Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah To All Who Celebrate

 After all the preparations of making fried rice, cake balls and gift wrapping we are ready for tomorrow.

How about you? I hope you are ready and enjoy this beautiful time of year, the Blessed Birth of Our Savior, it is still hard to comprehend what Jesus did for our sins.

I Have worked a bit on Blue Coat Santa, I had to frogged his whole left arm, I was off by one stitch, it looked like he was handicapped, not that there is anything wrong with that but it looked odd.

I received a Happy mail last week, it is from Marilyn (no Blog) she is such a sweet lady I am very lucky to have her as a follower, her work is lovely and her finishing is perfect, she also sent along two of the cutest needle threaders, I love anything flowers and these are adorable, love thew colors so pretty, thank-you from my hear Marilyn.

I have missed the last few days of posting for the Most Wonderful Advent Box, days 20, 21, 22and 23

20 is from the Blue Flower, Winter Whale, I may have to stitch this on a different color fabric.

21 is from Running with Scissors, Ho Ho Ho, this is another design I will stitch but with a different color fabric and a mush different finish.

23 is from Kathy Barrick, a sweet Santa, Hanging The Moon, this will be stitched on a different colored fabric also, love this design.

Day 23 is from L-D-Da Let It snow I love this design also, I put out snowmen after I take down the Christmas decorations after the Epiphany in January

This is our little Mikey named after my late brother Michael, my nephew Michael, a friend of ours who we worked with at the food shelf Michael Early and my husband Michael, we love this little guy but you cannot say car ride, go, Starbucks (he gets a pup cup) bank (he gets treats from the girls at the window) and shopping, he has those words locked into going someplace, he will sit at the steering wheel until one of us either goes someplace or we take him back into the house.

I hope you all have an amazing Christmas.

Gods Blessings on you all in this Christmas Season

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄Catherine, Michael Blondie the Cat and of course Mikey🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

 

Happy Holidays Day 17, 18 and 19 From Most Wonderful Advent Box

 Greeting Everyone on this amazing day in Minnesota, it has been snowing since about three this morning, we have close to seven inches on the ground now and still coming down, it will be a white Christmas this year

I have been very busy I have three days to share with you Day 17 is a lovely surprise from The Thread Gatherer, they are so silky the colors are lovely, I am not sure why the picture went sideways

Day 18 Is from XJudesigns I have an idea that I want to stitch a snowman or a Sant on this amazing fabric, it is so soft the dye work on this piece is beautiful

Day 19 is from Bent Creek

This is a cute design 

I will try and post day 20 tomorrow, I have an appointment I am not looking forward to, I do not want to dump my health problem on you but please say a Prayer for me that all comes out well for me tomorrow

I have been stitching, I am working on Teresa Kogut Blue Coat Sant, I really like this design, it will be a stuffed stand us Santa fro my Santa collection

I normally save the face of a design until the end but his face is so sweet I just had to stitch it first

I received a lovely package from Stasi over at https://beemusedandbeestitching.blogspot.com

I am so in love with this ornament it is hanging on our tree in the entryway, I feel bad I have not done ornaments or any other items for gifts this year or last year for anyone, thank-you Stasi you are so kind

It came in this sweet package with the cutest card

This is what was on the ground about noon now we have more lots and lots more

We will be spending Christmas day with Mikes family, his sister has been so ill these past two years, 

I am making fried rice, Italian salad and cake balls dipped in chocolate.

