Ornament finishes #1

For end-of-year gifts for my youngest DS's teachers, I decided to make them an ornament each. Just to complicate things, this year he has 3 teachers as his classroom is a double one, with 2 classes in it. Mr P takes the other class, and DS's class is taught by Mrs M & Mrs H - they job share. Therefore 3 in total. The star santa was an old finish as I ran out of time to stitch another one.

Owl for Mr P, Santa for Mrs M & Star for Mrs H

I also gave them a nice glass jar with either coconut ice or fudge in it.

Along with a plant each as well. Here are the gifts all together:

I also chose to make one for Mrs R who is the parent of one of DS's fellow students. She is very involved in classroom activities and each year she makes every student in her children's class a gift of a bauble with their name & year written in glitter pen on it. Quite impressive as she has had 6 kids!! Anyway, DS has 4 baubles for each of the last 4 years he has been in the same class as this boy. I decided to return the favour and give her a stitched ornament. This one was a rushed finishing job - ornament-ified in 30 minutes in time to give it to her personally.

Here's the details on the designs if anyone is interested:

• Name of the design is Santa Owl
• Chart is from designer Carrol Neilsen
• Fabric is an off cut of white opalescent evenweave
• Thread is the called for DMC cotton
• Stitch count is 66 x 56 
• Started & completed way back in 2011 - made into an ornament in December 2013

• Name of the design is Star Santa
• Chart is from the book "555 Christmas Cross Stitch Designs" from Donna Kooler
• Fabric is an off cut of white opalescent evenweave
• Thread is the called for DMC cotton
• Stitch count is 43 x 48
• Started & completed in May 2013 - made into an ornament in December 2013

• Name of the design is Twinkle 
• Chart is from the booklet "Ornaments Galore vol 2" by Ursula Michael for Leisure Arts
• Fabric is a one-off piece of 28 count monaco from Fabtastic Fabrics
• Thread is the called for DMC cotton
• Stitch count is 45 x 50
• Started & completed in December 2013

• Name of the design is Christmas Bouquet
• Chart is a freebie from ABC Cross Stitch Patterns but I can't seem to find it there anymore
• Fabric is an off cut of white opalescent evenweave
• Thread is the called for DMC cotton
• Stitch count is 66 X 56
• Started & completed in December 2013