Like most years, I like to make as many Christmas gifts as possible. This year was much better than last. It's been quite a bit less stressful this year than last (we were still settling into our last digs), but I tried to keep things as simple as possible. For the kiddos, I adopted Gabrielle's philosophy on gift giving. I didn't make anything for them this year. On my side of the family, we were in charge of giving to my younger sister and her husband. They'll be heading up here from Tuscan to celebrate Christmas and pick up their new puppy. So I thought I would make something appropriate for that. I lettered their names in frames (they can easily swap those out for photos), cut out an ampersand and made a leather collar for the new dog, Reese. I made a little tag with her name on it, but couldn't get it to attach to the buckle (hands too raw). Hopefully they can do that. The ampersand is really hard to photograph, it's clear 1/4 inch acrylic, but I love it. I actually made two so I can keep one and give the other away. (selfish much?) On Chris's side, I'm in charge of giving to my brother-in-law Steven and Chris was in charge of giving to my sister-in-law Rebecca. Steven just got his wallet stolen and absolutely loves bow ties so I made him a leather wallet (it's really thin!) and a leather bow tie out of the same leather I used for the wallet. I tried to tie the bow tie and didn't have much luck making it look good, but I'm terrible at tying fabric ones, I'm hoping he can get this one to look good. That was a bit of a gamble. He has also played a lot of guitar lately, so I got him Chris's favorite guitar tuner. Rebecca is a great sewer. She's made some really beautiful quilts and clothes. Chris is a bit clueless in this arena so I took care of the present for him. This was fun. I made her an acrylic ruler and got her an etsy gift card. What would I have done for the holidays without access to a laser cutter?! I want one all my own so badly. How are your holidays wrapping up? What things have you made? Are you surprising anyone this year with something big? I hope all of you have a fantastic Christmas!