Giveaway at Creation Corner

Just a quick note.  Tasha at Creation Corner has done a fun review of my new Symbols of Christmas Pattern, and is giving away a pattern to one of her readers.  Hop on over and enter.  She does a great job explaining the difference between the tutorial I created and the new pattern.  Just look how cute her ornaments turned out:

image via Creation Corner

Contributing to Tasha's Handmade Christmas series was such a blessing.  It gave me the motivation to create the ornaments, and I hope you'll stop by. 

Open for business

I'm excited to announce that I've opened a new little pattern shop here on my blog. I hope you'll take a peek.

Since creating the Symbols of Christmas ornament tutorial, I just couldn't stop thinking about how to make it better. It's been a quest of sorts.  I've spent more hours than I'd care to say.  I've bothered a few friends about what they thought, including Elizabeth who was so gracious to edit the whole thing for me.  The result is a 21 page PDF pattern, with instructions on how to make each ornament, beautiful new templates, and my sincere hope that you will embrace this idea, and make your own ornaments to teach your children the true meaning of Christmas.

My appreciation to each of you who read my blog and have befriended me.  I wouldn't have attempted any of this without your thoughtful words and motivation.

Keep your eyes and ears out, too.  Some of my kind friends will be hosting giveaways of the new pattern to help spread the word.