The Holidays
With every one prepping for Halloween, putting up decorations & planning recipes, I've been getting in the holiday spirit! But, we don't really do anything for Halloween. None of our friends dress up, so there are no parties. The downtown stores hand out candy, so there are not many trick-or-treaters. And we have no children to decorate the house & bodies for.

I do have one honored Halloween tradition ~ Candy corn!

After I ate through the first bag of the regulars, I tried out this "Caramel Candy Corn". Interesting, but not so tasty.



Everywhere we went, I had my eye out for Candy Corn Taffy (I had sampled some from a candy dish). After much searching I found it at Kmart, so go grab yourself a bag! (It tastes pretty much like sugar/marshmallows, but it's great when you don't like half of the flavors from a regular mixed bag)




But...
all of the holiday talk has brought about early Christmas spirit!

Two years ago I made a few fabric drawstring gift bags, and even created my first tutorial. They take about 30 minutes each, so I only had the chance to make a few. And last year I had no time at all, so this year I am starting early.



These four bags are all for CD's ~ two drawstring bags in the back, and a newer envelope style in the font. (I plan on making up a new set of tutorials for both styles, with better measurements than last time) I've made another CD and a DVD bag since the photo.

Even though it takes a little more time, I started top-stitching a few parts of the bag so I can work while we watch TV. And this is the reason they are actually getting done this year! I'm going to keep making as many as I can, and put some up on Etsy.

I picked out the next set of fabrics ~