common mama's christmas

I'm way behind in posting about our Common Mama party, (tues.) but here's a few pics from our little shin-dig :)

We decided to get together at my house and make a couple handmade gifts to share this Christmas.

I did not get hardly any pictures, but above is a shot of some jars of soup mix we made.  It was a very simple, but functional gift.

After that, we made two projects with felt:

these little bow tie hairclips

and felt poinsettias.

We made a whole bunch and packaged them up real cute so they're all ready to give.

Here's Jen, modeling the little bow ties.

These were so fun to make...I made a bunch for Sophie's stocking :)

Then.......

on Thursday night, because I don't have enough projects going on and I was just getting bored ;) , my sweet friend Robin came over and

we made these sweet lil yarn ball wreaths....

{inspiration}

We just took two sizes of cheapo Christmas balls,

added a little hot glue and yarn....

...and viola!

I think I'm giving this as a gift as well...

handmade gifts are so much fun to give.

There's a little of "you" invested into it and it makes giving gifts all the more special.

Have a great weekend!

xo,

{alicia}