister!! :) I love you!!!!!!!!!
Your presents were ALL so beautiful and tasty! You are very talented!!!!!!! I had the best Christmas ever and I LOVE my wreath! Love ya,
MOM
It looks like you had a fabulous Christmas! You did an amazing job on all of the gifts. I LOVED mine, and all of the other ones you made turned out so great! I’m loving that wreath. It’s so adorable! You’re going to have to teach me how to make one next year. Your dinner looks so good and all of you look so happy sitting around the table. Great pictures!
Merry Christmas Jennifer! Lila (and I) love the beautiful scarf. The red velvet bites are wonderful. Thanks for sending all these goodies out to CA for me. I haven’t seen the ornament though. Did you give it to Grandma? From what I see on the blog, it’s adorable. I love the wreath you made too. Wow! You are so creative.
You are seriously crafty!! I’m so impressed with everything you made.
I made a standing rib roast this Christmas too – the meat is so tasty!
I don’t know about the calorie thing on the Garmin, but I think you’ll like it lots!
Looks like you had a great Christmas. You have such a talent with crafty things, I wish I did!
Wow, I LOVE that you made homemade gifts, that’s really awesome! I think people forget what the holidays are supposed to be about in the first place.
I think the calories on the Garmin Forerunner are pretty accurate because you have to enter your weight and then it just measures your heart rate.
Your homemade presents are great. You are so creative. Merry Christmas!
The homemade presents = adorable and yummy looking. I got a 305 for Christmas too and I assume its pretty accurate because it takes into account HR, height, weight, distance and the elevation you cover!
What an awesome day!! Hooray for getting the Garmin too – http://www.graduatemeghann.com has one – you maybe can send her an email?
Wooo! Merrry Belated Christmas!
Love the sweet action! YUM!
Hello! Just discovered your blog, and I love it! I love the fact you made Christmas gifts too cute!