A Very Merry Christmas to You!

Christmas Day is known for being a magical mix of joy and wonder for a child or it can be a tragic time of sorrow and pain for the lonely soul. Here is hoping that the true meaning of Christmas will touch your heart regardless of where you are in that mix of emotion surrounding Christmastime! Since Christmas is the celebration of the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ, suffice it to say, I feel it is appropriate to share that I believe in His healing power and love! It is real. Just as the sunlight that warms my back in the daytime is real! He is there for me! I am so grateful for this! I am so glad He came to this Earth to teach us how to love, how to live, and that Joy and Healing are possible through His Grace and Power despite life's challenges! I truly believe in this and it has never ceased to bless my life!

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Thank you for letting me share this Christmas thought with you.

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In my celebrations for Christmas this year I've done
more thoughtful introspection
than my usual outward Christmas decoration.

Despite this I did manage to get up a Christmas Tree!
A very little Christmas tree, mind you, but a tree, nonetheless!

Here is a picture of my tatted tree~top angel!

You may recognize her from last year's Christmas post!

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I have had 5 tatted Christmas ornaments
that I thought I had lost during my last move.
Luckily, I found them this week!
I was so very happy to finally find my "lost"
tatted Christmas ornaments!

I tatted them 15 years ago!

May I share them with you?

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Here is the first of five that I designed.

This is inspired from a vintage tatted edging pattern.
I chose this pattern because it reminded me
of little tatted crowns around the ornament!

There is a tatted ring around the top
and the base of the Christmas globe
to "anchor" the threads that are sewed
between the picots in a zig-zag fashion.

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Here is ornament #2

This one is from a motif found in one of the
vintage Priscilla Tatting Books!
The patterns are in public domain now!

Yes, the tatting completely surrounds
the glass ball! I had to insert the ball when
I was almost finished joining the two motifs
together and literally tatted the last part
of the second motif around the ball!

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Here is ornament #3

This ornament has two motifs inspired
from an edging from one of the
Priscilla Tatting Books.
It is a pattern from the turn-of-the-century
(the last century that is).
This pattern also was chosen for
it's "crown-like" look!

The middle chain of rings are split rings
used to anchor the threads sewed to hold
the motifs onto the globe.
I also thought they added to the
Victorian "feel" of the ornament.

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The 4th ornament is a pair of snowflakes
that are also tatted around the glass ball.

The pattern for the tatted snowflake used on this
ornament is from a Better Homes and Gardens
book called "Christmas Ornaments"
This book was published in 1991.
A peek of some tatted ornaments are pictured
on the cover of the book, above!
There were 3 tatted ornament patterns
in this book. I used the pattern
simply called "six pointed star".


Another book that inspired me was published in 1992
by Arts and Crafts for Home Decorating.
The book is entitled "Decorating for Christmas"!
It had a Tree Top Christmas Angel
made of crocheted doilies on the front cover.
The same angel that inspired my tatted angel above!

Here's another look at this tatted ornament!

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Thank you for letting me share with you!

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Oh, did I say there was five ornaments?
I did, didn't I?
Well, that's just it...you see...
there was five ornaments.
I'll show you that fifth one another time.

For now, let's just enjoy Christmas!

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The little tree sits on a tatted "tree skirt"

It's actually a vintage tatted doily I found in an
antique store years ago.
I've also shown it in a blog post here before.


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Now, let's take another look at that tree!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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What???
Stiofán?!?
What are YOU doing in this picture?
How did you get up in the Christmas tree?

It looks like Stiofán wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas, too!

Mischievous little leprechaun that he is!



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Thank you for stopping by so I can show you my Christmas tatting and share my Christmas thoughts and wishes with you! May you have a blessed Christmas Day and a wonderful Holiday Season! Since Christmas is a time for gifts both given and received, I thought I'd let you know that I appreciate the gift of your friendship! I am so grateful for all the bloggy friends whom I have come to know here in blogland! Thank you for enriching and blessing my life! Whatever you are doing this Christmas Day I hope you feel peace and joy! Me? I'll be tatting up some hummingbirds that are long overdue!
If you have the time to say hello, I'd love to hear from you! Comments are always welcome here at TattingChic!

Christmas (((Hugs))) and merriment,

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and Stiofán, too!

XOXO

Tat Like An Egyptian!

Do you recall that song "Walk Like an Egyptian"? It was really BIG in the 80's! Oh, the 80's!!! I was such an 80's girl...and if you've read this blog before you may already know that. This song was so much fun to dance to, sing about, and mimic while walking down the halls at school with my friends! This song has been going through my head ever since I got my order from Wally of Needles~N~Shuttles blog who spends part of her year living in Egypt!

