Secret Santa

Zina of Efzin Creations blog organized one more Secret Santa exchange this year.
Zina has a lovely blog and you should follow it and get ideas how to make beautiful simple things.
This year the person I had to send my gift to was Zina herself and I was really happy about this.
So I made this for her.
I stitched a Prairie Schooler design I had won in a giveaway by Gillie, a stitching friend.

 I backed it with fabric I had won at another giveaway by Sarah of Sarah in stitches.And I used some vintage trimming I had found a long time ago but loved how the trimming matched the colours of the Santa. And finished it as a pinkeep for the first time and I really liked this finishing.

 I put it on an easel, too.

 I also made a little felt owl and added a bar of handmade soap, some jewelry I had made, and one of my wedding favour key rings. Also a book.

 And included a handmade card.

I am glad Zina enjoyed her parcel.
A couple of days ago I received my gift too.It came in a little beautiful box.

 It was a beautiful fabric flower made by Fairytale Flower.

 It is a key ring but I can also wear it as a brooch.Isn't it lovely?And so much detail!

Thank you Gia for the lovely gift!
Thank you Zina for the exchange!

Giveaways!

I realised today that I have 50 followers so I am going to have a giveaway. I am going to give away my first ever Prairie Schooler Christmas ornament as a little thank you; so whoever wants to take part in the giveaway please leave a comment only on this post.Rules? Should they be rules? Well,ok I will just do what others do. You have to be a follower (and hopefully a regular reader,LOL!) and you should add your e-mail so that I can find you. I will do the drawing on Sunday at midnight local time!(I hope I will be at home at that time,LOL!again!)
Here is  a photo of the ornament which I made for the Christmas Ornament Challenge 2011organised by Becky Bee. You can see lots of beautiful ornaments here.

And since we are talking about giveaways here are two more you can join.
First Sonia's who is also updating her shop today.
And secondly Tatiana's in Russia who makes amazing cross stitched things.You can read the blog translated in English.

Prairie Schooler Santa

Do you remember that I had won Kathy's Sit and Stitch giveaway a little time ago?

Well among other things it included this little Prairie Schooler Santa.

As I am taking part in Becky's Christmas Ornament Challenge I decided to stitch it and finish it as an ornament and not a card. That was my first ever ornament finish and it was rather difficult.
Anyway here it is.

 And that's how it looked before the finishing! I don't know if that was the right way to do it!

I used some light green jobelan I think it is from my stash and the recommended DMC threads and a bit of Madeira metallic for the snowflakes and Santa's buttons.