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Monday, September 29, 2008

Creations from Christmas' past, present & future

in preparing for the annual christmas
craftiness during general conference this year, i dug out some treasures thunk up by the great ceri jo when us chillins were little. it was a great way to keep us awake during conference back in those days and, coincidentally, does the same today! i wish the halverson grills could be together this weekend, but know that i'll be thinkin 'boutcha. and definitely about mom!










i started these stockings last year, but wasn't able to finish them in time. i was up until 3am christmas eve trying to hack them out, but my machine was not cooperating and i almost lost it! this year i'll add the names and do all the fun things i wanted to last year, but wasn't able to.
can't wait!

12 comments:

richard dandelion said...

YAY fr Kressmiss!

Sherry Carpet said...

holy crap, i love your stockings (at the bottom)! partridge in a pear tree! fatty penguin!

the best.

i'm gonna have to make liv's stocking. oh, did i say liv? yeah, that's her name. thanks, RD!

Lola said...

oh thanks, k. i can't really take credit though, i totally copied the hable stockings from garnet hill.

thanks for calling me back. oh, wait, you didn't. whatever.

i love the name liv sooooo much. is it going to be pronounced leave?

Sherry Carpet said...

probably pronounced the american way because it could be a teaser...it makes me sad to think of kids telling her to leave. what do you think? paranoid?

Natalie said...

Lauren, looooooovvvvveee the socks you are making....if you get on some kind of roll, feel free to just keep on making them and send them this way!
Krista -I just have to comment on this.... Having been in education for what seems like for-ev-er I have seen how frustrating it is for kids when no-one can ever say their name right (at least the first time). Liv is a beautiful name with either pronunciation so you can't really go wrong...but the American way is the way most people (in America of course) would read it and thus, say it. Asia and Lakin have both gone through school correcting the pronunciation of their names and I think they sound just like they are spelled. Just a thought.

Meg said...

Thanks Lo! I think Bri really wants ours to look just like your old one so it was great to get to see it! Your Mom was so crafty-cute.
Last year only Elyza had a stocking, and it was only half made as well. That is this years goal for me as well so that we can all have stockings at K's.

kelly riding said...

lo- i am so glad you posted th mice. i was afraid you weren't going to. love you!

richard dandelion said...

PRONOUNCE IT THE RIGHT WAY.

SCREW OTHER KIDS.

She'll be happy when she's older and has a cooler name than ANYONE else.

:-)

richard dandelion said...

Or what Natalie said.

richard dandelion said...

Wait, Natalie. I just reread your post: did you say that people can't pronounce "Asia"?

Good thing Palin's on the ticket. She can see Asia from her house. (Well, according to her, Russia, at least.)

Natalie said...

RD -So true....! I'll bet she's also one of the people who - when asking how to pronounce the name (Asia) say......"oh, just like the country?"

Meg said...

Oh my, now that I look closer your Mom put so much time into those tiny little details! This will definitely not just be a weekend project.