Party Hardy!!

I am a sucker for a good party, and one of my very favorite bloggers is having one today! Chris over at Just a Girl is having a great "I Can Make That" party where we can share our inspriation or ideas for a homemade Christmas. I am all about giving and receiving something homemade because I am just such a sentimental person. Anyway, back to the PARTY... since I had company this weekend I was not able to actually make anything, but I know what I am planning to make, so I am just gonna share some tutorials I have found and plan on using for Christmas gifts. This is my first blog party, so bear with me!

First off, I am gonna make most of the kids on my list one of these I Spy Bags. They are all over Etsy, and I figure if I can make them themed for the kids I am giving them to, they will go over well. (i.e. my son's friend is a sports fanatic, so I am gonna use some sport material and put all sport buttons inside.) I have had the most luck at Hobby Lobby and Wal-mart for buttons, and I found the best selection of fleece and flannel at Jo-Ann's. Rosie-Baby was nice enough to provide a tutorial, and she sells them too.

Here are some others I found on Etsy that were really cute...

talona had this one and several others.

LilyClaire had this one. I like how her tag is on the little ribbon. I could post 50 of these things, but I think you catch my drift. There are oodles of them on Etsy.

I love anything monogrammed so I plan on doing a couple of these framed monograms.







They are by Jack and Lulu but I figure I can make them easy enough with some scrapbook paper and vinyl letters or my printer.


I will also be making some tassels like these from Heather. This is one of her tassels that I love and she was even nice enough to give a tutorial.

Is this cute or what? I can just see this little bird on my sister's cabinet knob.

I could go on for days, but these are a few of my upcoming projects. I can't wait to see what everyone else is gonna be making so I can add to my list!