Birthday Gift from Carol

It was a pretty good day today. I went ahead and finished the finishing on the needle roll today. However, the mailman brought me a package today that I would rather show you tonight. :) Carol sent me a little birthday gift. My birthday isn't until Thursday but I couldn't wait that long....lol. She stitched this beautiful biscornu for me!! I love it!!! Thank you so much, Carol!


Isn't the beading stunning?!

Today's SBQ is:

When you have to frog out stitches, do you reuse that thread or do you start over with a new strand?

99.9 % of the time I do not reuse the threads. I have noticed that the thread has little fuzzies on it and looks frayed.

Have a great weekend!

In Need of Opinions

Today I worked on this freebie by Dragonfly Stitches. It called for threads I didn't have so I was left to pick my own colors. I used DMC 550, 701, 712, and 3805. I need your honest opinions! How does it look? Do you think I used too much green and not enough off white? I am planning on finishing it into a needleroll.

I think my Internet problems are fixed or at least I have been able to be online for more than 10 minutes at a time. So now I am off to try and catch up on my blog reading:)

Have a great night!

Quick Post

I have been busy this week working on exchanges and gifts. I have managed to get 2 exchanges done and 2 gifts done. Sorry no pictures until after they reach their destinations. Even if I wanted to share a picture I probably couldn't. For the past few days our Internet connection has been fouling up. Someone is supposed to be here later to hopefully fix it. This little problem has caused me to get severely behind in my blog reading (again).

Have a great day and I hope I will be able to get caught up on all the blogs soon:)

One Ornament Done

I have been working on exchanges and gifts for the past few days. Most of them I can't show as that will give away the surprise. :) I did finish this design by Blue Ribbon Designs into an ornament. As normal, I didn't get it centered perfectly but otherwise I like how it turned out. I forgot to take a picture of the fabric on the back. It is the same fabric I used on the other 2 BRD I finished. Holly leaves and berries.

Today I will be working on a a gift. I don't have much more to stitch so I might have time later to put in a few stitches on Topaz Fairie. It has been ages since I last worked on her and I miss have missed working on her.

October/November Goals

October Goals

1. Start/Finish Mac or Allie stocking-Nope, didn't even buy the linen for them yet.

2. Work on Woodland Faerie-YES!! I FINISHED HER!!

3. Work on Topaz Fairie-Nope

November Goals

1. Start/finish Bourse Exchange
2. Start/finish Birthday Exchange
3. Start/Finish Lottery Exchange
4. Start/Finish Snowman Exchange
5. Work on Topaz Fairie
6. Work on Christmas ornaments and gifts.
7. Start on a stocking

Well, I didn't do too well with my goals this month BUT I did have a major finish. Hopefully, this month I will do better with my goals.

Kitty in a Tree

I have to say Thank you for all of your wonderful remarks on finishing WF. I am still dancing today about it:)

I have 4 exchanges and several Christmas gifts to stitch up and finish so I started on one exchange and one gift. I actually started out working on the gift UNTIL I discovered the floss gremlins struck my house again! DMC 702 is missing. *Sigh* I was just at Hobby Lobby yesterday picking up floss I needed, too! So I ended up working on an exchange last night. It is a really cute design. I am pretty sure on how I want to finish it but I am lacking some ribbon to finish the finishing. Somewhere in between exchanges and gifts I plan to stitch on Topaz Fairie.

My kitties love to watch squirrels out the windows and today Bitsy decided she was going to escape from the house, run straight up a tree, and try to catch the squirrels. She didn't catch the squirrels! We had fun laughing and trying to coax her down out of the tree for the next few minutes. Now, after being scolded, she is still in the windows watching the squirrels!



Have a great evening!

Woodland Faerie Finished

I am proud to say that Woodland Faerie is completely done!! Whoo-hoo!!

This piece took me almost 2 years (Jan 06-Nov 07) to finish! Granted, I didn't work on it everyday and I even put it away for a couple of months but I finally finished it! :)

This design has been the hardest one I have done so far! I want to thank everyone for their words of encouragement because I probably wouldn't have finished it this year if it hadn't been for all your comments. :) Thank you!!!! As for this one, it is going to be framed and reside in my home. :)

Gift from Renee

It was a pretty good day today. I made more progress on Woodland Faerie and I am sooo close to having her finished. All I have left to do is to backstitch the leaves and I will be all done with her! I have to pick up some DMC 934 sometime this weekend and just maybe if no major disasters happen I might just have her done. :D

My good day didn't just stop there either! In the mail today there was a package for me. Renee made me this adorable fob! Isn't this too cute?! I love it so much! She was even kind enough to let me snag her picture as my batteries need to be charged. Thank you, Renee! :)

Happy Halloween!!

Today, I actually buckled down and worked on WF and even though I thought it was going to kill me I made it through the one over one backstitching. I managed to finish all the backstitching on the fairy and her wings, the acorns, and the mouse. The mouse is even cuter now! I am planning on working on her again tomorrow so hopefully I will knock out the mushrooms and violets.

I probably would have gotten further tonight but as we all know it is Halloween and my two youngest ones were ready to hit the road as soon as it started getting dark. Mac and Allie made out like bandits this year! Mac went as an alien. He loved his mask...it glowed in the dark. Allie went as Chucky. That mess of curls is all natural! I am terribly jealous of her hair. Overall, they had a great time so that is all that matters.

Happy Halloween to everyone!!

Comfort and Joy

I finished Comfort and Joy from Blue Ribbon Designs earlier today. I don't know why but for some reason I really like their designs! Now, it gets to go to the WTF pile until this weekend at least.



