Christmas Spirit

Every year I say I am going to make hand made gifts for the holidays and even though I get a few done I don't get them all finished.  This year I am going to try and have a better plan.  My sister started a new idea this year to do more like a White Elephant kind of thing so we do not have to get so many gifts.  I agreed that it is really tough to buy everyone a gift that is thoughtful yet not budget breaking.  I was all for drawing a name and then finding a gift for that person, so I could put some thought in it.  Everyone else wants to play that game where you can take a gift or steal one that is open, me no like that.  The rules are that we can only spend twenty dollars and it needs to be for the kitchen.  I was kind of not into it until I thought, I could make that fruit and veggie tote I have a pattern for, include some handmade dishcloths and kitchen scrubbies.  Then I thought what great things to make for my friends.  They will love that.  So now all of the sudden I am in to it and ready to get started!  So excited.  My other goals this season are to make some pretty cookies and to take some special Christmas pictures of my horses.  When I fist got Ellie, my Christmas card always involved her in a Santa hat, then I did it when I got Pilgrim.  That pony of mine though, he might be a little tough about it, but he is going to have to make his Santa debut too.