Thursday, December 20, 2007

Here is what Aaron and I made for Christmas gifts this year.

gift

Aaron turned the acorn and mushroom ornaments on his lathe and I made the teacup candles.

teacup

I found the teacups at yardsales and flea markets throughout the year. Here are pictures of how I made the teacup candles.

acorn

Aaron stained the top of the acorns and mushrooms and added the hooks to finish them off. Here are a few pictures of Aaron making the ornaments.

mushrooms

I love the mushrooms. I have plans for him to make more for me to paint. I hope our friends like their gifts this year!

17 comments:

Cecilie said...

Those gifts are so neat!! I didn't even get around to cards this year. I admire your ability to get stuff done.

And I LOVE the little mushrooms. So cute!

Christine said...

What great ideas!

Mrs. Spaghetti Bender said...

I love the acorn. I would buy tons of those to put on my Christmas tree. So cute! Would also have been great if you could have engrave or burn the year on them.

What a great idea!

Erika said...

i love the acorns!! you should consider an etsy shop or something that would get an acorn or two in my hands. :) awesome.

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Anonymous said...

Jenny,

I love it all! I look forward to seeing your "theme" every year and this one is great! Love the candles too- you're the best!

ljc said...

Thank you!

I think we just might start up an Etsy Shop... I will certainly post about it if we do!

kristinknits said...

Those are great! Super cute them this year.

Mandy said...

Great job! I'm sure your friends will like them. I am very impressed by the wood ornaments; love the acorn!

Guitar Widow said...

How creative. I made your apple butter for a 2nd time this year. Your presents sure beat our annual cookies.

Lisa-Marie Jordan said...

Those are all so wonderful! You two did a great job!

Sandy said...

The teacup candles remind me of delicious strawberry sorbet!

Liz said...

I LOVE the cute little acorn! How much time did it take to do an acorn/mushroom?

I also adore the teacup candle. Tooooo cute!!!

Firesong said...

So, So Precious! I love it all. I love the fact that you guys make your gifts each year. I look forward to your "theme" every year. I absolutely love the teacups.

Firesong said...

You must see these free knitted mushroom patterns over at Kathrynivy.com. The look right up your alley.
http://kathrynivy.com/patterns/free/myriad-mushrooms/

ljc said...

liz - it took Aaron about half an hour to do an ornament start to finish.

firesong - thanks for the link!

Pixie said...

I would totally buy Aaron'n'Jenny acorns & mushrooms from your etsy shop.

Anonymous said...

you're such a celeb...saw your project on CasaSugar!!