Not as much as I had hoped

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Well, today in New York it was almost 70 degrees in the middle of December. Very strange.

I didn't get much crafting done. An interview (didn't get the job), and putting up the tree, along with facebook being a distraction, made for very little done this week.

But I can show you something I finished last week.



 Isn't it cute?

Next owl is almost done.

And speaking of the tree, look who I found under it.

Why?

Oh, forgot last week (almost forgot this week too) I won threads from a contest tiffstitch held. Aren't they pretty?

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  1. TiffstitchDecember 14, 2015 at 10:21 AM

    That is such a sweet elephant! and glad you like the threads!

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