Happy December!

Today is the 2nd day of December.  What a great day!  It is my daughter's 29th birthday.  I can not believe my third child is celebrating her 29th year.  I remember the day she was born.  I spent a good part of her labor in the bath tub at home.  Our good friend came over to watch our two boys and was extremely nervous that I wasn't rushing to the hospital.  It was a very very cold night.  I also remember my buzzer didn't work in the hospital room and Rich had to run to get the nurse.  She came in and had to run to get the doctor and when he walked in he turned to wash his hands, glanced over at me and then ran over to the bed.  I remember hanging halfway off the bed (no epidural) and being helped back on the bed when she arrived.  The funniest part was me excitedly telling Rich "It's a GIRL" (we were convinced I was going to have a 3rd boy) and him saying "no it's not" and then me saying "Yes it is - LOOK!"  We named her Dana but I kept calling her Sarah for two weeks, 'cause I had really wanted to name her Sarah.  Funny how you remember all those silly things.

So, now that you're bored to death, here are some pictures of the fantastic giveaway that I won from Faye over at Carolina Stitcher.

Anticipation....


What a generous surprise!  Not only the scissor fob but the scissors too, AND an ornament.

Look at that stitchy goodness.  Satin stitched spools of thread in shades of red.

A perfect, fussy cut backing

And that button finishing detail with a silver charm on the end.  I really do need to copy this for a friend.  What an awesome idea and not hard to do.  I hope you don't mind Faye that I NEED to try my hand at this. It's one of the coolest ideas I've seen.

My added surprise.  A wonderful new ornament for my bird/cross stitch ornament Christmas tree.

Hopefully, you can read it.  That star button is the perfect added trim.

And look at the piping.  Lovely.

Thank you very much Faye.  I loved winning your generous giveaway.

Marsha