The Jingle Ball 2024 was a huge success! We’ve had great feedback from those who attended the ball. Let’s start with what the Jingle Ball is all about. It’s a virtual cross stitch retreat/Christmas party with exclusive shopping, a 7 hour entertainment reel, stitching tables, speed dating, live meet and greets, classes AND a visit from Santa!

Where else can you stay in your PJs all weekend and stitch while enjoying hours of entertainment,  join friends at a stitching table and make new friends…..only at the Jingle Ball!

Stephanie Webb of Lindy Stitches is the creator and host of this event. The first Jingle Ball was December 2022. Stephanie invites 11 designers to help create exclusive designs, host classes and create entertainment videos. To learn more, go here.

This year the 12 designers were:

1. Stephanie Webb of Lindy Stitches
2. Cathy Haberman of Hands on Designs
3. Beth Twist of Heartstring Samplery
4. Jody Rice of Satsuma Street
5. Jeannette Douglas Designs
6. Liz Mathews of Hello from Liz Mathews
7. Ashleigh and Amanda of The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery
8. Cheryl McKinnon of Tiny Modernist
9. Stacy Nash Design
10. Jeannine McGowan of The Blue Flower
11. Lori Pengelly of Pansy Patch Quilt and Stitchery
12. Me, Teresa Kogut of Creative Whims

The event started 6pm eastern, Friday, Dec 6 and ended Sunday at midnight pacific time.

If you are a cross stitcher and have never heard of the Jingle Ball, you must join the email list so you can go next year! It really is a magical weekend where stitchers from all over the globe come together to chat, stitch, shop and laugh….all this for only $10!

I’ve been fortunate enough to have been invited to be a designer at all of the Jingle Ball events so this was my 3rd year. Boy it’s a lot of work but it’s so worth it to see the smile on so many faces.

Below are my exclusive designs for this year’s Jingle Ball. These designs will be released to the public a year from now.

I had some other exclusive products available in my shop. Mugs, totes, stickers and a Santa keychain.

Each designer is required to make an entertainment video…..back by popular demand, Kevin and I did our Mixology again this year. We mixed it up by adding in friends and our sweet pup Teeny. Below are a few fun photos from the video.

Drinks with Beth and Matt Twist at their lovely home when we were out in Oregon for the Acorns and Threads retreat.

A couple drinks were made with Denise of Dot Dot Goose Designs when we were together in the Fall for the Farmgirl retreat in Iowa followed by the Primitive Gatherings retreat in Wisconsin.

This year we included our beloved Teeny Woo for a non-alcoholic beverage.

We ended the video here at home in Michigan with Kevin and I.

The drinks this year were fantastic! If you would like the recipes, I have them as downloadable PDFs here.

I have all three of our Mixology videos available to watch in my Patreon. If you would like to learn more about Patreon, go here

Merry Christmas from Creative Whims Studio!

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