All the Stockings were Hung…DIY Style

After creating our Advent Calendar for the holidays a few years back, each year I try a Pinterest inspired holiday gift or project for the Christmas season.

The first year I made DIY Coffee Scrub along with other goodies and paired  them with our eco-chic studs for my family and friends.

Loved finding these cute colored glass jars

Using Burlap to decorate candle votives

Our Holiday packaging

Gift tags for each bag

The next year I made these fun on the go cocktails for my closest friends. It was so fun finally utilizing the mason jar trend.

I added little charms to my gold twine bows

And this year, I decided it was time for us to have stockings. I still have some great excess fabric from the holiday inspired earrings I’ve created and from various clothing collections. So I set out for some pin-spiration and using the excess fabric in the studio I made our family Christmas Stockings.

Being that I never made a stocking before I decided to checkout Pinterest for stocking ideas. Here are the ones I liked best for the pocket detail and different top fold style:

I decided to use these fabrics, since they would be able to transition for multiple years and themes we may decide on.

For my daughter and my stockings I wanted to use the striped fabric for a hint of a candy cane feel, and use my silver Vegan leather fabric as the accent color.  For Cruz and our soon-to-be little one I wanted to use the plaid fabric and accent it with the gold Vegan Leather fabric- I figured the navy and plaid could lend itself to feeling a bit more masculine in design.

Once I knew my color schemes for each stocking design, I had to learn how to make the pattern for a stocking. So of course I used my go-to: I googled it, then YouTubed it.  I found a blog that described how to measure a basic stocking and how to sew it as well. It was enough for me; because all of the details that I liked most from my inspiration images I made custom patterns for.

After deciding on the small details here’s the final project! Our new family stockings:

In looking back, each year has been so vastly different, but all so fun in making the DIY gifts for others and additions to our home.

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