When my husband and I started our family, I began making an annual Christmas ornament for my children. That tradition has continued without exception. Now I'm continuing to make an ornament for not only my children but their spouses and also their children. Sometimes the ornaments are not given until Christmas because I don't have them finished. This year, however, I got the ornaments finished in a timely manner and gave them to the kids and grandkids on Thanksgiving so they'll have them to use during this Christmas season.
I always try to put a name or initials on the ornaments as well as a date. This year I used small beads to indicate the initials of the recepient and also the year (2010). The snowflakes were made for my kids and their spouses and the penguins were made for the grandkids.
The snowflake is made from size 80 thread and the pattern for the 2 color flake by Anne Bruvold. The penguin is made using size 20 thread for the white and 3 strands of floss (I didn't have any #20 black thread) and the pattern by Jane Eborall. 
1 comment:
What a lovely idea.
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