Today was early Christmas with Big D's family as his Dad and Step Mom, R and Tiny T, are going away to Mexico over Christmas. We drove to Tiny T's mom's place in Brandon for a wonderful day of gifts, far too much food and lots of laughs.
Big D bought me a new Kitchen Aid coffee maker with every bell and whistle imaginable. The coffee maker I had before worked just fine but was very basic. I wanted to get one that had a timer to set on it so my coffee would be ready to go in the morning. It has that along with a removable water tank, filter, reusable basket and self cleaning mode. He also got me a new alarm clock that charges and plays my iPod. Yes, there is a trend of me having a hard time getting up in the mornings but hopefully these two things will make it a little easier!
My brand new coffee maker!!
We got his dad some personalized autographed pictures from two of the former Winnipeg Jets. If you're not familiar with the story, we lost our NHL hockey team many years ago. Just this year, we got them back and there have been many promotional opportunities since. Two of the big name players, Dale Hawerchuk and Bobby Hull were at my office building signing autographs. It seemed to be the perfect gift for the man who loves local sports teams but has just about everything. As for Tiny T, I made her a table topper in the same pattern as the many others I have been making. She loves anything purple, so when I saw this material I knew it was perfect for her.
Here's Tiny T with her Christmas gift!
A little while ago, when we were out for dinner for Big D's birthday, Tiny T's mom was chatting with me about all the crafting that I do. She made mention that she wouldn't mind trying her hand at quilting. I found a very lovely book with all the basics and a few nice projects that should be easy for her to complete. She was very pleased with it. I also made her a project organizer. My mom made one a few years back, which I now have along with the pattern for it. It's a very simple fabric outside with zip lock bags inside to organize multiple projects. I used some decorative ribbon for a tie closure instead of the velcro the pattern called for. My Mom used the velcro and over the years it has come loose. I thought the tie closure would be a little more durable in the long run.
Here she is with her book and her project organizer.
She wasn't the only one who received crafting gifts. I received a very lovely quilting ruler and a gift certificate to FabricLand! That will definitely help me with completing my Harry Potter quilt. I can't wait to start working on that but I must finish the last little bit of my Christmas sewing first.
Awesome gift ideas and very nice table topper for Tiny T :-) Sounds like Big D got you some very thoughtful gifts that should help, the smell of coffee in the morning is sometimes enough to get me awake. Hopefully we can meet up sometime during the season :-)
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