okra: Oozing Holiday Cheer

Last night, I finished the stockings project! Wow, they turned out pretty good, better than I was expecting. I think I figured out the sewing machine problems, and I managed to sew pretty straightly on the second one! Yay! I also added another run of green stitching on Keith's stocking with my new skillz. It looks a lot better, I think. I'll try to post some pictures today of the finished stockings.

We have a big holiday extravaganza today at work; we are having a catered brunch! It's going to be mostly breakfast fare, yum. I'm all about the free food. We are closing the office for two hours to have a gift exchange (I have the feeling there will be a lot of gag gifts ) and open up our stockings that we have been secretly filling for each other over the week. I have been putting candies and random little things in them, but last night I made each person a little gold origami crane ornament. I just folded the cranes and then strung them on red crochet thread. They turned out pretty cute and were so simple to make.

Last night I also wrapped some gifts that I was asked to get for our work study students at the office. It was a fun task. I got them some cute things from Target and wrapped them up in a candy-like striped paper and tied ornaments to the tops. I also picked up some cards at the last minute (I wrote in them this morning).

Ahh, it's so festive around here it could nearly drive a person mad. Good thing I'm a little crazy already. I'm hyper-happy.

P.S. I put my hair up in pigtails today and I'm wearing a shirt in my favorite color (Keith's mom gave it to me), which is also making me happy. Ahhh, a happy Friday indeed.