Merry Christmas . . . in July!

Or what's left of it, that is! I've been on a finishing frenzy since I got back from vacation and have made quite a dent in my 'finishes to be finished' pile, which means that now I have quite a lot of slip stitching to do!! I do all the machine work and stuffing, then save the closing up until something good is on TV and slip stitch the night away! Boy, am I an exciting gal or what?!?

Here's my latest for the ornament finishing pile, it's White Christmas by Drawn Thread.

As usual, I changed the floss colors. I love this nontraditional green! It plays really well with the nontraditional reds, I think. I hope you agree. There is supposed to be a star charm atop the tree and some type of charm on the deer's neck, but I'm not sure that I will add them. I'm also missing the snow falling in the background, which I may attach with beads, I haven't decided yet.

I think I'm through stitching smaller projects for a while, unless I end up needing something to carry along with me. I won't be needing something to work on while picking Emily up from school this year, since her new school is only four blocks from home, I plan to get some exercise by biking her to school and back. One of the nice things about this climate is that I can be out all year, it never really gets uncomfortably cold outside. We've already scoped out the school grounds and found two "totally awesome" playgrounds, and we are planning to go play on them again today.

Well, it's time for more coffee, and since I wasn't positive DH would be home after PT today, I didn't make enough for two. GASP! So it's off to make more!!

Take care until later!