DIY sustainable stocking stuffers for the women on your list

Eye Chart Graphics for the music student on your list

There’s just a little over a week left till Christmas Day.  If you still need some ideas for easy, thoughtful and DIY Christmas Gifts and Stocking Stuffers check out this list.  I surfed the web for ideas this morning with the thought of utilizing your computer printer to help you along.  There’s a few more [...]

Handmade Stocking stuffers for kids – Sustainable Christmas Stocking part 2

Sustainable Stocking Challenge graphic

Kids are the creatures that get the most plastic, made in China, easily broken stuff in their Christmas stockings.  Our boys always got a small package of lego brand building blocks — they market those for Christmas stockings.   Then I’d do a dollar store binge and buy polyester stuffies, plastic slinkies, matchbox cars and action [...]

The Sustainable Christmas Stocking Challenge – Part 1

Sustainable Stocking Challenge graphic

Opening the Christmas stocking on Christmas morning is an important part of the Dalziel (pronounced D-L, like the BBC detective) family Christmas tradition.  It started in Robin’s family.  In my growing-up family the Christmas stocking was an old work sock that magically appeared at the foot of the bed on Christmas morning.  Its purpose was [...]

Preparing for a Handmade Christmas

These are crocheted from handspun yarn made from dog hair.

The Purple Sheep at Joybilee Farm have a nonconformist Christmas Celebration, too.  We joined the advent conspiracy to decommercialize our sacred time and create space for family together-time.  We start weeks ahead to plan handmade gifts and work together spinning yarn, knitting, crochet, felting, and sewing to fashion a gift full of lots of love [...]