Thanksgiving Cross Stitch

I have two cute finished pieces to share with you today!  I love fall designs and finished these two cross stitch patterns over the last year.  They were small and fairly simple to work on but did contain a bunch of pretty varigated floss which can be pricey!

First up is The Thankful Owls by Bent Creek.  I fell in love with the owls on this one!  And, they are tiny enough to fit on a fork!  I had to stitch it :)

I used the called for floss and stitiched it up on a 32 count linen.  I can't recall the name of the color but if I remember, I'll edit this post to add it in.

I finished this one in this cute frame by Jillibean Soup.  I found it at my local Joann store.  I added a bit of brown floral fabric I had in my stash from when Stampin' Up! made fabric (remember that?).  I wrapped my cross stitch around a piece of sticky board and then matted it inside the frame.  Simple but cute!  I ended up displaying it in a tobacco basket I picked up at Target.  I add seasonal pieces here throughout the year- it makes a cute background for stitched pieces!

My second piece features A Little Thankful by Lizzie Kate.  I purchased this as a kit and it included a cute tiny charm and beads.  

This one is also finished on a frame by Jillibean Soup that I found at Joann.  I matted this with a ruffle of torn fabric I made using another brown fabric from my stash.  This one is also from the Stampin' Up fabric line from long ago...

I love how easy it was to create these pieces using the frames from Jillibean Soup!  I will be getting some more of these for sure!  I may need to update my fabric stash though, lol!  Most of my fabric is nearly vintage!

-Tess

Products:

Thankful Owls by Bent Creek

A Little Thankful by Lizzie Kate

Jillibean Soup Mix the Media frames

A Clean and Simple Thanksgiving Card

Hi!  With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought I would create a clean and simple card just for that!  I used Waffle Flower Craft's Tribal Bear Stamp Set along with Holiday Words Die for this card:

There is also a video to accompany this card.  Pop over to the Waffle Flower Crafts blog today to check it out!

-Tess

Thanksgiving Table Treats for SRM

I had so much fun making these cute treat boxes for the SRM blog- I can't wait to display them on Thanksgiving!  It's always fun to give a little treat on the holidays and I thought I'd use a kraft pillow box for mine this time.

I used stamps from Darcie's, patterned papers from Pink Paislee's Solstice 6x6 pad, gold doilies, Strawberry Coral twine, and the Fall sentiment stickers from SRM to decorate my boxes.  I colored the stamped images with Prismacolor colored pencils and fussy cut around them.

Isn't this sentiment perfect for this cute image of the kid dressed up as a turkey?  I love how they look together!  I also love how the gold doily looks peeking out from behind.

Although the boxes don't easily pop open, I used the Strawberry Coral twine to keep them closed through dinner.  We have a lot of kids at our holiday party and I thought the extra twine might keep their hands away from the treats until after dinner. :)

The sentiment stickers were adhered to white cardstock.  I cut them into shapes using a couple of my favorite diecuts.  I used foam dimensional adhesive to adhere them down- I love the dimension it adds!

Thanks for joining me today!  I hope you have fun planning your upcoming holiday table decor!