Are you eating leftovers? Good afternoon, ya'll . I think we will be eating for days with all of the wonderful leftovers from Christmas Eve and Christmas.
How was your Christmas? Whether you celebrated quietly at home or with a large group, I hope your day was filled with happiness, love , and peace . On Christmas Eve the family came over to my house where we had finger foods.
The youngins' worked on snow globes and decorating ugly sweater cookies.
The boys must have been extra special for Santa was good to them .
My little tree was all decorated in campers.
The shutters next my little camper tree was filled with Christmas quilts.
All of this will be changed over to snowmen very soon. But I have to admit, I am tempted to leave it out a little longer for I sure would love to be camping right now. Brrr, it would be cold though.
Just in time for Christmas , I finished The Scarlett House's 2022 freebie called Santa's Helpers. Thank you , Joan for the sweet finishing pieces.
I am going to try to stick to my rotation this new year. So I have a wee start on a Merry Monday stitch. Merry Monday is the day I will dedicate just a few minutes to stitch on a Christmas piece in order to move the project along.
A project waiting to be finished is sitting in my stitchy chair. It is Cheri Payne's Wednesday's Best called " Santa Claus" . The quilting was completed before Christmas. The binding will be completed by the night's end.
Eeeeh! Flurries are in the forecast!!! Will it happen? Probably not , but I have my snow boots and toboggan ready just in case. In the meantime, I will stay inside glued to the window , dreaming of snowmen and snow cream.
Have a very lovely evening, ya'll and as always...
As always...
Happy Stitching and Quilting, ya'll
Melisa
Christmas calories do not count!
Hugs and Stitches!!! And Snowman Kisses.
Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. Who would be out mom's along with myself each 26th of Dec. to enjoy the leftovers. Love and miss ya, Amo.
I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needle workers to meet.
Kate at Life in Pieces for Stitching Stuff ( Sunday)
Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap - Sunday
Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday
Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings
Beth at Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making
Judy at Small Quilts Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday
Joy at Days Filled with Joy for This and That
Hi Melisa! It looks like you had a great Christmas time! All the food looks yummy and your grankids happy, I'm so glad! I'm going to check the Santa's Helpers stitching project, it's really lovely. Your Santa Claus quilting looks great already. Have a wonderful week!
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It was a wonderful Christmas, Diana especially when we got to watch the grandkids open their gifts. Santa's Helpers stitched up fast and was a fun stitch. Have a wonderful week, my friend.
DeleteYou are right, leftovers are very tasty. We have finished up the last of the roast lamb and salads, still have plenty of ham for several more meals. And I'll probably make a ham and egg pie sometime soon. So pleased you had a great time with family. I love your special camper tree, how cute indeed. Our Chrixmas of course is in Summer, and we all had a day at the beach yesterday!
ReplyDeleteChristmas at the beach sounds amazing, Jenny. I have never had lamb before, but hubby has and said that it is tasty. I am so glad that you had a very lovely Christmas as well, Jenny. I wish you a blessed new year.
DeleteLeftovers are the best. I still have a little bit left that will be finished today. Your food looks yummy and it looks like the boys are having so much fun opening their gifts. Glad you were able to spend time with family. Beautiful Christmas decor. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteToday we still will eat leftover for Christmas Eve. So much delicious food. Glad you had a great time with family. Here the Christimas decorations are up till January 7th, as January 6th is the Three Kings Day. Happy 2022 last week Melisa.
ReplyDeleteAren't leftovers so good. I love to eat them cold. I hope that you had a very lovely Christmas, Ivani. For the last couple of years, I have been leaving up some of my Christmas up to the 6th as well. Enjoy the last few days of 2022 and wishing you a blessed New Year.
DeleteLooks like you had a wonderful Christmas. Those finger foods look yummy. We did leftovers for Christmas day, but they was it. Your Santa quilt is really fun and so is your new stitchery. Hope you can find lots of time for stitching this last week of 2022.
ReplyDeleteOh thank you so much, Kate. We did have a great Christmas. We had enough leftovers to we feed several people for the whole week but we better get them ate soon for New Years is coming up and that means another great meal. Lol. Have a great week, Kate.
DeleteWe brought home a bit of ham from my parents on Christmas Day. Your assortment of finger foods looked yummy. Your camper tree made me chuckle. Enjoy the remaining days in 2022! 2023 will be here before you know it.
ReplyDeleteI bet the ham was so yummy, Robin. We used to have turkey and ham , but for the last few years it has just been turkey. I do miss the ham though. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your family. Hugs.
DeleteI think that seeing a child open Christmas presents of the most beautiful things in the world... those faces of illusion are priceless!!!
ReplyDeleteI love your recently finished embroidery and the Christmas decoration of campers that solar makes with biajar.
I hope the snowstorm we see on the news doesn't affect you too much, friend
Hugs from Spain
Oh I agree , Isabel. We woke up early and went over to my daugther's house to watch the grandbabies open their gifts. They were over the moon. We got just a dusting of snow not much to speak of , but it has been so cold here lately. We are hoping for warmer days soon. Thank you for the sweet visit.
