So, I made our stockings a few days ago, and they were fine, pretty good for my first ever sewing machine adventure. However, I thought they needed a little something else, so I set to work making some decorations for them out of yarn.

Using the technique I told you about here on how to make yarn-wrapped wooden letters, I cut out an “M” and “W” from some scrap cardboard and wrapped them up in some still-leftover red yarn. (Turns out when you aren’t actually knitting, yarn lasts a long time, especially when you buy the value-size!)

Then I made a few extra yarn pom-poms, like I did for this garland.

Then I sewed those all on to each stocking to give them a little more character.

Much better than the plain ones, no?

Also, for those of you keeping track, here’s how the Christmas list currently looks. I added a few “to-do’s” at the bottom that aren’t really craft or decor related, but still, they should be accounted for somewhere.

• Burlap tree skirt
• NOEL letters (NOEL)
• New stockings
• Buy stocking hangers
• Burlap Pillow
• Mistletoe (Real? Fake? DIYed?)
• Mistletoe pillow (From old shirt)
• Yarn ornaments
• Christmas card display
• Wreath for front door
• Paper snowflake garland (I hung them on windows, but it still counts)
• Handmade ornament for Hubs (it’s a secret, shhh!)
• Garland or banner for the mantle, other fireplace decor
• Find the perfect place for the tree, decorate it!
• Get some sort of real tree/garland/wreath
• Christmas prints for some existing frames
• Lights on the outside of our house
• Other random projects from my Pinterest Christmas page

• Buy and wrap all the presents
• Send Christmas cards
• Yarn garland
• Read Christmas books and watch the Peanuts Christmas movie
• Make new travel plans for our light-viewing trip
• Make homemade chex mix
• Make Christmas candy or goodies to share with friends and families
• Make something and deliver it to our neighbors?