Love and Joy by Wendy (JCS Christmas special 2022) was stitched on a scrap of tea dyed 14 count aida with mystery floss from stash.  It's slightly different than the original, as I miscounted when stitching the stems, so the leaves were left off.  They just didn't look right.

The border and backing fabric is from the scrap stash.  I went through the whole quilt fabric stash, but couldn't find anything that was quite right.  Luckily, there was this piece from the 90's.  It's from the first quilt I made, which is the only reason I know how old it is!

This is from an older JCS magazine.  The pattern is by Val's Stuff.  

It was glued to the top of a round cardboard box from the Dollar Tree, which was painted white.  A generous dribble of glue was added and a container of the tiniest seed beads were poured over the top.  Then it sat for a few months...BEB calls that maturing lol

To make sure the beads don't fall off, gloss modge podge was dabbed over the beads.  Some of the stickers started to peel a bit, so it was modge podge to the rescue again!

He has some signs of neglect, but seems to have settled in.  We think he is less than a year old.