Advent Day 13

Today I got an Americana pillow which I've already set up for decoration in my Americana room.  It looks sooo nice in there with all the other Americana decorations. 

Thank you Jorja so much!

Happy Anniversary!!!

Today Ted and I celebrate 19years of marriage!  He is my best friend and my one and only true love!!!  Of course most of you may know that we did date for 4 1/2yrs before getting married and him coming onto active duty for the AF.  It has been a great, fantastic, exciting 23 1/2yrs years filled with love.....yes, I count those years of dating also.   There is never a dull moment in our lives but thankfully a God filled one! 

Here is a picture taken of us just this past Friday night at his squadron's Christmas party.  Nooooo...... that is not my tree but at the country club where the Christmas party was being held. 

I LOVE YOU TED ..... forever and always!

Advent day 12....

Oh today's gift came in this wonderful box.  I love decorator boxes and tins as much as the gift.  Today's gift was a star holding a little red candle!  Very rustic and country looking and perfect to go in our Americana room somewhere.

Isn't it adorable!!!????

Advent Day 11.....

Wow oh wow!  I got Santa salt and Snowman Pepper shaker for today's Advent gift!  I can't believe I've been decorating my house for xmas all these years and did not have any Christmas'y' salt and pepper shakers!  They are soooo cute too!!!!

How cute they are!!!  I just love to decorate for Christams!!!

Now I'm off to stitch on a Christmas ornament!  What are you xstitching today?

Advent Day 10

Today's present was a cookbook to make some yummy cookies, candies and bars!  I can't WAIT to have more time to look and read this cookbook that Jorja gave me for today's present!  And I can't wait to TRY making some of them!

I'll let you know what I end up making out of this cookbook!

New Christmas chart!!!!

Oh my stars!  My friend Carol of iStitch Designs has done it again!  She has designed up a new chart called Sew Gigi to stitch with the new Hand Dyed Fibers thread Gigi's Christmas silk.  You can find her chart at this link here!  I absolutely love this new design!  You can find the thread at the Hand Dyed Fiber link here.  However, it is not a regular stock thread at this time but there are ways you can buy this thread.  Just start a thread in the mini forum and get people to sign up for it in whatever size thread you are wanting to buy......SSR (single strand regular), SSP (single strand premium), 6SR (6 strand regular), 6SP (6 strand premium).

So be sure to go and check out the Sew Gigi chart at iStitch.

Happy Stitching!

Advent Day 9

Ohhhh Today's gift came from Jorja for me to use in my sewing room.  She made me an ORT (other remaining threads) basket that will twist down when not in use.  I place it beside my sewing machine and put those little snippets of threads that we all clip when sewing.  I might even have to use this when I'm cross stitching.  It is soooo professionally made and I think I'm going to have to get that pattern from her to make gifts of this for my stitching friends for next year!!!

Have a great day everyone!