Hello~ I'm sure y'all are here because of Jo's delightful Advent Calendar! I'm day number nine so I had to hurry and dig my Christmas stuff out, haha. I've only been stitching for just over three years so I don't have many choices... But I will give you my favorite so far: a little clothespin angel!
I stitched her from a little kit found in a thrift store and everything was fun until I tried to follow the directions for her lace. Let me tell you: Glue does not work! (!!!) So she got a red backstitch to hold her pretties on. Otherwise she was a delightfully fun stitch and I did save the cutout pattern so maybe I can design more friends to hang out on the tree. :)
As the Advent theme this year is "Stocking, Sack, or Something Else" I will give you a terribly ghetto picture from last year (our stockings aren't up yet this year!).
We had moved to a new house (twice!) near Christmas and there was no time or energy or space to put out a Christmas tree! I couldn't have that so I quickly tied up some yarn, tacked it to the wall, and "decorated" it with Christmas cards as they came in. Our stockings were hung by the tree with care in hopes that St. Nicholas would be able to find our forwarding address (he did; thank you, Santa!)! I really liked the yarn tree idea though and I have it up again for this year's cards.
My stocking is the one on the right - my boyfriend's wonderful grandmother decorated it for me when I was in Hawaii for Christmas one year. It has handmade beads and letters and candy canes and I was so happy to receive it! The one on the left is my dear boyfriend's that I made a valiant effort to decorate while he was in Missouri. I didn't have access to the delightful items from my own stocking so I did the best I could with little beads and leftover buttons and Christmas lights. I think now that I'm older and "wiser" I will have to experiment with waste canvas, don't you think? :)
I love meeting new stitchers so thank you for visiting! I hope you enjoyed today! :D
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I stitched her from a little kit found in a thrift store and everything was fun until I tried to follow the directions for her lace. Let me tell you: Glue does not work! (!!!) So she got a red backstitch to hold her pretties on. Otherwise she was a delightfully fun stitch and I did save the cutout pattern so maybe I can design more friends to hang out on the tree. :)
As the Advent theme this year is "Stocking, Sack, or Something Else" I will give you a terribly ghetto picture from last year (our stockings aren't up yet this year!).
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We had moved to a new house (twice!) near Christmas and there was no time or energy or space to put out a Christmas tree! I couldn't have that so I quickly tied up some yarn, tacked it to the wall, and "decorated" it with Christmas cards as they came in. Our stockings were hung by the tree with care in hopes that St. Nicholas would be able to find our forwarding address (he did; thank you, Santa!)! I really liked the yarn tree idea though and I have it up again for this year's cards.
My stocking is the one on the right - my boyfriend's wonderful grandmother decorated it for me when I was in Hawaii for Christmas one year. It has handmade beads and letters and candy canes and I was so happy to receive it! The one on the left is my dear boyfriend's that I made a valiant effort to decorate while he was in Missouri. I didn't have access to the delightful items from my own stocking so I did the best I could with little beads and leftover buttons and Christmas lights. I think now that I'm older and "wiser" I will have to experiment with waste canvas, don't you think? :)
I love meeting new stitchers so thank you for visiting! I hope you enjoyed today! :D
aww cute little angel and lovely stocking..
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Thank ya kindly, Ms. Cucki! :D
DeleteVery sweet angel.I love the tree and stockings!Brilliant idea.
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It did work out rather well, didn't it? Thankyuu~ :D
DeleteYour angel is so sweet! Nice improvisation with the red backstitch too, it looks perfect. I also really like your yarn tree- what a great way to display your Christmas cards! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you~ Yes, backstitch definitely saved the lace, haha. Maybe I was just using the wrong kind of glue! And the tree worked out much better that I had thought -- and it is fun to decorate! :D
DeleteI love that angel! Fabulous post :-) Laura x www.strawberrymousecrafts.wordpress.com
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! :D
DeleteWow!! I love your yarn tree Rosey!! How inventive are you!?! Love the little angel too and I think she should have more friends with her to hang out with! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteAhaha, thanks!! For a omygoshIneedatreeNAO moment, it worked out rather well! Perhaps she will be getting more friends at some point! I hope so anyway, lol!! :D
DeleteThe yarn tree was a fabulous idea. A cute little angel.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I surprise myself sometimes with good ideas! :D
DeleteWhat a great read - you have me laughing out loud - Love "ghetto Tree" and the whole idea is great fun.. Love your post - you made my night
ReplyDeleteAhaha, thank you and I'm glad you enjoyed the post so much~! The tree is a lot of fun and when I dug out the yarn for this year, I had to laugh at the memory of last year's mayhem. :D
DeleteThe clothes peg angel is really sweet and the yarn tree is a brilliant idea
ReplyDeleteThank you very muchly~ :D
Deleteawwww cso cute little angel
ReplyDeletewhat a good idea for a hanging !
very well done =)
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Thankies~ At first I thought "yarn tree is better than no tree!" but the idea was really fun. I'm glad it worked out even if I couldn't have a real tree! :D
DeleteShe is adorable and a good idea to make more.
ReplyDeleteThank you and I hope that I can enough creative juices flowing to make another someday! :D
DeleteI've stitched up some of those angels yeah the lace/glue combo is a pain! How clever your tree in past years!
ReplyDeleteYes, the glue was quite a mess for me! Perhaps I was using the wrong kind but it was all I had and nope, not gonna work. Thank you~ :D
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ReplyDeleteI am a new follower! What a cute Angel. I love the Christmas tree idea for cards! Your stockings are so sweet.
I will be adding you to my reading list.
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Hi there and welcome~ :D Thank you for your kind words and I returned the following favor!
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that angel is so sweet! I love the yarn tree idea
ReplyDeleteThank you muchly! :D It's fun to display the cards in such a fashion!
DeleteBeautiful angel ornament and your stockings are so sweet.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! :D <3
DeleteI have a couple of those angel ornaments. Good tip on the lace/glue. What did you use to keep the yarn on the wall? Tape? I actually saw an idea like that on a talk show a couple weeks ago. They used washi tape instead of yarn, though.
ReplyDeleteWell, last year I used push pins in the drywall. This year, our house has plaster walls so I stuck with regular old scotch tape. There is a nail in the wall at the top of the tree where my kimono usually hangs (removed for the season) but the yarn doesn't support any weight so it isn't neccessary. It was just there and I took advantage of it! The washi tape is a neat idea too; I bet it's much prettier than yarn, haha. I just used what I had around the house. :D
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I love your angel - she's very sweet!
The yarn tree was a great idea!
Happy weekend!
Hi there! Thanks for the follow, new minion~ And thanks for the compliments. :D
DeleteLol! This is def the most awesome Chritmas tree EVER! One of the girls from my group made her out of a lamp, but this is so much cooler. And the angel is a cutie too, of course!
ReplyDeleteHaha, who knew yarn on the wall would be so awesome?! At least I didn't go without a tree that year! :D Thank you muchly~
Deleteso sweet your angel!!:)
ReplyDeleteLóved the christmas idea on the wall ehehe
kisses!