It's Missouri Christmas Day! :)

Today is December 18th.  Big day on many levels.  First, it's my beautiful niece Olivia's first birthday today.  I just finished skyping with the family to watch her eat cake (which she wanted nothing to do with) and then open presents...which kind of bored her once she found a box to climb and sit on.  It was cute.
But today is a special day because it's Missouri Christmas day.  Today is the day my hubby and I celebrate Christmas in Missouri.  Instead of lugging all our presents home to PA for Christmas with our families, we just celebrate Christmas here before we go home.  That way its less to travel with, and we get to open presents a little earlier.  :)  I got a lot of good things this year.  I must have been a very good girl. :)  But, we will get to that another time.
I wanted to blog about the gift I made J.  He half kidding (I think) made a statement two weeks ago that he wanted a Philadelphia Phanatic Christmas Stocking.  No sooner than he got the words out, the creative gears in my head kicked in.  So, I made him a Philadelphia Phanatic stocking.  The only store we have here in town with craft stuff is Walmart.  I didn't have enough time to run to Hobby Lobby in Columbia, but that is okay.  I found stuff that worked perfectly. 
First, I got some grey fleece fabric, which my friend Jenny G will be so proud of, because it was on clearance!  Perfect.  Then I got some felt, fabric glue, googly eyes, and some pom-poms.  I found a stocking pattern online, and I had to draw the Phanatic by hand because I couldn't find a large enough photo to trace.  All in all, it cost me maybe $10.00 for everything, and a couple of hours of time.  The face my hubby made last night when he saw it was priceless.  Which is exactly what I was going for.  Take a look at the pictures of my stocking making. :)  Hope you all have a very Merry Missouri Christmas!

The finished product :)