Christmas Sneak Peek

This year I made all the gifts we will be giving. Well Ian and Teagan are going to make the marshmallow guns but they were my idea. Does that count? Not I guess not. For families this year I'm giving cupcakes. I ordered pastry boxes to put them in. I think they will turn out pretty cute. I'll post some pictures after I make them. I'm not big on surprises. As I said before I don't think anyone in my family actually reads this. Hopefully I'm not ruining Christmas by posting this. If you are fearful I will ruin your surprise please click the little X in the upper right hand corner and wait until Christmas. So here is what I've got so far.


I did these photo books the last two years as well. They recap the year in pictures. I do them for all the kids Grandmas and Great Grandmas. I made five of them. They are all different paper combinations. This is the only one I did with this ribbon. I really like it but it's expensive. For another only I used a silky ribbon which didn't come out as nice. The rest I just did plain old curly ribbon. Cheap and really cute!


This idea I got from Rachel. It's a magnet board. I did two of them for our nieces. Everything on them is a magnet. Even the big daisy. They can take off their name if they want and put up something else. The coolest part is I just got the pan from the dollar store and I already had everything else. Adorable!


This is kind of a mini version of the photo book for my brother and sister. Pictured is Scott's book and cookies. Melissa will get cupcakes but Scott is in Tennessee and cookies ship much better than cupcakes. At the end of the little book is a little Christmas letter recapping the year.


These are also magnet boards but for the kids Grandpas. Great Grandpas will get goodies. Most likely cookies. I did these so I could replace the pictures through the year. Hopefully I will actually remember to do that.


Last but not least are marshmallow guns. We had a lot of people on our list that could appreciate this gift. Yes a lot of boys in our family. This is not one Ian made but it's the same pattern. Hopefully they will make these Monday so I can make some ammo bags made up and get them wrapped. Did anyone else do a homemade Christmas? Tell me about it. I want to start now for next year.