Needle Felted Santa and his Eight Reindeer

 A very special Christmas order is going to it's new owner tomorrow.  

 Santa surrounded by his eight tiny reindeer.

 Can't you feel the love?

 Santa and Dasher.

Me, Santa and Dasher!

Stockings Hung by the Fire With Care....

I just started to decorate the house for the holiday season but ran out of energy and daylight before I got any pictures taken.  But it got me thinking about my little fireplace set that I needle felted a while ago.  Have you hung your stockings by the fireplace yet?

This fireplace set not only comes with a fireplace but a Christmas tree and Santa forgot his sack!

I don't know?  Do you think Santa can fit down the chimney?

If he can I sure hope the fire isn't too hot!  Happy decorating everybody!

It's All About the Pink! More Needle Felted Santas Have Arrived!

Pink... sigh.... my happy colour!   I dyed a batch of wool to just the perfect shade of pink and chaos ensued!  I just couldn't stop myself from making more and more pink Christmas items!  Below are the results of a pink felting frenzy!  This little Snow woman is dressed in her lovely pink cloak ready to met her boyfriend. 

 Grandfather Christmas looking very regal with his staff.

A Santa loaded up with presents and a tree.

A fun little Elf or Santa... either way he is Fat... sorry, make that Fluffy!

 A special order Santa made for a woman who's entire house is filled with pink items... including a pink microwave!

The newest addition to the pink family of Santas.  He has his own pastel presents behind him to help him stand.

See!  I couldn't stop myself!!  I love pink!!

Needle Felted The Holly and the Ivy Father Christmas and Grandfather Frost

When Father Christmas wants to feel like one of the elves this is the outfit he puts on! He tells me that sometimes he just get tired of wearing that big bright red suit and wants to wear something that blends in more with the red and green outfits that the elves wear.

I don't have the heart to tell him that his cloak is way nicer than the elves and that he still stands out in a sea of elves! It just doesn't matter what he wears, he will always be the top dog.

I didn't know this, but in Russia their version of a gift giving figure is Ded Moroz, or Grandfather Frost. His home is in the far north of the country in Velikiy Ustyug and he distributes gifts at New Year instead of Christmas Eve.

He traditionally wears blue and white and walks with a magical staff and comes through the front door rather than the chimney. He also does not say "Ho, ho, ho" but instead 'zdravstvuite rebyatishki!' or 'hello kids'.  And if you are from Russia and are reading this, please forgive me if I have any of this information wrong!

Just two of the new Santas I have listed at McBride House.  Don't forget to take a look at all the new creations I've been making lately!

True North Needle Felted Father Christmas... a Harbinger of Snow?

It's early Sunday morning, the fireplace is going, the house feels warm and snug, everything is quiet and when I turn on the lights outside I can see a light dusting of snow on the ground.  Sigh....Our first snowfall of the season.  Right now it feels magical.  In a few months it won't seem so magical... better enjoy this feeling of tranquility while it lasts!

This snow does come at the perfect time for my True North Father Christmas that I just listed last night!  Do you think he brought the snow?  Kind of a coincidence, isn't it?

Happy Canada Day and a Long Hiatus

It's been a long time since I've last blogged... I don't know if I even remember how to do this anymore?!  There have some ups and downs within the last few months but c'est la vie, life goes on.  Thanks for those of you who asked where I was and if I was alright!

I would love to wish all my fellow Canadian's (which just passed the 34 million mark!) and all of those of you who aren't Canadian's a HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

I designed this Santa in honour of our favourite sport... HOCKEY!  As you can see Santa is sporting the number 60 (because he lives north of 60 degrees North Latitude!) and has his hockey stick ready to go to play a pick up game with the elves!  You can see more about him HERE!

There!  Finally, I did it!  I blogged!  It wasn't even that hard!  Happy Canada Day everybody!!

