there you are! i am trying to finish up a xs today because the 30% off framing coupon i have for my fave framing shop, expires on monday! it is probably time to start christmas stuff now anyway. my sisterinlaw and i have a pact that we make each other a cross-stitched ornament each Christmas and for our birthday. she sent me something a few weeks ago that she did for me "just because" and because i had been sending her stuff she needed and she doesn't have a local needlework shop. she wanted to pay me for what i sent and i said, nah, just make me something. It is the most darling little acorn ornament
she made me the beehive one that says INDUSTRY, because i have a bee "motif" in my family room.
the pattern is by
cross-eyed cricket. they have so many cute finished items. my SIL is a much better finisher than i am. a few years ago, i did a number of their easter egg shaped ornaments, which are done in beautiful silk threads. i am afraid i am going to have to have them professionally finished at the xs shop because i would NOT do a good job, and i don't want to ruin all the work i put into them with a shoddy finishing job.