Hope your Christmas was Merry and Bright!

I can't believe I haven't posted since October!

I feel like it's all been just a blurr.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.

Here are a few pics from our Christmas Eve.

In our home, the grandchildren

don't get to see the tree or decorations at Nana & Papa's house

until Christmas Eve.

Here are the 2 older girls Evie and Sofie.

I can't believe they are already 3 years old.

Where does time go?

I made their dresses and matching dresses

for their dolls.

All 7 Minions received Minion jammies from us

that they wore on Christmas day :)

Merry Christmas everyone!

Stitchy Goodness

I stitched up these 3 tiny owl pendants just for fun :)

I love to be creative, 

and just do whatever I feel like doing.

I guess it's just who I am.

I listed them in the shop today

and I hope they all find good homes.

I spent the morning sewing up these 8 new mug organizers.

They make such versatile gifts.

I enjoy picking the different fabrics

and combining them.

I realized the other day

that I make quite a few of these,

but I don't actually have one of my own.

Now these next 2 are my current favs

and I need to decide which one to keep.

The She Who Sews button fabric is adorable!

And the Primitive Pennies is super cute too.

AND they are both black and red.

Tough decisions :)

Which one would you choose?

IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

I feel the need to host a giveaway!

Head on over to www.facebook.com/Sewmuch2luv

and see all the details.

Someone will win this fun set of Ever After House coasters!

I've added all kinds of fun new things to my etsy shop.

Sewmuch2luv.etsy.com

Stop on by and see what's new :)

Fun hostess gifts.

Just in time for all the upcoming Holiday parites!

3 year olds never forget....

Little Miss Evie Marie found some fabric remnants 

with Disney's Ariel on it 

months ago in my sewing room.

She asked me to make an Ariel purse for her.

Of course I said yes :)

Well needless to say,

I've been busy 

and haven't gotten around to making her purse.

And she never forgets.

Never....

Every time she comes to my house,

she asks me. 

Every.

Single.

Time.

I finally got it done.

I just winged it

 based on the sizes of the fabric pieces that I had.

I lined it in the fun aqua polka dots

and used batting to give it some body.

A bit of red rick rack and it was done.

Best part is the she loves it :)

Ok....I just had to share :)

Most days I'm overwhelmed and so very grateful 

that God loves me and knows my name. 

Then there are days when He blesses me 

above and beyond anything I could imagine.

 In June the Editor of Cross Stitch and Needlework magazine 

contacted me about featuring my bags

 in the "Fab Finds" section of the November issue! 

It's finally here and I'm SO excited

 and I SO appreciate all my wonderful customers  

Thank you all! 

You totally make what I do a joy every day!

A bit of Christmas Cheer :)

Last year in November, one of my customers asked me about

making cup cozies with removable scarf pins.

What a great idea!

So these little guys are back in my shop today :)

The gingerbread man and the snowman

are designed and hand stitched by me. 

These next 4 feature hand drawn pen & ink original artwork

by the artist Michelle Palmer.

(you can find her work at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MichellePalmer)

I only have 1 of each of these.

Aren't they amazing?

Work in Progress Wednesday

I don't usually have more than one cross stitch project 

at at one time.

But right now I have been working on 3.

Crazy times, right?

I finished this adorable little thimble purse necklace

by Brenda Gervais.

I added some extra red floss,

 my initials and the year 2014. 

I am on the hunt for a nice long chain so that I can wear it.

I am working on this stitch along from http://mmechantilly.blogspot.com

I am finished with the first 2 segments.

It is supposed to be finished by Dec. 15th.

And last but not least,

I am stitching "Witchy Washy" by Raise the Roof.

Isn't it really fun? 

Do you finish one project before you start another one?

It can't be the end of August already???

My daughter took some pics of the kids

the other morning so 

I wanted to share little Miss Daisy May

enjoying her new play mat :)

She is also playing with the patchwork tabby blankie

and the kitty rattle I made for her older sister Evie.

It's amazing to see how big Evie has grown 

when they are lying side by side.

 

And here they are, all 3, playing together.

David, Evie and Daisy :)

So much love there.

I also wanted to share a few pics of our new

"Stitched Together" ministry at church.

We are making dresses for the charity

LittleDressedForAfrica.org

 

We had such a great time!

This is my Mom holding 4 of the dresses she was working on. 

And this is my beautiful daughter with the dress she finished :)

(David, Evie and Daisy are her kidlets) 

Here is a photo of all the dresses that were completed by the 

10 women who attended the event.

Not bad for 3 hours of sewing.

It just makes my heart happy to imagine the smiling faces

of all the little girls who will be receiving these dresses

stitched for them with love :) 

The ladies that attended the event were so enthusiastic about it

that we have decided to make this a quarterly event :)

How cool is that?

Play Time

Sometimes you spend so much time working

that you just need to step away and play :)

I decided to play hookie from "work" yesterday

and spent the afternoon making this fun little play mat 

for my sweet little Daisy May. 

The fabric is "Surrounded by Love" by Deb Strain.

I used a charm pack and a pattern called "Roundabout" 

from the book - Another Bite of Schnibbles".

I changed the outer edge a bit to use up my remaining scraps.

I used nice thick batting to change it from a table top quilt

to a thick and squishy baby play mat.

I also wanted to share with you the super cute

Chicken Matryoshkas that my son and daughter-in-law

brought me from Sequoia.

I was babysitting their 4 Minions for a few days

while they spent some much needed time away.

How cute are these? 

Apparently there is a Nesting doll shop that was just across 

the street from where they were staying.

Lucky me :) 

I guess I'd better get back to sewing.....