More to share....

 The mail on Monday brought more lovely gifts!  Above & below are the goodies that Diane surprised me with!!  Wasn't that sweet of her?  We met in Myrtle Beach in October at the Pals Fall Fling, but we had chatted online a bit before that.  She's a lot of fun & so very sweet to think of me with such a thoughtful gift - and it's all RED!!  (well, almost, but I don't know that Altoids would be edible if they were red!) ;-)  She did a very creative finish - with lots of painting too!  Isn't it great?  Thank you again Diane, I appreciate it so much!

And look at this cute ornament from sweet Vonna!  Cute huh?  Great timing as I had pulled it out to stitch, it made it here just in time!  :-)  It's now hanging on my tree for all to see!  Thank you again Vonna, it's wonderful & very kind of you to make it for me!

This is the amazing "Road to Bethlehem" by Blackberry Lane Designs that my dear friend Char stitched for me earlier this year.  It's 40 ct over 1, with a full x, just absolutely stunning!

I've had it for awhile & Jill Rensel did the mats for it.  Blue suede with Jills *famous* hand painting..... isn't it stunning?  I looked for a frame for awhile but just didn't want a "gold" frame.  Finally decided on this simple wood molding & Ray finally got it framed, just in time for Christmas.   It's going to hang by my computer year round.  After all that work, no way am I going to store it with the rest of the Christmas decorations...  it's bad enough to have to put away all my wonderful Christmas ornaments.....

And speaking of ornaments - here are all but my large tree..... I'll share it tomorrow, have to get a decent picture of it first.

**I think all of the pics are clickable for a larger view in case you're interested!
This is in the dining room by the buffet.  As you can see, it's covered in stitched ornaments...  you might see something you made if you look close.... ;-)

This is an ornament tree in my bedroom.  Once again, all stitched ornaments... see any that you might have stitched?  ;-)

And a couple more views of it....

This one is on the dining room table and is mostly smaller ornaments.  There are a few snowmen on this that aren't stitched. I know, shame on me huh?  Couldn't resist though....

I'm going to have to do more ornaments for this little tree, that will give me a good excuse to stitch more ornaments.  Maybe over 1 - what do you think?

 Again, a couple more views to see more of the ornaments....

And this is new this year, don't you love it?  I DO!!  My mom found this Jim Shore Nativity set at a sale a couple of Friday's ago, new in the box, still in plastic - and she paid a whopping $2.00 for it!  Someone had obviously lost their mind I think!  I'm thrilled with it... who wouldn't be!?!

If you're still reading, you're probably saying I certainly have enough stitched ornaments.  I keep telling you I'm an ornament addict.  I'm not really sure why, but I sure do love them.  My mom does too, and she doesn't help when she finds "one more" that I must have.  ;-)  It's all good though! 

My dear "old" friend Donna was here a couple of weeks ago & the first thing she said other than hello was "I don't think you have enough ornaments, you need more" - and she wasn't even trying to hide her sarcasm.  I told her she was right, and I would continue to collect! ;-)  She was being honest though, I sure do have a lot....  and by this time next year, I plan to have even more! ;-)

Thanks for stopping by - check back tomorrow for MORE pics....

Happy Stitching!!