I know that it seems early, but for a crafter Christmas sneaks up a lot earlier than a person realizes. I recently drafted my first "Crafting Wish-List" with miscellany that I turned up on the innertubes, and let me tell you--there is so much awesomeness out there waiting to be made that I don't really know where to start.
I, of course, got tons of ideas from Martha Stewart. Her website is really what started it all. I found this beautiful framed family tree template on her website, and immediately knew that I wanted to make this. Since I can never justify making pretty things for myself (and it seemed a little rude of me to make this just for my family since I live in my boyfriend's house) I thought I should make it for my parents. One subscription to Ancestry.com later, I know that I am descended from Ragnar Lodbrok and some guy named King Gandolf, which I think is the freaking coolest thing that has ever existed, ever.
My problem is that I have found more things that I want to make than I have people to give these things to. These cufflinks are rad--but I don't know a single person who wears cufflinks. Maybe I should give the boyfriend a set, along with a gorgeous French-cuffed shirt and some sexy suspenders, and my Christmas gift to myself will be reveling in my Mad Men fantasy (did I mention I carry a subscription to Esquire just for the overcoat issue?)
(Note: for some reason the link to the family tree template isn't working. Here it is: http://www.marthastewart.com/267157/family-trees)
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