2024 Christmas Crafts

As I sit here on the other side of the holidays, it’s hard to believe they’re over already. I literally started preparing for Christmas in October and still felt rushed. Time keeps hurtling forward and waits for no one.

One thing I love is my yearly Christmas crafting. My wife and I don’t exchange Christmas gifts, opting to hand make an ornament for each other instead. Here’s what I made for her this year:

2024 was the year she started her yarn business, and it’s going really well! She’s an excellent teacher and is really good at helping people get the knack of knit and crochet.

We’re also big Pokemon fans and Eevee is her favorite.

I designed the ornament in ShapeLab using VR. I then printed it on my resin printer and hand painted everything. I’m really happy with how it came out.

Next up is the annual Christmas magnet. We send these out instead of Christmas cards. I hide an NFC tag in each one that brings up a photo slideshow of our year in review. This year we went on a cruise, so I chose a nautical theme.

I’m super happy with how this came out as well. I’m always nervous about sending stuff like this through the mail, but we had no reports of breakages!

And with that, it’s back to my regular making. As I type this there’s a pile of prototypes on my desk calling my name. :)