My Christmas Wish to All

Wishing you and all your loved ones a Joyous Blessed Christmas near and far.

~*NorthwindStar*~

Beautiful Merry Christmas Freebie Pattern

I just love any Redwork embroidery and I've notice it really is making a big comeback! I can remember when I used to go to Woolworth's 5 and dime and buy packets of assorted redwork patterns for .50 cents!! Of course couldn't leave Woolworth's without going to the soda fountain in the back of the store, meet up with school chums and enjoy a cherry coke topped off with...a cherry of course! Yes, a real soda fountain with a real...live...to goodness Soda Jerk behind the counter actually MAKING (not just pouring) the cherry coke! Oh they were the best tasting I tell you...as well as some of the best memories..wayyyyyy back in the primitive early times! *s*

 

Whoops...am digressing...back to reality here...

 

I was surfing around trying to find some redwork embroidery Christmasy patterns......since Woolworth is no longer :( sadly.  I can't stand to just sit doing nothing whilst watching all the wonderful Christmas movies on TV, so I enjoy doing some needlework. 

I came across Gail Pan Designs ! What a lovely site indeed. I found the pattern above and just knew that is the one I wanted to make. Isn't is just beautiful? I just couldn't keep this secret to myself and after all, tis the season for sharing! If you enjoy redwork...wouldn't this make a splendid frame piece? Or how about a pillow or a simple wall hanging using a natural tree limb with wire as a hanger? You can download it here. 


Please remember when you are creating a treasure made from a design/pattern that someone else created, to always follow their TOU's and to give them the credit for their talent and hard work.

Wishing you a day filled with soft smiles along your way ~ Namaste ~*NorthwindStar*

To All My Jewish Friends..Old and New.....

No matter what faiths or beliefs we all have, I believe we must show honor and respect in all celebrations during this Holiday Season and throughout the year.... for what is truly important is wishing all Peace, Joy, Happiness, Goodwill, Understanding and Love to all who cross our paths on our life's journey. These are such precious gifts and are so easily given, by merely opening the door of benevolent goodwill in our hearts for all humanity.....*s*


Therefore, I would like to wish all my Jewish friends...old and new...a truly Happy Hanukkah!!

Peace to All who enter ~*NorthwindStar*~

Here's the proof!!

My dear daughter, husband and beautiful grandbabies live in Houston, Texas and thought I'd share some of the photo's of this very rare event...as proof there was...snow in Houston...brief as it was!!

This is their backyard. Sure hope all the hard work in creating their fabulous landscaping and planting all their lush trees...citrus and banana trees..... survived!

 

 

My grandbabies Olivia and Luke beginning to build their snowmen...ok, so not exactly "babies"...but then I call my 37 yr old daughter my baby girl*s* 

Beautiful granddaughter Olivia all bundled up for a cold winters day...ummm...mean hours, as apparently this winter phenom didn't last but a few hours.  

Sure wish I could say that for us in Nebraska!!! We are having a blizzard at this very moment I am posting!! Yes, blizzard with hardly any visibility!!

 

How adorable is this??? Luke huffin' and puffin' rolling his snowball...soon to be his snowman masterpiece!!! Just look at his precious face...the determination in his grimace! Too cute!

 

TA DA....drumroll please!!!!! The grand masterpieces completed...in record time too by the way.  Knowing the temperature wasn't going to remain conducive to any Frosty's longevity, time was of the essence!

 

And....here is the Frosty family!!! Olivia and Luke did such a fabulous job with their snowy creations! Sure brings warm heart smiles to this ole' grandma!!!  They had such an enjoyable time and like everyday in their happy lives....once again created a wonderful memory! *s*

 

Can you believe this? In Houston? I lived there and believe me, this is a rarity! But, as cold as this thermometer reads....sadly....not cold enough for Frosty the Snowman and his family...but hopefully he'll surely come back again some other day....right? *wink*

Wishing all a most splendid day...hopefully as delightful as mine was in seeing my sweet and gorgeous grandbabies!

Freebies, Snow, A Dove, More Snow and a Froggie

As if we didn't get enough snow yesterday and overnight...more to come tomorrow! Another 6 to 10". All I have to say is thank goodness for snow blowers, long johns and that I learned to adapt to the frigid snowy days when I lived in Canada for 5 yrs!! I said "adapt" not "like"!


Well, homemade beef vegetable soup is on, bread is rising and my prim creations are enjoying the warmth of the oven aging. So thought I'd take a moment to post a few things I'd like to share with you.


First I'd like to share ~ Something quick and easy. A stitchery Christmas Peace Dove. I stitched a few of these last year..... wee pillow tucks/ornaments with this sweet dove to have on hand for those last minute gifts we all seem to need during this time of year.  You can reduce or enlarge this stitchery to fit any project you might want. I haven't gotten my share box back up on my blog, so just click the Dove to open in another window, then save to your computer.  Oh...ignore those dots above the holly. I forgot to white out what I had begun drawing.

I had received something in my email that was an .rar file and wanted to open it. So had to find an extraction tool that would do this, as I didn't have WinRaR. Didn't need anything fancy and hopefully a free download! Well, I found one and thought I'd pass this along in the event you might be needing this extraction tool someday.  Who would have thought a FROG would be so useful!

It is very user friendly and FREE. Just download the FROGGIE HERE
All you have to do after downloading and installing it...is merely drag and drop whatever .rar file you have into the froggie window and BINGO...extracted into your folder.


Enjoy creating the Christmas Dove and do have a warm cozy day...Namaste

Journey to the North Pole

This time of year always seems like we are scrambling around trying to figure out what sweet delicious treats to make.  Especially cookies! Well, I found the mother load of cookie recipes and as an added bonus, comes along with such a delightful selection of fun and entertaining activities for all the kidlets who are soon to be on holiday break!
What better place to find all these fun holiday treasures than at the..of course...The North Pole!! Best part is you don't need to leave your warm and cozy home! Although right now, it sure feels like the North Pole here...freezing and snowing of course!

For all the cookie recipes, just click here and for all other activities listed at the North Pole click here.

Oh goodness,  you must also visit Creating Christmas.  Heather has an adorable freebie called Build a Christmas tree  for the kidlets to have fun with! Make sure you do some noseyin' around her blog, as she has some wonderful freebies for bigger kidlets too! Thank you Heather for being so generous in sharing all your fabulous hard work and talent with us!


Have fun and Enjoy!! 

Bringing some cheer and gifts

I've been as busy as all the Elf's at the North Pole of late...only without all the holiday magic they can summon when in need!! So wanted to stop in quickly, do some blog dusting and tell Charlotte thank you for keeping watch over my blog and has my permission to decorate her webs accordingly!

How about some holiday cheer and a few freebies? I so enjoy vintage Father Christmas images and postcards, thought I'd share a few I've gathered over the years. Save to your computer and print off on cardstock or print on fabric, decoupage and a whole host of other ways to use. Just enjoy!

I'd also like to mention, the new edition of Inspire Online Magazine is out! Ohhhhh you must check it out. Just scroll down a ways and click on the link...more enjoyment for you!