Tuesday, November 20, 2012

AURIFIL Ornament Hop


Woohoo! It's our turn to give you all a lovely ornament to decorate your tree, or house, or workspace, or....wherever!


Don't you ADORE ornaments? I bought a little sparkly white frosted tree last year, can't wait to get it out again and splash it with colorful ornaments.

Raise your hand if you already have Christmas decorations up and holiday tunes cranked up?!

We've been running around like crazy getting our ornament ready for the blog hop. Of course we had to get a tree just to hang it on! Thankfully, we had a little help from a couple of our Aurifil friends...






LOLOLOL! That just cracks me up every time!

Okay, now you're ready to ROCK with our Aurifil ornament.


We stitched this SWEET little winter mitten!
For the pdf, click *HERE*

And don't forget to check out these other two Aurifil Designer blogs today:

Victoria Findlay Wolfe

Pam Kitty Morning

Make sure you leave us all some fabulous comments to be entered to win some Aurifil prizes!  We'd love to hear what YOUR favorite ornament is...was it stitched? Handmade? Store bought? Given as a gift?

We would love to know!

Meanwhile, I think I need me one of these:


Just to display all of our cute Aurifil ornaments! Don't you think? 

Have a Rockin' Holiday...


Liz & Beth

P.S. Want to come join us for some FUN? Check out our NEW Dream Laugh Create Studio website and sign up for our Studio Event featuring Amanda Herring of The Quilted Fish and Becki Crosby of Whippy Cake. It's going to be a rockin' good time for sure!
 


124 comments:

  1. Cute ornament! My most treasured is a Santa made by my eldest son about 20 years ago!

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  2. I have many favorite ornaments, some old, many handmade and all different. They make my tree special! Thanks for the pattern.

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  3. Such a cute ornament! Thanks for the design. :)

    My most treasured ornament is a small metal train - about 12" long and 2" high. It was dirt cheap, but it was the first ornament I bought for my own house, and it has moved across countries and continents with me for the past 15 years. It has a place of honor on the coffee table every Christmas.

    thimbleroom(at)gmail(dot)com

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  4. My Wizard of Oz ornaments from my childhood are my favorite. They bring back wonderful memories of Christmas with my parents and my 7 brothers and sisters! Thank you for the adorable design!

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  5. I think these little mittens are so cute! Wonderful job! My treasured ornaments are the ones the kids made in school!
    hulseybg at gmail dot com

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  6. Love the jib jab pic! ;-) Sweet ornament! Love it! Happy Thanksgiving!

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  7. I have some beautiful ornaments made by my SIL in a Victorian style.

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  8. My favourite ones are the white doves with lots of shiny sparkle. Always loved them so much! Thanks for the lovely ornament!

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  9. Very cute! My favourite is a little plastic Santa scene that I received as a child. I loved it because it was mine.

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  10. My favorite ornament is a simple pearlescent ball in memory of our daughter lulu. Her name means pearl.

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  11. My favorite ornament is a precious moments ball that was given to me by my daughter when she was young. She was so proud of having gotten that for me all by herself.

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  12. thanks so much for the sweet ornament pattern. My favorite ornament is the new Hallmark one I buy each year.

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  13. My favorite ornament is a real small starfish painted to look like Santa - a friend gave it to me over 30 years ago. Thanks for sharing the pattern & the chance to win.

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  14. My favorite ornament is actually a set of ornaments from Hallmark called the Heart of Christmas. The front opens up and has a cute Christmas scene from the first with cutting the tree down to the last one depicting Christmas dinner. Your ornament is adorable.

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  15. My favorite ornament? That's a hard question to answer as I love so many of them for different reasons. But my most favorite ornament is the glass pine cone ornaments from my grandmother. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  16. Finally got to the right page. Had to click classic on the right. Love your ornament and thank youo. My favorite ornaments are painted-glass ones. They remind me of my childhood...many, many, many years ago....giggle.

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  17. One of my favorite ornaments is a polymer clay snowman carrying a sign that says, 'I'm just a little flaky.' I bought it at a Christmas bazaar a few years ago. The gal had made the cutest selection of ornaments and pins.

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  18. my fav ornaments are those that i made for my sis almost thirty years ago ... crocheted in the round, white thread, starched and sprayed in a variety of ornaments - angels, bells, stars, balls, animals, birds, figures, any christmassy thing became an ornament that she still decorates her tree with every year.

