karen stitching

another finish

2009-09-11T06:31:00.000-07:00

This is another one of Carla's lovely kaleidescope snowflakes, this is number 3 and like number 2 is just a beautiful one to stitch up.

This is stitched on self dyed pick evenweave with DMC 3810 and SSS thread Concords which looks just great together.

I have my contest piece to do for Carla's group which I will work on tomorrow then next week when I can buy the rest of the kaleidescope flakes I will start another one of those.

We have survived the first week of school, though not without incident lol. Jamie just can't help himself in injuring himself in some way or other. He fell last night about 18 inces and twisted his ankle yet again, it swelled so we got him to R.I.C.E it and gave some painkillers, by this morning he was back to normal. I swear that child doesn't want to go school with all the injury's he has had recently.

I'm off now to take Sheba for a walk then I can get back to stitching again, not sure on what right now I am thinking of another snowy start of a SanMan Originals chart I have.

I am so gutted

2009-09-08T02:13:00.000-07:00

Today I fancied stitching on Royal Holiday so went to look her out and I can't find her. I have hunted high and low for her and she is no where to be seen, its put me right off stitching.

I did find my Celtic Winter out and tried to stitch on her but thats not working either. I do have an old chart kitted up of a San Man Originals that I might try and stitch instead.

The kids have gone back to school today and the house is wayyyyyyyyyyyy too empty. I thought i would love having the house back to ourselves but in actual fact I hate it right now hark at me blathering on feeling sorry for myself, I will pick myself up by my bootatraps and find something to occupy myself till the kids come home from school.

end of the summer holidays

2009-09-07T06:36:00.000-07:00

Today sees the last day of the summer holidays for the kids, its been a lovely day with warm sun which is set to last for the next few days which is just typical now the kids are going back to school. The last 7 weeks have flown by, though at the begining the 7th September seemed so far away! The seasons are changing though, you can smell it in the night air as silly as it sounds.

I havent stitched properly in a couple of days I have put in a few stitches on a bookmark but thats about it. Hopefully I can get some done tomorrow once the kids are in school

another finish

2009-09-01T06:15:00.000-07:00

Today I have finished my ornament that I have been stitching for Sue V on her group Every Stitch Counts. I can't show a photo yet as its not being sent till November 1st unless I send it earlier.

I am now going to start a snowflake design that Carla Rizzie has designed for her group Crazystitchers designs callked Kaleidescope Snowflake 2. I will add in a photo of that once it has been completed.

Pumpkin SAL

2009-08-31T01:21:00.000-07:00

Starts tomorrow on sewcraftystitchers yahoo group. It will run for the whole of september. If anyone would like to join in please ask to join the group, the owner is pretty nice, she doesn't bite - honest LOL

finished a project

2009-08-16T23:12:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I joined a new group and the owner had designed a beautiful design called addicted to snow.

I started this a few weeks ago and at 11.58pm last night I put in the final stitches and I must say that it turned out beautiful! Now on to finishing it and then onto the next project not that I know what it is going to be right now though

yiipppeeeeeeeeeeeeee

2009-07-17T07:55:00.000-07:00

Its now the summer holidays for the kids. They have all broken up from school for 7 weeks today. Sadly though the weather doesn't really seem to be co-operating It is wet, windy, cloudy, cold with more rain forecast for us. I know we shouldn't complain about it but now the kids have finished they could do with some nice weather to go out and play.

Katie has been to a theme park called Drayton Manor and the poor kid has been travel sick on the way there and back. She has enjoyed the park but has come home wet, cold, shivering and a sore throat from shouting on the rides lol.

Gemma has left primary school today to go to middle school in september. She cried at school this morning but when she came out she was fine which was probably due to going home with her friend from around the corner from where we live. She was asked to stop the night which she is more than happy to do. I just can't believe how grown up she is becoming at 9 years old already.

So after all this the drama's of the day were Dave has accidentally broken my laptop today, the vacuum cleaner dropped on the screen which has upset him greatly, then I was finishing off the hoovering when I sucked up the power supply cable to Dave's external hard drive after backing up mine and ruined the plastic outer casing - thank fully it still works ok lol and thirdly stace has broken her mobile phone overnight. I think it must have been Friday 13th in disguise lmao.

