Crafting: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Before Christmas, I go hyper-crafting. dh’s family calls it smelting, after the infamous SNL sketch with Victoria Jackson and Paul Simon, Desert Island Christmas. After about 24 hours of crafting, I now present you Crafting: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

The good includes quick projects that I made for the kids.

quilting sewing stitching smelting craft

The bad includes the local supply store carrying merchandise for Valentine’s Day before Christmas even arrives. I tweeted about it and then tweeted again about what is not pictured below, on the other end of the aisle — the one with St. Patrick’s Day merchandise. I kid you not. I want to enjoy the current season, thank you. Keep that stuff away until the month before, please.

displays of valentine merchandise before christmas is wrong

The ugly includes injuries to my fingers. And to my dh’s finger, too. I have cuts all over my thumb and index finger, meaning little flaps of skin snagging on everything I brush. Ow. But no photo — it just doesn’t show up well.