I am taking a little break from work as I finish up some Christmas stuff. I leave for points east on Friday and OMG where has the time gone? I need to finish my cards, wrap and ship a few gifts and ooh so much more.

I love these candy canes…can you tell? When these candy canes debuted from Melissa Shirley maybe about 10 years ago, who would thunk that I would have this many in my collection? I absolutely love stitching them! They are actually more than this that have overflowed onto my other trees.

I like these candy canes so much because they are such a quick stitch. It is a great sense of accomplishment to finish something and is a nice change of pace from the bigger and more involved pieces that we seem to be always work on.

Mooch has been a little mischievous lately and I am thinking that Santa might not leave him any treats or new catnip toys!

AlleyCat is being very mischevious too!

I am not sure exactly what she has her eye on…what could it be? She is as wide eyed as a little kid on Christmas morning!

I am sorry AlleyCat, those are not for you. She is not listening as she is bound and  determined to stick her nose in there.

Okay she says what’s in here? I keep telling her that Santa is not going to leave you anything if you keep getting into everything! I don’t think she believes me as she pokes her nose in there every day anyway. I will make sure that all the temptations are away before I leave.

and until next time…keep on stitching