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  19. I have a little blown glass bird cage that belonged to my mother. her brother gave it to her when she was just a teen. She is now 88, so it is very old. It no longer hangs on the tree, but has a special place year round on my piano. Your little mittens are adorable.

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  20. I love all kinds of Christmas decorations, but especially hand made ornaments. Love these embroidered ornaments and can't wait to get started stitching.

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  21. Thanks for the cute ornament pattern, can't wait to make it!

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  22. I LOVE your cute mitten ornament. I can't wait to get these all done. I just may have to go out and buy a cute little tree just for my Aurifil ornaments. I hope someone does a Aurifil tree topper.

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  23. My favorite ornament is made of seashells. My husband and I chose it on a beach get-away about 15 years ago. Thank you for your ornament!

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  24. I have so many ornaments that I love that I don't really think I could choose a favourite unless a tree topper counts. Then I'd have to say that our very first Angel tree topper simply because it was for my husband's and my very first tree back in 1981.
    (supermomnocape at yahoo dot com)

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  25. Cute ornament. Favorite? Probably the snowflakes I crocheted and the angels I did in needlepoint. Homemade are favs since I lost all the 'family' antique ornaments years ago.

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  26. What a sweet ornament. I think my most treasured ornaments are the ones from my grandmother.

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  27. Very cute ornament. My favorites are the ones my husband has given me over the years.Chris G.

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  28. My favorite ornament(s) are the crocheted snowflakes that my mother handmade as a gift for me.

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  29. Thank you for the cute Christmas tree ornament.

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  30. My favorite ornaments are 3 little ceramic ornaments I bought in the early 80's. Every year I am so tickled to get them out and hang them prominently on my tree. They are carefully wrapped and boxed when the holidays are over.

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  31. I love your mitten ornament! My favorite ornament is one my stepmom gave me when we first met 25 years ago! missysaprons@gmail.com

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  32. My favorite ornament is an angel stitched by my daughter!

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  33. Growing up there were two ornaments on our tree that you placed over one of the lights on the string. The heat caused a small blade to twirl. I thought it was the best thing ever. Your mitten ornament is darling. Thanks for sharing.

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  34. My favourite ornaments are the ones my boys made at kinder and school. Thanks for sharing you cute mitten ornament.

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  35. My grandma gave us a red door ornament when we bought our first house - we always put that one on the tree.

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  36. Very cute ornament! My favorite ornament is a ceramic baby Jesus. He is always put in a special place high on the tree.

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  37. My favourite is my Jim Shore 12 days of Christmas ornaments.

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  38. Love the mitten design. It looks easy to stitch. Favorite ornament: a set of hand crocheted snowflakes made by my husband's grandma, Matilda. They are starched so we can just nestle them in the boughs of the tree.

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  39. Love the mitten! I can see doing one for each of us to hang on the tree and maybe adding an initial in the palm.

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  40. My favorite ornaments are the ones my kids made when they were young. Cute mitten.

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  41. I too have ones that my daughter made in kindergarten..special since she is now 36! Love the bells on the mitten strings.
    QuiltinGram
    cathyc1950@gmail.com

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  42. Love the cute mitten!! A winter staple in MN, even for adults! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  43. Cute ornament, my hands won't freeze now!

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  44. Very cute mitten! Thanks for the tutorial :)

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  45. I can see making several of these but changing up the color. Thank you for sharing, all of the designs thus far are awesome.

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  46. My favorite ornaments are the ones that have special meaning to me, whether it's from one of my daughters, one we made together or a gift from one of my family members.

    Thanks for sharing your mitten!

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  47. Love the mitten, thank you for sharing! I hope I can find the time in December to make all the ornaments!! My favorite ornament is a little Christmas stocking that I've had since I was 1 year old, and I'm 61 now!!

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  48. my favorite ornaments are ones my beautiful sons made with holiday enthusiasm and tons of glitter glue! my other treasured ornaments are made by my mother and felt ornaments sewn by hand from my grandmother's dear friend. This woman was a school teacher and each year made incredible ornaments for all of her students. We were lucky enough to always get one too.

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  49. My favorite ornaments are the ones my kids made, and a small flocked Santa that was on our tree when I was a kid.
    sguday at shaw dot ca

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  50. cute little mitten! ~all our decorations are special as we buy 3 new ones each year, usually when we've been away. I suppose the most special are the tin santa and angels that we bought the day we got engaged.

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  51. What a cute mitten!! Brings back memories of when I was a young girl!

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  52. Mittens say Christmas. I'm really enjoying all the ornaments.