So after all that has happened today I am back to stitching on Sarah's late birthday surprise that isn't so much of a surprise after seeing it yesterday which will hopefully get completed over the weekend ready to send on to its rightful home.

This weekend sees me staying home all weekend which will be a first in a while, I am looking forward to being on the laptop (dave's of course), stitching and chatting away to my friends, just my sort of weekend

Now I have waffled on enough its time to grab something to eat and try and put a few stitches in.

It's been a while

2009-03-06T21:27:00.000-08:00

Things seemed to have gotten a little out of hand here recently with ferrying the kids here there and everywhere. Stace is struggling to get to and from college so we are doing all we can to help her out. Richard has had his interview for going into 6th form college in September. The teacher was great and Richards results from his mock exams were fantastic with a distinction in I.C.T. A* in business studies and then the rest were all B's and C's and he needs 5 G.C.S.E's at a level C or above. The teacher was so pleased Richard was offered a place subject to his main exams starting in June.

Stitching wise Ivy is coming along lovely even though I haven't worked on her in a week as last weekend I decided to have a go at stitching a 15 sided biscornu which has now been stitched and has stitched up beautifully. It is going to a new home soon to sarahsparkles.

Today I am going to start a bookmark for an exchange on another forum, I will add photos when there is something to show for it.

It is a lovely bright sunny day but still chilly, dare we hope that spring is really on its way??? The spring bulbs are starting to grow and bloom, the hedges are starting to bud and the wildlife are starting their spring nest building, all good signs I hope?

A week ago I was asked to join another yahoo group ESC (every stitch counts) and I must say that I have been made to feel very welcome indeed, now I need to get my group back up and moving as it has slowed down somewhat.

Have a good weekend and happy stitching xx

gathering of the clans chat

2009-02-01T05:29:00.000-08:00

Is now on for anyone that stitches and would like to chat.

I am in the chat room http://crossstitchreviewer.proboards84.com/index.cgi now if anyone would like to come and join me for a while. Come make some new friends and chat about anything you wish (within reason of course!)

good stitching day but also sad day

2009-01-24T09:28:00.000-08:00

I decided I would work on my groups globetrotters over this weekend to get them done and sent on their way seeing as I had had them in my possession for way too long! So I got myself sorted out and sat on the sofa ready to stitch. I found a small pattern I wanted to stitch and away I went. first one got stitched and then I made a start on the 2nd and boy did that 2nd one stitch up really quickly lol.

Well I am happy to report that both globetrotters are stitched up ready to have photos taken before being packaged up and sent on to their owner.

The sad news is we have lost another of our furbabies (rabbit). she had gotten too cold outside and was just lying in her hutch doing nothing so we bought her inside to warm her up to see if she would respond. Well things weren't looking too good then she started to warm up and move around in the box but she twisted around and got stuck and broke her neck whilst lying in the box warming up, she was only nearly 3 yrs old, just have to break the news to the younger kiddies in the morning at least she now is at rest and not suffering any more

second christmas jan 21

2009-01-21T18:34:00.000-08:00

What a day we had yesterday, Princess Sarah came for a visit to exchange our christmas gifts with each other. She arrived here at 11 am after a 2 1/2 hour journey.

We exchanged gifts as soon as she got through the front door as we were both excited to see what each other had got and yes we do sound like little children but we couldn't help ourselves.

Sarah bought me a snowman ornament that you plug into your pc and it changes colour, a Lavender Wings chart called Jingles, Chuckles, Snowball and twitch, a Me to You necklace with 2 halvesof a pendant one saying best, the other friends. Of course I shared with her. Sarah had also stitched me a beautiful snowman ornament with wind chimes hanging from the bottom which will be on show all year round I will add photos later on to my album on here.

