ScrapHappy - December 2025

    Welcome to Scrap Happy Day where we post about the scrappy projects we've worked on over the past month.   

Be sure to check out what everyone else has done with their scraps this month - Kate, Eva, Sue, Lynda, Birthe, Turid, Tracy, Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys, Claire, Jean, Dawn, Gwen, Sunny, Kjerstin, SueL,  Vera, Ann, Dawn2, Carol,  Preeti, Viv, Karrin, Amo, Alissa, Tierney, and Hannah

One of the things that I'm working on doing this year is actually finishing up projects as I come across them as I reorganize and go through things in my stash and my mom's stash.  This month that has meant I've worked on the following projects:

First up was working with some remnants of outdoor upholstery fabric bought several years ago.  These had never made it into the box with the rest of the upholstery remnants and fabric that I bought years ago for tote bags.   Size of the bags vary and were determined by the size of the remnant.   Plans are to donate the bags to a charity that works with low income women that I frequently donate to.

1 bag made from this fun butterfly print

One bag from this lovely teal floral print.

Had two pieces of this grey floral, so two bags were made.

Next up were these two zippered bags.   The fabric was a pre-quilted fabric with a fun rainbow stripe on the reverse side.  Zippers from the stash were used and the bottoms were boxed so they'd stand up.   Haven't decided if I'll keep these or give them as gifts at some point.

Part of the fabric had a misprint so I covered that up with some white ribbon, and then used that on the inside of the second bag.

Gratitudes:
1. 2nd 5K race is in the books.

2. Weather is cooling off which is good as I up my walking so that I can continue to lose weight.

Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Blog Hop 2025 - My Day

  Today's my day on the hop.  

First up is this gnome baking some gingerbread cookies.

While I don't remember ever cooking cookies growing up, and very rarely doing so once I moved out (any cookie dough usually got eaten before being cooked...lol). I do like gingerbread cookies.   Here are links to a couple of recipes that sound good.  Nope I won't be making them this year, I'm in the midst of making lifestyle changes so that I can drop over 100 pounds in order to have hernia repair surgery w/o a 50-50% chance of failure.  =(

https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/best-gingerbread-cookies/

https://www.lovefromtheoven.com/gingerbread-cookies/

And for this blog hop, I couldn't resist making a little wallhanging with another gnome to hang in my office.

This dapper fellow just decided that he needed to bake some gingerbread cookies for his Christmas party.    All fabrics used were either from my prefused fabric scraps or the scrap fabric bins.  

Batting was also a scrap that was exactly the size of the wallhanging....gotta love it when that happens.

The cookies started life as jewelry findings found at Hobby Lobby.  The band on the hat is scrunched up Christmas trim that I bought at some point in the past....I've no idea how many years ago.

This fellow will stay around through January or February because I don't have another one made to put up.

Gratitudes:

1. Vacation is coming up shortly - 11 days off in December, work 10 days........I can live with that!

2. Officially 20% of the way to losing the amount of weight the surgeon has told me I need to lose before getting the hernia repaired.