Holiday 2013

Check out the Holiday Ornaments now in the shop.  The ornaments are a sterling silver whale, dove, bee and deer and all come on a bright red ribbon.  Theses ornaments make beautiful heirlooms you can hang on your tree for many years to come. 

Holiday Moments

Merry Christmas!

Tree Topper

I had been unable to find any tree toppers that I liked so I decided to make a big felt star to go on top of our tree.  I cut out two big yellow stars.

I made a pipe cleaner frame to keep it upright and to attach it to the tree.

I stuffed and sewed around the edge so that the star would be plush.

And put it on top of the tree.

Ornament Making

I am a big fan of handmade, obviously.  I love making things and I love being surrounded by handmade things. In addition to my 2012 Nutcracker ornament we have been making some felt ornaments to decorate our tree.  We have a bunch of origami ornaments from previous years and two years ago I made a bunch of narwhal ornaments that I gave out at Christmas time.

Felt ornaments are pretty easy to put together.  In our usually overachieving craft style Ben and I made some intricate designs with a lot of hand stitching but you could just as easily keep it simple with an easy pattern and some glue.

This Ursa Major (Big Bear) design originally started as a jewelry idea which I never made.  I like how it came out as an ornament.

I like adding to the handmade ornaments every year and having a tree covered in things from all our years together.  

 

Mr. Norrell wanted to help too.

I think the dala horse may be my favorite.

Gingerbread Cookies!

We made Kate's Gingerbread cookies (minus the anise) this weekend and they came out great.

When we got married one of the things we asked for was fun cookie cutters; which was the best idea ever.  Cutting out the cookies is of course the best part and I love our collection of animals, dinosaurs, Star Wars and initials.  I get to eat all the C's.

We made Mark Bittman's vanilla icing in various colors with food coloring to top them off.  The icing is difficult to control making many of the cookies look like they had been made by children.

But still very tasty!

Nutcracker Ornament - Limited Edition 2012 Christmas

This Golden Brass Nutcracker Ornament is a special limited edition piece for 2012. I carved the nutcracker out of wax, based on my own drawing. Each piece is then cast into brass and hand finished by me in my Brooklyn studio. A red ribbon is tied to the ornament and it is ready to be hung on the Christmas tree. 

This ornament is a great way to commemorate Christmas 2012 and will be a keepsake for years to come. 

This ornament is 4 inches tall.

It will arrive wrapped and ready to be given as a gift or kept for yourself. 

Now available in the shop.