Advent Day 4

Hi and welcome to Day 4 of my Advent series.  

Yesterday was kind of a productive day!  I was able to finish off a few more ornaments and was able to finish "reconstructing" my Christmas house...LOL  By that I mean I frogged all the stitching I had done with the wrong fiber, then restitched it all using Pearle Cotton.  Yay!  I really do love it much better with the changes!  Now I can make progress guilt free.  It was much easier than I expected (isn't that usually the case?) and since the majority of the counting had been done, I just restitched in the same holes and voila'...easy peasy lemon squeezy...lol  

So...Let me show you what I fully finished yesterday.  First up is Gentle Glow by Gentle Pursuits.  I'm not sure I'm entirely happy with this finish, but I think I'll let it be.  I know you can't see the sparkles from the metallic thread, but let's just say, under the Christmas lights, it has a certain glow!  

Next is the Weagle (this is a logo for my husband's favorite hockey team, The Washington Capitals...I always thought this was a cool logo, as at the bottom, the wings make the outline of the Capital building).  I had tried to hide some of the white space at the top with a tassel, let's just say that was a big NO NO...and we all agreed it looked much better without it.  My husband couldn't wait to hang it on the tree.  I make ornaments all year for other people.  Just last year I realized I rarely make one for him...so I'm going to try and make a more conscious effort to include him in my list.  

Last is the ornament for the newest member of the family.  I had to wait until she was born to decide how to stitch this one.  No one knew if she would be a boy or girl and I also wanted to add her name...so here is Ms. Quinn's ornament.  I changed Happy Holidays by Sue Hillis to make it more feminine by adding the stuffed rabbit and the doll from other patterns I have.  It looks very much like her sisters, but the motifs I used are different.  I just love this design!  

I have added today's advent gift to the Advent page if you want a peek.  I think the description on the tag gave away the next gift...I'm tempted to look but I'll be good...lol.  I can hardly wait for tomorrow though!!  Ok, I'm off to get some chores done, and then back to Christmas House I go!  Happy Stitching!