Thanksgiving is this Thursday, and you know what that means! Holiday season will soon be in high gear.
This year, my husband and I are putting in a real effort to make and
buy as many handmade gifts as possible. Judging from all of the
handmade holiday action on the web, it seems that we’re not alone.
The ladies at Sew Mama Sew are running a fantastic series on their blog- Handmade Holidays, 30 days of gifts to sew.
Each day features links to projects (all available for free at
various blogs and craft sites) with a different theme. I haven’t
started actually *making* anything yet, but I have found the perfect
gift for almost everyone on my list through this series. Thanks gals!
Buy Handmade: Take the handmade pledge!
From their website: “The ascendancy of chain store culture and
global manufacturing has left people all dressing, furnishing, and
decorating alike. The connection between producer and consumer has been
lost. Buying handmade helps them reconnect. We created the pledge as a
call to action for consumers to be conscious of how they spend their
money this holiday season. We want people, whenever possible, to
support independent creators and shop outside the big boxes.”
At first, I thought that it would be difficult to go all handmade
with two little boys in the house who have visions of toy trains and
yu-gi-oh cards dancing in their heads. But as we’ve gone over their
lists, we’ve found that nearly everything (with the exception of the
aforementioned yu-gi-oh cards) can be handmade with a little creativity
and effort!
So, I think, since I didn’t see any Chris Cringle on the pledge
list, we’ll ask him to bring the yu-gi-oh cards, and the rest will be
handmade from mom and dad. Our boys may not appreciate it much now, but
I think they will some day.
