Sandra goes into her craft room to clean it and comes out with four stockings.

Yup.  But these weren't for us--quite some time ago, a friend commissioned me to refurb her childhood stocking and make new ones for the rest her family.

Her stocking is so unique--a Christmas panda on furry pink felt.  I love its vintage vibe.

As a side note:  I apologize for the poor quality and blurriness of these pictures--nighttime crafting equals not so great photos, I'm afraid.  I actually took more pictures before I shipped the stockings but somehow my memory disk failed.  And as a side note to the side note:  I was almost in full panic mode thinking my camera was broken as Christmas approaches.  But now my camera seems fine???  So I'm holding strong in semi-panic mode. 

I had full creative freedom to design the other stockings.  I went with a reindeer and Christmas tree scene, a rocket wearing a Santa hat and stringing Christmas lights, and a jolly snowman. 

Here is my friend's refurbished stocking and her husband's snowman.  And as you can see, the glitter glue came calling and I answered.

I had a lot of fun with the kid versions...

I especially love how the reindeer stocking turned out--I really wish that photo wasn't blurry!  I have a bit of the felted sweater remnant left, so maybe I will make another one and get a better shot. 

Last night, as I puttered around my craft room creating instead of cleaning, I realized I've never posted a picture of it.  Trust me, it's for the best--it is such a wreck.  And stuffed to capacity.  In fact, I was able to do all four of these stockings completely from my stash.  I don't know whether that is scary or impressive.

Sandra