And that's a wrap! Another Christmas in July is in the books. What fun we have had. I may not have watched as many Christmas movies as I had planned, or read a Christmas book, or tried any new crafts or recipes, but the camaraderie over on the Magical Holiday Home forums has been amazing! I love my MHH sisters! We have talked about just about everything to do with Christmas decor, baking, celebrations, traditions, favorites, and learned a whole lot about hygge. It's been wonderful.
I have a couple of Christmas in July treasures to share with you. The first is my annual Christmas in July card from my BFF Jodie. She knows how much I love Christmas in July and always helps me commemorate it in my scrapbook album with her beautiful cards. This year's is just adorable.
I love the candy canes tilted into a heart on the gingerbread house!
My second treasure is a group of treasures from the Magical Holiday Home Christmas in July 2019 Ornament Swap. This is my third year to participate and I'm building up quite a collection. The one requirement of the swap is that you make the ornaments yourself - this year there were six participants so we each got five ornaments plus the bonus snowman for participating.
Clockwise from left to right: Miss JoDee's Bringing Home the Tree red truck (what you can't see is that the trunk of the tree is a piece of cinnamon stick so it smells divine), Michelle's 'Tis the Season hoop with beautifully embroidered roses, the snowman head gift for participating, GrammaDeb's beautifully crochet-covered round ball, Lana's Santa square, and Mrs. Soup's Jingle Trio
Thank you, Lana, for organizing another great swap!
I forgot to take a photo before I sent mine out but I made the Scandinavian Stars that I learned to make with my Sisterchicks at our reunion in Minnesota in 2017.
Here's one I made in Minnesota, my swap stars were in Christmas colors. You can find the directions here.
I hope you had some Christmas in July fun. Shout out to my fellow bloggers who shared some fun Christmas posts this month:
What makes me happy (25 days of favorite ornaments!)
Christmas is only 148 days away!
Only 148 days! How is that possible! But you have certainly gotten me in the mood to start planning a little more seriously! 🎄🎄🎄
ReplyDeleteAww, the ornaments from the swap are so cute and such a variety. Love the card from your friend. A blogger that I read makes those stars (and she lives about 2 miles away from me so we've met in person!). Now that I know two people that make them and have seen how cute they are I think I'll give them a try! Hope to hear from you in the coming weeks. I've so enjoyed catching up!
ReplyDeleteI'm late coming here but thanks you for hosting CIJ at MHH. I love all the ornaments you gals made - they are lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card your friend gave you - a friend like that is precious.