I’m celebrating Christmas with my family tomorrow, so Christmas day is no break from the madness of preparation.

I enlisted my boyfriend’s help to finish up one last present for my mom. I made her a pincushion inspired by one I saw at http://www.craftapalooza.com/ and wanted to include some shrinky-dink pins. So we sat down with some coloring pencils and shrinky-dinks. I drew what I thought were some cute designs – a leaf, a flower, a little bird. Then I look over at my boyfriend who is drawing a detailed replica of the outfit he’s planning to wear the next day along with some bunny slippers. I am starting to feel really uncreative.

Me: “You’re drawing clothes?”
Him: “Yeah. This pin cushion is supposed to be for sewing, right?”
Me: “Right.”
Him: “Well, it seems we should draw things a person might actually sew.”

So out of my league.