The Gingerbread Shelf

 Happy Holiday Season, friends!

The gingerbread are back out this year, with a few more pieces thrown in of course! This year, I changed up by little by adding a stitched piece to the top, a rolling pin and a little gingerbread baker. I think it came out cute!

The top part of the shelf features "Gingerbread" by Rovaris and the bottom stitch is "Wonderful Time of the Year" by Country Cottage Needleworks. Both are double matted first with red and white large check fabric and again with holly berry glitter fabric from Joann. And they both also have large buttons with gingerbread centers for embellishments. Next year I hope to have a larger set placed on this shelf but I ran out of time and decided to just add a vintage rolling pin with a little Gingerbread baker on top to fill in a little bit. It'll do for now!

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HAVE A CUP OF CHEER (AND NOVEMBER FINISHING SERVICE FAVES)

Hi friends!

It's been a busy, busy month over here while I work to get everyone's stitched pieces out of my studio in time to arrive for Christmas (hopefully)!

I've managed to work on a few of my own stitched pieces in the evenings including this awesome chart by Cherry Hill Stitchery, "Have a Cup of Cheer." I had the pleasure of hosting a Stich-a-long (SAL) with some of my good friends, so that kept me motivated to stay on-task with this one, too!

Have a Cup of Cheer was stitched on 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha Lugana. I used Turkish Red (called for) but changed the words from brown to Black Coffee, and for the green, I used DMC 469 simply to match the other pieces in my hot cocoa display.

It's matted with green fabric, and then again on red and white large check fabric and then I used magnets to put it on a black frame. The small spoon was an ornament I basically ripped the hanging ribbon off of and added a bow to, and then I just added some greenery and a bow at the top. I absolutely love this piece and I'm thrilled to add it to my display this year!

NOVEMBER FINISHING SERVICE FAVES

(Stitched by clients, finished by me)

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