Handmade Presents Part 2.

These are the handmade gifts I made my boys for Christmas.  

I'm missing a picture of one more item. So I'll add that with Part 3. :) 

For my sweet baby Ben, I made:

(I also made the blanket for my SIL's SIL"s new baby boy...did you catch all that??!..LOL!)

For Ben, I added a couple of pillows:

That's a baby body pillow (! so tiny and cute!) and the long skinny one is for under his neck. He needs to sleep with something tucked under his neck to keep his head positioned properly due to his low-tone. Up until now, we had been using receiving blankies rolled up. I decided to make him a fancy neck roll thing and he seems to like it :)

I made the blanket (and pillows) out of a super cute flannel I found at the local fabric store and the softest minky (first time sewing with minky...super fun!) also from the fabric store. Did you guys know that minky is $15 the yard??!! Lucky for me I got 50% off :) 

I added the "B" to customize it just for Ben. I think it really added a lot to a very simple blankie :)

For my oldest, Noah, I painted a family of wooden peg dolls:

and put them into a cute lil box from the DS, (thanks for the box Luc!) I admit that I didn't do the greatest job EVER, but I tried and I feel pretty proud of them. 

I made one of each of the four grandparents, two girl cousins, and us. See the *ahem* "busty" dolly with the peter pan collar...that's me :). Beside me is baby Ben, then Noah, and the one in the blue button up is my Husband. On my side is my mom and dad. Next to Carlos (hubs) is his dad and mom and the cousins. 

Noah loved it! He just likes looking at them and telling me who each person is. It's so cute :) Problem is, I didn't make the whole family (we're A LOT) and the first thing he asked is when the rest will be done. So now I have to make 4 Uncles, 3 Aunts, and 3 more Cousins....phew. His birthday's in March, I should be able to do it by then!

That's all I have to show you today. I'm missing one, but I'll show you later. Coincidentally, it's the one that gets most use and the one I'm proudest of. I also think you guys will like it and probably want a tutorial. Soooo, I'm already working on one for ya :)

I know things have been slow around here, so I really appreciate you guys hanging around and reading my lil' blog. Your presence makes me smile, as do your sweet words!

"See" you again soon. Have a GREAT weekend! xoxo