Christmas Gifts

Now that Christmas is over, I can finally reveal the gifts that Zoe and I made for friends and family.

We had so much fun creating and we're really pleased with the outcome. We are going to continue with these ideas and more for our marketplace sales when it gets up and running!

This first one was made with tongue and groove boards that were in a built in shelving unit that we removed from Zoe's bedroom. The boards had 100 years of soot built up on them, but after cleaning and varathaning them they are beautiful.

We made two of these tool box style crates and filled one with Nova Scotian beer and one with Nova Scotian barbecue sauces.

Picture Courtesy of Sandra Risi

Zoe went out into the forest and found two birch trees to cut down. After letting them dry out she cut them in different lengths, drilled holes in the top, placed tea light candles in the top, arranged them in sets of three, tied them together with twine and voila! Beautiful!

While I made my chocolates, that are nothing new, I have been making them every year since university, Zoe decided to try her hand at soaps and bath bombs with wonderful success.

Overall we really enjoyed gift giving for the first time in many years, and got some great ideas for the marketplace.