make and SEND Christmas presents

i have plans for what to do with my stuff from pottery.

-Me: Red Pen Cup and water caraffe/cup.
-Mom: Snakeskin Jar and Porcelantern
-Dad and Mary: 2 of the Nicest of the Blue Mugs + mexican cocoa mix and home made marshmallows. (?)
-Guys at work: Porcelain Bell ornaments, M,R,S,V, (ferns) tied to bags of cookies.
-Zann and Richard: Porcelain thrown bell (in box)

I am just in the begining of my christmas card making, which is really when my thought processing starts to happen around christmas presenting… which is i understand a little belated.
Cards are looking good, i think i’m going to be doing ‘manual clip art’ as in cutting randoms out of magazines and glueing them onto my blank cards (my supplies including 70 envelopes and 44 sheets of cardstock that i’m folding in half cost a total of 4.00 plus tax at the japanese import store!!!)

I have lots of mugs, pots and a lantern for my momma that i made in my ceramics class this fall for people nearby. I’ve decided that my christmas prezzies for the munchkins that live with my sister will be a 2 part thing… part 1 is a character that i make for each of them… and a fill in the blank letter with a bunch of questions for them to answer on them. I’ll use the info to then develop a story about the character that i’ll write into a story book and illustrate myself. If i have my act together i think i’ll be able to get the books done for each of their birthdays… I’m pretty excited about that project because its kind of a way to keep up to date on them and what they like, and how they are growing up. Its hard to be away from them.

I think the only one that i’m going to buy something for is my nephew who i am planning to send something really cool and olympics-y. A cool tshirt that he can wear during the events etc. and maybe a mixed cd of some west coast musicians…?

my mom is another story.
I’m going to start making creatures and then i’ll worry some more about that…
oh yeah, and homemade marshmallows and crackers for the guys at work. :)

Its going to be a very busy month but i’m loving it!
Lets see how stressed out i get. :P