Friday, December 19, 2008

The stocking were hung by the chimney with care

The inspiration (I like the design of the polka dot one, but the colors of the striped one):The cost of the inspiration: $24.95 + shipping and tax



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My homemade version:


The cost of my knockoff: about $8 in fabric and an hour and a half



Now to be honest, I probably would have bought the cute stocking from the catalog, but last year I made Michael and I's stocking and they are facing the opposite direction as the one from Crate and Barrel. Now we all know that hanging stockings in different directions is just nonsense! And plus, all of our stocking are the same size (Santa doesn't discriminate) and coordinating colors. Although I am tempted to redo the two I made last year. Evelyn's is by far the cutest of the three!









(Yep, it is true. If you notice from the picture, we are using pieces from our nativity scene to hold up the stockings. Baby Jesus for Evelyn's, I get a Shepard and Michael gets a Wise man! All very appropriate, wouldn't you say! Hopefully I will find some stocking holders on sale after Christmas this year!)




Tuesday, December 16, 2008

wordless...tuesday?!?

not much to say...so here are some pictures. (taken with my shiny new early Christmas present of course!)