Snowbound without Kudzu

I received this beautiful needlebook in the mail the other day from the CSF group. I had done a summer exchange piece with them and my partner, due to unfortunate circumstances, could not reciprocate. The moderator of the group filled in and sent me this piece quite unexpectedly. Thank you RoseAnn! My picture does not due this piece justice at all.

Here's my latest update on Red Thread piece. I could not finish off the Smell the Flowers square due to a lack of Kudzu floss. It was then that I realized I'd only bought the flosses for the first three squares. Of course, the snow was flying and I now needed floss. Ugh! I went ahead and started the Maypole square, but of course there was parts that I couldn't do due to the lack of floss. Fortunately, my friends at Stitches N'Things are always available. They were even having a sale on GAST and WDW fibers. The sale is good through the end of December, so if you're in need, I'd highly recommend them. I went ahead and bought the rest of the flosses that I'd need to finish this piece. I want to make a lot more headway on this in the next week since I'll be starting a SAL at the beginning of the year.

I stitched this little frog floss tag for my DSIL for Christmas. She loves frogs and I've been making her a series of things with frogs in them for birthdays/Christmas. This was a freebie pattern from Barbara Anna Designs. The picture looks awful, but it was the only one I took before I gave it away. I'm sure Sue will have a better picture on her blog. I filled this ring with the flosses that she would need for our SAL this January. This was the first floss tag that I've tried to do and the finishing wasn't too hard. I used the tutorial from Snippets and Stash.

This last little item was a frog biscornu that I also gave to my DSIL this Christmas. This was a Casey Buonaugurio freebie pattern.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I plan on sitting inside and getting to work on my Red Thread piece. Stay warm.