Yoga With Kelly

Today, almost a month after Christmas, I am sitting down to share my handmade Christmas gifts I made this year with you. This Christmas I was very excited to give my gifts because I made a good amount of them myself from bee’s wax wraps to a hand painted coffee mug tree. I spent months planning, creating, and finishing them. And I was so pleased with the outcomes I couldn’t wait to share them with my family and with all of you. I was overly excited with enjoyment when it was time to finally open them! With Friends playing in the background, my favorite candle burning, and bone broth simmering in the crock pot I have finally put away the Christmas tree and the last of the Christmas decorations. With my bowl of today’s oatmeal and fresh brewed coffee from my coffee press I am pleased to finally share with you my handmade Christmas gifts. First up is the hand knit wash cloth sets I made for my aunts… I used Sugar N’ Cream yarn for a soft, cotton texture and the double bump seed sti...

Last week I spent the Thanksgiving holiday with my immediate family, at my parent's homestead out in the sticks. It is a quiet place to get away for the weekend to. It was spent with family, engorged in good food, then falling in and out of naps followed by movies. It was a lovely time. As the holiday passed I began to get more into the Christmas spirit... As I watched everyone else put up their decorations and trees, I longed for getting my own decorations in order. The Christmas tree was up, but bare because the garland did fit around it. This year I have a new tree and it's taller than my old one, so the garland was too short... I had plans to get more garland this weekend, but for a whole week my bare tree stood half decorated and mocking me. However it is now decorated and looks grand in my living room, surrounded by the other decorations. The smell of Christmas trees filled my living room as I spent time placing each decoration and ornament in the perfect position, moving...