Full disclosure, my poor Santa had to wade through several paragraphs of word vomit in my interests profile thingy, on account of lil ole me just didn't know what to write. So I wrote everything that popped in my head. (Which is likely to happen here too, if I'm not careful...) I don't remember what-all I put in my profile in any detail, but I definitely mentioned a pattern I bought from my local cross stitch store (because that is apparently a real thing, and there's one near me!!!!!) and joked that I wanted the fancy-pants Gentle Arts Sampler Threads to stitch it with.

And they are here.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been procrastinating starting this project for weeks now, all because I just couldn't pull the trigger and substitute in the recommended DMC colors, but I couldn't quite work up the guts to splurge on the Real Thing, either. Santa was generous enough to send me NINE of the lovely, subtly-variegated Gentle Arts threads that will be used in this project. I am so excited to finally start it and do this piece justice!

Thank you so much, Santa! You made my day and then some. :)