That rascal Elf!

The kids got up to discover their Elf, Snowflake Jones, made 27 pieces of toast last night - the giggles were plentiful!  Check back over the weekend for a sneak peek at a winter design I am currently working on....happy stitching!

The Elves are a little toasted!

An Elf picnic the other night!

Elf of a Shelf....

Well we have our very own "Elf on a Shelf" at our house this Christmas season and the kids cannot wait to jump out of bed each morning to see what sort of mischief he has gotten into overnight! Let me start off by saying we tried starting the Elf tradition last year but our 5 year old was totally freaked out at the concept of this cheeky little Elf coming alive and doing things while he slept so we had to "retire" Elf until this year. Now he is on board with the whole idea of it - the kids got to pick a name for the Elf and register it in Mrs. Claus's adoption book at the North Pole and he is now known as Snowflake Jones! I thought you would get a good chuckle out of a couple of things Snowflake has been doing around here recently!  So if you have your own Elf on a Shelf please feel free to leave your favorite Elf story in the comments section below!

Look very carefully in the bowl of oranges!

What I am thankful for....

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I am thankful to all of you for your support of my designs throughout the last year...I have consistently designed and released more charts in 2014 than any other year, and you have all helped to make the process a lot of fun for me - and for that I say thank you!

I was featured in a European cross stitch magazine called "Kreustitch Motive" this Fall which was really cool - and I have some designs up my sleeve for the fine folks at Just CrossStitch magazine too.

I am one of those crazy people who love shopping on Black Friday so you'll know what I will be doing starting tomorrow night! I'm still on the fence on whether I think the stores shouldn't open until Friday and leave the actual day of Thanksgiving free, but I also noticed this year that a lot of retailers have been offering some of their Black Friday specials online - gotta say I love that, especially when combined with free shipping!

Happy Thanksgiving!