Welcome to my house. Behind these doors is where my definition of failure has changed. Dramatically. It's true.
Years ago- last year, even- I would have considered finishing Fin's Christmas stocking on the day AFTER Christmas a failure, but now not so much. Now I say: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Job well done. Way to go, Ryanne! You're a rock star. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a tad, but really, when I finished, instead of thinking, "ugh, finally. Sucks that I didn't finish 2 DAYS AGO!" I thought, "Awesome. Done and done!" Who cares if it didn't go up this year. I feel like having 2 small and demanding children and a puppy (I consider the older dog and husband to be a wee bit more self-sufficient) increases the level of difficulty of pretty much everything I do. So on a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say to all you (what, 5 people??) reading that this stocking project is a level 2 in difficulty (and only a 2 because it requires the use of a sewing machine). Unless you have a child. Or a puppy. Or even worse, children AND puppies, then I'd say level of difficulty: 8.
But HOORAY for cute polka dot stockings with ruffle trim for my dear sweet daughter (deer- get it??)! For those of you that got one of my cheesy Christmas cards, I apologize for my overuse of this homophone.
Oh How lovely! Those are adoreable! and I do love your use of DEER. Did you make the green one as well?
ReplyDeleteThough kids change our timelines, you should totally be happy that you even did those stockings. I used to scrapbook all the time, but now making cards is easy for me and time allotted. ; )
It's so cute! LOVE it! I have a stocking I started for Maleigha ummmmm, well, before she was born. Currently, its at the top of my closet. AWesome.
ReplyDeleteI think it's cute! It's so worthy of the awesome sparkletastic stocking stuffers! :D
ReplyDeleteThat's my goal for the new year--adjust my definition of failure to reflect my current two kid status :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, y'all! I miss all of you! Melea, my friend Maghan has a daughter named Maleigha and I think of you every time I mispronounce her name, which is pretty much a weekly thing. At least. I've just started calling her Miss Leah, which is Finley's name for her <3
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