January Birthdays

I'm taking advantage of the fact that I have some time off work this week to make some things for January birthdays coming up. First is my sister-in-law. The walls in her dining and living rooms are lime and bright yellow so I made her a pillow to match. Second is the kid. He will be three in a couple of weeks. I spied this fabric on my shopping trip to the Cotton Shop the other day and couldn’t resist. He has already named him – I was stuffing him while watching "A Bug's Life" for the 432nd time – "Sour" – go figure. And you are right, those are the united states of America. I'm thinking about backing the "I'm never going to finish this" quilt with it.

Bunny #6

I went to one of my favorite fabric stores this week and they had some adorable polka dot flannel in. I couldn't resist and made this bunny for my pregnant cousin-in-law. It's a boy! and I also want to make a quilt - I thought chocolate brown and baby blue might be a good combo.

Christmas Eve

I can't think of a nicer way to begin Christmas eve than breakfast at Nate 'n Al in Beverly Hills. I gobbled my way trough corned beef hash, eggs, potato pancakes, bagels, and left with chocolate rugula and chopped liver for Christmas day – yummy.

AND I picked up my parcel from Rosa – a Christmas present to myself. 434 is more beautiful (and bigger!) than I ever imagined – thanks Rosa – you are a true inspiration and I love all your things.

Hanukah Secret Santa Shopping Bag

This is my gift for the Hanukah party this year – we do the equivalent of a Secret Santa – I wonder if there is a correct term for that?

I'm going to fill it with yummy things from Trader Joes.

Christmas Weekend

The Christmas packages to my Australia nieces went off this weekend and I whipped out another one of these dogs to make things even. This one is made with vintage fabric for the body and some not so vintage fabric for the ears.



I also found these fun vintage Santa candles at a garage sale. It seems a shame to use them after surviving so many years.



Finally, we had our annual family Christmas visit to Disneyland last Friday night. The group ranged in age from 3 to 70 and we had a blast – as always.

Inspired

Inspired by the very talented Molly Chicken here’s my interpretation of some festive birds. Thanks for sharing the pattern! These are going into the stockings of 2 little girls from Woodland Hills.