Easter Felts on McBride House

I truly went into my whimsical side when I created these little felted Easter sculptures.  This is my stack of Three Sheep that are looking for greener pastures to escape these harsh Canadian winters.  They are needle felted together to form this one tall sculpture.

Next is the Easter Bunny Snowman.  Why is the Easter Bunny a Snowman?  Well, the way winter is holding on this year in parts of the world where they don't usually get snow, I thought it was appropriate!

Cupcake Man was one of those projects that took a long time to come into existence (you can read about it HERE), but I think he's really cute!  And calorie free!!

Now this is where I got completely silly!  I hand dyed all this yarn in pretty pastel colours and then needed something to needle felt it with.  So, after I had great success with a "Santa" I made last fall that was wearing a pumpkin suit, I decided to make Santa wear an Easter Egg!  He has 3-D flowers all around his belly and bunny rabbit slippers!

Completely silly and completely fun!

 

I love Snowman and couldn't resist making one with a body out of Easter Eggs... and I got to use all those great pastel colours again.

Finally I made an Easter Egg Elf to help the Easter Bunny make all those eggs!

I hope you enjoy!

Please vote for me?!!

I'm calling on all my Etsy friends to please, please do me a favour?  For the first time EVER I'm in the Storque in the Vote for Your Favorite Ornament Contest!  It goes from today until Novemeber 30th and I really don't want to embarrass myself or my Great White North Santa Christmas Tree Ornament (whew, that's a mouthful!) with a low showing of votes!

You can vote for him HERE or even HERE.  I'm not expecting him to win, there is some pretty stiff competetion, but I would really like him not to be in the bottom...which, sadly, he is right now!

 

So please everybody?  Please Vote for him?  Thank you!!

Needle Felting a Snowman O' Christmas Tree

It has been beautiful and warm all this week.  I wake up to a fresh frost in the morning and by noon the frost has burned off and the temperature soars to 10 C.  The deer only have one more week to go before hunting season ends, and that means I only have to wear hunter's orange for one more week when I go for a walk!  Yay!

I was asked by a really nice customer to make her a Snowman O' Christmas Tree to go with her huge Snowman collection!  I gladly obliged and got right to work on him!

So this is what I came up with!  Do you like him?!

 

Little did I know that he was going to have some companions accompany him to his new home!  This will be my last photo session with the little gang!  I'll miss them, but I know they are going to an excellent home!

Needle Felted Santa Stars and Trees...And a Piggy Too

A few more needlefelted sculptures to add to my McBride House shop.

A white on white Star Santa to hang from your tree, garland or chandelier.
A white on white Christmas Tree Santa. Also designed to hang.
A Santa Tree all decorated and ready to be adopted!

He even comes with his own garland!
Finally my little Piggy was out helping me take pictures. He loves to just sit and watch me work.

Needle Felted Owl and Santa Bear Claws

This is Hootavius A. Owl who is looking for a new home. He comes with this dapper outfit complete with a pocket watch and everything!
And this is Santa Bear Claws. He really likes to be called Claws for short and he's on the prowl for good little boys and girls!

Needle Felted Santa Claus

I'm afraid our Fall season may just be over. It's cold, wet and did I say cold? Oh well, bring on winter, I'm ready for the Christmas season with all of my needle felted Santa's!
This is Flying High Santa. He's my interpretation on how Santa gets all those Christmas decorations on the top of those really tall trees! He just flies on up there with a string of beads and poof! A decorated Christmas tree!

Santa's resting his weary feet and is checking his list to make sure he should leave this beautiful blue present with you. Should he? Have you been nice? Only you know!
What can I say about this little guy, he's a Santa and a Snowman all wrapped up in one! The best of two worlds, hence the name, Santa Snowman!
Aren't you lucky, Santa's not only coming to visit, he's bringing his own Christmas tree! Hmmm... that's a very small tree... and a small tree requires small little presents to go under it! Oh well, as we women know, the best things come in small little boxes! Sorry guys, no big screen TV for you this year!