EtsyRAIN Ornament Exchange

Finally, I've finished all the ornaments for the two ornament exchanges we participated in this year. The EtsyRAIN one took the most thought, consideration and procrastination. I started with the idea of making a snowman - he was too ordinary. Then I decided I'd make a monster - they were too time intensive (I'll post pictures of the two I did complete later) and last night I tried to crochet a sushi roll. It came out super cute - but I'm not very good at changing colors and it just took too long... and it was a little boring for me to do.

In the end, I decided to do the sushi roll with the same idea of the tshirt ones I made, but using fleece. Then I strung them on some thin wire (not easy to do) and used some beads for decoration. I like the end result, but I do need to say that I'm not a beader... and I have no idea what I was doing. So - to those recipients of these little sushi rolls - beware - they could come apart with too much pulling on them.

Making these really made me crave sushi. And my son, watching me, must have had the same problem because just a few minutes ago he said "I have a great idea! Let's go have sushi!".