Christmas Stockings

Christmas stockings were the snooze buttons on our Christmas morning alarm clocks.  We had an agreement with the kids, if they got up early well before we were properly awake, then their stockings were fair game.  My daughter's shows how I made them a little wider to accommodate a coloring book.  I would stuff them with yo-yos, candy, paper dolls for Jill, little action figures for Andy, stuffed animals...well, you get the point.

I decided to make new stockings this year and while researching ideas I noticed in pictures of store bought ones that they hung to the right and when I made these I had them hang to the left.  Funny the things we notice.  Now,  I wonder, which way do most stockings hang?

Things are busy around here even with the man away.  I find my days flying by, a good thing because that means he'll be home soon, but with the kids coming in on Friday for the weekend, I find myself in crunch mode.  I do find time for Pinterest and it's especially easy using the app on my iPhone.

The embroidery design is from The Pattern Bee Vintage Embroidery Shop but the lettering is my design. 

I am happy to have them done and hanging and I did make a new tree skirt, too, but I'll show that later.  I don't want to put all my eggs into one basket, as they say.

Hugs my friends!