Christmas this year at our house was a little different than in years past. My mom had jokingly (or so I had thought) mentioned the idea months ago that maybe we should home-make our gifts this year... Imagine my surprise when I opened this little beauty.
Yes, it's an embroidered, personalized pillowcase. That's Miss Muffet, sitting on her tuffet, eating curds & whey while a spider appears beside her there on the hem of my pillowcase. Isn't it awesome?! (For those of you who don't know, Miss Muffet (or Muff) was my nickname when I was little. I use it as a user name and/or email address whenever possible.) I absolutely love my mom - for a myriad of reasons - but that she'd think of making me a personalized pillowcase for Christmas, and then search high and low for an appropriately adorable Muff makes my heart just melt. She rocks - and so does my new pillowcase.
3 comments:
Your mom is the greatest! That's beautiful!
Oooh! Vintage!
It was actually the gift given but as I started writing about how I'd given it to Matt, I realized that it had come in his stocking, and should one of my kiddos, namely Brandon, read the blog, the whole Santa gig would be up.
I love your pillowcase, and I love the idea of giving handmade gifts!
I think that is so cool. What a fantastic keepsake.
I'm with your mom. I love making handmade items to give away as gifts. However I do not have her ability to finish on time. I started to crochet an afghan for my sister's baby when I found out she was pregnant. I just finished it a few months ago. The baby is now 4 years old.
My grandma was always making handmade things for us growing up. I was a brat and didn't appreciate it as a child; now they are the most precious things to me.
So go Ms. Muffet's mom! You rock!
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