Actually, Wally is from Puerto Rico. She is married to an Egyptian man and so she is "Egyptian" by marriage! When she lives in Egypt she goes to Cairo to purchase perle cotton threads for tatting and sells them in her shop, also called "Needles~N~Shuttles". She summers in Puerto Rico where it is quite a bit cooler than the Sahara Desert heat of Egypt! Wally met her husband while living in Egypt about three years ago. She has Lupus and works to spread awareness about Lupus and the effect it has on those affected by it. She spends her time tatting and making lots of designs. When I say "lots" I mean LOTS! She comes out with new designs CONSTANTLY! I've called her a "Tatting Machine" a few times because she seems to produce a voluminous amount of tatting...more than I've seen anyone else online produce! It's amazing!

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So, after all that talk about Egypt

can you see how I had that song running

through my head!?!

I'd love to "Tat like an Egyptian"! She's amazing!

For those of you that need a little

refresher on that song, here it is:

Walk like an egyptian

Thanks, Steve!

Ah, doesn't that make you think of

Egyptian pyramids and the like?

I've got a photo right here of one.
Wh....what???

Okay, okay, it's an Egyptian Thread Pyramid,

but it still counts, right?

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No?

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Well, what if I showed you a close up on the

label of the thread?

Would you believe me then?

It still doesn't count as an Egyptian Pyramid?

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Alrighty then, I'll show you a postcard

she sent me that is from Egypt that has a

picture of an Egyptian pyramid on it!
Is this better?

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Welcome PFF'ers!

(I know, I know....it's Saturday....Shhhhh!)

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Here's the back of the postcard along with some

goodies she sent along with my order as a surprise!

Thank you, Wally!

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Inside the baggy of sequins was this beautiful

Mother of Pearl disc! Oh, the potential!!!

I could make a cool tatted pendant with

that disc attached!

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Next is a sampling of her books.

I ordered these from her shop.

So, if you were wondering how do you

"tat like an Egyptian"?

Here's how!

This heart is from her book

"From My Heart".

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It will count as

MOTIF # 7

in my 2nd round of the 25 Motif Challenge.

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I made it with the pink perle cotton

thread pictured above.

This special heart pattern is named

after her husband "Hussein".

Awww....isn't that sweet!?

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Now, if you are still in the mood for

some "Egyptian-ality"

Here is a very cool

Michael Jackson video I found!

Thank you JAYTONYNJ

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Thank you for your art and talent,
Michael!
May you Rest In Peace.

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Well, thank you for joining me in my Egyptian adventures in tatting today! I tatted that heart up just for this post because I thought you might wonder what "Egyptian Tatting" looked like, LOL! It pretty much looks like "Irish Tatting", or "Scottish Tatting", "Danish Tatting", and even "German Tatting" doesn't it? LOL!

Where ever it is that you hail from I'd love to hear from you. Be sure to say hello before you go off on your travels through the wonderful land of Blog! Oh, and Wally says that if you want to see some real Egyptian dancing watch this video! It's cool!

Love,

XOXO

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Angels We Have Heard On High...

Oh, that is one of my favorite Christmas Carols! How about you? Do you have a Christmas Carol that you love to sing every Christmas? Oh, do tell! It is Christmas as you know and I am so excited to show you today my little tatted masterpiece! I have been waiting excitedly ALL YEAR LONG to show you this! This is my little Christmas present to all my lovely blogging friends. I am so grateful to you for loving kindness and support. It is my tatted angel that I tatted and stiffened over 15 years ago. She was made with three doilies of different sizes revised from the same pattern and stiffened to make a tree top tatted angel. I love tatting and angels. I am rather particular about my angels, especially my tatted ones. You see, my angels have to have a face. It's very important. An angel without a face is like...well...it's like Christmas without the Christmas Spirit! It's just not at all the same. So my tatted angels have to have a face. When I made this one I put a lot of thought into her design and construction and I consider her one of my masterpieces. My other masterpieces are Christmas ornaments with tatted lace on glass globes, but I cannot find them as of yet. Perhaps it was not meant to be this Christmas that you would see them as well. Perhaps next year! Are you ready to see my little masterpiece!?!

Here she is!

My tatted angel

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Angels we have heard on high!

Sweetly singing o'er the plain


And the mountains in reply

Echoing their joyous strain

Gloria!

In excelcius Deo!

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David

a Saviour, which is Christ the lord"

St Luke 2:11

"...the King of kings,

and Lord of lords;"

1 Timothy 6:15

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In the spirit of Christmas

I would like to thank

Couture de Papier

for awarding me with this very sweet

Christmas Spirit Award!

Thank you, Couture de Papier!

I suppose in the spirit of Christmas

I am supposed to pass it on!

So if you have visited my blog and commented

on Christmas Day 2008

consider yourself awarded the

Christmas Spirit Award!

Merry Christmas!!!

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my fabulous friends in real life and in blogger land! You are a joy and an inspiration to me. Thank you for visiting and Christmas Hugs to you all! If you have time, I'd love to hear what you have to share with me in the comments section! Christmas Joy and Love to all of you and your families and friends and May God continue to bless us all!

Merry Christmas!

~TattingChic

xoxo