Category Archives: cross stitch

Oct2

Thanks so much

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I really appreciate your lovely comments about my two new framed pieces. I want to hang them up tomorrow so they won’t be damaged just leaning against the entertainment center.

I am feeling better. I think the fish oil I was taking wasn’t agreeing with me. Bummer. I guess we’ll have to eat more salmon or other Omega-3 rich foods.

Not too much going on. I was like in slow motion today. I did a few cleaning up chores, but I am concentrating on finishing up the ’57 Thunderbird by at least the 7th as it’s due on the 15th. I’m not crazy about deadlines, but they really get me going. I also made the small gift for MarJean who guessed the squash count for our garden. I need to assemble that and send it on it’s merry way. It turned out cute and a bit whimiscal.

I’ve also been watching some of the new shows-some kinda silly like the Caveman show though they had some good lines. I want to see ‘Pushing Daisies’ to see what that is all about. My mom and I agreed that ‘Private Practice’ with Kate Walsh and Tim Daly is really good (I really like TD).

Hope all is well with my blogging friends. : )

And added a little later…Pea had her desktop up, so here is mine. I use mainly my own collages. This one is of little gardening girls. Switched to Halloween!

Puter screen

Halloween!

Oct1

My 1st professionally framed XS pieces

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A Walk in the Woods
This has a pretty moss colored mat with a thread-like texture through it. The frame is a two-tone wood and has some of the maple color of what’s in the house. I will probably hang this in the family room. I realize this photo is a bit dark.

Cape May
This is off white and with a distressed look. I think it will go in the kitchen as it’s under glass like the first piece.
I went down to my mom’s although I am having some tummy issues. We went out to lunch, then to JoAnn’s and I came home. Well, I did make a brief stop at Borders and they had the JCS ’07 Ornament Issue. It has some cute designs. We ordered Chinese which may not have been a wise choice for yours truly as I have a burning tummy right now. Oy.

Jul31

Run around

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Hello little yellow sunflower!Not much new here. Sean had to get his license renewed early as he won’t be home in October when his actual birthday rolls around. We headed 15 miles down to Oxford and now Sean has an official ‘legal’ license instead of a junior’s license as he’s almost 21. We took a drive through the town to see if we wanted to stop anywhere and passed Brian on the road who had just had his last day in that office. Bri turned around and followed us to a grocery store parking lot and we chatted a little and then took off, Bri to Kennett and us to Jennersville where we hit both Blockbuster and Dairy Queen. I told Sean he and his pals should be hanging out at that DQ because of all the young ladies there. He bought the second Pirates of the Carribean movie and the Illusionist at BB.

For dinner I made a few ham steaks, fresh green beans and Parmesan couscous, the left over squash souffle and biscuits (that had been frozen). It was a quick dinner, the best kind.

After dinner I did some mail art for the ATC cards I’ll send to three of my friends. The ATCs are calling cards. I like the way they turned out! The mailart (the envelopes) were decorated with images, places and wording from a Brandywine Valley tourist book from 2000. The envelopes are in my flickr album if you want to see!
Calling Cards ATCs

I went through my cross stitch stash and want to do a Christmas ornament for the blog I joined and haven’t followed along with- getting an ornament a month made (I think that’s it!) I settled on a The Prairie Schooler design of two cardinals in a evergreen tree. I want to do a few more cardinals that I have in my stash anyway. I did get to the post office (thanks again to Sean) and mailed off Veronica’s NRR to her daughter Helen for safe keeping. The mail clerk handed me a rather small mailer and said that’s what they are using for Global priority now. I told Helen she may want to open it and give it a nice press for her mum. The clerk was a little grumpy and I asked her if she wanted squash and she took two of them.

Don’t forget to play the ‘guess the squash’ game! I will make you a special prize if you win! I am hoping to have more than two comments when the harvest is done. I don’t know if it’s my blogs name, what I talk about or what, but I just don’t get a bunch of comments and never have. I do have a handful of special pals (thanks so much) that drop by to read my ramblings. If I had anything about just stitching, cooking or photography in my title, I’d probably get more hits, but that’s not my main intention. I have this as an informational blog for myself too. Also a place to add my photos and anything special I want to read about in the future. I will have my three year blog anniversary soon. Can’t believe it!

Jul28

Lastest project

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I finished the last rotation of our Neighborhood Round Robin tonight. I decided to do a castle ruins as the owner of this piece walks her dogs near a ruins almost everyday-it said so on the postcard she included! I think it looks neat. I needed to add a bit more other than the ruins, so I added a barn cottage. Both are from an English stitcher Jane Greenoff. I have about 3 or 4 of her books. I hope Veronica likes it! It’s hard to see all the detail in this photo. The little sign says ‘tea’ as the square way to the left by Carol is a tea shop.
Veronica’s NRR

Jul23

Finally a frame!

