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It’s beginning to look a lot like …

November 29, 2015 By Cathy Habermann 7 Comments

… construction season!

I have been waiting ‘patiently’ to redo some parts of our house and since it would be just the 4 of us this year, I bought into the whole ‘even if I have to set up a Christmas tree on subfloor’ school of thought.

At first I thought that I wouldn’t put up any decorations. After all, we have mapped out a plan as to where we are stuffing all of the furniture (don’t open that closet!)…but then I decided a little would go a long way until I get the phone call to say the demolition crew would be on my doorstep!

So here is Christmas ‘light’:

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I stitched this Bent Creek snow globe years ago, but it got a finishing do-over after last year!

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I have a very few of these snowflake kits left. Email me if interested (handsondesign@ymail.com). They are $14 plus shipping and include chart, linen, woolfelt, button, and backing fabric.

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Love my mantle! It’s the one item I insisted on: whatever we did to the fireplace surround, I had to have a mantle!

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I just love it when the only lights on in a room are the Christmas lights!

Enjoy the Stitch,

Cathy

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  1. Kelly says

    November 29, 2015 at 1:04 pm

    Beautiful mantle! Your Christmas "light" looks great!

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  2. jhm says

    November 29, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    I recognize the Santa on the right side of your mantel. I have stitched three of them so far.
    remember "Christmas is in your heart"

    JHM
    http://needleworkerssamplings.blogspot.com/

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  3. Robin in Virginia says

    November 29, 2015 at 3:44 pm

    Oh my, your mantle is stunning. Your bowl of smalls looks great. Do you have any information on the red, green and blue motif smalls? Good luck with the demolition.

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  4. Rita says

    November 29, 2015 at 5:50 pm

    Beautiful!

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  5. Vickie says

    November 29, 2015 at 7:33 pm

    Looks fantastic!

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  6. laceystitcher says

    November 29, 2015 at 8:21 pm

    Love it all, especially the mantle. Happy stitching…………..

    Reply
  7. santadeb says

    November 29, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    You are a creative soul!

    Reply

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