Ugly Christmas Sweaters

I couldn't find any ugly Christmas sweaters to wear for Christmas day. However, Ken came up with this brilliant idea to go buy some cheap sweatshirts from WalMart and make our own. The rule was that Ken got to make one for me, and I got to make one for him, with no questions asked. Ken made a truly ugly Christmas sweater for me. I, on the other hand, think I may have found a new calling and might go into business for myself next season. Here is where we started:

The front of Ken's sweatshirt had Rudolph and the other reindeer with Santa's sleigh, candy canes, and a gorgeous Christmas tree decorated in jewels with presents beautifully nestled underneath. The front of my sweatshirt was Santa made from a snow leopard cut out from a different WalMart shirt (again, the rule was that no questions could be asked), using the tassels and the eyeballs. He decked out the tassels with beads, gave Santa purple brows and a pink nose, and added our names to each sleeve.

I added iron-on wings to the back of Ken's sweatshirt. On mine, he painted a Christmas tree with fire coming out of the trunk, a dog with a pile of steaming poo and paw prints (I wish I had a close-up of that), and suns/hearts with wings on each elbow.

Let me tell you this: I wore that sweatshirt the entire day - stiff paint, beaded tassels, and all. I didn't think I would last because I was sick (bummer), but I made it work. However, I could not stop staring at Ken's sweatshirt and patting myself on the back, so maybe that got me through. We had an absolute blast with each other making these on Christmas Eve. Merry late Christmas everyone!!