AN OFF THE CUFF CHRISTMAS...

Off the cuff: Impromptu, with little or no preparation or forethought(Creepy hand is a gift for darling daughter.)

Wow, does that describe Christmas in our house this year! The Christmas countdown has begun in earnest here at the Quill. There is a flurry of scurry in my step as I hit the homeward stretch of being " done". I am never " done" getting ready for Christmas but it arrives and declares me " done". I am more than ready for the declaration this year.

I did finish those scarves...And one cuff...(which I am giving myself as a gift, it matches my new sweater, read on to see why I needed a new sweater...)Lest you think only Handy Hubby's closet is susceptible to my occasional crafting needs, not so, the base of this cuff...one of my sweaters! Me thinks Santa might need to bring us some new clothes if this keeps up, that, or, I really need to get creative with dried oak leaves and a sewing machine!I found out we are having extra guests yesterday so I scrambled out and grabbed some gift cards and hopefully will pull off a little handmade gift to accompany them. I have two unfinished items on the worktable and will get those done this evening,a collage for my step-mother of her great grand children, all precious little girls...I am doing a separate one for my dad (which is barely started!) of his two great grands to match his home office, just a quick scrapbook style collage, I don't have much time left for fancyfying something because I plan to spend this whole afternoon with my best friend in an off the cuff moment of impromptu crafting. We are going to make some jewelry for her sweet daughters for Christmas. I am so looking forward to that!

Well, I'm off to dash out to the post office to get the give away goodies in the mail and to make a Hobby Lobby run for a last minute gift and then Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It is off to craft I go....

Have the very merriest!