rollin with the gnomies

on brynn's birthday this year, we had this lady come teach 

us how to make little gnome/elf things that are usually up around christmas time. i will be the first to admit that i thought it was so wacky, but lemme just tell you. we laughed our guts out making our little gnomies! i know brynn was right there with us laughing and 'brynnspiring' us haha (she was the creative one in our family)

anywho. so i was nervous when we started cuz in all the magazines the lady was showing us, the little gnomes looked immaculate and fancy and i have absolutely zero creative talent. so she hands us balls of clay stuff and just taught us how to build the structure of the face. then, we were on our own to create our masterpieces and they all turned out SOO freaking cute and each one was so different. if you need a new fam tradish for christmas, this is HIGHLY recommended. 

here are our creations.. so creepy, yet SO adorable

daddio's

 jan's (its a girl)

mal's man

jelissa's - looks like dobby from hp

brooke's had the best nose

my aunt ali's old man

em and hunter's gnomeboys

they have almost the same lips, his just needs an injection or two... kidding em!

jeffrey's jedi

my mom's creature

and of course mine, the cutest one of the bunch. i named him Lloyd.

the second part of making these gnomes is decorating them with clothes and accessories. this is where the hard work, but the funnest part comes in. only my mom, dad, jeffrey, jan and i have really started this stage. we had to make all clothes from old clothes and fabrics. lucky for us, jan knows how to use the sewing machine and is incredible! and just like that, they just keep getting cuter.

isn't he just the cutest?! i decided to dress him more wintery and have a laid back ski-bum personality. his hat is my favorite part!

he is named lloyd cuz he reminds me of dumb and dumber, loveee him

oh man, my mom and dad went all out. my dad especially. i wish i had a picture, but he made his open toed boots with hair on his toes and his fingers. he is crazy obsessed with his 'scrooge' and wants to put him on our festival of trees tree.. (not happening!) and my mom made hers soooo freaking cute with holiday cheer.

here they are for their first family picture. such a cute little bunch, aren't they?

maybe with these guys around, christmas won't be SO bad... maybe!