in stitches

This week I got out my sewing machine because I've been thinking about sewing some holiday crafty projects with felt...before I could get motivated for those, I decided to do a little stitching with paper and I had forgotten how fun it is.

I started with these holiday tags that I made from some vintage photo images. Just simple and sweet, with little holiday messages stitched to the images.  I was inspired to stitch up the package topper as well.

Today I had a package of tags to ship out, and instead of the usual paper topper, I decided to stitch that too.  I love how this comes out because it doesn't have to be perfect. In fact the inperfections seem to add to the charm.

Now I'm thinking about doing more stitching with paper and I have so many ideas swimming in my head!

can't wait to get started!