Tiny bit of catching up

First things first

Baby girl turned one a few weeks ago. 

A friend came and took pictures for us. First we went to the Rose Garden for pics of baby girl then she stayed and took pics during her birthday party. I will have more pictures to share later but she edited and sent this one for me to put in Christmas cards. I know she took over 800 that day, just don't know what the final count was after she went through them.

 I can't believe how much this girl has grown. This time last year she was just a little bitty thing.

Still missing daddy every day. Thank goodness for baby girl and little man. (River, my brother's two year old grandson) They bring so much joy to our family but there is always that little twinge of knowing how much daddy would be enjoying whatever happens to be going on at the time.

I did get a few ornaments made this year. 

(still have two to get finished but cold weather does a number on my hands and it makes it hard)

Joy Y'all by Red Bird Designs

It's an older chart but I just got around to stitching it this year.

The fabric has been in my stash for a long time but the package said it was True colors, 28ct evenweave "sponged'. (completely white on the back) I'm pretty sure it came from HL. I used all DMC except for his hat which is Classic Colorworks, Whatley Woodlands.

I made the cording following Vonna's video. She has great tutorials.

Sorry the pic is so dark. I didn't have the tree up yet and it was a rainy day but I wanted to get the pic before I gave one of them away. The other one is on my tree and I will try to get a better picture later. This is the piece I took with me to France. I can't tell you which one was actually stitched on in France (I didn't get much stitching done there) but they were on the same piece of fabric so they both went along!

Baby girl's ornament for this year came from an old Leisure Arts book, 250 Christmas Quickies. I subbed a couple of colors and added a jingle bell for the ornament, then used the same video (Vonna)  to make the two color cording. The fabric is 28ct Brittany, color is potato. Again, been in the stash for a long time. I had yard of this at one time but it's almost gone. 

Stitched this little Santa with his trumpet for Tyler (he plays the trumpet) from another oldie book, 365 Quick Christmas Designs by Kooler Design Studio. All DMC floss and again, made the cording. Same fabric as above.

I'll have to get back to you on this one. 

I flat out wrote the wrong thing in my notebook.

99.9% sure it was from a JXS ornament issue (2007?).  I stitched it once, years ago, and gave it away but I loved it so I bought the cording/tassel to stitch it again for myself and finally got to it this year.

When I say these things have been in my stash for awhile I'm talking before 2009. (I just don't know how much before that - we moved in 2009 so that's how I know 2009) 

Every year I tell myself I am going to get better organized and keep better notes -  it hasn't happened yet.

That's it for today. If I don't get back before then

Merry Christmas 

and 

Happy New Year!