Our kids always hit the ground running when holidays roll around, all eager to 'make stuff' and do things that the demands of the school term haven't allowed for. They have all been enthusiastically creating.

Miss 17 has most helpfully taken on the task of gift wrapping, priding herself on making each a little different.

She has also declared her intention to learn how to crochet and as her first project has chosen to make a double bed blanket - she doesn't do things in halves! It is currently 240 chain long and 1" wide. Photographic evidence of progress to follow at a later date :) 

The boy has been madly folding origami Christmas ornaments from old French texts to sell at a local pop-up market.

He has been selling his kusudama too. He first began making these 

a couple of years ago

, and has refined his skills to a point that I can't match and others are willing to pay for!

This is his (and my) first market experience, and he is quickly learning the intricacies of maintaining adequate stock, filling custom orders and balancing his till at the end of the morning! His customers have been very kind and encouraging. I suspect he is quietly busting to have an 'origami'free' day to indulge in Minecraft!

Our littlest bloss has been keeping our strength up with morning tea chocolate creations.

She has also been beavering away in her room making gifts for family. It is such a pleasure for us all to see her returned to her happy, creative self after such a tough year with sickness.

And me? Well I'm mostly racing about like a lunatic as is apparently normal at this time of year. But just occasionally I find a quiet spot and a few minutes to stitch the bind on

my latest little quilt

.