If you're like me, you're ready to start decorating your home already - putting up fall garlands, fall wreaths, wall hangings, quilted pillows... and so much more! You're ready to run to the nearest Michaels Arts and Crafts and grab everything premade to bring it home and decorate! And then you realize the cost and quality and think "I could just make that scarecrow myself!" and suddenly you're in every aisle, thinking creatively of everything you could piece together to make the most adoreable scarecrow in this universe!
Applique and Quilted Scarecrow Wallhanging
by Me
(Bigger view of same quilted wall hanging)
And so, arms loaded with bags of goodies, you return home to assemble your little fella. Suddenly, your living room is strewn with crafts, glue, scissors, needles, thread - everything is laid out in eager anticipation! You sit down, wanting to do everything at once, not sure where to begin. And before you know it, your little scarecrow is put together, looking just as adoreable as you'd imagined - and it's now WAY past dinner time! My, how the time has flown!
But doesn't it give you such a feeling of satisfaction to know that you've handmade your own decoration. To know that when you put him away and then take him out next year, he'll be that much more precious - because he was made by hand by you!
(Quilted Table Runner by Me)
If you take the time (and yes, there is a lot of time required for most handmade projects) it will give you such a sense of joy for so many years, each time you take out your holiday crafts to display.
So I encourage you to make your own holiday traditions. To have something, even if it is simple, but just something handmade that you can look at proudly each Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter - and all the other holidays!
I wish you the best in the upcoming holiday season - and hope you keep on crafting!
Anne
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