Ewe Boots - A Local Christmas

 My lovely friend Stephanie (& coincidentally my Makers Market date) took some pictures of us in the fall and got these great shots of Ava's Ewe boots.  

Does she not have the best little hands?

Ewe boots are locally handmade slipper boots for children and adults using recycled quality materials(wool, cashmere, leather). I got Ava's pair at the Etsy Maritime Makers Market, blogged about it here if you're interested!

 

These are the Ewe boots on my wish list :)

 

Owner, Jaqueline MacDougall makes all these booties and sells them in one of her Etsy shops (visit here). Her earth conscious life style and her sons rare condition was the start to salvaging old sweaters and jackets to make these cozy slippers with care using materials that don't irritate the skin.

Go shop and read more and Jaqueline's story on her Etsy page! She also has another shop called Hug a Bug with some extra cute accessories that are on A-Babys Christmas list *hint* *hint*.

The little wooden figurines you see in the photos are from the Black Market in Halifax and are currently on their list of holiday gifts under $5!

Try to spread some local joy this Christmas! May it be a small reminder that we all work hard to balance and provide for our loved ones especially this time of year.

Thank you for reading!

Christmas Tree Pom Poms

We have finally put a dent into the Christmas decorations at home! It's been a three day journey finding white lights for the windows and I'm happy to have the hard part over with - temper tantrums were thrown.

Walmart recalled all their lights, Costco was sold out, Bought some from Canadian tire... broke.. by the time we went back the next day, sold out. Between that and the Destiny's Child Christmas they've had on repeat at work since the beginning of November I almost went Scrooge.

To make up for the lost time I made really quick and easy tree decorations with left over tule. Didn't leave the house and didn't spend a dime!

 

 I love making tule tutu's for A-Baby and I had some leftover white from her first birthday to make a tutu for her Christmas pictures.

 

You can probably get a good idea of how easy it is to make with this picture. I cut tule into strips, folded them and tied them in loop knots around an elastic waistband from the dollar store.  

 

 

 With the leftover, leftover tule I made these little Christmas tree poms poms!

 

 

To make just fold the tule in layers. Doesn't matter how much, I like the way the varying sized turned out.

 

 

Tie string around the middle, tie a double knot and leave enough string on the ends to hang it on the tree.

 

 

Cut the loop free on each end and voila!

 

 

Last Christmas I spray painted homemade salt clay handprints - It made decorating the tree extra special this year showing A-Baby and seeing how big her hand has grown! You can visit the link here.

 

Thanks for reading!