Stitchbooking: Holiday Trinkets: Decorate your home for the holidays with these designs by Tricia Wilson Nguyen on Trinkets™ stocking, rectangle, and star shapes. While the pieces could be used for ornaments, tags and the like; they are shown as embellishments for your tree-topper, a wreath and an advent calendar. Also in this issue: The winners of the Stocking Design contest sponsored by Kreinik Manufacturing, Just Cross Stitch Magazine, and Redefined. Congratulations to First Place winners Jennifer Redmond and Rebecca Maron! Their winning designs are featured in the magazine while the 2nd and 3rd place winners in each category are available in our Free Charts section and on Kreinik's Freebies site.

Stitchbooking: Christmas Wishes Stocking: Designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen on Trinkets™ Stocking shape using DMC threads. A plaid design appropriate for that little man in your life. Golden Angel: Designed by Wendy White on Confection style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing card. Using Kreinik metallics to coordinate with a set of Victorian scraps and Dresden edgings available through Victorian Scrapworks.

Stitchbooking: Vintage Witches and Halloween Baskets to decorate your spooky tree! Designed by Wendy White and Tricia Wilson Nguyen, these goodies are a big hit! Worked with DMC floss on Confection style and Basket style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards.

Stitchbooking: Pandora's Sewing Box: Take a peek inside Pandora's Sewing Box designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen and you will find a dazzling array of sewing tools and doo-dads. There are nine designs stitched on Rectangle style Trinkets™ sewing cards and Basket, Confection and Kugles 2006 Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards using DMC floss.

Stitchbooking: Space Fun: Run for your lives! A galactic gathering of robots and space monsters for a little boy in your life. Designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen and stitched on Rectangle style Trinkets™ sewing cards using DMC floss and accented with glow-in-the dark Light Effects floss from DMC.

Stitchbooking: Bee & Butterflies: A layout all about Spring and new things growing! A set of butterfly designs by Tricia Wilson Nguyen can be used flat or folded as cards and stuck into a gift bouquet of flowers to rest on top. The bugs and butterflies are stitched on Bon Bon style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards with DMC floss.

Stitchbooking: Live * Laugh * Love: A lighthearted set of designs that remind us not to be too serious. Stitched in DMC or Anchor floss on Eyelet Heart style and Ivy Circle style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards. Designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen.

Stitchbooking: Christmas Joy: Five christmas designs appropriate for gift giving or hanging on the tree. Santa and Ruldolf feature on a set of 2006 Kugel style ornaments. Their sleigh is stitched on an Eyelet Rectangle style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing card. A set of cookie tags are included which use the Eyelet Rectangular style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards. All the pieces were designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen and use a variety of silk, cotton and novelty fibers.

Christmas Ornaments Christmas Bauble: Designed by Wendy White of Wee Works, this three dimensional ornament is stitched with Kreinik threads on a set of Bon Bon style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards. Let it Snow: A snowman wishing for a white Christmas stitched with Kreinik threads on a 2006 Kugels ornament. Designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen of Thistle Threads.

Family Ties: A box of family photos designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen. Anchored by the large. fold out family tree; it is augmented by pages of family photographs labeled "mother", "father", "grandma" and "grandpa". A hang tag for the box extorts us all not to forget our heritage. Stitched with Au Ver a Soie threads on Filigree Rectangle, Ivy Oval, and Ivy Circle style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards.

Stitchbooking: Vacation Days: For all those globetrotters, this set of designs celebrates travel to exotic places. Designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen, these pieces include a postcard, passport, suitcase and the Eiffel Tower. Stitched on either Eyelet Rectangle or Confection style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards, they use either DMC or Anchor threads.

Stitchbooking: Lullaby: Playful zoo animals for naptime or showing letters of the alphabet characterize this set of designs by Tricia Wilson Nguyen. They are stitched in Kreinik or DMC threads on Eyelet Rectangle style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards.

Stitchbooking: Happy Birthday: Chenille pom-pom topped birthday hats adorn invitations and a scrapbook page along with a greeting tag in bright candy colors. The designs are stitched with DMC threads and use the Confection and Britannia Circle style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards. Designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen.

Stitchbooking: Wedded Bliss: An elegant set of stitched pieces for a wedding. The set, designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen, includes a guest book, heart shaped pockets for favors, and an adornment for a scrapbook. Stitched in sepia colors using Au Ver a Soie silk or DMC cotton, the pieces use the Eyelet Rectangle and Eyelet Heart style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards.

Christmas Ornaments Christmas Cone: This three dimensional hanging candy cone was designed by Wendy White of Wee Works. It is stitched on Confection style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards using Glorianna silk floss and Access Commodities Accentuate Metallic Thread. Poinsettia Ornament: Designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen of Thistle Threads using Au Ver a Soie and Kreinik threads. The ornment is part of the 2005 Kugels style Tokens and Trifles™ sewing cards.