45 Today!

Today is my 45th birthday! It's a beautiful thing and I am so grateful to be here, to be healthy, to have a wonderful family, a job I really like and so many other things that I am grateful for, that the list would be endless. Thank you Lord for blessing me with these years, I hope to have 45 more!

This picture was taken right before going to a 70's party. My absolutely favorite decade! So I was hoping to achieve sort of a tie dye look. The earrings are huge and almost drove me crazy. They say "Nappy Goddess" on them, which I find hilarious! All I am missing is my afro!

Anyway, my wish today is for everyone to have their dreams to come true and be blessed in everything they do!

Stash from France...

I found these two lovely African patterns from an online French cross stitch store called De Fil en Idees . They are by French designer Isabelle Vautier. She has done a series of five, I have yet to get the other 3. However, they are on my list to get because I am always trying to find ethnic patterns and I have found that the overseas designers tend to do more in that aspect. I have kitted these up, they are both done in DMC threads with some metallic accent. I have tentatively decided to do PTP fabric. I have no idea when I will start these as you can see by my previous post the project ADD continues. I think these are pretty cool. Now off to work on Magic Garden sampler, hoping you have a beautiful Sunday whatever you may be doing!

Project ADD...

is what I am suffering from these days! Lord only knows when I will finish a project because I keep jumping around. These aren't the only two I have going. I am working on a couple of Samsarah projects and I am doing another Loose Feather's called Moon Garden. I couldn't get a decent picture of Moon Garden to show you. I have had fun working on my projects-hopefully there will be some finishes sooner rather than later. Anyway, I am still around, just busy working and with the kids. Brandon turned 17 and he goes to hopefully to get his operator's license next week. Florida driver's beware! LOL So, here is a peek at my small progress and thanks for stopping by!


Summer Jubilee by Blackbird Designs on 30 count Dolphin fabric with GAST fibers. Love, love this one!


Magic Garden Sampler progress, not much but some.



My fur baby Stoli

HAED Giveaway!

Edited to Add: The Winner is Kat! Congratulations!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Valentine's day, mine has been pretty low key. Anyway, this year has brought the desire to decrease my stash somewhat as I was feeling overwhelmed. These two patterns I have had for a couple of years, I thought that I would try one, but I know now that I am not ever planning to stitch these. They are so pretty that I thought I would give them away.

They are both quick stitches. The first one is QS Peony by Ching-Chou Kuik and the second one is QS Kimono-Butterflies Mermaid by Nadia Tate. They are both brand new. If you are interested in entering the giveaway, please leave a comment only on this post. I will draw next Monday, February 21st. I will ship overseas. Thanks and good luck!

Current WIP's

Olde Settlement by Primitive Needle with called for Belle Soie silks on I don't remember the name linen

Magic Garden Sampler by Shakespeare's Peddler on 30 count Creme Brulee linen with GAST fiber's.

Tombstone Spots by Primitive Needle on 32 count PTP Heritage linen with Weeks fibers

Well I have practically missed January! It has been a busy new year filled with appointments, illness and work, work and more work. So not a lot of progress on these, but I will get there. I am enjoying Tombstone spots, I started this awhile ago and picked it up again this month. I didn't join the January challenge but I think that I could have easily since I have had major startitis. There are so many projects just screaming Sharon "pick me!"

Anyway, I am hoping to do better with posting. I am also hoping to put up a trade/sale blog soon because the stash is a little much. I am off to do the never ending list of things we women do, thanks for stopping by!

Happy New Year!

Where's the Party by Lizzie Kate finished as a flat wool ornament with jingle bells sewn on the bottom.



Brittercup Christmas Kitty by Brittercup Designs 2005 JCS Ornament Magazine finished as a flat ornament and gifted to a Loralee.

