And 2016 is over.
I’m not really upset to see it go. I have managed to accomplish some things at the end of the year. Less than I probable should, because honestly I feel like I should have tried to work a bit harder on my projects over Christmas Break, but I didn’t.
Still, the few that I did were pretty decent accomplishments.
Starting with the sweet treats I’ve made. As I posted in my last post, I got icing tips for Christmas. I’ve been really enjoying using them. They’re really cool. Of course, I’ve had some trouble making actual frosting (for some reason my icings and frostings tend to come out liquid-y, I used less liquid and more sugar and that seems to have fixed it) but I did have fun with it after I made the desserts. And a mess. But I cleaned up after myself so it’s okay. Mostly.

As well as my baking efforts, I finally finished this beanie I promised to make for one of my friends a while back. I made a few mistakes on it, but I think it came out decently, and it’s less fragile than the scarfs I made for some of my friends for Christmas.Speaking of the scarfs, I don’t think I’ve put out a picture of them yet. I made them for three of my friends, but in the picture I’ve got there’s also my own green and white one. The scarfs are representative of our Hogsworth houses, though Harg insists he isn’t a Hufflepuff. None of the rest of us agree, but it’s not like I take them very seriously.The other Christmas presents I made for my friends were all hairclips. They took a while since I made a lot, but each individual one is pretty short. The butterflies were made with a lace making technique called tatting. It’s not a common art, but the lace it makes is quite sturdy.Anyway, other than the crafting and the cooking, I did a little bit of writing and organizing over Christmas Break.
And socializing, but I’d like to not think about socializing because while some of it was really enjoyable, some of it was just stressful. I tend to find socializing stressful. Don’t ask me why. I talk so much it really doesn’t make sense, but I have trouble with it anyway.
Anyway, I’m back to school Tuesday, but at least I’ve still got tomorrow left of vacation. This Christmas Break has been a lot shorter than I’m used to, but even a small vacation was much needed. School exhausted me.