DeleteSo many awesome photos! Love the cross stitch projects - the finished one and the new one! And the photo of the Santa quilt waiting for binding... I could not resist picking that up and stitching on it! All else would have to wait!
ReplyDeleteAaah thank you so much, Kathy. I finished up my Santa quilt tonight . I think I will keep him out for a few more days to enjoy . Lol Have a great week.
DeleteHello Melisa! I've been using my tablet to read blogs the past couple weeks and for some mysterious reason it won't let me leave comments. I'm sure it's a button I have pushed or one I didn't push but need to. Anyhoo, I am on my computer so two things for you. First I got a good laugh over your dear grandson's embellishment of your adorable reindeer strawberry stitch. (do you think your precious sister gave him a little nudge?)
ReplyDeleteNext, I love the idea of making those snow globes with your grands. Mine will be 3 next Christmas so I was thinking that might be something I could do with him and he could give it to Mom and Dad for Christmas. I think I've tracked down the globes and was wondering are those bean bag pellets you used for your snow? One of my New Year resolutions is to be better prepared next holiday season for some fun things like this.
All the best to you and your family in 2023 and I thank you so much for your blog. It's such a nice place to visit,
Good morning, Maureen. Lol thank you so much , the little grandson is a little jokester. I got a kick out of him doing that. The snow globes would be a fabulous project for your grandbabies. I have been doing these with the grandbabies and nephews for years and they family brings them out each year for display. I got all of the supplies at the Dollar Tree . The Dollar Tree had 2 sizes of snow pellets. I got the smallest. One small bag has lasted for 2 years and has been used to make 10 globes. I bought the little people at the Dollar Tree as well . They are for the snow villages. We always date and write the kiddos names on the bottom. It is fun to look back at them each year. I also got some cute felt ornaments at the Dollar Tree for them to create as well. I hope you found all of the supplies . Enjoy the rest of 2022 and wishing you the most blessed 2023 . Great resolution. I need to do the same. Hugs.
DeleteI love watching the children tear into their presents on Christmas! So glad you had a wonderful Christmas with your family! I love your camper tree!! It's adorable. The quilt finished with binding will be a great way to finish the day! Thanks for linking up with Monday Musings!
ReplyDeleteIt was so much fun to watch the grandkids; they had a great Christmas. Oh thank you so much on my camper tree. It was hard to take the ornaments off of that one for I do love to camp. Lol.
DeleteIt sounds like a wonderful Christmas for your family, Melisa! The boys are getting SO big--I bet you didn't even need gifts of your own as it is the best just sitting back and watching them open presents! Your camper tree is darling and I just love your Scarlett House finish--that is even cuter now that I've seen it all stitched up. Wishing you a wonderful remaining 2022! ♥
ReplyDeleteIt was so wonderful to watch the boys open up their gifts. They were so excited and I believe Santa got them all that they wanted. Lol. Oh yes, just watching them made my day. Hugs.
DeleteYour little Santa quilt is darling. I like that you go to town (so to speak) decorating your house. I'm usually more interested in piecing, quilting, or reading to put much effort into decorating. Later this week we'll take down the Christmas decorations on the mantel and put out a slew of snowmen. Plus send my bigger Santa back to his corner of the basement and bring out the bigger snowmen. And, change a few quilts hanging in the great room. So, ok, I guess I'm actually going to decorate quite a bit for the winter season. Hope you have a great beginning to 2023.
ReplyDeleteAaaah thank you so much, Bonnie. Lol, I do love going all out for all of the holidays. It sounds like you are going to have a fabulous time pulling out your winter pretties as well. I love bringing out the snowmen after Christmas as well. Enjoy the rest of 2022 and happy winter decorating. Lol Hugs.
DeleteI sure hope Christmas calories don't count, lol! Your decorations are so fun, and looks like it was fun and yummy time at your house over the weekend. Have fun stitching on those Santas!
ReplyDeleteLol Diann. I do too for I have been enjoying every morsel of our Christmas feast. We had a wonderful Christmas and have been going over to mom's each day for leftovers. We have one more big meal- New Years and then back to the same ole' . Lol. Enjoy the last days of 2022
DeleteBless the boys always! I bet they are always as nice as their sweet Grandmother. Your house is so lovely. I always enjoy seeing all your decorations and lovely things you make. Blessings always sweet friend. ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteAaah thank you so much, dear . I am quite proud of my little munchkins. They are as different as night and day as were my girls , but that makes it so much interesting and fun. They certainly keep me on my toes. Big hugs.
DeleteI, like you, am wanting to go camping! Love that little tree of yours. :) Thanks for joining Sew & Tell. Blessings, Melva
ReplyDeleteCamping can not come soon enough. Wishing you many happy camping adventures, Melva. Happy New Year.
DeleteHi Melisa, your finger foods look delicious! I'm sure your house was cozy and warm and inviting, especially with your wonderful decorations. We are leaving ours up through this weekend. Thank you for sharing your post with To Do Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteAah thank you so much, Linda. We had a great holiday . I hope you did as well. It is hard to believe it is already 2023. Wishing you a very Happy New Year.
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