Zippers and such

So excited I learned to sew a zipper on with my sewing machine yesterday! And I actually read the book first, instead of jumping right into it getting frustrated and then reading the book. It was super easy! And opened up a whole nother world of sewing possibilities to me now! And since no one has a money tree growing in their front yard yet, I am trying to make gifts for the holidays and birthdays! Our family has a crazy amount of birthdays near the holidays so it is double duty towards the end of the year! And anyone who knows me knows that I love to give gifts that are meaningful, and yes I do this to a fault. So I usually start hunting early, thinking and rethinking my possibilities, purchasing and returning until I have just the right gift. It is an OCD activity of mine...So now with making some of the gifts you would think I am better right? WRONG, it is the same, I have to find the RIGHT thing to make for the RIGHT person, DUH...and then what do you make for men? Geesh now you understand where I am at this morning. But I do love doing it and I love that I am learning new things.

Cont. One thousand gifts

4. "loved our woods excursion mom, your a good hunter" (hunting banana spiders with a BB gun with my son)
5. Little love notes left for me by my sweet husband.