We then took our stitching out, Pesky pair for sarah and Ivy for me and had a good few hours worth of stitching time before the kids got home from school. It was the best time I had had stitching since the new year started and I actually enjoyed stitching for the first time thirs year

3.30 we picked Gem and Chris up from school were poor sarah had her ear bent off for the next 4 1/2 hours from Gem and Chris talking almost non-stop till bedtime lol. We managed a little more stitching before Sarah had to leave to go home back to her hubby and kiddies at 9pm. We had a text message at 11.30 to say that Sarah had arrived safely back home again and thanking us for a great day.

bad stitching start to 2009

2009-01-01T21:15:00.000-08:00

I picked up Mother and Baby yesterday thinking that while the kids are still home from school I could make loads of progress on it only to find that I had made a mistake, so I frogged and put it right, well lo and behold a little while later I find yet another mistake, so I put that right and decide to put it away for the night.

I get up this morning to find that darned frog has been visiting again so back to ripping out again. Right now it is 10.15 and all is back to normal with it again. I think what has got to me a little is that I have been working on this project on and off for over a year and I hadn't had to frog AT ALL at any part of it apart from this one part. I just hope the frog now stays away till this is finished.

Sorry for the rant, just needed to get it off my chest I think lol

December 2nd

2008-12-02T03:15:00.000-08:00

I didnt realise how long it had been since I had posted on here.

I have just uploaded my latest finishes on my 2008 finishes album for those that want to see them. I am hoping to get 3 more ornaments stitched up this week off the sanman originals forum.

I hope that everyone is keeping well and warm in this cold snap that we are having especially in the UK right now.

Take care and happy stitching

my basket

2008-10-19T04:45:00.000-07:00

cool site with freebies

2008-10-12T00:16:00.000-07:00

I just found a site that has really easy to download embroidery patterns for free. It's http://cross-stitchers-club.com/?code_avantage=nxpapl

Plus, if you click on this link, you'll automatically receive a gift when you subscribe. I use this site all the time; there are hundreds of all different types of patterns, and there are new patterns added everyday. It's really worth a look

SAL weekend

2008-08-03T19:40:00.000-07:00

Was a very productive weekend! i actually sat and stitched most of my time away starting the EMS Rose sampler and I am pleased to say i almost got part 1 completed whilst sitting watching a DVD box set that I received for my birthday off my DH back in May. I will upload pictures later on today.

Can i just say a big thank you to those people that come along, read my postings, look at my photos and take the time to comment it really makes it worth my while posting on here knowing I'm not just rambling away to myself

project SAL week 3

2008-07-31T06:37:00.000-07:00

Well after last weeks fiasco of Ouroborus I picked up my Butternut road project, put in about a dozen stitches and put it back down again I just coudn't get on with it. So while i found out Butternut Road i came across my CeWeC mother and baby project that i started quite a while ago. She is half finished and i decided to work on her for a little bit. I will post a picture of her tomorrow.

I also stitched a bookmark from Artecy which i really enjoyed stitching, it was for the finish weekend sal with fatema. All i have to do now is back it with some card to cover the back and laminate it for my friend Sarah for a belated birthday present which i can give to her in person next Thursday as she is coming to visit me again

new technique finish and SAL week 2

2008-07-27T05:01:00.000-07:00

this weekend is to be a new tenchnique finish for Fatema and myself. I started to stitch a bookmark from the Artcey website called lady sillhoutte. All the stitching is done i just need to actually finish it off as a bookmark.

Now my 3 daughters have seen the stitching they both want a bookmark too, luckily 2 of them have birthdays coming up so I will stitch them for then.

My SAL week last week wasn't too good as I was nearing finishing the first page when i found a big mistake on the border. Now to work out whether to frog the whole border OR to doctor the border so that it fits so I put Ouroborus away after 3 days of working on him but at least i made some progress which I am pleased about.

Starting from today I should be working on the next weeks SAL which is going to have to be split between the number 5 project that my eldest daughter picked out for me and the beading SAL on StitchersHeaven yahoo group and somewhere along the way i have the Summer SAL to do on my yahoo group.

Home life for the week started off quite exciting but sadly went downhill rapidly on Friday, but thats ok i can pick myself up, dust myself off and start again with it all.

