I mustache - Do you like to cross-stitch?

Over the next few posts I'll be featuring some of the handmade Christmas gifts I made this year. The first is this fun mustache cross-stitch I made for my buddy Travis, the owner of a truly lovely mustache in his own right. My mom taught me to cross-stitch when I was probably about 10, but I hadn't done anything with it in years. Enter Pinterest. (This is pretty much how all my crafty adventures begin these days). I stumbled across an awesome pattern from a website called Hancock's House of Happy that featured vintage Pyrex patterns, which I love (another something I got from Mom.) That pattern is great, but hard. So when I saw this mustache pattern, I put the Pyrex on hold and started this one, hoping to finish by Christmas. (Which I kind of did. We didn't see Trav until a couple of weeks after Christmas, so that helped, because I started ANOTHER cross-stitch in the mean time... more to come on that later.) This pattern is great for a beginner or someone who hasn't cross-stitched in a while, because it is just straight stitching and only one color. Perfect for the mustache-lover in your family.