These are my last two finishes for the year. I have read with great interest everyone's stitching goals for next year. So far my only goals are to stitch more ornaments and samplers for my sampler wall. Though I didn't stitch as much as I would have liked, I am pretty pleased with my start on my sampler wall. I also want to work on some Valentine ornaments to do a Valentine tree.

My current works in progress are as follows:

Olde Settlement and Hoodoo Voodoo by The Primitive Needle

Sunflower House by Blackbird Designs (love the colors in this one)

Magic Garden Sampler by Shakespeare's Peddler (this one is fun to stitch)

Of course there are many more lurking around, but these are my primary focus at the moment.

Anyway, Christmas is over for another year. It was a good one and we were very, very blessed. The pockets are very light! LOL I hope that everyone will have a healthy, peaceful and prosperous New Year! Thanks for your continued visits!

A Sweet Gift from Harmien!

Yesterday, I received this beautiful ornament from Harmien . It was such a surprise and a delight to receive this. It goes perfectly on my ornament tree. Harmien, thank you so very much, I will treasure it always.


Front

Back (sorry for the blurriness)

Gracing my Christmas tree with loveliness

Ornament Finishing

I first want to thank you for all so much for the compliments on my sampler wall and my new blog look. I must admit I am pretty happy with the wall so far myself. Now, I recently got a chance to sit down the other day and do some ornament finishing. I had been wanting to try Vonna's flat wool felted ornament tutorial found here . It was so easy, though I need to work on my corner's a little more. Thanks Vonna for such a great tutorial.


Ho Ho Tired by Homespun Elegance and Star Topiary Ornament Hillside Samplings. The Ho Ho Tired is a new finish.



Joy Ornament by Erica Michaels and Holly Jolly by Lizzie Kate. The Holly Jolly was stitched for me by my mom!



Walt the Malt by Raise the Roof. This is a new finish too and finished finished as a pin keep ornament. It has a pretty pepper mint fabric on the back.



Merry Christmas Freebie from Nan at Threadwork Primitives. Freebie found
here.

I plan to stitch that one again for myself as it was given away in an ornament swap recently at my LNS, Well that's my update for now. It's pretty cool here in Florida today at 37 degree's. So I am making chicken and dumplings tonight, something nice and warm for the coolness. Thanks for stopping by!

Framing and Sampler Wall

Spring Fling


Bluebird's Message

Below is the my modest start to my sampler wall. I must say that I love it! Now, I wish I could stitch faster because there is a whole lot more that I want to put there. I did start Sunflower House by Blackbird, though not very much to show yet. I am hoping to get some time on it today. I do have two more framed pieces to go here when they are ready and that is Live Humbly and Live Simply.


Sampler Wall

Well as you can see the new blog is up. I hope you like it because I really do. We will be looking at it for a long time-LOL I finally got my stitching blog links back up and I have added some recipe/cooking blogs to the right. I also have added some links that I love to visit. I hope you will enjoy them too. I do have more links to add and if you find yourself missing-let me know I will get you on there. I am off to do laundry-ugh! Hope you have a blessed Sunday!

Happy Halloween!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy and safe Halloween. My kids and I aren't doing too much this one. This as you see is an old finish for me from 2004 called Hat's Off to Halloween by Lizzie Kate. Hat's has been languishing in my finished box till now. It is done on a Heatherfield linen with Gentle Arts threads. It is framed with no glass and a little puff under it. It's one of my first pieces where I learned how to use over dyed thread. I'd like to think that I have grown some since I first stitched this piece.



This is Moon Witch a free pattern from The Primitive Needle. I just love her as well. I can't remember what fabric she is on but, she is stitched in over dyed threads.

Up next for me is a blog makeover. Since blogrolling is shutting it's doors my blog links may not work for a bit. I am on a wait list for The Design Girl to redo my blog as I am seriously challenged when it comes to adding and deleting things on here. So please bear with me if you notice links not working.

I have finally gotten the last two Blackbird pieces framed and will show you those the next post as well as my modest sampler wall.

Anyway, have a great Halloween!