A bit late...or a bit early...

...depends which way you look at it. Here are my first punch needle designs for Christmas pockets. They are designed to hang on your tree and you can put whatever you want in them. They are not all finished yet.. here they are so far...

 

 

Candy cane and Santa

Closer pic of the candy cane with a sprig of holly

Closer pic of Santa.

 

Because these are small ornaments I used just 3 strands of DMC thread and my pinch needle set at #1.

 

My tools ready for my next pocket:

Showing my needle set at #1

My next pocket is a fir tree with snow laden branches

Tree outlined and filled in - wrong side...

Tree outlined and filled in with green and white snow - right side...

Tree now with trunk complete - right side...

 My colour choice for the tree.

 



Update on New Year To Do List...

...Ok here's a an update on my To Do List for 2015...

 

1. Open my Etsy shop - I have been populating the shop and hopefully over this weekend I will finish the process and have it open.

2. find new avenues to sell my crafts - thoughts and ideas are coming into  my head. 

3. Look for antique cupboard for dining room - yet to begin.

4. Sell unwanted stuff to make space in the house - yet to begin but list of what is to go has begun.

5. Plan my creating year - I have completed some marketing research and have made decisions of what I will carry on with then I will start a new creating list.

6. get the house decorated - this will probably begin planning in the Spring e.g March onwards. We are gathering local decorators details.

 



New Year...New Beginnings cont...

 

...This list will be continually gowing and being updated.

 

8.  Blog more often.

 

9. Learn how to use my new camera.

 



New Year...New Beginnings...

Another year begins...2015. Instead of New Year resolutions I thought I'd have New Years To Do List, a little less daunting I think and maybe more achievable....

 

1. Open my Etsy Shop

 

2. Find new avenues to sell my crafts.

 

3. Sell unwanted items (to make space)

 

4. Look for antique cupboard for my dining room

 

5. Plan my creating year.

 

6. Get my house redecorated.

 

7. Spend more time with my sister.