The very best

WISHING YOU ALL THE VERY BEST IN 2015!

Gifted Gorgeousness SAL Hopefuls

For 2015, I've signed up for and hope to stick with  three SALs.

 First up is Jo's Serendipitous Stitching Gifted Gorgeousness SAL

The premise behind the Gifted Gorgeousness SAL is to only post about stitchery that has been gifted to you or by you to someone else, wins also count.

 Any part of the gift can be gifted, from the cloth to embellishments.

I'll be starting and hopefully finishing( and certainly adding) to this list over the next year.

Gifted to me by my sons:

1) "Out For A Ride" designed by Diane Arthurs

2) "Rose Watercolor Butterfly"  designed by Karen Kluba

3) "Woodland St. Nick designed by Sandi Gore Evans

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 Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe 25 Days of Christmas Giveaway wins:

(images are from VMSS ebay store)

4) "Decorating the Tree" by Nancy Turner

5) "Always Remember" AA Milne quote designed by Nancy Turner

6) "Two Long~Eared Rabbits Poem" designed by Nancy Turner

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Kate of  By the Babbling Brooke  "gifted" me with the information that this HAED design was a freebie from  Cross Stitch Collection Magazine's Facebook page. 

Thank you, Kate ")

7) "Christmas Animals" designed by Luthu Travisi

That's all for now! Not many by some standards but considering I've also got a 

HAED chart that's 304,650 stitches covering 25" x 38", I'm good with this !!

until next time,

HAPPY STITCHING ")

and to all a good night

Wuz zat! Ah, Son of a Stitch!!

Foxy and Carli are about to experience their first Christmas!

Fox is impatiently waiting for the man in red,

here she's peering out the front window. Alas, no Father Christmas yet!

This is what Fox is peeking through

a gorgeous blanket of heavy frost. Actually several blankets of frost have hit us

over the past week, it is like being enveloped in a cloud and the peacefulness outside is euphoric.

(our 3 boys are home and die hard gamers, so things can get a little heated)!

So what's a Mom to do? 

stitch, stitch, stitch 

(it's better than the alternative, which no one ever listens to anyways)

"LITTLE SWEEPER"

This is a Weekenders kit, 5" x 7" finished, 14 ct. after a couple of hours.

until next time,

HAPPY STITCHING  ")

TUSAL for December

Time for It's Daffy Cat's TUSAL

Not too shabby, since I started saving my orts back in October of this year.

That's about 1/3 of a 1 quart sealer.

I'm Thrilled with My Win, However

I'm thrilled with my selections from 

Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe's 25 Days of Christmas Giveaway!

I won Day 7, a $25.00 gift certificate that I immediately spent!

2 samplers and a kit complete with jingle bells

I can't wait to get started on these ")

Thank you again, Nancy!

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Now for the "however" part of this post...

for those of you that have furry kids and have tried to take the obligatory Christmas hat/antler photos

to capture the true spirit of the season "), you might be able to relate to this

and for the feline lovers, 

can you guess what Carli's thinking when she saw her wee Santa hat? 

you can add your own caption!!

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Gotta head to the city again today to finish things up.

I'll have progress picture tomorrow of my Windowsill Birdhouses.

until then,

HAPPY STITCHING  ")

What's Your Reason?

Why do you cross stitch?

I'm not trying to be a smart~aleck!

 I'm genuinely curious as to your motivation for this form of art.