Nuts for Nutcrackers

One of our Swans is nuts for nutcrackers.  This adorable display is on her kitchen island.

 She stitched the two stand-ups below.

She stitched this for me

This was stitched for her

More Halloween in December

Kelly Clark Halloween pear

Sunday afternoon stitching on my pear and listening to my puppy snore. Sweet~

Halloween in December

Patchwork Pear by Kelly Clark

I bought this from The Needle Works during the sale(which is still going on).  I spent some time on Thursday and yesterday on it.  Pretty cute.

More treats from the Swan Christmas Party

 I love my darling candy house stitched for me by Marguerite.  Here's the front door.

The sides

The back door

Cutest ort ornament made for each of us by Kim

Glass swan ornament for everyone from L, E, and me

There were sweet treats as well.  Best party of the year and I am already looking forward to 2014!

Boy, oh , boy

We had the annual Swan Christmas party yesterday.  I look forward to it all year.  We have lunch and exchange ornaments.  Before we got to that we had show and tell

Stitched by G 

Same Petei Santa-one stitched by D and one by G-Love them both

Kitty ornament stitched by M

Darling Melissa Shirley candy stitched by M-Cute finishing done by Kim Hollifield

 Now to the ornament exchange.

Stitched by S for R

Stitched by Kim for E

We put our initials and the year on the piece

Stitched by E for Kim

Darling little schoolhouse

Stitched by G for D

Stitched by R for S

Stitched by E for A-note the bead added to the hanging loop

Isn't the fabric on the back perfect?

Stitched by L for D

The cute candy house is mine.  Expect an in-depth post on that tomorrow

All the treasures on the sofa

 The blue kissing ball was stitched by D for L.  I stitched the green pear for E.

Penny the Puppy

Unusual Nativity Set from Demarj

This set was stitched by our beautiful elegant Denise using stitch guides from Amy Bunger.  I believe the canvases and guides are still available at amybunger.com.

Joseph

Mary and Jesus

Guides and canvases at Amy's

The following are pictures of Amy's shop models.  Denise is stitching on the angel now, but sadly I have not pictures at this time.

A little caroling

A delightful set of Victorian carolers from Heartstrings that I stitched the year before last.   Merry Christmas!

The Reverend

Lamppost and puppy

The twins

Mr. Wickworth

Mrs. Wickworth