Do you know where your jewels are?

I saw these instructions for a jewelry frame online:



At our local Goodwill outlet store, I found some picture frames with missing glass, so they were perfect for my misguided purpose...

I have to admit that I did not look at the actual instructions. I just saw the pictures, crocheted a very simple lace-type rectangle, and attached it to the first frame.

My first jewelry frame would be a Christmas present for my daughter and came out quite lovely:



The hardest part was tacking (or nailing) the crocheted fabric to the back of the frame. My husband and a friend, who happened to stay with us at the time, helped to stretch and tack. And the result was quite lovely!

I had two more frames of similar sizes and crocheted two more rectangles. Gotta get DH to get the staple gun out again...

Presents, felted and non-felted or: I felt your presents 2

Like I said before, everybody got homemade gifts from our house this year. Here are a few samples...

• socks for my daughter

• a jewelry frame for my daughter

• socks for my husband

• a purse (can also be a pillow case) for my friend Wanda

• a felted bowl-set for my friend Ria

• a felted bag for Mary

• a grocery bag for Susan

• a scarf for Carol

• a scarf for Dey

• I had made a similar scarf for Chris a few weeks ago for her birthday

• and more...
• and, most importantly, lots of cookies changed hands
  

Everybody was very kind and pretended to appreciate the gifts :).

Merry Christmas!