Letting Go of Internet

Hi everyone, it's been a while since I have posted. I have been working on things, just haven't got anything scanned in.

After a lot of serious thought, I have decided to let go of my internet and landline for now for financial reasons. I hope to gt them back at some point but it will be a while. I will still have my hotmail and yahoo accounts, which I will be able to check from the library from time to time.

In regards to my PIF, I have one finished, one almost finished, and one more to do and will definitely be getting those out one of these days soon. I will still have this blog but I won't be able to post as often or post any photos. Thank you so much to everyone who has stopped in here to visit, I will miss coming on here.

No Pictures Yet

I am working on several things but I don't have any pictures to show yet.

I just checked out a new stitching blog. It is called Lisa's Stitch and Share, and she has got some really beautiful things on there. She just started it this month.

I have finished one of my PIF projects and I am ready to put the second one together. Then I have one more to do. I am also working on a wedding announcement for my son and will have a photo soon to show of that.

PIF from Elisa

I am so excited! I just received my PIF package from Elisa at Old Ragged Threads in the mail today. It actually came just in time for my birthday, which is tomorrow, so that is pretty neat. She stitched a pinkeep for me, with a little stitching fairy on it. She also included some other goodies along with it, which are in the photo. The little green box that says "apple" on it contains a little apple scented eraser. The fairy is a freebie that she stitched from Cara Mia, on 32 count white Jobelan with Ozark Sampler Threads, in Aladdin. I am currently working on my PIF projects as well. This is the very first PIF that I have ever taken part in and I am really enjoying it. Thank you so much Elisa for including me in yours!

Small Quaker Finish

Here is another small piece that I did. I actually did it before I did the biscornu, but I am just now getting it scanned. It is one of the motifs from the Mon Ami Pierre Quaker freebie that I have. I did the whole large piece earlier and decided to use this motif for a needlebook that I am getting ready to make. I did it on 28-count Angel Blush lugana with Azalea thread from Weeks Dye Works. I am working on one of my 3 PIF projects right now as well, so I won't be able to show any photos of that until it gets sent off to it's new home. So, I am keeping busy anyhow.

My First Biscornu

I just finished my first biscornu ever, and I am pretty happy with it. It isn't perfect but I like it. I scanned it the best I could considering I don't have a digital camera. I will at least not be afreaid to make another one.

Tante Zolder Finish

Last night I finished stitching on my Tante Zolder butterfly freebie. I was intending to do it all in one color but changed my mind. I did it on Angel Blush 28-count Lugana with DMC thread, and I am going to make it into a biscornu. I have never made a biscornu before, but I think I will be able to do it ok. I have read several tutorials on them and it looks like it would not be too difficult. (Hopefully).

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day. Mine was a quiet one. My Valentine and I do not live in the same town so we don't see each other as often as we would like, but we talk every day, and we did get to see each other earlier in the week, so all is well.

It is a nice sunny day here today but not as warm as it could be. I'm just glad it's not raining or snowing.

Wow, I just received an award!

I just received this awesome award from Erynne. This is my very first award ever and I am really thrilled about it. Now I will send it on to 5 more "spreaders of love". From reading their blogs, I can see that they are all kind-hearted, caring, sharing and talented people. (And they are not the only ones). Thank you Erynne, and thank you to everyone who takes the time to stop by here and to leave comments.

And here they are:

1. Sandra

2. Angela

3. Tracy

4. Elisa

5. Lizzie

Valentine Surprise!

I had a wonderful surprise yesterday when I went downstairs to check my mail-a Valentine package from a friend in Florida with whom I did a Christmas ornament exchange this year. It was awesome and totally unexpected. Along with the things in the picture there was also a little box of Russell Stover chocolates and two Valentine Tootsie Pops! One of the things in the photo is a little notebook with a neat little inkpen. And I love the heart bookmark and pin. Now, one of these days I will surprise her with something!

I am currently working on a Tante Zolder freebie of a butterfly. I have done this same chart before in multi-colors, but this one I am using one color over one on a small piece of Angel Blush lugana. I am thinking maybe trying my hand at a biscornu with it when it is finished. That will definitely be something new for me but I have no doubt that I can do it.

Finally another photo

It has been longer than I intended since I have been on here, but I do finally have something to show for my time away. It is the Quaker freebie from Mon Ami Pierre and I am doing it on blue 28-count Monaco with Gentle Arts Sampler Thread, Purple Iris. I am really enjoying it. I started it the day before Christmas and I am almost done with it. It is rather large but the photo doesn't show anywhere near all of it because I don't have a camera and it wouldn't all fit in the scanner, but it shows the general idea anyway.

I also have done a few other Christmas ornaments but have not got them scanned yet.

I have three projects to do for the PIF that I am taking part in this year and I plan on getting started on them very soon. I haven't decided what to do yet but I do want them each to be something special and maybe a little different than anything I have done before.

Will have more photos soon

It's been a little while since I have been on here. I went out of town for a few days the first weekend of the month, and just have not posted since I got home. I have been working on several ornaments though, and have some finishes to show when I get them scanned in. I still have several more to make, but I am making good progress.

Woodland Snowfall Finished

Woodland Snowfall

by

Diane Williams

of Little House Needleworks

This is what I was working on for the SAT at Let's Stitch for this week. I just finished it a few minutes ago. I got it from the 2004 JCS Christmas ornament issue.

