the boys are at the age where they start to specialize in a sport, as opposed to doing just general p.e. all the time: ryan has joined the cross country team and will continue to do track and field in the spring, while long has joined swimming! note: i didn't say that long joined the swim "team" because he refuses to compete! that's alright, we'll be having a little talkie talkie soon. since kids wouldn't be happy with just handmade gifts (sorry, but it's true! been there!), i got long a spiffy speedo deluxe sports towel (think shamwow, but towel sized)
and ryan a pedometer. 
i remember desperately wanting one of those speedo sports towels when i did swimming as a kid, but my mom never got it for me because she had no clue to what i was referring! sigh. and a pedometer?? so cool! always wanted one when i was on the track team! (ok maybe i'm living vicariously through them. hopefully they'll be better at both sports than i was!) for the homemade part of their gifts, i made ryan a sports bag for his sneakers (he's very particular about keeping his school shoes and running shoes separate) and long got a sports bag for his new speedo towel and swim trunks. 
on the fronts, i freezer paper stenciled a sports icon, their names (r. "last name" and l. "last name"! how french, non?) and their sports in le français. i blotted out their last names so you'll never be able to kidnap them (they are insanely cute)! the interior of the bag is made from the blue parachute fabric i got at the scrap exchange in durham, nc!! thus, it is relatively waterproof and just that much cooler! 
the straps of both bags are braided from this natural cotton string of which i had oodles. it was from my attempts in high school to weave myself a macramé belt (that failed!). i must say, creating a long strand of braiding is difficult because i had to wind the ends around spools and then braid by manipulating the spools rather than just the ends of the string (since they were sooo long). the grommets were leftover from when i made a new slipcover for my futon. i hammered my thumb while grommetting long's bag!! the fabric for the exterior of ryan's bag is actually from jimmy's high school graduation gown! here is ryan's bag, cinched: 
joyeux noël, mes amis!!
on the fronts, i freezer paper stenciled a sports icon, their names (r. "last name" and l. "last name"! how french, non?) and their sports in le français. i blotted out their last names so you'll never be able to kidnap them (they are insanely cute)! the interior of the bag is made from the blue parachute fabric i got at the scrap exchange in durham, nc!! thus, it is relatively waterproof and just that much cooler! the straps of both bags are braided from this natural cotton string of which i had oodles. it was from my attempts in high school to weave myself a macramé belt (that failed!). i must say, creating a long strand of braiding is difficult because i had to wind the ends around spools and then braid by manipulating the spools rather than just the ends of the string (since they were sooo long). the grommets were leftover from when i made a new slipcover for my futon. i hammered my thumb while grommetting long's bag!! the fabric for the exterior of ryan's bag is actually from jimmy's high school graduation gown! here is ryan's bag, cinched: joyeux noël, mes amis!!
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