Comments on: Homemade Christmas in Progress http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2009/11/homemade-christmas/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kayla http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2009/11/homemade-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-6582 Kayla Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:23 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=1857#comment-6582 Bethany, I am so excited about all your ideas. I have this love for creating things lately and it's people like you that encourage me. Christmas gift giving can be really stressful when your shopping for individual gifts. The ones that come from the heart leave the greatest smiles. Last year, I made my boyfriend a green, caped, corduroy tam (for his big head of dreads) out of second hand jacket and he made me a homemade dread rinse with his own label. We both absolutely loved our gifts! I am working on making All my gifts homemade this year and hope to open my families eyes to their own creativity. If you ever go thrift shopping or to garage sales you can always find some good materials to work with and recreate things. I found a cute flower corduroy skirt that was my size and cut it to make it a size 4 T to fit my Niece and then used extra materials to make a matching headband. She loved it! Old seed bags make great, easy to make, little duffle bags. I can't wait to see all the gifts your going to make! Bethany,
I am so excited about all your ideas. I have this love for creating things lately and it’s people like you that encourage me.
Christmas gift giving can be really stressful when your shopping for individual gifts. The ones that come from the heart leave the greatest smiles. Last year, I made my boyfriend a green, caped, corduroy tam (for his big head of dreads) out of second hand jacket and he made me a homemade dread rinse with his own label. We both absolutely loved our gifts!
I am working on making All my gifts homemade this year and hope to open my families eyes to their own creativity.

If you ever go thrift shopping or to garage sales you can always find some good materials to work with and recreate things. I found a cute flower corduroy skirt that was my size and cut it to make it a size 4 T to fit my Niece and then used extra materials to make a matching headband. She loved it!
Old seed bags make great, easy to make, little duffle bags.

I can’t wait to see all the gifts your going to make!

]]> By: Kayla http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2009/11/homemade-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-6580 Kayla Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:05:36 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=1857#comment-6580 I would really love to get my family to the point were we can create activities to do for the Holidays. It is so great that your kids remember the simple joys of Christmas and that your making memories to last a life time. I don't have my own kids yet, but your movement is so inspiring! I would really love to get my family to the point were we can create activities to do for the Holidays. It is so great that your kids remember the simple joys of Christmas and that your making memories to last a life time. I don’t have my own kids yet, but your movement is so inspiring!

]]> By: cessie http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2009/11/homemade-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-6575 cessie Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:13:59 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=1857#comment-6575 The idea of a homemade Christmas is just awesome! We won't be home (Holland/Germany) for Christmas this year so we won't be exchanging gifts. To be honest I don't mind that very much. I don't like the 'bigger n bigger presents' kind of thing for Christmas. So I love you idea. I once made small embroidered linen bags filled with lavender for the clothes' closets and baked cookies, but I guess that's about how fare I went in the homemade area sofar ;-). I like the 'special activities' of Becky as well. Sounds like fun to me and I so agree, kids will always remember those! The idea of a homemade Christmas is just awesome! We won’t be home (Holland/Germany) for Christmas this year so we won’t be exchanging gifts. To be honest I don’t mind that very much. I don’t like the ‘bigger n bigger presents’ kind of thing for Christmas.
So I love you idea. I once made small embroidered linen bags filled with lavender for the clothes’ closets and baked cookies, but I guess that’s about how fare I went in the homemade area sofar ;-).
I like the ‘special activities’ of Becky as well. Sounds like fun to me and I so agree, kids will always remember those!

]]> By: Becky http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2009/11/homemade-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-6548 Becky Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:11:32 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=1857#comment-6548 It won't be totally gift free but here are some of our ideas for this year: My sister and I are not exchanging between our families. Instead we are going to do a cookie decorating and Christmas craft party with our kids the week before Christmas. My girls are obsessed with "date" nights and we haven't made time to do very many. So I am thinking certificates for a special night out with just mom. I know they would totally love to go get their nails painted (It's around 8 bucks at a "real" nail place) and then go for ice cream or something after. With the Lang's, we have moved to Family presents that encourage family time. Last year we received board games and gave movie tickets. This year I'm thinking about giving dinner out to my MIL/FIL with a babysitting certificate where Jonah and I would come over with pizza for their kids and greatgrandma so just Joe and Joan could have a night out. It has really cut down on the expense of Christmas and is way better then getting stuff my kids are done playing with by Christmas night. When I ask them their favorite part of Christmas last year they said it was when we did a ginger bread house, so I know I'm on the right track... Making memories! It won’t be totally gift free but here are some of our ideas for this year:
My sister and I are not exchanging between our families. Instead we are going to do a cookie decorating and Christmas craft party with our kids the week before Christmas.
My girls are obsessed with “date” nights and we haven’t made time to do very many. So I am thinking certificates for a special night out with just mom. I know they would totally love to go get their nails painted (It’s around 8 bucks at a “real” nail place) and then go for ice cream or something after.
With the Lang’s, we have moved to Family presents that encourage family time. Last year we received board games and gave movie tickets. This year I’m thinking about giving dinner out to my MIL/FIL with a babysitting certificate where Jonah and I would come over with pizza for their kids and greatgrandma so just Joe and Joan could have a night out.
It has really cut down on the expense of Christmas and is way better then getting stuff my kids are done playing with by Christmas night. When I ask them their favorite part of Christmas last year they said it was when we did a ginger bread house, so I know I’m on the right track… Making memories!

]]> By: Heidi http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/2009/11/homemade-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-6543 Heidi Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:26:01 +0000 http://www.dreadlockgirl.com/?p=1857#comment-6543 The lettering on the signs will be cut-out on a cricut....that way the kids can help me. Can't wait to see your Rosemary seasalt. The lettering on the signs will be cut-out on a cricut….that way the kids can help me. Can’t wait to see your Rosemary seasalt.

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