Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Initially Yours

I recently shared my love of monograms with you and some of the finds I made at Etsy and Artfire.  I decided this year's Christmas ornament would be the first letter of each person's name.  For those outside the family, I would  make one ornament for the entire family using the first letter of their last name. My family tree will include the letters M- Molly, C- Callie, L - Levi, S- Sam, N - Natalia, K - Ken, C - Cindi, A - Arlene, J - John, A- Ammi,  E - Ethan, A - Aaron, T - Tami, T - Tory, E, Emily, and  T - Tanner.  I know it's a lot of letters, but they go very quickly.




My materials were easy to come by as well.  Our $ Tree had these gigantic stockings made of felt so I picked up 2 of those.  I free-handed each letter onto the felt using a Sharpie.  I used my sharp sewing scissors to cut out a double thickness of each letter.  I sewed random buttons and other bits of bling onto the "front" of a single thickness of the letter using embroidery floss or thread.  I followed that up with a blanket stitch all the way around to attach both pieces of each letter to each other.  I finished each letter with a piece of narrow ribbon at the top for hanging.




Total time (for 1 letter) from beginning to end: approx. 45 minutes.  I completed several while watching Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas and White Christmas, 2 Christmas classics.  You could easily get some of these made for your tree or to give a Christmas gift that personal touch in just a few hours.  If you have any to spare!  I'd love to see what you come up with if you do give this a try.




Merry Christmas!

5 comments:

  1. This is something I want to do as well.... seeing your name in print is kind of cool!
    Good Job, Friend!

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  2. I LIKE that idea! That'll have to be my next year's gifting idea - I hope you'll remind us - you did a great job!!

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  3. You are so crafty!! I love it! And to think I just spent almost $30 on ornaments for everyone's initials at Kohl's and I could've made them myself!!! UGH!!

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  4. those turned out soooooooo cute !Love these!! you should sell them!!!

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  5. So crafty, wonderful idea! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

    Happy Holidays!

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