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The geek in me – mini tools and such

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levelnecklace1For whatever reason I googled ‘ tiny level necklace‘ this morning. What?! It’s funny, wearing a level necklace is. I found geek after my own heart in YOUnGEEK on Etsy.

I love tiny things and I love surprises. I am a huge spy fan and I wish I could work with Q and outfit James Bond agent 007 with neat little gadgets. I often wonder to myself, what would MacGyver do? What tools would he love to have on hand? I love miniaturizing useful tools and wear them unsuspectingly. If something is useful to me, I will try to find it or make it as small as I can and put it on a necklace or ring.

I like the mini salt and pepper earrings, the levels and the Mini Working Harmonica Necklace with Tiny Music Stand and Ity Bity Sheet Music

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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.

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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.