tiny finish and an oldie

My shoulder has been giving me FITS the past week, so there's not much to show in the finished department. Just this tiny heart...



It's ABC Heart, a bitty kit from Shepherd's Bush....



and I was going through my "finished" pile earlier today (cause if you can't stitch, the next best thing is playing with your stash, right?!), and came across this piece of work...



OMG, there are so many things wrong about it, but it's one thing I can never seem to part with.

Does anyone know the name of this? I can't remember if it was in a magazine...I did a LOT of stuff from mags back in the early 90's, anyone remember the Jeremiah Junction designs? I have stitched my fair share (and more), of those!



One of my Flickr pals, Sue (who started up the new BBD blog) recently shared a photo of this very same sampler in her photostream, her pic is much better than mine, and I actually think her finish is prettier as well ;-)
Now, looking at mine up close, I see some boo-boo's!



What you don't see is the MASKING TAPE that I used around the edges of the aida cloth, which is what I did to all my fabric back then. I'm pretty sure it wasn't acid free ::insert snort here::, so my plan is to cut it off, there's enough of a margin around the stitching to do it.
Anyhoo...it was framed very poorly by myself, in a really atrocious frame, so a few years ago I decided to "save" it by removing it from said frame and putting it away, to be re-framed later.
There are SO many things in that box to be framed or finished...some things I don't even LIKE anymore.
Maybe I should put those things up for adoption?

giveaway winner

Since my DH isn't home so he can "screen capture" the Random Generator thingie, I just cut and paste and the winner is Katrina!

True Random Number ServiceList Randomizer
There were 9 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Katrina
Abbey
Alice
Cindy in Va
Nancy
TraceyIL
Evelyn
Rebekka
Debbie
Timestamp: 2009-03-11 22:15:26 UTC

Thanks to those of you that played along! (And thank you all for visiting my blog and leaving such sweet comments).

thanks be

Today's post by SouleMama is so touching...I just love her blog, she's always reminding her readers to appreciate the small things in life, and to remember...

Sometimes the remembering part is hard, especially when our brains won't even allow us to put together a complete thought. Even trying to figure out what I want to say here is difficult! So my posts have been short. And still, it takes me forever to come up with one. Silly.

So I'll just show here what I've been stitching and try not to say too much since it all comes out wrong anyway...



This design is from La D Da...



an oldie, but goodie.



it was finished before the Spring Fling, but I forgot to post it. Typical!



Stitched on 35 ct. Daily Grind over two with one strand WDW thread.

spring fling

Finished this up last night after work...



thanks to the time change and a wicked case of insomnia, I really hit a lick with it!



The fabric, which is 30 ct. Glen Ellyn Blend by R&R is really much greener than it appears here.



but it's a perfect match for the greens in the design.



This has been my absolute favorite project so far this year, I loved working on it.



Design by Blackbird Designs, Loose Feathers #13, Spring Fling. Stitched with recommended Gentle Art threads, two over two.
I'd really like to have it made into a pillow eventually I think.

Don't forget to comment on the post below if you'd like to be in the drawing for the Noah Stocking chart :-)

And Happy Spring to you!

giveaway

Remember my CHS Noah Stocking I posted about in January?

Well, I'd like to offer up the chart for it here. So if you'd like to be entered into the drawing to receive the chart, please comment on this post. I'll do the random generator thing to pick a winner next Wednesday, March 11.

Hope that makes sense. My brain is a little deep fried lately.
I'd really like to thank you all for your sweet comments on my last post (and always)
Things are all-righty around here...we're going to make it, we're definitely blessed...
:-)

therapy stitching

Friendship Sampler...



...design by Birds of a Feather



stitched on 36 ct. Barn Owl with Gentle Art threads



stitching on this during the month of February was my therapy



cheaper than meds I guess, the results are satisfying at least :-)

love is all you need

Celebrating 27 years of wedded bliss today....



here is my Valentine Message by Blackbird Designs, which was finished into a stitching tray last fall by the finisher....



and here's my Love Crazy, by Lizzie Kate



not sure whether I'll frame this or make it into a little pillow...



one of my daughters really likes this so it'll be hers...



Well, this is the second February in a row that our lives have gone haywire.
Things are uncertain but I know it's that way for lots of people now days....
I will most likely not be blogging for a while. Please don't forget about me, I'll be back....

wednesday's child

Remember that old nursery rhyme?

Monday's child is fair of face.
Tuesday's child is full of grace.
Wednesday's child is full of woe.
Thursday's child has far to go.
Friday's child is loving and giving.
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.

(Don't ask me why I think of this stuff, it always happens when I try to think of a title for a post)
How true does this ring with you or with your family members? I'd have to say, in our family, it's pretty accurate. Strange, huh?

Anyhoo, there's a box I finally got unpacked today and in it, I found this...




It's a little Bent Creek freebie from years and years ago (I don't have it any longer), didn't know what to do with it, so the finisher made it into a scissor keep for me.

Meanwhile, back in blog-blog land, Siobhan gave me this little award
(thanks gf!)



I'm supposed to list five addictions, so here goes

1. All things stitching related (that's a given, right?)
2. Lotions and hand creams.
3. Starbucks Carmel Frapps.
4. Internet (stitching, and foodie blogs).
5. All things Pug.

I'm not tagging anyone else since I am usually so bad about playing along myself....I've enjoyed reading these on various blogs though :-)

The ice is melting around here...it wasn't too bad last night while at work, but the pugs were none too happy about the melting part this morning...



(note on the mop bucket...it's not ours, it was back there when we moved in, we just haven't gotten rid of it yet. I should be embarrassed, but actually, it's kind of appropriate considering the melting ice and the pugs who hate wet feet, lol!)

rainy days and mondays...

Remember that song?




Wow, I sure did love her....what a voice.

Anyhoo...I'm not blue, just thought of that song since it's Monday. And it's rainy, ha! We're in for an ice storm here in North Texas, tonight and through tomorrow. Ugh, wouldn't bother me except that I'll probably have to go to work in it instead of snuggling in with the pugs for a stitch-fest. If I'm really lucky, it'll be bad enough for them to close up and I won't have to go in....but that's only happened once in 12 years so not holdin' my breath here.

On the stitching front, I recently finished the first part of the Loose Feathers Mystery Sampler (Blackbird Designs)....




I'm so far behind on all these. The plan is to stitch them all on separate pieces of fabric and the stitch them all together when done. Kind of doubting this choice since seeing it done on one piece and how pretty that was/is. Too late now though!

Stay warm and safe, and have a great week ya'll!

Noah Stocking

This was finished up last fall, so don't go thinkin' I'm such a fast stitcher, lol!



After I saw Siobhan's finish last year, and then my friend Patti's stocking in person, it was a "have to stitch this asap" project.



Don't you just love how other stitchers keep us inspired?!



This is a Carriage House Samplings design, stitched on 40 ct. Lentil linen from Lakeside, and with DMC threads...



and as always, (....) did the finishing on this for me...



I'm so thankful for my stitching pals, who keep my needle moving, whether it's a blog post, a finishing album, or seeing something in person, if it weren't for my friends, I'd probably stitch a LOT less and just collect stash...which is always a good thing too, I'm just sayin' :-)