Moovelous Monday

 Someone left the  wide gate open, and all of my barnyard friends have made  their way into  the house to celebrate the Christmas season!  

               

A very Moovelous Monday to you, Sweet Friends. Welcome! 

The other day I hinted around to Mr. Pinker that I would like to put up the Christmas tree downstairs. After running some errands, I came home to see my raggedy 6 1/2 foot  tree already downstairs waiting for me.  Aaw how sweet of Mr. Pinker. 🤗

 I could not decorate it quick enough. It was not long before chickens came to roost on the very top of the tree. Years ago I stitched this piece for my oldest grandson .It is a Kathy Barrick design which was in the 2001 Just Cross Stitch Magazine .  Anywhoo....Mr. Pinker's nickname for our grandson is Rooster so this ornament is very befitting and always goes front and center.  

        

Then I tucked Barnyard  stitches here and there and everywhere.  You may notice teeny tobacco baskets as well. In years past, my family grew burley tobacco. 

A little wooden pig ornament is in memory of our pig farming days. 

I miss our little oinkers; so does Mr. Pinker. 

Of course there are felted cows and little milk cans. 

 Because the tree no longer has its legs, its trunk is tucked in a wood stove pipe. Then...the tree is tucked in Granny's old galvanized wash tub. Yep rusty and crusty- just the way I like it. 

But look what I used for my tree skirt!  A ring of vintage and antique cow bells. 🐮🐮🐮

So here is this year's Barnyard Tree in all it's glory. I still need to change out the decor on the shelves, but I am nearing a finish. I had wanted to add the John Deere pedal tractor, but I could not squeeze it in . Maybe next year. 

I have shared most of the ornaments on  this tree over the years in my Barnyard  Christmas series. If you see any that you are interested in ,  check out this year's Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas Parade Of Previous Freebies- 2025.

Alrighty y'all that is the first of this year's trees. 

Have you got your tree up yet? Or are you waiting until it gets a little closer? 

Have a mooo-arvelous day!  And thank you for dropping by. 

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting,

 y'all

Melisa 

"It may be a simple life but it's honest , humble and honorable and it's the only life for me. " 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy who loved the farm , Christmas time and all things rusty and crusty-.  I love and miss you so much.. Amo. 

The extra  cow bells were placed on the freestanding gas stove. 

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Heart the Christmas Cow - Barnyard Christmas Freebie

 

Howdy , ya'll.  Grab your farm boots and let's head to the barn.  This is a barnyard post.

Can you pick out which one is named Ears? Lol . They are so cute! 

I am fully into Christmas stitching right now. Two years ago I began creating ornaments for my Barnyard Christmas  tree . 

This will be the 3rd Christmas in which I decorate with the farm theme. 

Here is my first year's Farm tree.

Last year I decided to buy a pencil tree. It was cute, but I could not get all of my ornaments on it and I just like a big over sized tree. 

This year the big tree will return to the living room, but the Barnyard ornaments will still be on the pencil tree in the hall.  I just may have to add some of them to a smaller tree as well. 

I have been working on some new additions to the tree.  Earlier this year, I fell in love with the way that Rakel on Instagram finished her Barnyard Ornaments. So I ended up copycatting her. I hope you do not mind, Rakel. Thank you so much for the inspiration.

One of my favorite cows that has been on the family farm was a cow named Heart. I wish I had a photo of her but alas I do not. Heart was born and grew up on the farm. She was  such a sweetie; we named her heart because she had a perfect heart shape right in the middle of her forehead.  Sadly, poor heart was struck by lightening two years ago. She is certainly missed.  So this ornament is dedicated to her and is called Heart the Christmas Cow . 

 Now Rakel found the cutest pack of wooden ornaments on Amazon - a pack of 50. Fortunately, I was able to find them and quickly put in an order for myself. I have been painting them with  Apple Barrel Barn Red paint that I bought at Walmart for under a dollar. I then used sand paper to remove some of the paint.  Dollar tree twine was used as a trim  and for the hanger.  The greenery was cut from an old Christmas wreath. I just added a bit of white paint to make it looked like it is flocked. The bow is a simple strip of homespun that I wrapped some green thread around. If I am lucky enough to find a teeny embellishment for the center of the bow, I will add it later. Rakel found some teeny pinecones for hers. 

If you are interested in stitching, Heart the Christmas Cow grab the images below. Many of ya'll know but I always encourage you to read my little disclaimer and note about getting my charts. 

NOTE: Normally I have been able to create links to the charts and instructions which were in JPG form. For some reason, recent updates on Google Docs. has prevented me from doing that and I am not able to create a pdf without having to deal with storage issues.  Many dear stitchers say they right click, save the image and then print.  I think some have copied and pasted it to a Word document that they can print off as well. I hope you are able to find a way to enjoy this chart. You will have to click each page to save. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding and for all of the helpful tips and ideas. 

Many of you know , but I always like to leave this little disclaimer.  

I stitch my little designs for fun and to decorate my home. I feel very blessed by this community and love sharing my little charts, but I am not a professional designer. And I do not have professional software. Thank you for understanding . I am always grateful for your kind encouragement , your visits, and for stitching my little designs.

