A happy Christmas

Alright! We've done it. Christmas is over and it was great. Harv and I are in Minnesota, spending the holidays with his family. So you know what time it is...it's time to share more handmade gifts, now that they have all been given. My sister gave me a hard time because she saw this shopping bag on my blog before receiving it. How about that? She reads my blog! Who knew?
So now that it's safe, here's the full body shot of the sneak peek I gave you earlier.

It's a western shirt for Harv's mom, Dar. Along with being a very crafty lady, Dar is a bit of a cowgirl at heart. The pattern is McCall's (I'm sorry I don't have the number!) and the embroidery patterns are from Sublime Stitching.

AND, guess what Harv got me for Christmas!

A MacBook Pro, and just in the nick of time! My old laptop is crapping out big time. So Merry Christmas to you and Merry Christmas to me too!

Sneaky Peek

It is eleven o' clock, my reinstated bedtime. Today was my last day of hiatus. Boo. But what a day it was. I managed to knock out three handmade gifts today. Three! And not simple shortcut gifts either, three gifts that I am very proud of and excited to give, two of which I kind of don't want to give, I want to keep them for myself.
I love the third gift too, and to be honest, it is the gift I am most proud of, it's just not quite my taste. I do think that it suits the tastes of it's recipient though. I really really hope so, because although I finished this baby today, it's been a long time coming! I don't want to share the whole gift just yet but I will give you a little sneaky peek.

With this unexpected burst of productivity I'm feeling much more relaxed about working this week but it's still sad to see my dear friend hiatus leave me yet again. The good news is my other friend Christmas break is going to be here real soon.

Special Cases

New bed for us, old bed went into the guest room. This means that my parents didn't have to sleep on the fold out couch when they came to visit this past weekend. I think they appreciated that.
Now that the guest bedroom has an actual bed we have taken a little more pride in making it pretty and welcoming. With that in mind I embroidered a pair of pillowcases, an "H" monogram with some little wheat motifs.
The patterns are from Sublime Stitching, a great book full of tons of sweet iron-on patterns.
I don't have any embroidery experience but I just love the idea of embellishing all of my linens this way. I started with the guest linens as a little warm-up before starting in on the nice new sheets I bought for our new bed. Soon my friends!