Sisters' Gifts 2009

One fabric rosette pin+

one bar of handmade chocolate-mint soap =

Sisters' gifts for 2009


Every year on Christmas Eve my sisters and I (and my mother, sisters-in-law, my brother's fiancee, and my sister-in-law's sister) all exchange gifts. Everyone gets the same thing or with little variance. The gift I gave this year was a bar of my soap and a fabric rosette pin.

Previous years of handmade sisters' gifts:

2008 - snowman towels and soap
2007 - zippered pouches and soap
2006 - family cookbooks and tissue pouches and soap
2005 - "home is where the heart is" embroidered, framed plaque (not blogged)
2004 - can't remember
2003 - can't remember
2002 - "sisters are forever" embroidered pillow (not blogged) which was the Christmas after Kristen died.
2001 - homemade glycerin soap and bath salts.

Comments

Katie said…
One of the presents was the golden/foil Temple in a picture frame. I don't remember what year that was. I was wondering when you were going to blog next!! Love, Katie
10:00 AM EST
christine said…
so everytime you post about soap i start getting crazy ideas that i might want to try making it.

please stop. ;)
11:06 AM EST
Brenda said…
I love the rosette. I want to make some of these.
3:19 PM EST
Diane said…
Can you adopt me as a sister??

This reminds me that I need to post about my Christmas gifts - soap! And this year I made chocolate mint too, but yours look waaaay better.
10:24 PM EST
janineb said…
what a sweet idea
3:58 AM EST
hooli said…
It so sweet that you have this special tradition. Thanks for sharing it with the internets. I enjoyed it. Great gifts... by the way.
5:57 PM EST
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