Last year Allie came up with this wonderful idea…make a Christmas gift each month then when Christmas 2011 rolled around we would have a box full of goodies made and ready to go!! I jumped at this, even though there were some months I was barely making the end of the month deadline….but I did all 12 months and I loved having the box of homemade gifts all done. Allie worked very hard on this club for us…cheering us on, posting tutorials and each month a giveaway. Now Allie is embarking on a new adventure. Designing patterns for stitcheries and appliqué quilts. I am so excited for her, and I just know she is going to do well, so this will be her focus, and like she did for us, we will all be cheering her on!!! Thanks Allie for hosting such a wonderful year of the Christmas Club.
I sent an email telling her I was thinking about continuing on with the club. She also had heard from Darlene who wanted to do the same…a phone call from Darlene over the weekend and the club is starting it’s second year. Darlene has come up with some great ideas and has us very organized…thank goodness because I’m afraid I’m not at the moment!! Please hop on over to Darlene’s to see what she has in store!! I promise, promise you are going to love this. Remember, this isn’t a club that you sign up for the whole year. You just join in the months that you can.
Now for some tutorials!!! Our very own Nanette at Freda’s Hive has the most wonderful tutorial for 
Waffle dish cloths;
a scrappy organizer at Where The Orchids Grow ;
A very sweet Needle book over at Nana Company;
and this fun Marshmallow Shooter over at Thrifty and Thriving.
We made this for our family gift exchange this year and it was a BIG hit!
A big thanks to Darlene for laying the ground work on this upcoming year, and also for the wonderful phone call. I’ll be back next week with some more tutorials!
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And, we're off! WooHoo!!!!!
Awesome post with some terrific tutorials. I was thinking about the dishcloths earlier today and couldn't remember where I'd seen them. LOL
Oh I think I am IN....but the link wouldn't get me to Darlene. But I see her post, so I will use it to find my wy to the "fun place". Merry Merry all year long....LOVE IT!!!!
wow some great tutorials you have come up with, i think there are a few i could do.....
good luck to you and Darlene i hope Christmas throughout the year goes well for you both
I love all the tutorials you have linked to. Good on you for continuing on with Christmas Through the Year.
you girls rock! I got to November this year and realised I wouldn't have time to make all the gifts I would like to .....so I think this is great!!
I think I'll be joining you! I think Carol is doing something a bit similiar as well. The dish cloths are on my "to do" list too. AND I have some white ones hanging around here just waiting to be prettied up.
A woderful idea to continue with and this year I am ready to go...at least in a week when all our house fixing up is done, lol.
Well, that is really sweet of you girls to continue the fun...not to mention the motivation.
This is wonderful that you girls are continuing the Christmas through the year! I'm hoping to get more Christmas presents made much earlier this year :)!!
Great tutorials - I'll let you know when I see some too, ok? And I'm still going to be cheering you guys on!!
Such a fun idea -- looks like you girls will be having a great time!!!
omg Im so excited, I auctually saw these pics on pinterest and pinned them before I even saw this post!!!!!! cant WAIT to make the dishclothes!!!!!!!!!!
thanks you guys for hosting this!!!
I got through so many new AND unfinished projects with Allie's inspiration!! So count me in again this year
It will be fun to read what you two come up with.
Great first tutorials.
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