Freebie Friday - Dress form gift tags for you.

Pink  Dress Form  Gift Tags

Welcome to my Freebie Friday post, this week I have made these digital dress form gift tags for you to download. There are 4 colours in different sizes, Pink, Purple, Blue and Green, hope you like them!

Just punch a small hole in the top and thread pretty ribbon through and attach to your gift. 

Freebie Friday - corset gift tags and thread holders.

Thankyou ladies for your comments on the previous post, I have not had the chance to reply to your emails but I will do so over the next week.

Country Cottage Needlework Santa's Village progress.

Hi everyone, here is my latest progress on Country Cottage Needlework Santa's Village, I am hoping to adhere to stitching one cottage a month, however I do seem to keep making mistakes and having to unpick my stitches on this one! I noticed that the bottom scroll had a gap between the first and the second house and I had to re-do the stitches, but I am loving the way it is coming along, the colours are so bright.

I am loving my Photoshop Elements 11 software, I have been designing  another free digital gift tag,  my latest is a corset/floral designed gift tag using old images and recolouring them, these will be available this week on Freebie Friday, so don't forget to pop back to download your freebie!   

Until next time - Happy Stitching! 

Santa's Village cross stitch progress and first pictures of my craft room

Hi everyone, here is an update on Santa's Village, I have just finished the second cottage and have begun to stitch the next one. I have not had chance to do much stitching because I have been overseeing the craft room installation, I was hoping to have finished the third cottage by now, however, it just means I need to stitch the next one a little faster! I love the way it looks on this grey fabric, it is quite soft on the eye.  

Craft room update 

My craft room is now installed, I have had a few plug sockets moved which means I need to paint over the walls in some areas, once I have done that I will be choosing new curtains and a new chair. 

It did not take me long to empty the room because everything was already in boxes, however, it did take me much longer to fill it again and I have still a bit more to do, once everything is in its place and the room has been repainted I should be ready to show photos and, hopefully, a video! That may take some time, so, I have taken photos of the display cupboard with the LED lights inside for you to take a peek at. (photos below)

I have organised all my craft things into their own drawers and cupboards, it is so much easier to access my things now and be able to create in this lovely room.  I have a number of things I am looking forward to designing over the next few weeks and then showing on my blog.     

Stitching news

When I was sorting through all of my craft room boxes I found some unfinished projects that I forgot I had, one design only needs  a few more stitches and quite  a bit of back stitch to finish it. The design is a Noah's Ark scene stitched on Aida over a small count so it looks quite lovely, hopefully I should be showing that soon. 

I also found a fully finished cross stitch that I forget to frame, it is  a Mirabillia Fairy design, I can't believe I actually forgot to get it framed!  

Poinsettia Place by Country Cottage Needlework

Some of these projects were exchange pieces, therefore not everything in the photographs has been stitched by me, if you ever did an exchange with me you just may see it below - can you spot any of your stitching?     

A big welcome to all of my new followers, until next time - Happy Stitching! 

The Sewing Machine Teabag Holders and Tea Tags

Hi everyone, its Friday Freebie today! 

I have designed some Teabag Holders and Tea Tags to match the cross stitch freebie, gift tags and paper in the previous Freebie Friday post here, if you are ever having stitching friends around for afternoon tea they would make a lovely gift for your visitors.