I can't believe that tomorrow is Halloween! We will be taking Mac and Allie out trick or treating in a few close by areas. Where we live we don't get any trick or treaters so I don't have to worry about buying lots of candy to give out. Which is probably good because chocolate doesn't last long around here anyways. :)

Have a good evening!

I started another little ornament from the 2006 JCS Ornament issue. This one is from Blue Ribbon Designs. Only problem with this pattern that I have encountered is there was no DMC conversion. I really hate it when a patten uses special threads and don't give the DMC conversion. I am terrible on choosing my own threads! I admit I am cheap and seldom buy the hand dyed flosses. Why? I can not justify spending $2-$6 for one skein of floss for myself. I would rather spend the extra money on yummy fabric or a great pattern.

This week looks like it could be a very interesting week. Mac has after school detention tomorrow. Last week he didn't turn in a paper and was warned he would get one if he didn't turn it in the next day. I had no idea this paper was even due! So now, his teacher and I have a daily homework page that his teacher has to initial and I have to initial so we are both aware of missing work.

Also this week, I have to pull out our fall/winter clothes. I swear I just put them away, too! I have a sneaky feeling that Mac has outgrown all of his clothes from last year. He went through a small growth spurt this summer. The girls I'm not too worried about. I think Krissy (14 yrs) is as tall as she will get at 5'2". Allie (12 going on 13) on the other hand is a mere 4'10". What can you expect? I am only 5'00 tall! LOL. They didn't get any of their dad's genes. He is 6'1" so Mac still has hope:)

Have a great day!

2006 Snowman

It was one of those days where I just didn't have any ambition to do anything. I knew right away that it would be pointless to try and work on WF so I dug out the fabric and fibers I needed to start this cute little snowman. This pattern is from the 2006 JCS Ornament issue and is designed by Ursula Michael. He turned out so cute!!



I am planning on finishing this one into a candy box for my mom. While we were in Omaha I brought my Bone Appetit candy box and Mom fell in love with it. So I told her to pick out an ornament from my JCS issues and I would make it for her. Now, I have to go in search of the perfect fabric for it!

Baby Chick

I finished the square I was working on for a RR. The theme for this RR was "fun." To me, this baby chick looks like his having fun! The design is by Ursula Michaels and came from the April 2006 issue of The Cross Stitcher.

Have a great weekend!

Outer Border Done

I haven't done much stitching the past week so when I got the chance to sit down this morning and stitch on WF I took it. I finished all the backstiching in the outer border. I started working on the fairy's hair but then I had to put her away because I had an afternoon full of parent-teacher conferences with the kids teachers.


I am really excited about how close this one is to being finished. I have to set her aside for a bit to work on a RR. I chose to stitch a baby chick from Ursula Micheals. It shouldn't take me too long to finish and then I can get back to WF.

Have a good evening!

Halloween Exchange from Joanie

We made it back safely from Omaha last night. I will post more later on the events of our trip. After getting things somewhat unpacked I discovered I had some mail. I received my Halloween exchange from Joanie. She made the cutest little pumpkin fob! The pumpkin looks so real. Thank you so much!!



I want to thank every one who left comments on my grandma's death. Your words were truly appreciated and meant a lot too me. Thank you!

Have a great day!

Grandma Nita

I have been on a roller coater ride of emotions this past week! Early this morning my Grandma Nita passed away after battling MDS, a form of blood cancer, for the past few years. Right now my concerns are focused on my mom. My mom is not well herself and I hope (and pray) this doesn't set any health problems off for her.

I will be heading to Omaha Nebraska in the next day or two so I probably won't be posting much in the next few days. I am not sure how long I will be up there, mainly depends on how much time Mike can take off from his job. I will do my best to get caught up on every one's blogs as soon as I can.

Sew In Love

I worked on WF today and finished all the cross stitching! Whoo-hoo. Now, onto the backstitching. Sorry no picture tonight of WF as I was just to lazy to take a picture of her. I am so excited to be so close to finishing her!

However, I do have a small finish to show you tonight. I made this little bag for a friend's daughter. She is all grown up now....she is 6! I stitched Sew in Love from Precious Moments. I know a lot of people don't care for PM but they are just so sweet and simple!

Have a good night!

Almost There

I have been working on Woodland Faerie this weekend and I have to say I have made some great progress. I worked on even more today and just haven't taken a picture because I only have 9 rows left to fill in that hole!!


I have to confess my inspiration to finish this one comes directly from Renee. As we were chatting about cross stitching I mentioned my next TW would be Egyptian Sampler but I would have to find the pattern as I didn't have it. That is when she told me she had that very pattern. She asked if I would like to borrow it and my answer was "YES YES!!" I can't wait to get that one started! Renee, you are the bestest friend a girl could have :)

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!

Woodland Faerie Progress :)

There seems to be a little confusion in my last 2 finishes. They are 2 different patterns from the same designer, Blue Ribbon Designs. One is in the 2007 JCS Ornament issue and the other is a freebie from their website.

A Wish for Health and Happiness

Blue Ribbon Designs (freebie)

A Wish for Hope and Peace

2007 JCS Ornament Issue

Today I worked on Woodland Faerie some more. That hole is getting smaller but there is still the backstitching left! I am thinking about focusing on this one until I finish it. In the grand scale of things I really don't have all that much left but what I have done has taken me almost 2 years.

In between breaks while working on WF I will be working on small pieces for exchanges and Christmas. I'm not sure what my next ornament will be yet. I will probably look through the magazine tonight and find something to stitch.

Stuffed Ornament

I finished Health and Happiness into a stuffed ornament. I started out making a ruffle to go around the edge but things didn't work out and I vetoed that idea. I am donating this one to the Diabetes Ornament Tree at my LNS. I hope it finds a good home:)




I hope everyone is having a good night!