Cozy Christmas Cross Stitch

I finished one of my small Christmas cross stitch projects, Cozy Christmas Wishes. I tend to give away all my cross stitches as gifts and don't have any to bring out during the holidays. So, this year I am working on several little Christmas projects to decorate my home for the holidays. I'm thinking about framing this is in dark red frame. I haven't decided if I should go out and buy a frame or paint one of the many miscellaneous frames I have stashed in my craft room. I was hoping to find a "country washed out" wooden frame for this. I'll post a new photo of this cross stitch once it gets framed.

Hubby's Christmas Cross Stitch Gift

It's been long enough for my loving hubby to have misplaced this blog's link ... so, I feel quite comfortable showing you all the Christmas gift I'm working on for him.

I started out with one pattern and then modified it a bit (something I seem to do a lot these days). I decided not to add the "USA" in red, white, and blue at the bottom. I wanted to make it a bit more personal for my husband. Upon return from Dessert Storm, he was assigned to the HMX-1, the designation for the Presidential Helicopter Squadron. So, in place of the "USA" at the bottom, I decided to add a helicopter (still work in progress). I'm also going to add 2 gold stars at the top -- one to the left of "USMC" and then one to the right. I will post the completed project soon.

Below are some photos of this cross stitch:

A closer look:

My Cross Stitching Projects

I created this cross stitch by taking several pieces of different patterns to come up with this unique design. I still feel like it's missing something and am in the midst of coming up with a saying to stitch in cursive under this design.

A closer look ...

Here's another cross stitch project that I'm in the finishing stage of (I need to take a better picture of this so that the snowflakes under "January" can be seen better) ...

I'm also working on a Christmas gift cross stitch for my darling hubby, which unfortunately I cannot post at this time (he pops in every now and then to leave me messages!). It's almost done and then I move on to my next cross stitch Christmas project for my staff at work.

Speaking of my staff ... they surprised me with this beautiful bouquet of flowers for "Boss's Day."