Cardinals.

My MIL loves them.

Everytime I see her she asks if the cardinals are visiting my bird feeders. Every time she visits, she sits and watches the cardinals.  Every time.

So I buy her cardinals. Not the REAL birds.  Cardinal things. I think she loves them.  Or maybe she’s just pretending.  Nah, she loves them.

I’ve bought her many different cardinal Christmas ornaments.

Last year I found highball glasses at a yard sale with Christmas cardinals.

She uses them year round.

This year I made her a pillow.

An easy-peasy pillow with the envelope style closure.

I had just enough red-striped piping left from last year’s Christmas ornament pillow.  Don’t they look great together?

I bought the embroidery pattern from Debra’s Embroidery on sale for $1.25.

This was supposed to be an easy-peasy pillow but that embroidery was NOT easy-peasy. I have a sewing machine that might be smarter than me but it still needs assistance.  Sheesh.  Two hours later the design was finished.

I was really tempted to keep that pillow since it looked so good with the other two pillows.

But I gave it to Great Grandma Shirley. (who is 91 years old and has a boyfriend and a very active social life) She was happy!

I’ve got another 12 months to think up something for next year!