Some that I have received (the two lovely ones on the left) and others that I have made
Every year I make Christmas decorations as gifts for my husband’s staff, my daughters’ teachers and instructors, and for some special people. It usually ends up that I need to make between 10 and 20, and its something that I usually really enjoy doing. I’ve already started this year’s ones as they’re a great small project to take to my daughters’ swimming lessons, piano lessons and trumpet lessons. I can get the embroidery done for a couple a week.
I make different ones every year. Sometimes they’re in Christmassy colours, and sometimes they’re not. I’m not too fussy about that. I think an ornament can be beautiful at Christmas even if it is not in red, green, white or gold! One of my husband’s staff decorates her home in red and gold for Christmas, which means that some years she is exceptionally happy with the latest edition to her collection!
Would anyone like me to organise a Christmas ornament swap for the readers of this blog? I’ve been part of some through various forums before, and I’ve always found them to be great fun. It is truly delightful receiving an ornament from someone, somewhere else in the world. You could use your own design, one of my designs, or one of someone else’s design.
I’ll make a cut-off date for people to join, and then draw names out of a hat to allocate who is sending to whom. Later on, you’ll need to send me your address (which I will treat with kindness and respect, and certainly NOT add to any mailing list!) so that I can distribute addresses to the appropriate givers. You need to be prepared to take into account international postage, international posting times, and customs and quarantine requirements of other countries, as while you may be allocated a recipient in your own country, there’s every chance that you will not!
If you’re going to join, make sure that it IS something that you can commit to. There is nothing worse than going to all the effort of making and sending out an ornament to find that someone else can’t be bothered and therefore makes it a less than happy experience for their recipient. To add to the fun, until you receive your ornament, it will be a secret who yours is coming from. However, you are welcome to blog about the ornament you are making, because none of the other recipients will know if they’re the one that’s getting it!
If you’d like to be involved, add your name in the comments section of this post. Yes, it is a little early in the year to be thinking about this, but if we get it started now, it will impinge less on the end of the year rush that so many of us get caught up in.
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
Yes Yvette, I would love to be involved in the christmas deco swap. Thanks for thinking of such a wonderful thing to do. Desiree Lyons
I certainly would love to be included in the ornament exchange. Please include me if you go forward.
Carole in Florida
Count me in! I think it would be great to send an ornament to someone in another part of the world or my country and to receive one as well.
Linda
sure. great idea.
I would love to do an ornament swap. Sounds like great fun!
I am new to your blog and to both Mountmellick and Hardanger embroidery.I think the ornament swap is a wonderful idea.I can not participate due to a handicap but perhaps if I start now and you have it again next Christmas I can join in then! In the meantime, I’ll enjoy reading about everyone’s ideas and participate vicariously. Thank you Yvette,for making this forum possible.
Hi Susie – Welcome! I’m glad that you’ve joined us here. 🙂
I would love to be involved too. This is a great idea. I was a member of few swaps, but none of them was international.
Agn? from Lithuania
Ups, exact my name is Agne with point on “e”, but internet today do not want to understand it…
I would love to join the ornament swap. Let me know when you need my address. It will be fun to see the different styles of needlework and where each ornament comes from – the thought of having a stitch pal from another country is exciting.
Veronica in Pennsylvania, USA
me encanta la idea ivette
es una bonita forma de aprender,y mostrar,, lo que tenemos
donde vivimos
And for those like me who don’t speak Spanish, this is Google’s translation of Lidia’s comment:
I love the idea ivette
is a nice way to learn and show what we have
where we live