Christmas ornaments

When my husband and I were newlyweds, decorating our first Christmas tree was a problem, since we didn’t have any ornaments. When our daughters came along, I began buying them an ornament each year so that they’d have a collection when the time came for them to have their own places. Then the grandchildren started coming, and I adapted my “habit” to giving them an ornament each year. Sometimes I buy them locally; sometimes I buy souvenirs from a trip; and sometimes I make the ornaments. This year I found an embroidered nativity scene (Embroidery Library) that I wanted to make, and I’ve just finished making the five I’ll need for this year. Each one took about three hours of machine embroidery and then another couple of hours of hand stitching to put the pieces together, but I think they turned out pretty well and hope our grandchildren will like them.