Over the last few years, it has been a fall ritual for me to make a Christmas stockings. I saw an idea that I liked in a Martha Stewart magazine and I took the idea, tweaked it a little, and made it my own. I find an old sweater, (or not so old that is no longer being worn,) and trace out a stocking pattern I made. Then I embellish it with a little critter or some sort of festive design and voila! You have a fun Christmas stocking. I've made a stocking for myself, Stephen and Pear so it was only fitting that Jovie have one for her first Christmas as well!
Growing up, my mom made stockings for each of us kids. We would hang them and then on Christmas morning, they would be filled with goodies, little gifts and fun things. My parents would set them in front of the Christmas tree and it was the first thing our eyes ventured to at 6am on Christmas morning. Because stockings are only so big, you have to find little gifts to put in them, and because the gifts are little, it seems like they keep coming and coming! Yes, I think the Christmas stocking is my favorite thing on Christmas morning.
2 comments:
I really like all of these! I've been trying to think of a cool way to make stockings, I may try something like this for ours!
Well Paige it's never too early to prepare for Christmas, esp. when one considers that you have a baby coming before Christmas. It's funny b/c I'm currently working on the same thing for our family. I made a stocking in jr. high and I'm going to make a similar one for Veronica and the baby.
They're very cute!
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