3 months until Christmas

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:08:18 GMT, Elizabeth Young
wrote:

Taria wrote:
Just in case Ragmop is busy today I wanted to remind everyone
it is 3 months til Christmas. How are the presents coming
along?
Taria


aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

liz young in sunny california


*Hands Liz a towel*

Now you know where your towel is, that's the important thing.

NightMist
"Don't Panic!"
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

Not a chance..I keep track of who gave what that ends up in the re-gift
pile. For example, the coat was given by Mother's "boyfriend" and will
go to DH's father. They have never and will never meet, so there isn't
a chance of anybody finding anything out.

L

Diana Curtis wrote:

I personally dont regive them as occasion gifts.. such as birthday or
Christmas, but do give them as gifts for no reason. I like things to have a
good home, and if its not me thats ok. If they make someone else happy thats
ok.
If you and your family feel comfortable with regifting then do it. Your
life, your rules. Is there any chance that anyone will ever find out that
you regifted their gift, or that they were given a regifted gift and be
offended? That would be the only reason I would choose not to do it. In that
case the unwanted gift would end up in a garage sale in a few years. LoL
Diana

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"CNYstitcher" wrote in message
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Just a question for the masses:

Does anybody else here "re-gift" items that they got but have no use or
desire for?? DH was given a jacket that he would never wear, but that
his father would, so that is our Christmas gift to him. Our niece is
old enough for porcelain dolls, so she is getting the very first one
that I was given (not to worry, there are plenty for Rebekah to have
when she is old enough)........

I don't think I relaly have any Christmas presents to *make* except for
pajama bottoms for DH that match the pajamas that i just made for DS,
but that will only take about an hour or so to do.

Larisa

Taria wrote:


Just in case Ragmop is busy today I wanted to remind everyone
it is 3 months til Christmas. How are the presents coming
along?
Taria

Yup, this year Taria is only gonna work on my xmas quilt.

--
LN in NH
a crazy quilter * hand quilter * & hand appliquér
all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts!
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"Taria" wrote in message
...
I have a real nice large wall quilt and a mess of small Christmas
wall hangings. I'm like Wendy myself. I cut way back on the
presents years ago. I think of Sandy on the 25th of most
months though. VBG
Taria

I personally dont regive them as occasion gifts.. such as birthday or
Christmas, but do give them as gifts for no reason. I like things to have a
good home, and if its not me thats ok. If they make someone else happy thats
ok.
If you and your family feel comfortable with regifting then do it. Your
life, your rules. Is there any chance that anyone will ever find out that
you regifted their gift, or that they were given a regifted gift and be
offended? That would be the only reason I would choose not to do it. In that
case the unwanted gift would end up in a garage sale in a few years. LoL
Diana

--
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"CNYstitcher" wrote in message
...
Just a question for the masses:

Does anybody else here "re-gift" items that they got but have no use or
desire for?? DH was given a jacket that he would never wear, but that
his father would, so that is our Christmas gift to him. Our niece is
old enough for porcelain dolls, so she is getting the very first one
that I was given (not to worry, there are plenty for Rebekah to have
when she is old enough)........

I don't think I relaly have any Christmas presents to *make* except for
pajama bottoms for DH that match the pajamas that i just made for DS,
but that will only take about an hour or so to do.

Larisa

Taria wrote:

Just in case Ragmop is busy today I wanted to remind everyone
it is 3 months til Christmas. How are the presents coming
along?
Taria

Yup. See how calm I am? Say, I seem to have misplaced a 700-piece lego set.
Might you have one handy I could borrow?

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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"NightMist" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:08:18 GMT, Elizabeth Young
wrote:

Taria wrote:
Just in case Ragmop is busy today I wanted to remind everyone
it is 3 months til Christmas. How are the presents coming
along?
Taria


aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

liz young in sunny california


*Hands Liz a towel*

Now you know where your towel is, that's the important thing.

NightMist
"Don't Panic!"
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

Wendy, hear, hear!!

I used to "make" many gifts and ultimately found the pressure
just too ridiculous and stopped it. There is usually one quilt a
year to be bound and wrapped for Christmas...not too much of a
burden. The rest will have to wait.

