I grew lots of tomato plants from seed and planted them in tall, lean terracotta pots. I made big batches of museli which I put in large glass jars and also made batches of white chocolate rocky road, milk chocolate rocky road, reindeer bickies, homemade basil pesto, homemade feijoa chutney and other goodies for people to choose from. These went down so well that I decided I would like to have a homemade Christmas this year as well.
These are some photos of last years Christmas goodies.
This year when I can I am going to try and make other homemade presents for birthdays and the like.
There has not been too many birthdays so far. A few weeks back I made a lemon sour cream cake with white chocolate icing for a friends birthday. Other than that it was my Grandmas birthday and that was easily solved with a selection of wedding photos from our January wedding. For Mothers Day (I am very organised) I made my Mum a fully lined apron. This was my first foray into sewing for a very long time. I was so excited about it I gave it to her a month early! She loved it.
My Mother in Law makes aprons all the time. I went to her house one Sunday afternoon and she instructed me how to make this. I then made the next one a week later to make sure I could do it without her guidance.
Here is it...
The next one I am going to make is going to be for my Sister in Law. She is a girly girl so I am going to get some very pretty floral fabric and have lace detail on it.
I am hoping Spotlight have some good fabric specials through the year so I can make a heap of them to give away.
Works out to be a pretty cheap prezzie if you get fabric on sale. The above apron would have cost around $12 in fabric (including the lining) and takes less than two hours to make.
The good thing is you can get fabric to suit the person you are making it for.
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