OrnaMENTAL

Remember my all-nighter? Preparing these ornaments?? I am a glutton for punishment, friends. I had some friends who wanted some (they offered to pay - don't worry, I'm not that sadistic), so I made a whole bunch more. These ones turned out a lot nicer than the originals, I felt:

I really, really like having the wooden pieces in the center, vs. the metal-rimmed tags. That was an idea contributed by the Patty-meister.

Ben, a.k.a. The Coolest Husband in the World, helped me make them. We worked together for 20 hours to make 22 ornaments. It would have taken me forty hours to do alone! Holy crap!! It was definitely a labor of love, because if I had charged, say, $10 an hour for labor, plus materials, they would be like $22 each. Yikes. Bikes.

Ben wants me to start an etsy, selling homemade cards and these ornaments, but I'm not so sure I ever want to make ornaments again, after that extravaganza. And who would pay $22 per ornament? No one I know. The etsy idea really is something I want to pursue, but I'm trying to figure out when I would have time to do something like that. I have no time as it is. And my house is a pit. So maybe when I get my act together I can pursue the etsy thing. My stepmother-in-law started an etsy, sewing children's clothes, and business is booming for her. It's amazing to me.

We had some leftover chipboard, and Ben used it, plus some leftover paper, to make his own little ornaments:

I love that he's creative and artistic. It's one of my favorite things about him. The finished products:

Simple, but beautiful.

If I ever start my etsy, I'll have him sell his ornaments on there, too. :)