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    Hey holiday shoppers ๐Ÿ™‚ Just comment on the first thing that popped into your head when you read that word. If you need help see the first free association Wednesday.

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  • Some more gifts I’ve been working on. This lap quilt for my mom. I loved the coin quilt Hillary did over at Wee Wonderful’s. This was hard just because we are always together!

    I’m glad he liked them so much. I also made his mom a scrapbook of our Alaska trip and she liked it so much she cried!!! I felt so super happy that everyone liked their handmade gifts. I’m working on a pair of these for my little brother Taylor as we speak.

    Here’s up close of one of the gloves:

    And finally the hugest of projects was refinishing this ginormous chopping block for Bj. I got it at a yard sale for $15 dollars a couple years ago and it was covered in grim, and had been over oiled. Bill helped me get the feet off, and then I had it sanded front and back on an industrial belt sander. I scraped the sides, sanded them, and also sanded the feet. Then I put the feet back on and bleached the whole thing. I oiled it and there you go. One of these in stores would be like $250 so I’m really proud of this find. It’s huge, like 17″ by 26″ I’ll have to take a picture of it tonight on Bj’s counter!

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  • I finished two major projects yesterday, as well as Christmas stockings for my step-brother and boyfriend:

    They were pretty easy once my mom explained to me how the fuzz had to be sewn on. This is the first thing I’ve ever done that was lined, yay! Bits of that red fur are everywhere though. And this came yesterday from eBay:

    I had no idea it was so big. It’s’ three levels high and almost two feet high! The stamps say the coolest things: “please rush” “certified hand carried” “Please sign” and lots of other cool things. I got some doubles so I’ll have to give them out to my readers after Christmas. Oh, and I’m still on the look out for “first class” one, so if anyone sees one, give me a holler! Merry Christmas!!

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