Another Great Year to Come

Hello everyone.  I know I have been quiet here for some time.  After giving birth, I have been very busy with many things.  I couldn't count the number of attempts I made to write a blog post, but I didn't succeed in doing so. Later in December, I had to focus more on breastfeeding our newborn, so I had to give up the internet and blogging.  Instead, whenever time allows (when the baby is sleeping), I choose to work on making crafts for our Christmas gifts.  See  the photos of the crafts we made below. I'll try to post the tutorials for the crafts soon.  Please give me a bit more time for that.  The children were so excited about the season's celebration and being spoiled with gifts from friends and relatives.

I have set up our Christmas tree in our homeschool room.  It was decorated with my kids' crafts that we worked on.

I had no supply of Christmas wrappers. Having no time to go out and buy, I just used my creativity to wrap these gifts. Sometimes (most of the time), I needed to wrap a gift for someone and ended up having no wrapper for the gift.

Key chains made from hardened clay.  This is a no cook recipe.  Head on to this post for the tutorial.  We also used some of these as ornaments for our Christmas tree.

I have made lots of these because I had a lot of friends waiting for my Christmas gift.  Added some spark to pens.  Crafty pen tutorial here.

Handmade journal book.

This has kept me busy these past few weeks, in addition to doing our household chores and caring for my four children.  I haven't had time to go out, which could help maintain my sanity. I'm just thankful that I can still work on crafting.  If not, I'd go crazy- or maybe I already am!

We started this year facing tough situations.  Instead of worrying, we try to see what God wants us to do. It is to get closer to Him - to know what He wants us to do and to find His will.  God's plan is always perfect and is the best thing we can ever have.  I am expecting another great year to come.