The day after Christmas

Another Christmas has come and gone.  I had a really nice day with my family.  Most of the day was spent with my husband,our daughter, son, and his fiance.  Later in the evening we drove to our older son's house to spend time with him, his wife, her father, and her grandmother.  Food and gifts were enjoyed by all.
Here is the Punchneedle design I made for my daughter-in-law for Christmas.  Sunflowers are her favorite flowers.  I finished this Christmas Eve. 
I wanted to show a picture of this pin cushion my daughter made for me.  It started out as a little wooden box that she painted white.  Then she found some cute polka dot fabric from my stash and made the pincushion part.  Looks like a mushroom.  The top of the mushroom comes off so that I can put little things in it.  She is so talented.

I received a Christmas gift several weeks ago from Stephanie. I opened one of the packages which was flannel pillowcase that she made.  It is in my favorite color and it has little teeny trees on the fabric and it is so soft.  I saved the cute little bag for Christmas day.  Yummy!  I had to share the buckeyes so that everyone could say that they had a genuine Ohio buckeye.  And look at the cranberry soap. Smells yummy!  Thanks so much Stephanie.

This picture shows a giveaway I won from Quilt Taffy.  These were some actual pictures from their blog that they had made into cards.  Neat idea!
Today we braved the crowds for those after Christmas sales.  My daughter and I left my husband at a book store and we went to one of our favorite stores.  Upstairs is full of Christmas ornaments.  I am collecting these animal ornaments for our Christmas tree.  The ornaments on the tree now are ones that I have been collecting  for the kids each year that they take when they get married.  We live in the woods and I just love these animals so I thought it would make a nice decorated tree one day.   I will also add the wool ornaments that you might have seen on previous posts.  
We also went to the mall.  I just had to go to Macy's to see if any of the Martha Steward dishes were on sale.  They were 50% off.  Not much to pick from but I got the plates for cookies next year and the cups.  The one in the center is for my husband to use when he has his morning coffee.  

Hope you all had a delightful Christmas.  

With Passion, Carrie P.