Hello everyone!  It’s black Friday here, but you’ll find me nowhere near a store today!  I am happily home, updating my website, soon to be crafting and later teaching, as I digest the lovely dinner we had at Seattle’s Sorrento Hotel last night!  They had WWI and Roaring 20’s era menus displayed along the walls, and I captured the image of one of them below.

I haven’t been online much in the past week as I worked furiously to complete the following sewing and paper craft projects to send to my family in New York for their Thanksgiving table.

First up, the coasters with a guest appearance by my new Douglas squirrel ornament!  Fabric backdrop is organic Birch Fabrics purchased at Purl Soho when we were in NYC in May.  Pattern is from one of my favorite books, Last Minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts.  The acorn fabric was purchased at West Seattle Fabric Co.

Next up, my napkins!  The fabric is from Timeless Treasures, also purchased at West Seattle Fabric Co.

Check out my mitered corners!

No Big Dill’s gorgeous website provided the tutorial for getting these just right.  Check out Katy’s website and you won’t be sorry!  It’s a feast for the eyes.

Here are all the napkins rolled up and presented in their lovely wrapping!  For these tags, I used My Favorite Things wine tag die, Impression Obsession leaf dies, “Thanks” die from Paper Smootches, Gina K. Cocoa paper, and corrugated card stock for the base.  Some burlap ribbon and sequins provide finishing touches.

I also used this wonderful negative die cut for my World Cardmaking Day card, here.

You can see in this photo the 3-D effect I created on the tags with sentiment and leaf.

Next up, are the chocolate gift wrappers!

For these, I used Papertrey Ink’s Lunchbox notes die, Boutique Borders die, and coordinating stamp.  The sentiment is from WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals set.

All of the chocolate gift wraps have different paper inside—for this one above, I used the birch embossed paper from Ellen Hutson and colored it with Distress Inks “Walnut” to match the stamp.

My mom received the special one, originally featured here, since it was just her birthday!  I packaged up some leaf confetti as well to spread on the table!

Finally, I gave them some felted acorns (which I did not make), packaged in a kraft pillow box that I embellished with the Neat & Tangled Simple Christmas stamp set.  I was a bit heavy-handed with the pine cone and bough!  It is a bit hard to see, but the white winter berries are embellished with some glittery embossing powder.

My little leaf-jumping squirrel sketch (originally posted here) found a home on this card that accompanied the gift.  The bottom is adorned with an EK punch.

I am so thankful you stopped by to view my creations!  Your comments and questions are much appreciated!

I hope your Thanksgiving, if you are in the States, was fulfilling and that you are carving some time (and maybe some left-over turkey!) to create today!