Not so long til Christmas - Oh my!

Christmas is still 3 and a half months away, but at PartyInvites we're already thinking about it. Partly because we're planning a lovely range of Christmas Cards for Kids (watch this space) and partly because we like to handmake at least some of our gifts. We do this mostly because we love making things, but also because of cost. We don't want to cut down on how many gifts we give, especially to the many gorgeous children we know, but we can't afford expensive gifts for everyone.

I've found some lovely things over the past few weeks that I'm planning to make for family and friends.

For the babies, I can't resist these adorable little felt shoes and kimonos. For the kids, there's Sock Monkey or the delightful Molly Monkey. And then I'm going to go crazy making cute stuffed felt monsters. The kids will love boxes of these sweet new crayons from old (and they'll use up all those leftover stubs). How about a child-sized tepee tent?


For the grownups, how about a cute Retro Cocktail Apron, a clever Scrabble Tile Pendant, or one of these fabulous Recycled Book Handbags. I'm also planning to make sets of embroidered pillowcases, some with vintage-style floral designs, some with some funky cartoony designs. There's some great ideas and kits over at Sublime Stitching. Hmmm, those are mostly presents for my fantastic girlfriends... Luckily my husband is a great designer (he creates our wonderful designs for PartyInvites) and will be screenprinting interesting t-shirts for the guys (and girls) for Christmas.