What to do when it hits you that Christmas is just around the corner???

I'm one of those people that VERY seldom fall right to sleep....usually I go through what I want to do the next day, what happened during the day, my grocery list, so on and so on and I am ALWAYS thinking about stitching while trying to sleep (my husband always tells people I stitch in my sleep). Well, last night while lying in bed wishing I would just GO TO SLEEP I realized just HOW close were are to Christmas and I decided I best get started on some Christmas gifts. I have been sending stitched Christmas gifts to online friends for about 13 years now. This year I am going to do it a bit differently and stitch several gifts and then just pull some names from my readers to send the gifts to. This morning I got up with renewed energy and excitement about stitching the first gift. I chose a blackbird design. I THOROUGHLY enjoyed stitching and finishing this one. I used a wooden box instead of the paper mache box called for. I painted it with a blue to match the blue in the design and then I washed over it with a grey and distressed it a bit, which shows up in some pics better than others. I used an old Christmas Advertisement(printed off)to line the inside of the box---fittingly appropriate I think. I mounted my stitching to the top of the box and added some chenille trim that I dyed. I just love it and I hope whoever receives it will love it too.





Love Letters
Designer: Blackbird Designs
Fabric: 32ct. Hand Dyed By BeckySC
Fibers: GAST
Date Started: 10-12-2011
Date Finished: 10-12-2011
I am eager to pick out the next gift to start.
Thank you dear friends and readers for visiting and continued thanks for all your sweet emails.
hugs and love from SC,
BeckySC