Henry the Snowman Cross Stitch Project!

Hi everyone! Happy Monday! Here it is November! Hope you had a great weekend! It's my favorite month, and our house is all decorated with Fall/Thanksgiving decor and we even have a cute blow up turkey in the front yard! My hubs' favorite holiday is Thanksgiving so we don't skip right to Christmas at our house. That's fine with me because I loooooove Autumn and tend to stretch it all the way out until The week after Thanksgiving. I had an amazing weekend and it was my birthday on Friday!! On my birthday we went out to my favorite coffee shop and lingered and hung out for a bit. Then we went on a beautiful drive up to the lake and into the mountains to see some fall color and some nature. It was an absolutely sparkling perfect day. We ended with a yummy birthday dinner. The BIG celebration was on Saturday night, though. I fulfilled one of my long time concert wishes - and we went to see Gwen Stefani in concert here locally! I was soooooo excited! I dressed up and put on lots of sparkly makeup and checkerboard fingernails.... The show was awesome! And the venue only holds 4,000 people so the show was very intimate! She was funny, and glittery, and a crazy good dancer, and her voice is just the same as you would imagine. What a FUN night!! Lots of people in the audience were dressed up and the mood was great. I had the best time. The other super fun thing is that my husband contacted the venue beforehand and the put Happy Birthday Wanda on the jumbotron and then put US on the jumbotron!! Everyone was clapping and it was so cool. Also, after the show, people were coming up to me and wishing me happy birthday! Ha! They recognized me from the screen. What a nice birthday it was!! 

Now, although our house in not in Christmas mode, the craft room is definitely in Christmas mode! As you know I've been making Christmas cards for months already!! And there is more coming! I've been working on some new releases and you'll see those things soon! Today I have another Cross Stitch project to share with you! I started this one two years ago and FINALLY just now finished it. It was just a matter of putting my mind to it!! The pattern is called Henry and the designer is All Through The Night. I stitched on 14 Count Aida Fabric in the color Raw, and I used the called for threads listed on the pattern. The frame is from Michaels!! He's really cute and I absolutely love his plaid pants!!

 

I mean, seriously, a snowman wearing a reindeer sweater!!! SO FUN!!!

 

 

 

I like the little branches and berries as an accent...the whole thing is so cheery!!

 

 

 

 

 

This color palette feels sort of vintagey to me so I kept the frame simple with a nice wood frame. When I frame my stitches, I don't put the glass back in the frame because I like to see the texture. I back my pieces with quilt batting to make it 'poof' out a bit. 

Cheers to a great week ahead! I'll be sharing a Greetery card later in the week and whatever else I can think of!! Take care!! XOXO

 

Comments

[Anne Sturgeon]

So glad your birthday was amazing...Mark is such a great guy, he knows how to treat his lady right. Loving this cross stitch. Great colors and it is already time to think Christmas!

[Dianne]

A belated Happy Birthday! Seems like you had a wonderful weekend! Although I am primarily a papercrafter and love seeing all your work, I was a cross-stitcher for many many years thanks to my mom. I stitched so many projects I ran out of wall space for them all! I eventually got into stitching vintage samplers on 32 count linen and really enjoyed that until my eyes couldn’t take it anymore. Glad to see some of the “old” traditions being continued. Keep up your good work in stitching and paper crafting. We enjoy seeing them.

[Becky Green]

Hi Wanda! HOPING this goes thru, since it hasn't been working for me here.... BUT, this is BEAUTIFUL!!! I can see the poof of the batting behind this & colors seem vintage too! JUST BEAUTIFUL! He is SO CUTE TOO!
SOOO GLAD you had a super birthday!

[spilor / Lori Spitzer]

I'm so happy that you had such a terrific time on your birthday!! 29 and holding, eh? Cute snowman cross stitch!!
Lori S in PA

[Rosa M. Vasquez]

Wonderful birthday fun! I love the old fashion look of the crossstitch.

[Christine Dol]

Sounds like you had a fantastic birthday weekend! SOOOOO Happy you enjoyed it like you did! Full of love and fun stuff!!!! Your hubby is good!!!!!!
Your cross-stitch!!!! Oh my...you always treat us to wonderful things! It was my birthday weekend too!!!! Happy Birthday November baby!!!

[Jeanne]

What a fabulous birthday weekend you had. So happy for you! And your stitched piece is just adorable. I can see your stitching is impeccable. Yay for fully finishing a piece you've had in the works for a while. Feels great! Have a wonderful and creative week, Wanda.