End of the Year Thoughts

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I was just gabbing to the "girls" and we are all having a great time with our ornament exchanges and boxes of goodies sent to each other and just being friends when it occurs to me that the main reason I LOVE the year end ornament exchange is this:  There is no judging, there's not one bit of stress or concern about whether or not I'm looking at a picture of stitching and wondering "is that twisted or just just stupid floss?"

NONE of that concerned me, nor did it come to my mind as I held IN MY HAND, my precious ornament received.  To actually be able to HOLD something precious in my hands that was stitched by another person...it's such a GIFT!  A wonderfully sweet gift!  Let me share with you ornaments from exchanges past:

2015 I received this from MasterPlanner  What a Special Snowflake by MasterPlanner  this was from  WINTER BISCORNU EXCHANGE - FINAL CALL!Welcome to Stitching Pirates the Cross Stitching Juggernaut.
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These are so fantastic!  If you were on the list of participants and need five more minutes, let us know :D  We have some real beauties (but then how can you go wrong with a biscornu??)
MasterPlanner  
Mattsma  
AlaskanAsh  
Magical525  
*****     *****     *****     *****     *****
    (These pictures are from the last biscornu exchange we had in winter 2012-2013)
:ahoy: It’s that time of year again where we get to do our fav


and the year prior to that  Secret Pirate Ornament Exchange CompleteWelcome to Stitching Pirates the Cross Stitching Juggernaut.
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All of the ornaments have been received and well loved!  This was truly a WONDERFUL ornament exchange that we will do again for the holidays in 2015 :love:  Thank you EVERYONE for their beautiful gifts of stichery goodness :santa:
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:iconkatjakay:  received   from :iconnarmita08:
:iconmattsma:  received    from :iconmagical525:
:iconspitfirefae:  received    from :iconShiori500:
:iconfairystoryteller:  received    from :iconkatja
 I received from Magical525   Magical Ornament by Mattsma  

There is no way this could ever be a competition!  It's a wide open, from the heart, let's try something new and different kind of thing!  The ONLY downside to this is now we have to wait until the end of 2018 to do it again, but I really feel strongly that I should PLAN for the next one, but then WHY??  I love what I made this year and I believe my receiver will too.........I mean, that's the point, right??  I found, OUT OF THE BLUE, a wonderful pattern that I LOVE!  It was on accident, but there it was!  I'm still tempted to really plan something out tho.........but I know how it will go and I'm sure those that know me know it will be just like every year we do this:  ON THE FLY! :giggle:

I'd like to thank everyone who has participated in these exchanges and please know how very AWESOME you all are!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS MY BEAUTIFUL, SPARKLY STITCHERS! 
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FairyStoryteller's avatar
I love the Christmas exchange too :-D spreading the love between fellow stitchers!