Finally feeling productive...

~ Hello Peeps! ~ I'm finally back to my jovial self...thank the good Lord. I am NOT a good sick person at all. Bless my dear husband for putting up with my sorry self for the past 12 days. I don't get sick often, I honestly am as healthy as a horse, but when I do get something...I'm usually one step away from the grave. I've been that way my whole life. Happily bopping along and WHAM-O sick as a dog. But now that it is over and for the most part gone. I'm back on track ;)
Today... was the dreaded weekly laundry. I only do laundry once a week, on Mondays. Now think about 6 people and 7 days worth of laundry...uh, yeah. LOTS. So since I have loads to do, and the laundry room is in our basement and so is my finishing room...well you can guess what I do in between loads :)
I've been doing... a lot of thinking about my future Prairie Schooler Santa tree - specifically how I envision it to look. I want it all in red. Going with that theme I wanted something to make it BAM! *POP* So I sat and thought, did a little dreaming, and finally made some plans. Well for the big yearly Santas, I decided that there is so much stitching and I want that to speak for itself. The year Santas are intricate, there's a lot of X's in there. And I want them to be featured in all their glory. No frills. Sometimes less is more. So simple spoke to me for these Santas. Simple little pillow ornaments with a simple bow and the backing in simple red/white ticking:

and for the other Santas... they are smaller and I want everything to be around the same size. I need some pops of color to offset the red/brown of the yearly Santas. So what speaks more to Christmas than red and white? What speaks more of "primitive country" than red/white pillow ticking? Nothing in my books so I made the Santa from book 36, into a flat "hanging tag" ornament. Santa is mounted on red/white ticking (think CANDY CANES!) with twine I made into cording and a simple tiny bow to give it a little punch.

And to see that my vision for my Prairie Schooler Santas will look pretty doggone good on a tree, here they are pictured together, to get the idea...just close your eyes and imagine a whole lot more yearly Santas and a lot more hanging tag ornament Santas, maybe a red ball ornament here and there, with white popcorn garland. Ohhhhh yeah! Perfect! :)

Then.... since I was on a roll...I finished my Little House Needleworks "Seven Pines" into a felt mounted ornament. I don't know what it is, but I love Little House Ornaments done on felt mounts. Most of my Little House ornaments are finished in this manner. And they are all so doggone cute when hanging on the tree.

then since I loved how my "tag" ornament turned out on the Prairie Schooler Santa above, I thought WHY NOT?! and finished the bonus pattern from Lizzie Kate's "A Little Snow" into a hanging tag ornament:

Now you tell me... how cute did that turn out? :)
So... my day was pretty doggone productive! YES! Its good to be virus free!

Until next time... I'll be keeping my hands to work and heart to God, just like always!
Hugs and Stitches, Vonna xxxx