I hope everyone had a happy and safe Thanksgiving. I know I did. I had dinner with one of my co-workers and her family. She had invited me and another one of our co-workers, as neither of us had any plans for the day. I was just going to hang out at home, as I am going down home for a visit next week, for a four-day weekend. Anyway, it was a lot of fun, and the dinner was excellent. I took her one of my ornaments that I had finished for a thank you gift, and she really liked it a lot. Afterwards I came home and relaxed and started the ornament that I just posted here.

Glad Tidings finished

Glad Tidings

by

Belinda Karls-Nace

of Blue Ribbon Designs

I just finished this one last night. All it needs now is a hanger and it is ready to go to my exchange partner in Florida. (she is not a blogger, to the best of my knowledge).

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving.

More Finishes

Bluebird of Christmas Happiness

by

Mary McLenon-Turley

of M Designs

I haven't been on here all week, but I have been stitching almost every evening after work. This one I finished earlier in the week. I also have a couple of more to show.

Norwegian Reindeer

by

Lynda D. Baldauf

of Scandinavian Stitches

I finished this one a couple of days ago. I also did another one just like it in green. I am getting closer and closer to getting my ornaments done, although I still have several to go. Then I will spend a day putting them all together.

I've been tagged!

Angela at Hooked on Stitches has just tagged me. So, here are 6 random facts about me:

1. Like Angela, I am a night owl also. (even on work nights). I very seldom get to bed before at least 11 on weeknights, and it's anybody's guess on weekends. I am definitely not a morning person either.

2. Most of those nights that I am up late-I'm stitching and/or watching movies. I have a certain few that I tend to watch the most-such as all the Harry Potter movies, and any of the Jane Austen stuff-Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Becoming Jane. I recently acquired "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" with Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, and I have watched it quite a bit as well.

3. I love to read too and when I was younger you very seldom saw me anywhere without a book in my hand. I haven't read very much lately because I have mostly been stitching in my free time.

4. I love music, all different kinds of music, especially Rock and Celtic. I have a guitar but I haven't played it much lately. A long while of a lately.

5. I love making Christmas ornaments, which is why this is my favorite time of year for stitching. I also like to make them out of felt, with beads and buttons and sequins and bits of fabric. This is on top of the fact that I love to stitch all year long to begin with.

6. Last but not least, I love, love, love spending time with my Grand-darlings. I have 4-3 boys and 1 girl, ranging in age from 1 to 7. Did I mention that they are my darlings?

I am going to tag the following people:

Sandra
Sharon
and Kathy

Rules are...Link back to the person that tagged you. Post the rules on your Blog. Share 6 non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. Tag 6 people or as many as you would like too at the end of your post by linking to their Blog. Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their Blog.

Feel free to participate...if not that's ok too, it's all just for fun!

Have fun!

Thanks to everyone

No photos yet today. I just wanted to thank everyone again for stopping by, or leaving a comment, and thanks also to the ones who are following my blog. It is really exciting to see so many stop by, and a lot of fun, and I enjoy stopping by to see all of you as well. I just noticed that over 500 people have stopped by, most of them since late September, and that is really awesome. I love seeing what everyone is doing and I love sharing what I have accomplished as well. Have a wonderful day everyone, and thanks again. You are all very inspiring to me.

Yea, it's finished!

I just now finished this, and here it is. I changed out all of the colors they had listed, but they are pretty close from what I could see in the photo in the magazine. I like them, anyway. Now to figure out the next one to stitch. I'm really glad I like doing this because I still have at least a dozen left to stitch. I really am having a lot of fun with this. And in a week or two I will be having even more fun because I have the 2004, 5 an 6 JCS ornament issues coming, that I have bought from a fellow stitcher over at 123Stitch. I have been drooling over them anyway and when I saw that someone had them on offer I jumped right in there.

Progress on "Peace"

This is how far I've gotten on "Peace" from My Big Toe Designs. I participated in the Friday night SAT over at Let's Stitch this evening. I didn't get as far as I intended to, but I still think I made pretty good progress. I am pretty close to half finished with it.

Snowy Night Finished

I meant to put this in a frame but couldn't find one the right size for it, so I just made a little pillow out of it instead. It didn't turn out perfect, but it is ok and I know that my boyfriend will like it very much. His birthday is actually tomorrow, but it will be next week before we see each other, to give it to him. (We don't live in the same town). He knows I am making him something but he doesn't know what it is. I was looking for a 4" by 4" frame but couldn't find anything less than 4" x 6".

I haven't decided what ornament to do next but I know I will have it figured out in time for the SAT at Let's Stitch, for tomorrow night. I have several left to do yet.

Snowy Night Finished

I just finished Snowy Night, designed by Pamela Byrd Smith of The Prairie Schooler. I absolutely love this one. I am actually going to put it in a small frame and give it to my boyfriend for his birthday tomorrow. He loves birds and my stitching, so I know he will really like it. I haven't decided what to stitch yet, but it will be another ornament from the 2008 JCS issue.

Starry Night Finished

I just finished another ornament-this one is "Starry Night" by Tina Richards Herman at Shepherd's Bush. I got the chart from the JCS 2008 ornament issue. It was stitched on 25 count Zweigart Light Blue Dublin Linen, using DMC threads. I didn't have the charm that was on the chart so I added a star instead, but I really like how it turned out.