First, I have to blame Amy for this hair-brained idea! After seeing her Christmas trees packed with stitched ornaments, I decided I had to have one too. I know Amy not only stitched some of these ornaments but has received many over the years from gifts and exchanges. I love exchanges, but knowing myself, there was no way I could sign up for enough ornament exchanges to fill my tree by December. So....I decided I would start my own monthly exchange with me and myself. Over dinner one night, "we" formulated a plan, perused the JCS ornament magazines, discussed our likes and dislikes, and made a wish lists of our favorite ornaments. As with any good exchange, we had to have a monthly deadline and agreed we would get together on the 25th of each month to exchange said ornaments! If our calculations are correct, that would be 36 wonderful ornaments ready for my Christmas tree.
Well....here it is the, January 25th, and here are the fruits of our labors....
Well....here it is the, January 25th, and here are the fruits of our labors....
SB "2000 Years Ago", BBD "Quaker Medallion", Homespun Elegance "Starry Santa"I would like to hone my finishing skills and decided to give try my hand at a strawberry...unfortunately it looks more like a carrot in real life! I believe we were all relatively pleased with our efforts and are anxious to start next month's batch.
On another note...
Thanks for all of the wonderful comments on "Truly Thine". I did find a white frame at Hobby Lobby so I just need to get busy and get it framed. After fondling my stash for a few nights, I finally decided to start an older design from Sheepish Designs.
I love the colors in this one...forgot to take a picture of my progress but here is the finished design. I t's stitching up quickly so hope to finish by this weekend!
Well...better get busy stitching. Happy stitches to you....
ROFLOL You "three" make a great team!
ReplyDeleteThe ornaments this month are gorgeous, Karen. Congratulations!
Beautiful ornaments. What a great idea!
ReplyDeletefantastic job
ReplyDeleteand i love your strwberry
well done
also sheepish design project looks to be nice to stitch
go karen!
fantastic job
ReplyDeleteand i love your strwberry
well done
also sheepish design project looks to be nice to stitch
go karen!
Beautiful ornies, all "sent" and "received" :) And I can't wait to see that next start!
ReplyDeleteI like your finishes. My finishing skills are meager, but growing. Thanks for some added inspiration.
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So cute - love the idea! "You'll" did a great job! New one is cute, too!
ReplyDeleteThis has to be one of the cleverest exchanges I've heard of, LOL! You all did a gorgeous job with the first set of ornaments! And at least you can rest easy knowing the recipient will be thrilled ;)
ReplyDeletePS. No chance of any getting lost in the mail either, LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea....only the "3" of you know what you would truly be happy with !~ lol.....I LOVE Sheepish btw....Great choice!~~
ReplyDeleteLove that idea. Glad you sorted everything out....LOL. Beautiful ornaments too. I love your strawberry.
ReplyDeletethat is a brilliant idea! ya'll did a wonderful job! :)
ReplyDeleteYour ornaments look great Congratulations on sticking to your "exchange...what a clever idea!
ReplyDeleteLove the ornaments!!!! Great job!!!! You will have a fantastic tree by the end of the year~
ReplyDeleteThe new project looks very interesting~ Can't wait to see your progress!!
What a lovely ornements trio ! I really love them ..Congratulations to the 3 of you !!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all of you! Your ornaments are gorgeous and I predict you'll have a tree of exchanged ornies at year end!
ReplyDeleteI love your new ornaments. Can't wait to see your tree all decked out in these! And I love your idea for the ornament exchange!! Blessings to you - kelley secrest
ReplyDeleteWhat a terrific idea!! I am also very impressed that you got three ornaments plus everything else that you did done in one month. WOWSERS!! I can't wait to see what your group does this month!
ReplyDeleteI love stitching and exchaning with me, myself and I the most :) I believe I even coined the expression, because I'm never disappointed, always thrilled with what I receive and it is perfectly suitable to my decor. I plan on doing it a lot more!
ReplyDeleteAnd what your Me, Myself and I did for you, is truly inspirational! They are lovely!
What a cute idea, Karen! All three are lovely :)
ReplyDeleteSo cute! And no postage needed!
ReplyDeleteWell, I have been blamed for much worse, so I guess this one isn't bad! The ornaments are gorgeous - congrats! :-)
ReplyDeleteWe are going to have to get together one Sat & have a finishing day aren't we? :-)
Hugs,
Amy
WOW! You sure been very productive. All ornaments looks great!
ReplyDeleteYou, yourself, and your other self are all quite talented. Your ornaments are fabulous!! YGG! I love the idea. I should aspire to do that next month because me, myself and I are my most favorite recipients of my stitching. ROFLOL You crack me up.
ReplyDeleteLove the new project! I wish Hog River was still doing frames, I just love the frame for that.
ROFL! Boy, you all really work well together ;o) Three ornaments already! Wow!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see your progress on this SD.
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