The kids have had quite a nice week at home, we have actually had some sun and hot sticky weather. They have been able to have the pool up outside for a few days and have also managed to sleep outside in the tent though I think tonight will be the last night they do that as i think the weather is on the change again.

I am going now to sort out the Summer SAL i think as one member on the group has already finished hers and it looks really nice so i want one too now lol.

Happy stitching everyone

new photos

2008-07-20T23:22:00.000-07:00

I have just added new photos to my albums, especially the progress on my SAL's. I haven't managed to get alot done on Royal Holiday but Blue Moon Faery got quite a bit done I just didn't reach my goal but that is ok i can handle that.

I also got 2 small finishes done yesterday in my 2008 album for those that want to see them.

Now i am going to work on my big purple dragon Ouroborus. I will post up a new photo of him at the end of the week.

Happy stitching

school summer holidays

2008-07-19T03:57:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday afternoon the kids finished school for just over 6 weeks.

The day started off good, we took our eldest daughter out of town for some shopping and lunch got back home in time for getting the 2 youngest who finished school at 2pm instead of 3.30pm.

From there on things went a little downhill. I had promised Gem she could have her ears pierced as a belated birthday present. So we took her down into town for that. Well considering the person who was doing the piercing was qualified she made a right hash of piercing the first one. it only went in half way so they had to re-pierce it which made gem not want to have the 2nd one done. Eventually she got it done but she didn't like us very much. Chris also wanted his done, he sat down and all he said was 'ow' LOL he then came out and said that hurts now can i take the ear-ring out lol. We got a 15% off voucher for our next purchase in that shop, not sure if that was to keep the peace for what happened to gem or what but with an 18th birthday coming up i might just use it in there!

When we got back from taking my eldest to work I came home to a phone call from the Drs surgery asking me to have a blood test repeated as the blood count came back showing I am anaemic so we will see what happens after the repeated test.

Today has been a quiet slow day. I am having a pj day. Have done a tiny little bit of stitching on RH and I mean a tiny little bit, finished reading a book and finally caught up on my emails. I think i will now go and print out the summer chart for the SAL on my group. I also need to do some more on RH for my UFO SAL weekend with Fatema. Have a good weekend everyone

SAL update - no pic ..........

2008-07-14T19:47:00.000-07:00

As yet though, that will come later on.

My goal for this week was to try and get page 1 finished of Mystic Stitch Blue Moon Faery. I have 2029 stitches to get the first page completed. There is now a bit of shape coming on it, i can see where the wing is on the fairy.

Will upload a pic later on

What a morning!!!

2008-07-14T02:10:00.000-07:00

All start off ok, my friends 2 boys were dropped off fo rme to look after till their mum got home from working the night shift. My lot started playing up - which is fine i can handle that but all went pear shaped when we left to take sheba (dog) to the vets.

We arrived after sheba howled, cried and barked all the way to the vets. There was another dog just coing out of the vets so dave decided to go on the road side to take her in. Well Sheba thought better of it and tripped dave over. He has made an awful mess of his right eye and cheek bone. The vets helped clean him up and calm him down as he was very shocked.

I phoned the Drs to let them know we were going up and we might be late for the surgery. They said not to worry they would let the Dr know. Anyway he has been checked out, he has a HUGE black eye on his upper eyelid a laceration just above his eyebrow, a graze and a cut down his cheek. Poor guy is a right mess and sheba feels so sorry for herself for tripping him up!

Oh and sheba is back on anti-biotics for the cyst she has on the back of her neck, still not sure if she will be operated on to remove it.

I also saw the Dr while i was there. just for a review on my medications I am on and to get my finger checked out. My index finger on my left hand has been hurting for the last 2 weeks, its stiff and swollen. The Dr has ordered blood tests to be done to see if i have arthritis she doesnt think its too bad but we will know more next week.

Update on Dave's E.E.G also. His first one is on Thursday at 1.15 so I won't be able to go with him because I have to pick up the kids from school. Hope he gets on well and comes home in one piece.

