2016 Nutcrackers I Did It! 2017 Goals

I have Completed one of my 2016 Goals.  I never complete goals by the first projected time so I am totally excited.  Here is the last one finished - Just Cross Stitch  Nov/Dec 2012 - He is one of four, I may some day to the other three, but not sure.  I changed him, he is brown.  If you look at the rest of the pictures in this post, you will see all of my FFO Nutcrackers  I did try to display them all in the same picture too.  Please note the tiny ones are hanging on my Christmas Cup Stand, but they really are on my tiny little tree.

After I inventoried my stash, I have dropped out of the New Start a Week in the facebook group hosted by Soulful Stitchers.  I am committing myself to finish my old WIPS, I had a wonderful year finishing at least 95% of the things I started, and also knocked off a few old ones.  I personally feel I had a successful year.

So for 2017 Goals:  12 Gingerbreads, Small SAL 2017, YEAR OF WIP Challenge - finish 7 of those WIPS (total finished 50% of what I started with)

I of course will have lots of other new starts - but I would rather stitch from stash, and finish my older wips than start 52 new ones.

Hope you are enjoying this festival time of year, whatever your reason is for, it really is all about Peace, Kindness, and Sharing - what you have with those who have less.

Small Post Day

 Today is the day we post a picture of a new small, an event hosted over at  Stitching Lotus .
Here is an Ornament I found in the 2009 Issue of Just Cross Stitch Christmas.  Trying to Stitch up all the things I have had on my Must Stitch List for a very long time.  I did use the DMC conversion, it is called Evergreen Forest.

This is the first update of my last Nutcracker for 2016.  So far it has stitched up pretty quickly - it is on a 28 ct.

Olympic Stitching Ornaments

Check out my new page, for this SAL.  I am posting the pics of my finishes in there. So far I have two, both from Just Cross Stitch, one from 2012, one from 2011.   I will update all on some more time intensive stiching over the weekend.   Olympic X'Stitching