Here's a quick look at the BONUS design that comes with Part 2. We're calling it Christmas Love. You can use it for a pin pillow, door hanger, whatever your holiday heart desires.
It's a sweet little project - perfect for Christmas, Valentine's Day, or anytime you want a little "love" in your stitching basket. Stitch count is 73W x 27H. The Spirit of Christmas Embellishment Pack includes the sweetheart bird and mother-of-pearl heart buttons.
You can choose your favorite fabric. Use threads from Spirit of Christmas, or go rogue and create your own custom "love" palette.
After our recent shipment on October 2, we escaped for a week in Maine. We traveled with Alan's sister and her husband, and had a great time exploring the northeast coast together. Our visit began with a short trip to Nantucket, visiting our niece and her husband. It's SO nice to have a private tour guide, and Emily is the best. Sorry, Em, forgot to snap a pic of all of us.
Then we ferried back to the mainland, picked up our rental car, and drove north to Camden. We spent the remainder of our week working our way south to Boston...visiting lighthouses, staying in charming B and B's, eating lobster rolls and clam chowder, and enjoying the beautiful scenery. Maine certainly didn't disappoint!!!
Evelyn, Galen and I
Super windy day at this lighthouse
Visiting the LL Bean "mother ship" in Freeport - weirdly warm weather!
Just hanging out in our pumpkin boat
One unexpected highlight was attending the annual Damariscotta Pumpkin Festival and Regatta. What's this???
It turns out they grow really big pumpkins in Maine. So what to do with all these pumpkins? The creative folk of Damariscotta have devised several pumpkin events. First, they display the largest pumpkins, with this year's winner weighing over 1700 pounds. They use forklifts to "relocate" the pumpkins.
This unique entry was entirely carved. Many are painted and elaborately propped.
Then they get local "artists" to decorate giant pumpkins and display them along Main Street. It was hard to capture the creativity and ingenuity on these.
Did you know that pumpkins float?? These boats are actually huge pumpkins, hollowed out for "racing" in the harbor. There were 2 division of pumpkin boats - rowed and motor-powered - but they were all decorated with matching crew members!
Love the gnome boat!
The Viking boat was probably my favorite, complete with braids and horns
Still not sure what this silver glittery boat was...disco ball?
Rowing was pretty tricky - the boats mostly want to "bob" in the water
Closeup of the Viking boatsman
Can you see us? We're the crazy tourists standing the rain to watch the regatta! But when in Maine...
Many thanks to our bro-in-law, Galen, for planning our Maine adventure! We'd love to return sometime.
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Our family visited Maine 17 years ago about the same time of year and it was so warm we shipped our "fall" clothes/coats home to Ohio so we could make room for what we bought at the "Mothership Store". We might have also shipped home dirty clothes. It was a wonderful trip!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is really cool. As we're nearby we might have to check that out some year. I've only been to Maine once, to pick up a truck we bought and it was a quick trip.
ReplyDeleteThose pumpkin boats are hilarious! My husband and I went to Maine years ago and enjoyed a long weekend in Acadia - looking forward to taking my kids back to show them the area!
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