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Merry Christmas? Joyous Solstice? Happy New Year? Well, let's just say I hope things have been happy and festive with you while I've been away. I've got a lot of handmade blog action to catch up on. You folks have been busy!

To make up for lost time, I'm going to do a 12 days of Christmas recap. Today, day 1, we have the small object's stackable trees. (Aside-It just started snowing!) Eva made these ones for gifts for grandparents, & I have to say that they were a really wonderful, doable project for her. She was thrilled that she got to use the iron on the interfacing and pick from all my fabrics, not just the scraps.

She also made one for her teacher, who has really been great. We all know a teacher can make or brake a school year, and this one is moving along really well. Her teaching style is something I haven't seen since Eva's preschool. They cover all the required facts of second grade, but the teacher also lets the class lead the course of study a bit, and fills in with extras based on the topics the kids have been interested in. So cool! The class is also doing this pen pal project with a quilter in California who is making them a class quilt. When the quilter writes, she tells them not only about their quilt, but about what she's seeing and doing in CA. At one point this included the oil spill which prompted lessons about endangered species, water conservation, etc. I so appreciate that.