Christmas Goodies!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Our is not over because on Friday we will open gifts with our son and his fiance. He spent Christmas at her folks house this year. So the tree will be up for another week which is fine because it smells so good.

This first photo is what my husband gave me for Christmas. I actually requested it. This wooden bowl is the first bowl he has made. If you follow my blog you know that when we go to antique stores he looks for old woodworking tools. So with his tools he made this beautiful bowl for me. I am so proud of him.
Stina had a surprise giveaway on her blog. She just decided to draw a name from the comments on a certain post and I won. I was so excited to get a package all the way from Sweden. She made this oh! so cute snowman embroidery. Look at the bottom of the picture and you can see a scissor fob. It has beads and little wool strawberries.
She also made this wire angel with a wool heart. Such sweet gifts. Thanks so very much Stina. Love them all.
Look what Terri sent me. A pincushion and scissor fob with her fantastic crochet on them. A very nice surprise! Love these too Terri, thanks bunches.
If you read Nanette's blog you probably saw a box that was full of packages that she was sending out for Christmas. I was one of those recipients of her sweet little package. She uses the most fun fabrics and she sent me a little pile of them with some pretty rickrack wrapped around it. Take a look at the little fabric button with bees on it. Too cute! She made a pile of these sweet star ornaments too. Thank you very much Nanette for such a great surprise! (sorry the picture got twisted)
I won a giveaway at In Stitches! Did you play the Bingo game? It was fun! I won a gift certificate and I went straight away to the site and picked out some great stuff. I can't believe how quick it arrived at my house too. Thank you for picking my name. It was fun shopping at the Quilt Shoppe. They are having a Blow Out sale until the 31st. (sorry this one got twisted too)
My mom sent me some money for Christmas so I decided to go shopping at two of my favorite web sites. The first one came from The Quilted Crow which was having a sale. Look at the cute wool pattern. More thread for a punchneedle project.
The other web site I like to buy from is Colonial Crafts. They were having a sale too and are now having one on Christmas fabrics. I guess you figured out I like to buy at sales. Sherri just finished the Fresh Vintage quilt and I had to get the pattern. I bought some fabric for some embroidery projects. The little spools are Valdani three strand floss for a punchneedle project that I have designed my self. I will show it to later. I am going to try to get it drawn on the fabric this week.
Have a great last week of December. My husband is off this week so I am not sure if I will do another post this week. If not I will talk to you all next year.

With Passion,

Carrie P.

Try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. Charlotte Bronte