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Wow…it’s been a while since I’ve had a post, but I have been a busy bee!  I’m always trying to help out others, it’s something that I feel is very important to teach my children.  I’ve been working with a friend of mine to host a benefit “Elvis” concert.  It is this Saturday. We’ve been on the phone and running around picking up door prizes and stuff for the silent auction.  I even have Lindsey hard at work making something for the silent auction! Crafting for a cause! I’m also organizing a fundraiser for a woman in our area who is dying of cancer. She is 25 and has 3 young children.  Her story broke my heart. They don’t have enough money for her burial and no money set aside for the kids. I’ve been contacting everyone I know to help with this fundraiser.

So that’s just an update on my crazy life…I know it has nothing to do with kids crafts, but I didn’t want you guys to think I had forgotten about you. I will be back to posting daily after Saturday!

Look around your area, I’m sure there is someone in need. Use your crafting skills to help them out. You never know, it just might be something that can put a smile on their face and warm their heart.

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Christmas Ornament Cross Stitch Patterns

The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.