Going stitch crazy!

Well, I might not be able to stitch all of the things but I'm sure having fun trying! I'll start with Heart in Hand's Christmas Tiny Town, which I finished on 11/18:

It's hard to get a good picture of the entire piece because it's pretty wide, so here are a couple photos of smaller sections that show the fabric color better (PTP Dwarf Cashel):

I did use the recommended threads for this, though I made a few minor changes within the design, including "lighting" all of the windows instead of leaving some dark--for some reason I have to have them lit up. I will definitely be getting Patriotic Tiny Town when I place my next order at 123Stitch, and am looking forward to stitching it as well.

As soon as this one was done I pulled out a Lizzie*Kate chart that I had gotten about a year or so ago. It's in the November 2014 issue of Cross Stitch Crazy (I found one on eBay but the digital version is also available) and I just fell in love with it when someone posted their finish in the L*K FB group and immediately had to find the magazine; actually starting and stitching it took a bit longer but it's done now! It's called Christmas Sampler, and it's on PTP Crystal Heroic Lugana:

That was finished on the 23rd, and I wanted to start Cats in the Rain but I had a Covid booster that day and felt kind of off on the 24th so I didn't stitch at all. I still felt a bit under the weather on Thanksgiving so my sweet husband did most of the cooking and I was able to do some work on The Rooky Wood part 5 which was released that day, and then finished it on the 26th:

On the 24th Belinda of Blue Ribbon Designs posted a freebie on her blog which I thought was really cute, so instead of starting Cats in the Rain I pulled some threads and fabric and started My Frosty Friend on the 27th, finishing it yesterday:

Since Belinda had pointed out that it complemented her ornament from the 2020 JCS Christmas Ornaments issue I decided to stitch that next, since I already had fabric and threads at the ready; this is Rejoicing Reindeer, finished just this morning:

These were both stitched mainly with Silk'n Colors from The Thread Gatherer in what has become my favorite combination of Christmas colors, which are SNC280 Kringle's Coat, SNC230 Forest Berries (especially love how this looks in "Christmas" in the finished ornament) and SNC181 Golden Pines. I had stitched an ornament with them four years ago, and when I went through my stash to look for colors for the BRD ornament they still called to me more than any other colors:

So NOW I think I'll start Cats in the Rain and work on it tonight and tomorrow, then on Wednesday we are supposed to receive part 1 of The Cookie Exchange SAL by Hands on Design and I will be working on that. No clue what it's going to look like, but I am ready to go:

I bought that embellishment pack five years ago because the little cookie cutters were just too cute; now I'm hoping this is the year I finally have a reason to use them!

Hope everyone has a great stitchy week!