The joy of being crafty is that you can always make someone an amazing and personal present. The curse of being crafty is that you always feel compelled to make everyone an amazing and personal present. And sometimes, it feels like birthdays and holidays are just sneaking up on you and suddenly you can either be late or stay up all night. And Christmas time is both the best and the worst: I love Christmas, since I get to see everyone and hug them and see their faces light up, but on the other hand, it's not like a birthday, which are staggered through the year, but instead, it's everyone all at once!
I thought I had it down this time - I made my sweetie's mom a gift months ago, I took care of my dad during the summer, and I planned low-work gifts for my best friends. But I started to make a list of the people I need to make something for/shop for the other day, and I felt the waves of panic setting in. There are already over 20 people on this list, and I still owe some of them birthday/wedding presents from this year! While I would love to knit everyone something or make them all a quilt, there is just no way, seeing as I still need to work and sleep and watch Glee, that I can make them such labor intensive gifts. Even with two months left, I'm feeling really behind.
Fortunately for me, I work at the PacFab offices, and I've been in on the list of amazing quick gift ideas we are going to show at our upcoming Handmade Holiday Open House, and when I read it again, I found myself mentally checking off gift after gift. There's so much inspiration being planned for all of you, but I'm lucky enough to get to see it all first!
So if you are feeling a little pressured to get it all done in time, or you are just in the mood for a little inspiration, be sure not to miss this event - shows start at some stores next week, and for only $10, you get a ton of ideas, a fun seminar on making your quick gifts spectacular, a 20% off shopping discount, a coupon book good till the end of the year, two fun crafts to take home, and holiday themed snacks! I will be there hosting the "Homebaked" section - all kinds of kitchen-themed prezzies - so come hug me and tell me it's all going to be ok, I can get it all done and so can you.
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