Previous charts include: 

Chicken Sled ,   Santa's Ride ,  Special Delivery , Christmas Barn, Christmas Bucket, Christmas Tractor , Santa on the Farm,  Mrs. Claus on the Farm , The Stockings Were Hung ,   Santa's Visit  ,  Hanging the Star .   , Skiing on the Farm ,  Farm Truck  , Baking on the Farm , and Christmas Goat   Bringing Home the Tree  , Christmas Stocking , Christmas Stack   ,  A Christmas Flock and Christmas on the Farm. 

I hope you like Heart the Christmas Cow. I am very grateful that you stopped by to give her a gander. I have several more of the farm animals in this style to share over the next few weeks including a horse, goat , sheep and pig ; so stay tuned. 

Have a beautiful day, my friends  . 

As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa 

Whatever makes the soul happy- do that! 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy  Sundays are always the hardest. . I love and miss you Amo.  

Love ya, till the Christmas cows come home!!!🐮💚

Have a MOOEY CHRISTMAS  ! 

Farm Christmas Tree

Good morning. Woo Hoo! My farm tree is up! I have been working on ornaments for this tree since July.  My tree  is a little wonky and already leaning probably from the weight of all of the ornaments Lol. But it is up. Do you know what?  I have never had a new tree; I have always been the lucky recipient of family hand me downs which is fine with me. I received this tree from my brother a couple of years ago. 

I live in a small house so this  tree is lovingly placed in front of the window between the queen Anne chair which is from my great grandmother and a little wooden desk from about the 1950's . You get   a slight glimpse of my couch . Can you guess how old it is?  59 years old. Lol It is a hand me down from Mr. Pinker n Punkin's family. I have it slip covered with colors that I am attracted too. 

This is how my tree looked last year. It was in  the gingerbread theme. 
This year you can find all kinds of ornaments and decor in the gingerbread theme, but two years ago it was harder to find in my area so I made my own decorations. All of those gingerbread men and peppermints are made from Coca Cola cardboard boxes cut up and painted. It was thrifty  way to get a lot of cute ornaments. I decorated my tree in gingerbread in 2018 & 2019 so it was time for a change. 

 Now this year I used a variety of filler ornaments to go in with my Barnyard Christmas cross stitch series. I used a barn plaque from Walmart as the tree topper with a big red bow from the Dollar General.

I have a variety or ornaments all pilled on the tree.  The ornaments may not be hung perfectly straight , but that is ok.   I have to admit there is a lot to take in: I really love it to be crammed full. That is just my style. The Holestein cow ornaments were finds from Walmart this year. 

The cross stitch ornament is my Christmas Barn . 

At the Dollar General , I found buffalo checked ornaments and silver bells for $1.00. 

The barn ornaments were also from the Dollar General. They came in a white and a red .Dollar General also had the cute mason jar ornaments.  My daughter bought me the Farm Fresh Christmas Tree pillow on Black Friday. She is such a sweetie. 

I had a couple of Santas in my Barnyard Christmas series including "Santa's Visit" and "Santa on the Farm" . 

The Christmas Goat was one of my last ornaments of the Barnyard Christmas series. Isn't that the cutest Buffalo checked barn? 

The sweet little sheep ornament was called "Special Delivery". I enjoyed stitching this little piece.  I got the little milk can ornament at Dollar General.  Can you see a pattern here? I did a lot of Dollar General shopping- Lol. 

"Hanging the Star ' is a sweet little ornament . I love the slight tilt of the sheep's head. 

The first ornament in the series was called 'Chicken Sled" . It started the whole series and tree. 

Throughout the tree, are little paper chickens with handwritten words on them like "Bless the Farm", "Christmas Farm" and "Cluck , Cluck" etc. 

I have some little tobacco basket ornaments which I treasure. I found those at Walmart and how appropriate since I grew up on a tobacco farm. If you look carefully, you may see a Barnyard Christmas ornament that I did not post- it just did not make the cut. Lol. 

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I stitched the little sheep pillow last year. I believe it was a freebie. I made it in a little pillow and added a little buffalo checked ribbon and pine cone.  

 I used white spray paint to lightly coat pine cones from the farm to add to the tree. 

Below the tree is a little village including a farm scene.  Hanging above the barn is "Santa' Ride" . 

I was tickled to death to get this little barn this year. I have the village on an old lace tablecloth. 

This scene inside the barn  brings back fond childhood memories of milking old Blackie on our farm.

The Santa on the tractor was a Christmas ornament that I snipped the string hanger off. 

So that is my Farmhouse Christmas tree. I have to admit I did not decorate the back or the sides too heavily if those areas were not going to be seen.  The grandbabies have already started moving the ornaments around and playing with the village. It warms my heart to see their eyes sparkle with excitement when they look at the tree. 

If you missed any of the Barnyard Christmas charts, you can click on the names below and you will be directed to those charts.  

Previous charts include: 

Chicken Sled ,   Santa's Ride ,  Special Delivery , Christmas Barn, Christmas Bucket, Christmas Tractor , Santa on the Farm,  Mrs. Claus on the Farm , The Stockings Were Hung ,   Santa's Visit  ,  Hanging the Star .   , Skiing on the Farm ,  Farm Truck  , Baking on the Farm , and Christmas Goat .

Thank you so much for visiting and for checking out my Farm Christmas tree.  I hope to add more cross stitch ornaments to it next year. 

Happy Stitching, ya'll

Melisa