Merry Christmas and Some Pics

I want to wish all of you, my wonderful stitching blogging friends and wonderful and blessed Christmas that is full of many many blessings!!!  I pray that all of you traveling have safe travels.  

For some reason I could not get very clear pics of my Christmas trees and decor but I will share what I do have.

Here is our family tree:

Stockings:

Some Other Christmas Decor:

Here is my newest addition to our Christmas decorations that I am very proud of and working on filling it up.  I have a smaller tree that is just for my stitching and I just love it!!!  Except the angel was trying to fall off when I was taking photos!  

I have to redecorate every day or so because my bad cats try climbing the trees!!!!!

This week we have been blessed by a surprise visit from my niece and great nephew.  They moved at the first part of last year and we have missed them so very much and it was just wonderful to see them and spend some time with them.  I got lots of slobbery wonderful kisses from my great nephew who will be a year old on the 23rd!  Here is Jayden Trey!!!!!

Lastly, this is what has kept me very busy this last week.  I noticed a woman, on our local Facebook trading post, that was asking for ornaments that were dated with the year 2008 in remembrance of her granddaughter that had passed away at only 4 months old.  I left a comment and told her that I cross stitched and I am sure that we could come up with something that she would like.  She sent me a message and told me that her name was Katy and that her nickname was Ladybug . . . so this is what I come up with and she loved it and I ended up stitching and making 3 ornaments for her and family.  I pray that her family is Blessed by these ornaments!

Well, that is all for now.  I am sure that I will not post again until after Christmas sometime, so again, I wish you all a wonderful and Blessed Christmas!!!!!  Remember the reason for the season!!!

A Finish to Share!

First of all, don't forget to visit the online needle show!! It is now open and will be until Midnight Sunday night (EST).

I have finished an ornament in a new way. Well ok, new for me but not to most of you!! LOL I have finally made a padded ornament. This ornament if for my great-nephew, the one that I watch during the week, Adam. Anyway, I am not thrilled with the way it came out, but I will learn it. I did not use enough backing and do wish it was more padded. I also cut the back piece a bit to big. Other than that, I am happy with it.Well, that is about all for now!! Yep, thats right . . . I don't have a lot of ramblings at this time!! Unusual, I know! LOL

Wow, Another Post!!!!!

I know that I am actually posting twice in just a day or two so whats wrong with me! LOL Nothing actually, just got some stuff to share!!

First of all, you gotta check out the The Needle Show that is coming up November 5th through the 8th. I will actually have a booth at this one!! Not sure if it is going to be as popular as the online show that just ended a week or two ago, but hey it is worth a try, right? There are a lot of vendors already signed up, so hopefully it will go over big!!

I wanted to share the instructions for making my own cording. I had a lot of people ask about it, so I thought that I would pass it on. You can go over to Tales of a Shooting Star and get the instructions that I used to learn. Now I am not good at following instructions especially when they don't have pics! LOL But these instructions are really easy to follow!!! I do not use any gadget or anything to make the cording but I do use a pair of scissors as a weight though.

Lilang let me know that she received my Lizzie Kate exchange. I stitched a two sided Christmas ornament for her. She says she loves it and that make me so happy!! I only wish I would have known how to make my own cording when I stitched this for her. Oh well! Anyway, so here are the pics . . . yep actually have pics of stitching this time!!!! LOL
I also wanted to let people know, that the "Welcome to our Zoo" pattern that I got so many comments on in my post before last is up for sale on my store page! It is part of the Paw Prints Collection that I put up for sale about a month ago!!!!