Consular had a white elephant and I was out of tea!  

Thank you to Andreas' parents for the great Christmas gifts! I'm using the stationery and will be turning the box into a project box...

Lots of pretty threads and I will probably stitch both Christmas designs.  

I really need to clean out my craft area (again) so I can get some things done. Thank you!  

Have to say I was pretty underwhelmed with this one. Two nice pens, but no good paperclips, and weird sticky notes.  

Got this cute door wreath for Christmas. It's held up very well and is still on our front.  

A little freebie ornament to start because I need some small pieces.  

I finally gave up on having a real Christmas tree in the house. After 15 years, Andreas still had not budged. So, since I loathe normal fake...

This smaller tree was in the courtyard. It was pretty blingy, but didn't change color like the one in front.  

Between Leonora being gone and us being sick for part of December, we didn't get to travel. At least Warsaw has a Christmas market, so I...

Instead of my usual stitchy advent boxes, I decided to go with a stationery one this year.  

Lots of stitchy stuff in this. I've started using some things. Lots more to stitch.  

This is what I got from Ipsy for Christmas.  

Andreas decided on an ink calendar for advent this last year.  

When I ordered this, I thought it was actually about the advent pattern they had and a kit. I was wrong. It's a rather ... eclectic coll...

  This little piece is so open I should be able to finish it soon. This is about 3/4 of its height. I've been wanting to do this one for...

I got my Christmas markets this year!  Here are some pictures from Manchester.  We had a good time our first night in England wandering a...