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  53. HI! THANKS FOR A NEAT POST!
    LOVE THE MITTEN!
    THANKS FOR SHARING!

    msstitcher1948@yahoo.com

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  54. CUTE ORNAMENT!
    SOME OF MY FAVORITES ARE KNITTED TINY STOCKINGS FROM A DEAR AUNT!
    THANKS TO YOU+AURIFIL FOR SHARING!

    msstitcher1948@yahoo.com

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  55. My favorite ornaments are the hand stitched ones with sequins that I made many years ago when Lee Wards was a big business.

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  56. How cute,Thank you for the mitten design. Our grandson bought us a light bulb snowman when he was a few years younger. The angel for the top of the tree is a favorite, although it is not an ornament, plus several old, old ones.

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  57. I love the 'yearly' ornaments, the ones that are dated for each year. Thanks for the pattern.

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  58. Cute little mitten.
    My favorite ornament was a little brass bow that had Baby's First Christmas on it and my daughter's name and the year engraved on it.

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  59. Lovely ornament.Thanks for sharing.My favorite is a wooden nativity made by ​​my husband when je was little boy and we put every Christmas.

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  60. Our first ornament we bought 48 years ago at a drug store and we splurged and spent $.25. It is a plastic spinner which you place over a tree light for it to entertain you.

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  61. Love the mitten! I love the painted ornaments that the kids and I have done through the years. They hold such precious memories of creating them together.

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  62. My favorite ornament is a handmade Rosemaled ornament my mother gave me years ago

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  63. My favorite ornament is a stuffed horse I received as a little girl, many, many years ago. A couple of years ago our cat chewed its ear off, poor thing, which did not make it any less beloved.

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  64. Cute mitten. My favorite got broken a couple of years ago, but I will always remember it. I cheap little plastic Nativity scene from Sunday School. I always had to hang it on a yellow light.

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  65. Very cute mitten! My favorite ornaments are some beaded balls I made one year. They just catch the lights and look like they are lit-up. :)

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  66. Very cute mitten ,thanks so much for the pattern , my favorite ornament is one my mom made for the boys when they were very young , it is a little boy on skates , just adorable.Thanks for sharing !

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  67. I love the mitten. Thanks for the pattern. My favorite ornaments are ones that belonged to my grandma and mom. They are either glass ones or some plastic figures. I like my stitched ornaments too but those others are my favorites.

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  68. Love the mitten. I guess my favorite ornament would be a shiny red one. Thanks.

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  69. well darn, I'm having problems with comments not posting today. Love your mitten design. My favorite ornament would be a shinny red one.

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  70. When I was a child I gave my father a red, very small trumpet to hang in the tree. I loved that trumpet, but unfortunately one day it fell to the ground and brooke in even smaller pieces!
    Gun, Sweden
    gun@lapp.se

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  71. A cute mitten! I like the ornaments the children make! We made fabric stars last year, they were fun.

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  72. Cute mitten design! My favorite ornaments are those that my children made when they were small...love putting them on the tree each year.

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  73. love mittens! my whole tree has lots of knit mittens so my favorite ornament is probably the red mittiens my mom knit !

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  74. I love the mitten. My favorite ornaments are those my children made when they were young. That was a long, long time ago. Though the glitter is gone and they are faded, they never fail to elict fond memories.

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  75. Very cute pattern. We have lots of special ornaments that we have collected over the years.

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  76. Oh yeah another hit! My mos t recent favorite ornament is the ones we received from a daughter one year with all different pictures of the family on little squares, pinked edges and ribbon hangers. The ones before were the ones the kids and grandkids made over the years. I didn't matter if they were perfect or not ;).... Sharon

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  77. Thank you for creating the cute mitten for Christmas !

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  78. My favorite ornaments are the glass ball ornaments hand painted by my 80 something mother in law. They have snowmen, churches, flowers, old barns and other things painted on them.

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  79. Mine has to be the silver bell given to my mother from her mother on my birth and given to me on the birth of my son. It's an old treasure.

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  80. Love the pattern!! These hops have made me smile. Favorite ornaments ever would have to be the antique mercury glass ornaments my grandmother had. The colors and the shapes against the very large Christmas Tree lights made them magical.

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  81. My favorite ornaments are the ones made by my children and now my grandchildren.

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  82. Super cute ornament! Thanks for sharing the pattern! My fave ornaments are all my girls "baby first Christmas ornaments"! They will always be treasured!

