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Stash Bash – Saint Nicholas handmade gifts

By on December 6, 2012 in Handmade Holidays and Celebrations, Inspiration, Stash Bash

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash.   

How lucky for a Stash Bash to fall on such a beautiful feast day!!  I hope you are enjoying your day if you do indeed celebrate this feast day.  I am sorry for getting this posted so late this morning.  I was up again until 2 AM finishing the last gift to put into the kids shoes.  I actually am not showing that particular gift because I did not put the last part on it though my son was super happy with it anyway but once it is done I will share the pattern…it’s a knitted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!!

This  year I had to really think hard to make the gifts from stuff we already have but I am very happy with everything.  I hope this does not sound like bragging but I heard some of the kids this morning saying “this really looks store bought, how did Momma do that” and one of my older children who was walking by saying “come on it’s Momma, she can do anything”.   That made the entire day of crafting yesterday worth it.  And it makes me feel like a super hero!! Except, that I’m sure super heroes don’t wait until the last minute to make projects they have had planned for weeks. 

If anyone wants a how to on any of these little gifts, just ask and I will post a tutorial.  They are all small gifts and make good stocking stuffers.

Burlap sack with a leather tie from my scrap collection of leather to put the wooden memory cards into

animal tracks memory game drawn by Momma

Tic tac toe game on a wool bag with a velcro closure to keep game pieces in.  The tic tac toe pieces are made from wood circles
Livie loved this clothespin doll.  I think some furniture might be in order for Christmas!

the girls got handmade knitting needles with their very own stitch markers.  These were so easy to make and were finished with a nice beeswax polish

and by the time I came downstairs Ronnie had already put them to use.  I need to do some knitting lessons with her but I guess she started figuring it out on her own.

and for my bacon afficionado…a bacon shirt

the only things I had to purchase for the Saint Nick gifts were this t-shirt and chocolate coins which they know will await them every year.  If you look closely, you will see that they are Hanukah coins because that is all I was able to find at the store…though they were 40% off and I don’t think they kids even noticed.  I’m surprised actually!


So what have you been up to? I love to see what you come up with. I have added the Mr Linky to the bottom of this post for you to link up your Stash Bash projects.

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a 

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Stash Bash

By on November 29, 2012 in Stash Bash

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash.    

I was trying to upload pics of my project today and got a message that I have exceeded my picture limit????  I have no idea what the heck to do about that since I am planning to move this blog to WordPress or stay here at Blogger and just do some renovations.  Has this happened to anyone else?  I am posting this without pics while I try to figure it out.  I am paying the monthly fee now until I decide what to do.  I tried resizing my pictures before adding them and that did not work.  I also tried uploading them to Flickr and then uploading the url and that did not work.  I am so terrible at this computer stuff : (

Today I am sharing with you a little project from a much bigger project that I am working on this week and will share with you on Monday.  Won’t you come back on Monday to see it?

Our ironing board cover has seen better days.  I have skipped around this project because that is what I do.  I skip around projects and avoid them until the inspiration bites me in the bottom and then I get to work.

Yesterday as I was finishing my big project, there it was, staring at me, saying “hello, I need some attention!”  Yes, yes you do!  I went to my sewing room and grabbed some Alexander Henry, Farmdale Crossing fabric (yes, I use this fabric for everything lately) and drew out a pattern by laying the ironing board right on top of the fabric and drawing around.

Staying true to my quest for Stash Bashing, I decided to use some felted wool underneath for the padding and I used some elastic I rescued from an old bottom sheet that was no longer useful.  I really should make some beeswax polish to give it a nice wax but that will have to wait until I get the rest of my project finished and hopefully I won’t skip around it too long.

My ironing board needs some new screws and one of the slats on the side needs to be remade but I love it so I keep finding ways to make it work.  It also becomes a stepping stool as well as a chair depending on how you fold it.

So what have you been up to? I love to see what you come up with. I have added the Mr Linky to the bottom of this post for you to link up your Stash Bash projects.

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a 

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