With 6 days to go till Christmas, there has been a flurry of craftivity in our house.  The ironing board & iron have become permanent residents to the kitchen. The dining room table has been taken over with paper crafts, rotary cutting mat, and piles of fabric. And needless to say my “craft room” a.k.a. the garage, looks like a small explosion went off! My goal is to use this weekend to get some wrapping DONE, and finish up my fabric projects…. leaving the crocheting for next week!

It’s become my own holiday tradition to make small gifts (most often earrings) for all my co-workers. Since nursing is a predominantly female profession, jewelry works quite well! Last year’s theme were button earrings (I was on a serious button kick at the time). This year, the theme is stones & pearls, I prepped little origami boxes out of a 2003 Sierra Club Engagement Calendar, punched out some little labels, and tied them all up with some red yarn.

I played Santa Clause and mailed (to my Portland friends), and ho ho ho’d my way across campus delivering the small parcels. Everyone (including myself) enjoyed their little gifts!