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  83. I treasure the shrink art ornaments that my son and I made when he was in elementary school.

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  84. What a sweet ornament. Thanks for the pattern :o)

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  85. I love your mitten ornament! Thanks for sharing!

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  86. I love ornaments, especially non-traditionally colored with glitter. My favorite was on the tree when I was little, and I snagged it to add to my own tree. It's hot pink with glitter flowers on the side. Since I was the only girl, I thought it was mine all along, lol. Still a treasure on my tree each year.

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  87. Love the ornament. Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity on the draw
    bonnielarson58@gmail.com

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  88. My favourite old ornament is the little house from my granparents firs tree back in 1927. My favourite new ornament is one I bought at Pike Place Market in Seattle about 19 years ago - so not SO new - it is a ceramic disc with a reindeer on it and it says "We All Shine On" that typifies the holiday spirit to me.
    Thanks for the lovely ornament!

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  90. My favorite ornament is a little mouse whose body is a bell. I remember it being on the tree when I was little (based on the date my mom wrote on it in paint pen, I would've been 2 when we first got it), and my mom gave it to me when I first got married and didn't have any ornaments to put up! My son loves it too :)

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  91. I don't have a favourite ornament I don't think, I just love anything with bright colours and glitter!

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  92. My favorite ornament? I have a lot of favorites! But it's probably the first ornament my son ever made me! It's a snowflake with his picture in the middle! Melts my heart every time I see it!

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  93. My favorite ornaments are the ones my children have made over the years, and now grandchildren. Mittens make me so happy. Thank you it will look great all winter long on my hall tree.

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  94. Thank yo for sharing your mitttens!

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  95. Thank you for the lovely little mitten! Something to keep us all warm :)

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  96. Thank you for the mitten ornament pattern,its sosweet. My favorite ornaments are all handmade my grandkids.

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  97. Love your mitten pattern! I like handmade ornaments the best.

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  98. Those jib jab videos are hilarious! We made one one year with all of the owners of the company I worked for and all got a really good laugh. I had forgotten about that! Thanks for another great ornament, I can't wait to get all of these done and put on my tree!

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  99. Love the mitten and the JibJab!! That is too funny!

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  100. My favorites are the painted ornaments my kids make every year. My mil paints wonderful ornaments and starting when my kids were about a year old or so, she has them each paint one. Love seeing their progress each year. Can't wait to find out what they paint this year!

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  101. Cute mitten! My favorites were some old glass ornaments my parents used to put up.

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  102. Love your mitten. My favorite is a Hallmark ornament that I bought years ago!
    Chocolate dipped spoon with little mice!
    lisamcgriff at hotmail dot com

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  103. My favorite ornament is a red hand blown teapot my mother brought back form Germany iin 1952. Your little mitten is darling.

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  105. I love the adorable mitten ornament.

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  106. Love this ornanament. My favorite is a woven copper basket with a braided handle that hold a Christmas chocolate carmel that belonged to my Grandmother.

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  107. Gosh, that mitten with the swirly string is fabulous! Thanks for the pattern! My favorite ornament is one my grandmother made me that is a painted version of a cat. Years after she died, I found a new cat, and that Christmas I realized it looked just like Sweetie's painted muslin ornament!

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  108. Thanks for such a cute ornament. Hmmmm, my favourite ornament is one made by my daughter when she was 7. So sweet.

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  109. My favorite ornaments were the 50s-era bubble lights that we had when I was a child. Now I like the peppermint-striped shiny balls or twists.

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  110. Mittens remind me of going sledding when I was little, first time out for the day our mittens would get wet, when we wanted to go out again that day we would hit our sock draw and put 2 - 3 pair on our hands. Thank you for the memory. My favorite ornament was given to me 34 yrs ago from a co-worker, teddy bear girl swinging on a swing and a teddy bear boy on a trike made out of what looks like crushed nut shells with the smell of cinnamon.
    Brenda McWhirter
    brendamm6435@sbcglobal.net

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  111. I have a crystal seahorse from Ireland that I love.

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  112. Such a cute little mitten! My favorite ornament is a red hand blown teapot my mother brought back from Germany in 1952.

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  113. love the ornament. Thanks Linda Ross

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  114. My absolute fave ornaments were handmade by my two boys when they were little....now they are adults! awolk at rogers dot com

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  115. thak you for ornament and tutorial!

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  116. Hi. I'm looking for an ornament stand like the one featured in this post to display my vintage Shiny Brights. Can you tell where the stand is from?

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