Plastic Canvas Porch Flags

 Hi Stitchers!

I have some new designs on the Herrschners website.  For a couple of months last spring, I was busily working on full-sized porch flags in plastic canvas - one for each month!  Needless to say, it was all consuming!  They are now available or will be in a few days.

Here's December's porch flag:

December Porch Flag

The rest of the months can be purchased singly or in the set of twelve with the hanger. As you can see, each one has a birdhouse and birds. It was great fun to design these.

For a closer look at each design, visit Herschnerrs and look under Plastic Canvas.

Have fun stitching and have a great Christmas! See you in 2024!

Christmas Bells

Merry Christmas!

I know a lot of you already have your trees up and your house is fully decorated! Well, I'm working on it!

One of the things I like to do every year is make some small gifts for friends.  This year, I found some nice bell ornaments at Oriental Trading.  (You may not be able to find the specific bells I used, but they have quite an assortment.)

These are great, but they needed a little something.

So, I gathered some supplies: Artificial greenery and berries and a variety of Gwen Studios ribbon

Warm up your glue gun. Cut some small sections from the greenery and berries and make a bow from one of the beautiful ribbons. I used three pieces of the greenery on each side.

Glue the greenery on each side of the hanger, then the berries.  Glue the bow at center front.  

Much better!

Repeat!  Some for friends, some for family, some for you! 

Not only decorate new ornaments, refresh the old bows on ornaments and wreaths that have become a little tired.

(I receive Gwen Studios ribbon as a member of the Design Team.)

You can find these beautiful, high-quality ribbons at Walmart, Michaels, Joann's and Amazon. Here's a few links:

Michaels

 Red and white grosgrain ribbon

Walmart

Sweet Shop ribbon

Joann's

Metallic ribbon

Amazon

Christmas ribbon

Look for more ribbon decorating ideas and last minute gifts and ornaments at the Designer Crafts Connection!