Christmas Wrap Up!

Here are the final ornaments for Christmas 2009;

I always stitch a dog ornament for Woody and Wilson. This year I found canvases that I could put both dogs on- and I personalized the cube with each of their names.

Football Frog and Jersey-

Couldn't resist making two football ornaments this year since it is Carson's last year playing . We all enjoyed our Friday nights at the games the last four years!

Peppermints on a stick-

What fun to have a personalized ornament on the tree. I put our Initials on the front of these two sided ornaments. They looked great on the tree.

And so that's it for the 2009 ornaments. I'm already working on the twelve for 2010. Keep checking to see what they are.......I'm already stitching on the first one.

Come on in and see what great ornaments you would like to make for the 2010 holiday season!

Eagle Ornament

Another ornament back from the finisher's!

Carson recently completed his Eagle Board of Review, so I made him an ornament to commemorate the event. I included the year and his initials to personalize it. This ornament was stitched using Ribbon Floss and Shimmer Blend.

Carson started Scouting as a Tiger Cub in the 2nd grade and is now an Eagle Scout.

It has been a lot of fun for the entire family!

Lacrosse Jersey Ornament!

Another ornament for Carson- His High School Lacrosse Jersey is an ornament I wanted to do for this year since he's a senior. The Studio Midwest will custom paint Sport Jerseys so I contacted them with the school colors and his #-44. I sent a color picture to them so they could see how the jersey looks. I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

Front

and

Back!

Sheep Ornament

Kelly came in last fall, shortly after the shop opened. Kelly is a true knitter but decided to try her hand at needlepointing. I'll always remember Kelly because she is the first person I showed how to needlepoint in my new shop. She choose a fun Maggie and Co piece of a sheep. I showed her how to get started and periodically she would come by for more thread and to show me her progress. We couched the swirls on the sheep for a nice effect. Kelly brought the piece in over the summer for finishing- and now its' back. Doesn't it look great!

The Uncle Gus Bus

My husband, Jim, decided last year to get his commercial bus driving license to help out with driving the activity buses to sporting events. Our son plays 3 different high school sports- football, wrestling and lacrosse. Carson's nickname is Gus, so the guys started calling Jim "Uncle Gus". This provided me with the perfect needlepoint opportunity for one of Carson's ornaments so I had an artist design an activity bus. I used water-n-ice to stitch the glass on the windows and they really look fantastic! I personalized the ornament by adding "Uncle Gus'" and ECHHS.

Hope you can keep this a secret- Christmas is still two months away!

NANCY'S STOCKING

I've decided to start my Christmas Stocking this fall. I've been stitching away on Carson's ornaments and now that they are done I'm ready to start my stocking.

I have picked all my threads and I am dreaming about the decorative stitches.

This beautiful stocking is by Peter Ashe.

Please stay tuned here to see my progress.

FUN FAMILY ORNAMENTS

We have so many great canvases for you to stitch ornaments for all of your family.

Here is a lovely example of an ornament series for one of our stitchers' children.

Elisabeth has three children that she stitched hat ornaments for. She wanted them personalized to make them even more special. Keep that in mind for your next project. It is fun to add a monogram or date to a project to make it really memorable!