It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

Christmas is coming up pretty soon so we've been doing lots of Christmas-y things at our house.  Sewing has taken a bit of a backburner as a result.

We don't have snow but we have a Christmas Tree!

We took the kids to see Raffi at Roy Thomson Hall.   Hubby and I grew up listening to songs like Baby Beluga and Bananaphone.   Now our kids are listening to him.  It was a fantastic show!

Made a couple (or more...) trips to visit Santa

We mailed out our Christmas cards early this year.  I got some fantastic cards from Thunderpeep Designs, a local Toronto shop on ETSY.

We wrote letters to Santa

Then to practice his handwriting, Josh wrote Christmas cards for his classmates and we stuck some candy canes onto the envelopes.

I got presents for his teachers... nothing handmade this year but maybe next year with better planning!

In between all of that, we got a new front door!

Happy Christmas and hope you're spending some time with family,

Yellow Train Toddler Backpack

Earlier this November, I took my last toddler backpack order for the season.  This one is for my friend Monique's nephew.  He loves yellow so she asked me to make him a yellow backpack with a train on it.  It's been a while since I made the train but I still love it.

Planning it out

 
Finished product

 

Great to wear with yellow boots

Or spidey boots

I forgot to take a pic of the lining but I used stars and stripes like this one.

Time to get ready for Christmas and Free Shipping Day Canada on Wednesday December 12!

Recipe: Healthy Apple Breakfast Muffins

As the weather starts to get colder, I spend more time baking than sewing.  The other day I was reading my Style at Home magazine and saw this lovely pic of apple breakfast muffins.  So I decided to make some too. 

via www.styleathome.com

The recipe was easy enough to follow...just don't overmix!    Click here to get the recipe.



Pre and post baking



The true test is when you eat it



Don't be disappointed if your muffin looks like mine instead of theirs.  It's all the same when it's in your belly.



Verdict?   This can only be a breakfast muffin because it does taste very healthy (ie. not sweet at all).

Happy Baking!