A "Christmas Garden " finish

I 'm glad many of you enjoyed seeing Pike Place Market in it's Christmas finery.  If it had not been raining, there would have been more photos. I did make my deadline and finished CG on Fri. night!  Yesterday I washed it and got it ready for framing.  The SBA(super blog assistant-he loads the photos) is my framer.  So now I have to wait till he is in the mood.  He's actually a great help and will probably do it soon.  On another note, last night we went to see The Irish Rovers Christmas Concert.  It was great.  If you like Irish music and get a chance to see them, go for it! I have also included in this post my next project. I'm doing a PS Santa. I need a small project for a change.  I'm beginning to think about my next big project.  This year I want to do more reproduction or at least that type of samplers. I hope you all have had a terrific week-end!

 I just placed the frame over the piece.  Sometimes you get a better picture without the glass anyway.

I am so glad that I decided to stitch the alphabet.  I got the idea from another blog, "A Gentleman's Sampling" .  Then I googled the idea and found many people wanted to do the same thing.   Some even skipped that part altogether. The initials that you see belong to our parents.

I have fallen in love with the color GA Heirloom Gold.  Please notice this magnificent frame from Valley House Primitives.  It goes so well with the colors in this design! Due to our light, all the photos are a bit darker than they actually appear. We have had DAYS!!! of rain and dark!

Here is the next project.  See the Santa with the sunflower. If I stitch him on 32ct. he will fit into one of my faux finished 5x7 frames.

This time of year we all  here in the Pacific NW need a bit of sun and cheer. So this design seemed perfect.

I wish you all a wonderful week ahead!