Winter Scarf

My future daughter-in-law has started a small business and is making hand crocheted infinity scarves like this.

She offers them with a crocheted flower or bow in lots of color choices

She has other items available too at her Etsy shop

Click the link below

 

Good Luck KC!

Snowballs!

Is it too cold to go outside? Are the kids bored with their Christmas toys already?

Let them have a snowball fight inside with our soft Snowman Snowballs.

These spherical snowballs have cute embroidered faces and are easy to make with our included pattern.

We’ve also included a fun tag design and storing idea.

 

You can view more photos and read more about this fun set on my web site HERE.



Snowman Cups

I saw this idea on Pinterest earlier this year and knew I'd use it at some point.

These 2 are some of the ones I made for my family.

I added the names cut from vinyl on my Cricut so I could tell them apart.

I'm putting the small gifts in them.

I'm also making these for the residents at my Mom's assisted living facility and filling them with candy for the holidays. I'm not adding names to those.

They're quick to make with a little paint and a triangle of felt glued on for a nose.



 



Sock Monkey - Whoo Wha!

You might remember the Memory Bears I made my cousin's kids after my Uncle (their Grandfather) passed away using his old shirts.

Well, one of the girls found a pair of his socks and wanted a sock monkey made from them.

I've never made one before but knew I was going to try :)

 

I used the instructions from Craft Passion. They have some adorable sock monkeys on their site.

 

Here's how mine turned out. I decided to make him a hat from fleece and use some of the leftover buttons from the shirts on it.

 

I ♥ him!

Santa & Reindeer Flameless Tealight Pins

I had such a great response to my Snowman Flameless Tealight Pin, I created a Santa & a Reindeer pin!

These fun holiday pins 'stitch up quick'!

 

You can read more about these machine emboridery design files and purchase them on my site.

Click othe links below to go to the page with the design

Santa Pin

Reindeer Pin

 

Embroidery Garden

 



Gift for Mom

At Christmas I try to make something special for my Mom.

Mom was always crafty - guess that's where I get it from :) - but now with her memory failing, she's not able to do things she used to.

I know she will ♥ these plates.

I've done her room in black and white with touches of pink.
When I saw these plates at the thrift store with the tiny pink flowers, I knew exactly what I wanted to make for her.
These will hang on either side of her bed.
There's a large floating frame monogram with scrolls I made her a few years ago that is directly above her bed.
It's going to look great!

 

The butterfiles were cut using my Cricut machine and the files are from myvinyldesigner.com

I'll try to post a photo of these hanging up in her room after the holidays.

Snowman Tealight Pin

♥My snowman obsession continues♥    

Our snowman pin is 'snow' adorable! 

It stitches up quick & makes a great winter accessory or gift.

The files can be purchased on our site HERE

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

The Tree is Up!

It's barely the first week of December and my tree is up and decorated.

I did something completely different this year. After about 20 years of doing the same tree, I thought it was time to change it up.

I've always wanted to do a tree like this.

I ♥ snowmen!!

The head came from Big Lots.

The bow at the neck was one I had that I used as a tree topper in past years.

I bought 2 rolls of silver wide deco mesh ribbon and used it as a garland.

The round 'icy' garland on the tree is something I've had for several years. I purchased it on clearance at JoAnns.

The 'snowballs' are stryrofoam balls painted with white glue and rolled in faux snow.

There are around 100 snowflakes & icicles from Dollar Tree on it..

When the lights are on, the tree SPARKLES

 

I might just leave this tree up all winter :)

 

When what to my wondering eyes should appear . . .

. . . but a miniature sleigh & 8 tiny reindeer!

My newest set of flameless tealight covers is simply adorable.

Santa's in his sleigh being pulled by 8 reindeer.

Rudolph is in the lead.

My original flameless tealight cover designs fit snugly over small battery-operated tealights.

When you turn the tealight on, a soft glow shines through.

This makes an adorable holiday decoration.

View and purchase my files HERE

 

 



Holiday Table Favors

I created personalized snowmen table favors for my family this year.

My Snowman Flameless Tealight Cover is from my Holiday set.

 

The hat is made 'in the hoop'. It's not included in the set, but is available for download from my Yahoo group. I added all our names using Embird.

They're going to look so cute, all lit up, sitting on our Thanksgiving table.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!



My First Published Article ~ yay!

I'm very pleased and proud to have my original Nativity Flameless Tealight Covers featured in the Nov/Dec 2012 issue of Designs In Machine Embroidery magazine

 

I wrote the article back in June and submitted it along with my stitched out samples.

The magazine did a wonderful job with the photography!

 

I came up with the original idea of creating the flameless tealight covers in the early Fall of 2011.

Since then I've created many, many sets of covers. You can view them all HERE.



Creative Kindness Hats

I used one of the free patterns from Nancy's Notions to make these Creative Kindness Hats for a friend going through chemo & radiation.

 

The hats were very quick & easy to stitch.

 

 I chose to make the Basic Cuff hat and embellished 2 of them with flowers made from scraps of blizzard fleece left from making the hats.

I made the flowers into pins so they could be removed.

 

 

Thanks to Nancy's Notions for offering this great pattern.