We have an amazing layout of food and goodies each year, it the time I gain a few pound and enjoy myself with indulging in lots of goodies, thankfully it only happens once a year or I may weight a ton.

until next time be safe and enjoy the days ahead

Happy Holidays Everyone

Catherine🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Day 15 and 16 Of Most Wonderful Advent Box From Kitten Stitcher Teresa Venette

 I first want to thank-you all for your lovely comments, it has been so busy here that I have not had time to email thank-you, thank-you from my heart you all are so kind

Day 15 is an adorable assortment of Christmas Buttons from The Bee Company  I just love these, I am not sure how or what I will use them on just yet

Day 16 From The Primitive Hare, I am not sure I like this design, it looks rather dark to me, I do apologize to the designer for my comment, I am sure there are many who will love this design

Very early this morning after taking Mikey for his walk, I finished the last stocking from Lindy Stitches, I will be making a small banner with painted brads in between each stocking, I hope to have it finished tomorrow

My next project is a Teresa Kogut design, I just love here Santas, maybe next year will be my Santa craze for stitching I present Blue Coat Santa, I think he is so sweet

I feel bad that I forgot to share the beautiful card Toki sent me, this is such a beautiful card I am going to frame it and put on my desk in the office, thank-you my sweet friend

Here are a couple more photos of Christmas decorating we have done, I find it hard to hide the long cords that some Lites have

I did the Baked With Love, Last Christmas stitching, it is a design from the December 2023 Just Cross Stitch Magazine

I was gifted a pattern from my sweet husband it is a Snowman made out of fabric, I will start on him on Wednesday, I just love him, I change out Christmas for Snowmen after the Epiphany in January,

He is from Liberty Creek Primitives, a new to me site on Etsy

Please pray for the lives lost in Wisconsin, it is a sad day even the parents of the shooter need our prayers

If you live in an area where it is cold please wear warm clothing, if you live in warm weather, I am jealous, but keep cool and comfy

Catherine🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Day 14 Of The Most Wonderful Advent Box by Kitten Stitcher Teresa Venette

 Greetings everyone: I hope today finds you well and stitching loads of fun designs.

This design is from Teresa Kogut, it is so adorable, I belong to her Patreon site, she gives away so many lovely designs through-out the year and for only 20.00 dollars a month for the top tier. I want to stitch this one but do his coat in a green color like her Green Coat Santa

I have stitched two of the three Lindy Stitches' stockings from the Jingle Ball, I want to make a banner instead of stockings, I found some wood beads at a thrift store which I want to paint reds and greens.

 

I will finish stitching the birds tonight

I am so thankful for all the beautiful people who follow me on my Blog Site, I do not post very often but have a new year's resolution to do more in 2025

I have neglected to post about the beautiful NOEL patterns I won from the sweet DJ over at Tickled Pink In Stitches, for some reason I cannot give a link today, but she is on my sidebar in my follow list

I think they are so pretty, I would also like to do a small banner for the bedroom mirror with greens on each end with ribbon, we will have to find time to stitch these soon

I had Happy Mail yesterday from the lovely Toki she is from Japan, a country I hope to visit someday soon, she sent me a beautiful towel I shall use for only my face like she does

I love this so sorry about the wrinkles, you can find Toki on my side bar where I have all the bloggers I follow, I am so sorry I am not able to get the link to work for her site but you can click on her site in my blog list, Thank-you Toki for your kind and generous gift

We have been decorating, I will just show a couple of photos today this is the small tree by the front door entry

This is a shelf in the kitchen, Mike brought home the deer picture last year after Christmas, 

I was surprised Mike put a nail into the side of the pantry wall, it is small pantry in the kitchen

The cardinals are just below the shelf with the deer

I shall post again tomorrow after Mass

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate

Catherine🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Merry Christmas To All Who Believe

 It has been very busy here trying to get all the decorations up and working, some lights are not liking me.

I have missed four days of the Advent Box, Teresa did not want anyone to share the whole box of designs at once, for fear it would ruin the excitement for the ones opening only one at a time, I am not revealing the ones for future days just the ones that I am behind on.

Day 10 is a sweet design by Needlework Press, Four Red Alphabets, I want to do one in a forest green and one is a deep blue, I hope to put together a list for 2025 of what I want to stitch, lets see if I stick to my list.

Day 11 is from Plum Street Samplers, A Merry Gentleman, he is so adorable, I hope to have him done by Christmas next year, what do you think of him.

Day 12

Next is Reflets de Soie Melina Gambet 1897 a very beautiful design, this one I would like to do in a deep scarlet variegated thread, maybe, maybe not, just not for sure just now.

