Handmade Christmas...again

Just a few pictures tonight of some recent projects. =)
This isn't a recent project but it's still cute. Quinny fell asleep on the living room floor in his bear suit. He was tired so we let him sleep. He stayed there for about a half hour before he woke up smiling and sweaty.

Here is Jimmie's elf as he requested. The lighting in the room wasn't very good so the leaves on his vest aren't showing up well. I still need to bind off his feet. Jimmie pointed out the hair at Hobby Lobby one day and said it looked like elf hair. So I picked it up the next time I was there alone.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I was waiting on a Waldorf making dvd. It was worth every penny! I can see a difference in using Joy's techniques already. She just retired though and I'm sad to have found her almost too late.

Here is Reece's boy. I think this is my favorite so far. Traditional Waldorf dolls don't have noses because the features are meant to be as simple as possible but some of the bigger dolls do. I decided to make this one with a nose and really like it.

Reece wanted his boy to have "lellow" hair like him so that's what he got. I made the t-shirt with some fabric I had that I was originally going to use to make some trainers or knickers for Reece. I made his pants out of a pair of recycled jeans that didn't fit anymore. I may make the little boys shirts like this, it was very easy and cute!

Kiddo Pictures and More Handmade Christmas

We all had a great time during Nanny's recent visit to Texas. The kids really enjoyed spending time with her and even Quinn remembered her! He smiled right away and held his arms out to her as soon as she came into the house. I plan on doing a larger update on Thanksgiving and Quinn's birthday but there's lots of pictures to resize and upload so that will have to come a bit later. For now here are some recent pictures of the kids!

Here is the doll I made for Lexeigh for Christmas. She turned out better than Ella's. I can see that making Waldorf dolls is a craft you get better at each time you do it. Marty let me order the dollmaking dvd from Joy's Waldorf Dolls. I'm so excited to get it! I'd love to make these more often. I'm also going to make a few more before Christmas for the rest of the kids. Yes, even the boys. Haha. I've seen some adorable boy Waldorf dolls and some are elves and whatnot. Very cute.


Here she is. I did a few things differently with her and adjusted the pattern a bit from the way I constructed Ella's. I also did the hair differently and used a different wool for more realistic hair. Mom helped me crochet a cap for her that I sewed onto the head so I could latch each piece of hair in individually. This was probably the most time consuming but wasn't hard. I made some coffee, put on a movie, and by the time the movie was over she was finished!

Lexeigh picked the fabric. Although she didn't know what she was picking it for. =)


She needs a name too. Any suggestions? I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I miss you all!

Handmade Christmas

Every year I try to give the kids at least one gift I've made myself. I really love doing this for them and look forward to finding new ideas. They seem to really like it to and it's something that's special to them. Usually they get a few "made by Mommy" gifts each year.

I thought I'd share the one I just finished for Ella. (Actually the first one I've made yet, haha). I've always loved Waldorf dolls and thought they were beautiful. I really want to start making them. I may order the dvd's on them since I think they'd be really helpful. If you've never heard of Waldorf dolls you should google them. They're really neat.

So anyway, I decided to take a stab at making a dolly for Ella for Christmas. I learned a lot and think she turned out pretty cute. It's a good thing Ella's only 2 and won't notice any mistakes I made! =P Her dolly. We thought it'd be fun to give her cute, pink hair.

I made her clothes out of one of Ella's shirts. I chose this particular shirt for a few reasons: 1) She received it for a gift for her 1st birthday and it's now a year later. The time went so fast! 2) The shirt was a gift from her Nanny so I hope that will be special for her too. I made the skirt out of some fun fabric I had.

Total cost for the dolly: $0. I made her from things I already had in my craft stash. Doing many different crafts paid off this time! I still need to add a little blush to her face to make some cheeks.

So what do you think? She needs a name. Anyone want to name her? =)