Thurs. thoughts

I am excited!!!! I just finished my first piece for Vikki Clayton, using her silks!!!! Oh my goodness!!! They are wonderful!!! I did Holly & Ivy by CCN. I used Sassy's sage fabric. I love how all the colors flow together.

I am also attaching some pictures today of some of my dad's pens. I have a feeling my blog is going to become dad's showcase as well!!! He sent these to me today & asked if I would post them.

I hope you are all having a great week!

mid week report

Happy Wed. to you. Today started out as a not so good day for me! I had intended to go visit my 90+ year old stitching friend today. I tried calling & calling & calling & not getting her. I finally called the main number of the retirement home that she lives in & asked about her. They told me she had left yesterday. The gal I talked to didn't know when she would be back. She took my name, so she could tell my friend I had called. So much for my plans for this afternoon. I was also bummed that I hadn't gotten part 6 of the San Man SAL. Well, I got it around noon & I am happy to report that I am done with it!!!!!! See attached photo!!!! Only one part to go!!!! This 6 weeks has gone so fast.

I have decided this afternoon that I am not doing any more baking for the holidays, I am just going to "sit back & enjoy" the rest of the week!!! We shall see if I last!!!
I hope everyone is enjoying the season. I have wonderful Christmas music playing in the background here!

another Monday morning

Gosh, a whole week has gone by since I last updated. On the stitching front, I haven't accomplished a lot, or at least it doesn't seem that way.

I have finished part 5 of the san man MSAL and am waiting part 6 tonight. I finished part 4 of the ILCS MSAL & am awaiting the release of part 5!!!

I am working on my January piece for Sassy's Fabby's. I can't share about it, but I can say, it is great!!!
I am also working on a model for Vikki Clayton. I picked the fabric & the pattern & she sent me the silks to do it!!!!! The fabric is Sage by sassysfabbys. The pattern is Holly & Ivy by CCN. I am attaching pictures of the 2 SAL's & the Vikki Clayton piece. I ADORE working with the silks. Oh my goodness!!!!! Do I have to go back to DMC?? The silks are so soft & glide so easily thru the fabric! I just wish I had more time to stitch!

I finished making my homemade candies over the weekend & that is a good feeling! I am way behind on baking & wrapping, but I am getting there!
I am trying to take time each day, to reflect on the reason why we are celebrating & I hope you have time to do the same.

Have a great week, everyone!!!!!

Mondays mumblings

Hi all,

it was a great, productive, relaxing weekend! DH & I went to Ft. Wayne & I was able to get floss on sale at Joann's! Always a good thing! I started my ILCS mystery SAL when we got home. I was only 3 parts behind! Well, I just finished all 3 parts. See attached picture!!!

A friend was very kind & repositioned my verse piece for me, so I am attaching a pix of it, that is MUCH easier to view!!! Still not sure how I want to finish it!!!

As Christmas draws nearer, I hope everyone is having time to reflect on the reason for the season!!

Sat morning

Good morning friends! I have a couple photos I want to share! One is a display I made at the bottom of our staircase. I just love how it turned out. The next one is my up to date San Man SAL piece. The picture doesn't do it justice, but oh well!!!! Lastly, is a sideways picture of a verse someone charted out for me. I love it!!!! Sorry about the sideways picture. I didn't know how to scan it otherwise! I hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

woohoo! Those worked!

Ok, those two worked, so I will try the other two now!!!! These 2 are pieces I have shown you, but now they are framed. I am very happy with both of them!!!!

testing!

I tried posting yesterday & I couldn't!! I wanted to show some new photos! I will try attaching 2 of them to this message & if it works, I will add the other two!!! I am attaching one of our Christmas tree. We went back to a real tree this year, after 3 years of a fake tree & I LOVE IT!!!!
The other picture is of some of the new pens my dad is making!!! Gosh, I told him I want one of each!!! There are over 40 colors available!!! He sells these for 20.00 each. He also has many wood pens. I have pix in my yahoo photos of them!!!
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! We have gotten a dusting of snow today!

Sleepy Sunday

Whew! What a weekend! The weather held out beautifully! My friend & I left at 5 yesterday am, as planned! We didn't get back until after 6 pm. We tried to add up all the stores we visited. We remembered 27!!! There were probably a few more in the mall, that we forgot about!

Today, we went & cut our tree!! We haven't had a real tree for a few years & it is wonderful to have one again! We have it in the stand & the lights on, but not decorated yet. I cannot find a tree topper, so I may be making a run to town!!!

I noticed that Sassy has posted the color of the month, so I can now show one of my finishes!!! I stitched Winter Wonderland by Little House Needleworks on the Dec. color of the month, Winter Blues. I used the 28 ct. Jobelan & I LOVE IT!!!!!!! More of this fabric is a MUST for me!

For my advent exchange gifts yesterday & today, I received 2 tiny tuck ornament pillows yesterday & floss bobbins today. Both very wonderful, useful items!!!!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend!!! I need some sleep!!!

December First Already

Since it is the 1st, that means only 24 days until Christmas. Oh my!!! That makes it sound so close.

One of the groups I am in is doing an advent exchange. We got our partner 24 small gifts & then a nice gift for Christmas Day. I opened my first one & got a beautiful kitchen towel/potholder combo. It is gingerbread boys & simply adorable.

Also, I finished part 3 of the San Man Mystery SAL today. I don't know why, but this part was really challenging for me. I love how it looks thou!!!

Tomorrow, my best friend & I are doing our annual "shop til you drop" day. We leave at 5 am & shop til we can't shop any longer!!!!! I am praying the weather holds out. We haven't gotten ANY of the bad stuff that they had predicted!!!!