Lady Day said:Being unemployed, and having very little cash to buy gifts with, I decided to stray from my normal gift of making a Christmas card, and taking a tone from the feed sack thread and make do and mend thread in the Golden Era, I crafted my gifts from some good old fashioned reusing.
I took the scarap fabric that I thought was cutest and made mini 'feed sacks' for the baked goods Im shipping out to my friends and family. They either get a loaf of cinnamon sweet bread or a loaf of whole wheat bread baked by me.
Knowing my sickness, um, love, for vintage buttons, I scanned actual button cards and retooled them into recipe cards (and explanation/seasons greeting cards) to accompany said baked good. I finished off the look with some buttons and a bow and off these treats will go tomorrow, if there is no rain.
The whole project cost me very little. More time than anything (and I have plenty of that). Maybe 3 bags of flour and some sugar. The rest I had on hand.
Thanks
LD
Miss Dottie said:and meant to post this ages ago. I did some embroidery of a sweet vintage kitty pattern on some tea towels. I took up embroidery this spring in an effort to give my arms a break from knitting. I forgot how much fun embroidery is! I must admit that I was inspired by Alicia Paulson from her great blog http://www/rosylittlethings.com which I highly recommend checking out.
Anyway, hope you like my handiwork!