Day 13 is from Stacy Nash, I just want to start on this one now, I love that chicken, so sweet, I need to finish my three small stocking from Lindy Stitches' from the Jingle Ball first

I am now caught up on my Most Wonderful; Advent Box from Kitten Stitcher, I hope Teresa does it again next year.

I will post again tomorrow of what day 14 is and what I am stitching on and my progress.

Please make a visit over to Donna Bayless site she has some new designs coming out, plus she has a fun photo of her and her granddaughter, they made an adorable Ginger Bread House you have to see.

https://bythebayneedleart.blogspot.com

Until Tomorrow 

Please be safe Pray for the fires to stop in California

Catherine

On The 9th Day Joy

 Merry Christmas to all who celebrate this beautiful Season, today I opened the 9th day a design from Lila's Studio, I may start stitching this after I finish the stockings I am stitching from the Jingle ball.

This design is done on 40 count Shrekies Tan by Needle Bling, I am sure I have something in my fabric stash I can use, I will use all DMC because I do not have any of the Colorworks threads. 

Not much else going on here other then finishing the decorating and Christmas parties, we went to one last evening had a great time I have book club Christmas party on Tuesday evening with a great bunch of ladies.

I hope all is well with you and hope you all stay well.

Catherine🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

So Far Behind And very Busy

 Happy Holidays Everyone: I have been decorating in and out of the home here, I have also taken a few class's and a cookie class for making Christmas cookies, I met so many amazing people at the cookie class, all had such great humor and kindness, we did share the cookies with each other and took home a dozen cookies in a sweet tin.

                     I am behind in posting about the Advent Box from Kitten Stitcher, days, 5-6-7 and 8

                                      First up is day 5 is Samplers Not Forgotten I love this design

                                  Up Next is day 6 Heartstring Samplery, a very sweet design

                                             I think each motif would make sweet ornaments

Day 7 is by Hello From Liz

I want to stitch this soon but change out many of the color threads

                                      Day 8 is a sweet little bird kit from Dames of The Needle

               I would like to make several of these in different color fabrics for my trees next year

I want to show you the wall Mike put up in the bedroom, we will be looking for a log bed and other log                                              furniture after the first of the year for this lovely wall

                       so sorry about the wrinkle in the bedspread, Mikey tried to be in the photo

It has been very busy in the little town of Annandale, Mn. we will have the Christmas Train come through on this coming Saturday, it is exciting to know we will raise money and goods for the food shelf.                         Santa will be there along with a load of music food and fun.

Me and Michael are very lucky to be able to volunteer at the food shelf, we work with such amazing                                                             and kind people, we are Blessed

We have our first Christmas Party to go to this evening, then one on Tuesday, so many fun party's this                                     year for us to enjoy, I hope you all are enjoying this time of year

                                                      Merry Christmas My Dear friends

                                                                        Catherine

                                                                         Michael

                                                                    Blondie the Cat

                                                                        and Mikey

                                                                  Our baby boy Dog

                                                                   🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Day 3 & 4 Of The Advent Box From Kitten Stitcher

 I am a little late posting the day three Advent surprise, it is Gentle Arts Threads and one of them is a                                                 limited edition, lovely threads which I will put to good use

Day4 is from Lady Dot Creates

love the little zipper pull, so sweet and the ribbons are lovely

I have an early Christmas Present from my sweet husband, they are beautiful scissors and so sharp

Guggenhein is having a great sale now please look them up, https://guggenhein.com

I love these scissors so sharp

I almost forgot to show you the front porch Mike did late in the fall, I just love it, he also bought me the two black rockers I have always wanted, he is so sweet to me.

Mike had corn out for the deer and the crows decided they wanted an ear to pick on, they dragged it to the driveway and ate until it was almost empty, its fun watching them, they take turns eating from the ear, one will eat another will chase that one off and it happens till the ear is clean

Happy Holidays to All who celebrate

Merry Christmas 

Catherine🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