Last year every single gift we gave was made by hand. From the photographs to the frames we built. We did a fake wood learning tower for Henry and a felt house. People got reusable grocery bags and muslin tea bags.
And, frankly, it was a lot of work.
But the principle of it was great and it was a lot of fun. We're doing a mostly-handmade Christmas this year.
Lowell is building a mini-workbench for Henry and I have been inspired by all of the car playmats.
The time it takes to applique all of the things like Jill did on her blog seems overwhelming. There are some great fabric ones on etsy where it is one yard of fabric with the pre-made design backed onto a cute print.
But, I think that I will design my own fabric and print it using Spoonflower's printing services. I have designed fabrics in the past and been pleased with them. Plus, if I design the fabric I can then make it personalized just for Henry. It can have his library, Daddy's work, our playground and the grocery store.
I'm pretty excited and realize this is going to be a lot of time in front of a computer designing it! But, I will be so proud of it when it's done.
-Meghan
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