Our Christmas Tree 2009

Since we spend Christmas at my parents every year...we put up a few things here and there to decorate for Christmas and a simple (small) Christmas tree on our end table...below is a picture of our tree; the cross stitched angel ornament was stitched by my daughter a few years ago (it is a Cross Eyed Cricket freebie). I love how the snow flakes illuminate with the lights...(picture was taken by my cell phone so it's not the greatest...)



It's hard to believe Christmas day is 10 days away!!!

Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas Leuci

Congratulations to my son, Nick and his beautiful bride and my lovely daughter-in-law Brittany...I am so happy for you both!!!

Bells will be ringing....

My son is getting married on December 12, 2009 to Brittany...they are such a cute couple and I am so happy for them...I saw this Snow Globe widget on another blog and had to create one for them in honor of their up coming nuptuals...


Romantic Snow Globes by WiddlyTinks.com

Christmas Jars...

Visit Christmas Jars website and learn more about a wonderful book...and tradition...

Twas the night before Christmas...

Twas the night before Christmas, and, oh, I was weary.
My stitching unfinished, my eyes getting bleary.
The stockings weren't finished, the chimney was bare.
And I knew that morning soon would be there.

My children and husband were tucked in their beds,
But visions of backstitches ran through my head.
I'd stitched ornaments and presents and gifts by the ton,
And now, I was finally, almost, almost done.

As I poised my needle for one more backstitch,
I heard something outside that made my hand twitch.
I jumped up from my stitching, and flew to the door,
Pressed my eye to the peephole, tip-toe off the floor.

My stitching forgotten, I peered into the night.
When suddenly, I got a terrible fright.
On my porch appeared Santa, holding his sack.
He knocked softly, and I took a giant step back.

I unlocked the deadbolt, and let Santa in;
He entered and gave a mischievous grin.
"Hope you don't mind if I come in the door?"
"Coming down the chimney can be quite a chore."

He said "You're up late. Still working I see."
"Do you know how tired you're going to be?"
"I know, Santa," I said, with a sigh,
"But I'm still backstitching the stars in the sky,"

"And the fields on that stocking look blobby you know,
I need to backstitch the drifts in the snow.
I've been stitching and stitching and stitching, no rest.
I just tried to finish stitching too much, I guess."

"I know what you mean," he said with a smile.
"This is my busiest time of the year, by a mile."
He stooped down by the tree, and he opened his sack,
And began to pull presents out of his pack.

"I've got some things here I think you might like,
An oak stitching frame, and a brand new Ott-Light.
A bundle of floss, and a great big mat cutter,"
I smiled and felt my heart go a-flutter.

He put down gifts for us all, and then he waved his right hand.
"Go to bed," he said, glancing at my floor stand.
He gave me a wink, and stepped out the door.
I just stood there a moment, glued to the floor.

After he'd left, I turned back to my chair,
Picked up the stockings, and started to stare.
The backstitching was done! The stars lit the sky!
And on my son's stocking angels sung on high.

I ran to thank Santa for this final gift,
And watched as his sleigh started to lift.
I heard him exclaim as he pulled out of sight,
"Merry stitching to all, and to all a good night!"

Big Bang Theory ~ Christmas

Heart's Desire Newsletters with Freebies

I read on Monique's blog that she was stitching Snowman's Quaker Christmas freebie by Midnight Stitching and I wanted to stitch it myself but did not have the freebie, so I e-mailed Marianne (Midnight Stitching) and she sent me a PDF of the December 2008 Heart's Desire Newsletter that had the freebie in it...I went searching for Heart's Desire Newsletters to see if they had archives of other newsletters and they do; so I would like to share the link to Heart's Desire so that anyone out there looking for the Snowman's Quaker Christmas freebie or any of the other freebies that are listed below found in the other available newsletters could have them...

December 2008 Snowman's Quaker Christmas freebie by Midnight Stitching

March 2009 Gingerbread Smile freebie by Poppy Kreations

July 2009 A Trifle From A Friend freebie by Plum Street Samplers

November 2009 Thankful freebie by Primitivebettys

Just click HERE to go to Heart's Desire for the newsletters.

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!