Present peace of mind

It’s almost that time of year, time for the twin’s birthday. Every year I face the quandary of what to get them and this year I am just not digging the consumerism. They have so many things that they don’t use or play with. I know I sounded like the wicked stepmother but trust me they will be getting some fun stuff because I all ready bought it.

However the huge embrace of commercialism just isn’t happening anymore. I’m tired of us stock piling things that serve no purpose other than they are ours. So it was time to look into alternate gifts.

To start with I have decided that the girls will be getting hooded sweatshirts that have been customized with sharks and horses. Pictures will be posted as I either complete projects or lose my mind. So far I have the linings for the hoods of both sweat shirts cut and have started sewing the horses into the first hoody. It’s going fast this time around than when I made Mini Monkey the prototype (poor Mini get’s the prototypes for crafts like this because he’s the smallest so ideally the project should go fastest or I know if I need to say to hell with it and cut my losses before I work on replicating for the bigs.)

Now I just have to discipline myself to get everything sewn together and that project will be done.

I also bought the fabric for new blankets for them, again in shark and horse themes. So far that is stacked on my to sew table and I haven’t even gotten the initial wash of it done. I also have a few hundred shark quilt blocks taunting me. I really need wash fabric and unbury my sewing machine. On a plus note I did get their old Hello Kitty comforters thrown out so I am forced to be motivated because winter is coming and it’s time they had something that reflects their personal identities rather than matching cuteness.

My coupe de gras though is going to be Dum Dum lollipop topiaries because they look easy and fun. That however could be famous last words. All though sticking lollipops into a Styrofoam ball should be idiot proof, right what’s the worst that could happen?

I don’t know if I am doing the right thing, but I do feel some peace of mind in the fact that I am not buying them presents just to give them things but rather making them things they can use and hopefully enjoy. Thoughts?

                          This is the goal, except for the fact that I have to make 2!