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I did this little piece 3 years ago and put it away as I didn’t have a rectangular frame for it. On my Saturday excursion, I ran across a frame for a buck at the Goodwill. It was the perfect fit! I added some white out (I got yelled at for using it as it’s bad for you and it didn’t make me feel funny) to achieve a weathered look. I sanded some of it off and added varnish. I think it turned out well. All it needs is a hook on the back for hanging.

A Journey to the Sea
BTW, Bri did win a little down in Atlantic City and stopped as I reminded him to do so. I put it in the bank today. : )

Jul19

A sweet gift

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I received an adorable little pillow from Barbara over at Mainly Stitching on the right there. It was a ‘pay if forward prize’ in my opinion. I love the colors of Barbara’s own choosing and the designer (The Prairie Schooler). I love how she finished it off too. Thanks so much!

Mister Snail in the gnome garden

The next few photos are of my JoAnn finds, the blue urn which I would like to get a couple more of, and some bells which I see need to be varnished.

Blue urn

Moon and Sun Bells

Jul9

A Walk in the Woods

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My latest cross stitch finish-boy are my eyes tired! I think I started this in April-2005 (I checked my blog!). I actually had enough room (with about 1/4″ to spare) to add that second border. I have no idea what the crown represents. It’s 11″ x 15″. I will probably get this professionally framed. Does any craft store ever offer specials on framing (that you know of?)

A Walk in the Woods

I waited until 6 pm to do a quick watering job. I almost couldn’t stand it for more than 15 minutes. Cos wanted to go out and by that time, I really needed to come in and cool off, so he had a few nibbles of grass and we came in 5 minutes later.

Bri may have a job opportunity in the next town over! He started there over 8 years ago before they moved him first to Maryland and then to Lancaster county. Apparently a lady who does a similar job resigned today without notice. Weird. I think she probably wanted a raise and they said no. Crossing fingers!

I found a pedometer while tidying up my bedroom and put it on about 2 pm. It’s 8:45 and I’ve walked almost 2 miles in that time! (5,000 steps=2 miles). Good motivator for moving my fanny!

Jun15

Graduation gift

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This is for my nephew who just graduated from high school on Wednesday, exactly 30 years after me! This is on a pale green aida (which I don’t mind stitching on once in a while to save my eyes) and it’s mounted on cardboard with a green felt backing. The school’s colors are green and gold. His middle name is Ian. The original ‘I’ looked like a lowercase ‘l’, so I made up a new ‘I’. Also in the original, there were two graduates, but I opted on using his name and info instead of the girl. I designed the mortar board as the design is from a button company and you are suppose to use their button. There are some green and light yellow beads on this too.

Pat’s gift

I learned that Tori was sick last weekend and is now fine. I was at my mom’s today and decided to drop off a goodie bag for Tori on the way home and she was cheerful and running around. Her brother Kenny just graduated from elementary school today. He’s about 5’5″ or so, he’s taller than his mom and auntie.

My mom is showering me with gifts-jewelry and clothes! She won a little money and wanted me to have a few things. Hey, I love a bargain (Monet jewelry for $5 each), but I need more clothes and jewelry like a hole in the head. It makes her happy. Everyone isn’t feeling up to par-Mom, Sean and still me. Our weather goes from hot to cool. We were lucky if it was 70 today. I’m someone who is affected by changes like that. Mom and I went to one of our favorite restaurants and I could only eat half of my chicken salad sandwich. I ate the other half for dinner.

Have a great weekend.

May30

This is all I have

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A slow day because I did so much before noon! Not a morning gal, but Sean wanted to get his car early to go work out at the ‘Y’. So we got the car at 11:15 (which is early for me), then I went to the produce place, the drugstore, Acme and McDonalds all before 12 struck. And you know it wasn’t as crowded at the above places then. ; )

Here’s what I did to entertain myself-take photos of Cosmo. Check out his blog .
Here’s a teaser for you…

Looking for a green snack
Working on another cross stitch UFO called ‘A Walk in the Woods’ even though I cut the fabric too short and can’t add the second violet border. I completely forgot it had two until I saw the ‘repeat above design here’. It will look fine without it. I’m excited about getting the final project for the Neighborhood Round Robin that my pals and I have been working on. I hope to have it by the middle to end of June.