~Word Pillow Tucks, More Fuzzy Snowmen & A Winter Shovel~

Just a couple of more days to work on goodies before my Christmas show season starts…and then 3 shows for 3 weekends in a row. It will be here and done before long for another year…or just done. More about that at another time.

I sure have been putting in some long hours each day just crafting away. It’s a lot of work getting ready for 3 shows that are back-to-back and I find that the older I get…that I just can’t work as fast as I used to…and I certainly can’t pull those all nighter’s anymore. Well, enough about me getting older (LOL)…let me show you what I’ve been creating.

I’ve spent part of today working on a new project that is part machine embroidery and part painted…and I loved how it turned out. I made six of them, but still have the finishing touches to put on a few.

~Gingerbread & Snowman Shovel~

  The gingerbread is painted and the snowman is machine embroidery. It is hard to see in the photo, but the little hang-tag is of a gingerbread inside a stocking holding two tiny snowmen. These were a lot of fun to make…and I might just have to keep one for myself.

 

Also finished working on these…

~Word Pillow Tucks~

I put some in a basket that my MIL made for me years ago…so that you could see them displayed. I have these in our guest room…this is the room that Josie sleeps in when she stays over-night with me. She had ask if I could make this space for her all pretty and girly. Well, this is also the room that family from out-of-state stays in when they come to visit, so I’m going with a more country cottage feel in there. It is still a work in progress as some of my DD things are still in there that she left when she moved out. I did find a quilt for the bed and some fabric to make a dust ruffle and curtains. This will be one of my winter projects and I’ll be sure to share some pictures.

 

I also finished up more of these guys…

~Large Fuzzy Snowmen~

I plan to spend the next couple of days making up some ornaments and some Christmas/Winter pins. They are good sellers for me…as they make great stocking stuffers and are perfect when you just need a small gift. I’ve saved them to the end to work on, because they are quick to make and I can make a bunch of them in a day ot two.

I’m not sure if I will have time to post again before the show on Friday…but I will be back with show photos either Saturday evening or Sunday. Until then…..        prim blessings, Cindy

 

~Fuzzy Snowmen and Christmas Cookie Embroidery~

My how time has gone by quickly…my first Holiday/Christmas show is in 5 days!! I’ve been busy working on getting some sewing items finished up, so that starting tomorrow…I can do some painted pieces. I finished up all my Winter/Christmas pillow tucks and realized that I had packed them all away without showing you any pictures of them. Remember theses  two pictures from a few post back…

Luckily, I had kept one Christmas pillow tuck for myself. I took a picture of it to show you, but I will have more to share after my show this weekend as I always take lots of photos of the items in my booth after in it all set up.

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Also on my last post, I showed you this picture of some fuzzy fabric and ask if anyone had any idea what I making with it.

And I’m thinking that by reading the title to my post…you all now know that it was Snowmen! Fuzzy Snowmen!! And I mean really Fuzzy Snowmen!!! This fabric was a pain to work with…my clothing got covered in fuzz when I cut the snowmen out and it got covered again when I sewed them together. But in the end, it was worth it as they turned out really cute. I made 8 of them…6 really large ones and 2 small ones. These next two pictures are of the small ones…the big ones are waiting for me to put their eyes and noses on. So, I’ll show you the big fuzzy snowmen in my next post in a few days. They all have little black buttons for their eyes, a polymer clay nose, 3 rusty jingle bells down the front of their body, a small rusty star on the body, and a large rusty star on the scarf…with a rusty snowflake hanging down from it.

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I took a break yesterday from all my crafting and went to a Christmas Open House at a prim shop that was in the next town over, which is about 20 to 25 minutes away. My friend and I sure had a fun time…and so did the other 50 to 100 ladies that were in there shopping. (This prim shop is the largest one we have around here and it is located in a large mall.) We stood in the checkout line for 45 minutes!! My friend asked if it was worth standing in that long line. We looked at each other, then laughed and said…Oh, Yea!!…at the same time!

I purchased some ornies for my Christmas trees…

…and a large red tin heart that I hung in my dining room with this big ladle.

We also got a free Gooseberry Patch Holiday cookbook…

Which after looking through it, made me want to make some Christmas cookies. And of course, it is too early to be making any of them just yet…so I did the next best thing and made some embroidered Christmas cookies. Only giving you a peek of the candy cane cookie for now and will share a plate full of these embroidered cookies with you soon.

Well, it is back to crafting in the work studio for me. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We are having the nicest temperatures here…65 degrees yesterday and 70 degrees today. Seems strange to be making snowmen when it is so warm outside, but I hear them calling for me to put their eyes and noses on. Until next time…. prim blessings, Cindy