I found these pictures on my phone this morning while I was distracting myself from reading standard operating procedures for file management (I know this makes most of you want to stab your eyeballs out, but I live for this kind of thing. It also makes the creative side of my brain really kick into gear when I leave work.), and even though they're Christmas (I know, I know! Easter is right around the corner! I get it!), I had to share them.
This is the Baby's First Christmas ornament that I made for my friend Becky's daughter, Olivia. I haven't seen her since before Christmas, so I'm hoping I can give this to her soon so it can be on the tree every year from now on :-) Becky hasn't even seen this yet, so this may be her sneek preview!
Isn't this cute!!! It's a JBW pattern from (I think) 2009. I could be wrong on that date. The pattern actually has 3 graphs, and I chose the lil' bear in the stocking for the front, and the one with the gingerbread man for the back. I didn't want the back of the ornament to be plain, and I also wanted to be able to have her name stitched on there with the date, which is why I chose to stitch and finish it like this. I used 32 count linen for the stitched area. I charted her name and the date stitched over 1 (yes, I am that crazy).I hope Becky and Andy like it! I think it turned out super cute, just like their lil' Livvy ;-)
Tonight's a "snuggle under the big throw blanket with a good book" kinda night, so I'm gonna head into the other room and do just that! Maybe I'll even have my furry black purr box to keep me company ;-)
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