Making?!

I had a small space in between the flu and sphenoiditis in which I actually finished a bathmat. Yes, this is big news! This past summer, John's mom bought some bathmats and fabric for me to decorate bathmats for the new house. Did I make them for Mother's Day? No. Did I make them for her 70th birthday? No. Did I make them as a Thank You for All the Amazing Things You've Done gift? No.

BUT.

I did make them before a year had passed, so that's something. :)

As long as I was decorating bathmats, I threw in a couple of potholders for good measure.

Since Sarah and Bryan were going to be in town for Christmas, I had grand plans to make her something, too. I asked her if she'd want a decorated bathmat or perhaps a doodle. She responded, "A doodle, if you have time!" What I asked what she'd want me to doodle, she asked for a family portrait doodle, based on a family picture.

So, I ignored her and made a bathmat.

Just kidding. I made a paint-a-doodle, too. (While making it, I realized it's been almost seven years since I last made one of these little portrait doodles and almost TWELVE years since I doodled a little one of our family....only six children ago. Ulp.)








I took a few liberties. ;)

Look for another doodle a mere seven years from now! And now I can check three Christmas gifts off my list with, oh, about twenty still to go. No big deal.