Holiday table runner.

Hello and happy 2012! Wow, hard to believe it is upon us. My family had a wonderful Christmas, I hope yours did as well. My parents, as well as my brother and sister, and her new baby girl and dog were able to visit and stay with us for a couple of weeks. It was a full house, but it was wonderful to see them and spend time.

I wish I had awesome handmade Christmas gifts to share with you, but I get a big fat "F" on completing my gift list this year. Don't worry my kids didn't go without. There were plenty of gifts from the grandparents under the tree. And I am looking forward to making all of the planned gifts at some point this year. They really are things that I am excited to make, I just didn't have the extra time this time. Oh well, it was a lovely holiday none the less.

I finally took pictures of the table runner I made for Thanksgiving, which was also used on Christmas and I'm quite sure will be used for various other occasions. It's been used and washed and has held up great, which is something to be excited about :). I just used odds and ends from my stash and had fun with the stitching. I love how it turned out.

I hope you've had a lovely welcome to a brand new year and are looking forward to all that it might hold. I for one am excited that I will not be pregnant this year. We are officially a complete set. There are 6 in the Emrich family and I am so looking forward to having my body and energy back to enjoy and be more involved with my family. That being said I still have a few baby pounds to shed, which is one of my resolutions for this year. I want to get back into those pre pregnancy jeans that are waiting for me in a box in my closet :).