A little late, but . . .

Merry Belated Christmas!

This year, John's side of the family decided that we should all do a homemade Christmas!  I was quite excited!

Thankfully, store-bought gifts weren't officially outlawed, because I'd already started my shopping when this announcement was made.  But our gifts for our Mom and Sisters-in-law were completely homemade. 

I made them these "helping hands" (apron-dish towel-pot holder hybrids which I found via pinterest. (The tutorial was from here, but the pattern pdf's don't work.  Thankfully, I found pictures of the patterns here and was able to sketch them myself.  They're quite simple!)

They turned out nicely.  I'd like to try making one again from terry cloth, as the tutorial alternatively suggested!

Inspired by this blog, I also made lemon curd using her recipe!  It was easy, delicious, and actually yielded enough to fill five 8 oz. jelly jars, with some to spare! 

Oh, and there are sooo many other things on pinterest which I would have loved to have made, if only there had been more time.  I propose another homemade Christmas for next year, yes?