Little ones grow up way too fast, and they don't care whether
gifts are homemade or not. They'll remember afternoons spent
baking cookies with mom, or decorating, much longer than Grampa
will remember his hand quilted tie!

Cheers,

lynne in Toronto




frood wrote:

I used to spend every waking minute rushing to get Christmas gifts made.
Then DH gently reminded me that I wasn't spending any time with the family,
and we were missing out on doing fun stuff. I realized that was more
important, and really scaled back on making gifts. I still make some, but
only what I really really want to, not out of obligation. We have a much
more relaxed and fun season, going out to see the lights, making cookies,
cranking up the holiday tunes and romping round the house, decorating! Maybe
this year we'll make some cards - Spike and Giles are old enough to help
with that.

That said, I am planning to do some of those easy coasters this year! G

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Wendy
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"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
...
Its not time to panic! Keep your heads and K.I.S.S....that is.. keep it
simple, silly!
This is not the time to plan to make everyone of those 15 adored
grandchildren a hand quilted quilt. Not everyone on your list of beloved
relatives expect you to wear yourself down to nothing for a quilty gift.
How about this? You have an Uncle you adore who appreciates good wine.
Why
not make him a wine tote and a simple wine bottle charm, presented to him
with a decent bottle of wine inside? Your MIL isnt big into quilts but
loves
table runners that are seasonal. How bout create a simple one for an
occasion she might not have thought of...say...talk like a pirate day.
Ok, you promised the younger members of your family quilts. No getting
out
of it. Make the tops and promise the quilting will be done by their next
birthday.
But.. the most important part is.. dont panic! No one will love you less
if
your gift is late, or just in the planning stage.
Ok, now get to work!
Diana, times awastin for me too! lol

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"Elizabeth Young" wrote in message
news:mFCcb.575471$Ho3.106800@sccrnsc03...
Taria wrote:
Just in case Ragmop is busy today I wanted to remind everyone
it is 3 months til Christmas. How are the presents coming
along?
Taria


aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

liz young in sunny california

I love and miss Lego blocks. I have a LOT of DS's in the garage.
I may borrow the grand nephews and drag them out when those
boys get a bit older.
Taria


frood wrote:

Yup. See how calm I am? Say, I seem to have misplaced a 700-piece lego set.
Might you have one handy I could borrow?

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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"NightMist" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:08:18 GMT, Elizabeth Young
wrote:

Taria wrote:
Just in case Ragmop is busy today I wanted to remind everyone
it is 3 months til Christmas. How are the presents coming
along?
Taria


aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

liz young in sunny california


*Hands Liz a towel*

Now you know where your towel is, that's the important thing.

NightMist
"Don't Panic!"
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

Julia said:

I make
quilted gift bags.

I've made a few gift bags, but out of curiosity, do youhappen to have a pattern
or instructions, Julia?

I make simple bags with ties, and can probably do some quiltie ones without a
pattern, but I am beginning to notice more and more that its simply easier with
pattern or instructions (i.e. - I'm more inclined if I don't have to mess with
making a pattern first or there are solid directions - I know its silly, but
there you are).

Merry


Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once
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frood wrote:

Yup. See how calm I am? Say, I seem to have misplaced a 700-piece lego set.
Might you have one handy I could borrow?

Oh, you lost the small set? Haven't got that here, just the jumbo set
that fills 3 40 litre wheeled stacking crates and half a living room!


Part of the refurbishment of James's room includes a whole wall of
shelves and a set of plastic boxes for the Lego kits! I need the space
they occupy in the living room for a book case to hold DVDs and tapes!
I also reckon if each kit has a box, and all the boxes are reachable on
shelves, he'll be able to play with it a lot more than if it's stacked
in boxes in the living room and he gets yelled at every time I tread on
it!

Why is it that the yellow bricks have sharper corners than all the
others?

I will re-use the Lego's stack boxes for fabric stash!

--
Kate XXXXXX
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

NightMist wrote:

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:08:18 GMT, Elizabeth Young
wrote:


Taria wrote:

Just in case Ragmop is busy today I wanted to remind everyone
it is 3 months til Christmas. How are the presents coming
along?
Taria


aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

liz young in sunny california



*Hands Liz a towel*

Now you know where your towel is, that's the important thing.

NightMist
"Don't Panic!"


Yep.

42

all better now

liz young in perpertually sunny california