Christmas presents are always wonderful. My mom has always been a very thoughtful gift giver, but this year may take the cake...
Growing up we had this Nativity set of bean bag dolls that would be out for us to play on. When we were little we would move them around, play with them, and on Christmas Eve act out the Christmas story as Dad read it aloud from his grandma's Bible.
Since being at home, I've asked my mom repeatedly to teach me how to sew by making my own set for D. She's put me off over and over again telling me that the project was way too advanced (true statement) or that she didn't have time, etc.
When we opened presents Christmas Eve, I was AMAZED to find these sitting the box:
Not only had Mom made me my own set, BUT each of the dolls is dressed in fabric from some member of my family that Mom had made over the years. Some are clothed in fabric from Mom's maternity clothes, jumpers from grade school, my prom dress, outfits from concerts, and even part of my great-grandma muff! The jewels on the wisemen are from my wedding tiara and my sister's wedding tiara. Below are some close-up pictures of these. They are AMAZING and I'm so grateful to my mom for making these and making them EXTRA SPECIAL!
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| The Angel - wearing part of my wedding dress |
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| The Shepherds - one of the scarfs is a blouse of mine from a concert in 8th grade. |
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| The Wisemen - The blue one is my prom dress, the yellow one is my bridesmaid dress, and the flower one is from pillows from our house in Doylestown. The muff on the yellow dress was my Great-Grandma Rudolph's. |
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| The Baby Jesus |
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| Joseph and Mary wearing maternity clothes of my mom's or sister-in-laws. |
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| All of them. |
When we opened presents Christmas Eve, I was AMAZED to find these sitting the box:
8 comments:
I have such a cool aunt! Your mom is so creative and such an amazing seamstress.
I know! I was amazed at these - really I had bugged her since I got married to get a set - they're so much fun!
I am so jealous. I have always wanted this Nativity, ever since I saw the one your mom has. She was always so proud of it when telling about how you all played with it. So clever. What a special gift to be made of old clothes that have meaning. That, my friend, is one of the best gifts EVV-err!!
Oh what a treasure!! When I read this, I remember how much I love you and your whole family for being such thoughtful and wonderful people!
Those are fantastic! What a great gift.
Thanks for all the great comments! It was hard to pack them up for the year - John commented that having them for only 10 days wasn't enough! They'll be the first thing we get out this year!
I'm a little slow and just found your blog (linking from mine)! This post about the handmade nativity brought tears to my eyes! What a special gift!
That is one of the most amazing gifts I've ever heard of! What a treasure! How fun to get to play with the nativity characters all through the season.
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