I will update my stitching later on or tomorrow as I started the SAL with Fatema yesterday, i worked on my mystic stitch for the first time in a long time

Mine and Fatema's sal plan

2008-07-13T03:46:00.000-07:00

We will rotate these and do 1 project for 5 days and then work on something different for the weekends. Hopefully we will get some things stitched on that havent been stitched on in a while.
Karen
1 mystic stitch blue moon faery
2 mirabilia royal holiday
3. dimensions wizard
4. dmc birth sampler
5 butternut road
6 ourubourus - dragon
7 ornament weekend only

Fatema
1 ms floral stil
2 fractal
3 haed little angel
4 non xs
5 artecy
6 boink
7 ems - weekends only

my UFO/WIP/Pending list of projects

2008-07-12T07:17:00.000-07:00

While talking to Fatema today she asked me how many UFO's/WIP's pending projects I have so here is my list.

UFO's

L&L celtic Winter

Winter Rose

Mirabilia Fairy Moon

Mirabilia Royal Holiday

Dimensions Mystical Wizard (i think thats what he is called)

DMC girl birth sampler

Dracolair Dragon - ourorborus

Fairy Flora

Winnie the Pooh afghan

and last but not least a Butternut Road

WIP's

2 globe trotters

TIAG free christmas angel 1997

Pending

Nora Corbett Portrait of Lauren in Blue

Nora Corbett Portrait of Caroline in Pink

Nora Corbett Ivy

and 3 free ornaments that I don't know how to post the links on here LOL just watch out for pictures of them over the coming weeks

And that is my list - for now

scary news!

2008-07-04T05:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday saw us going to the Neurology department for DH's routine check up at the hospital. We were to see a new Dr as his original one is/was retiring.

The Dr greeted us in a lovely manner and started to ask questions about DH's epilepsy history starting from when he was 6 weeks old.

We went through that, he asked me lots of questions on how DH reacts while having aura's and seizures which I answered each and every one.

He checked all of Daves reflexes in his knees, elbows etc which were as far as i know of normal.

Then the Dr starts mentioning more tests being done, more E.E.G.s a normal one, a sleep deprived one and then a long one where DH will have to be admited to hospital, taken off his medication to see if they can induce a seizure in a controlled manner to see exactly what part of the brain has the seizure activity in it. THEN he mentions having surgery to remove the damaged part of his brain that might stop the seizures. Talk about knocking the wind out of our sails! Once the news sunk in I cried, Dh comfotrted me which made me feel quite guilty as he is the person that will be going through with it. Once I had cried we got to thinking that it will be a positive thing, he may be seizure free, go back to work, drive a car and lead a completly normal life which is great news. All we have to do now is wait for the tests and the results and then I will update about those then.

Sorry its such a long post this time, and if you managed to make it to the end thank you!

got a finish at long last!!

2008-07-01T05:49:00.000-07:00

I have finally got around to stitching a project. I was asked to join a SAL on Fatema and Jean's group for mystical/ythical and I had started PR Fairy Celebration I freebie on the 2th. Well i got her finished 2 days ago which i was very pleased to get done.

On the home front, things are still looking downwards. Chris rammed the brush handle into the rabbit hutch and put 2 holes into it, lucky for us Dave is pretty good with his hands and can just about repair the hutch.

Then today our Alsatian - sheba - has had to be taken to the vets to get a sore spot checked out as it is weeping. She had an injection and is on antibiotics for a week. She has to go back next week for a re-check and it it hasn't got any better then the vet will operate on her and take off whatever it is. We are a little concerned though as either her Dad or brother has had or got skin cancer. The Vet is aware of this and will probably do a biopsy of it just to check to make sure it isn't cancer.

I have also had my blood test results back from the recurring miscarriage clinic and all is ok. I just need to go on aspirin when/if i find out I am pregnant again. So i guess that is good news amongst the bad. On the other good news is that i was told by my MIL that I am now a great aunty and Dave a great Uncle to a nephew and his g/f. All the details I know is that it's a little boy and he was born on June 16th.

Ok now I'm going to try and get a little bit of stitching done on my angel.

update

2008-06-22T00:42:00.000-07:00

This last 2 weeks has been a bit of a trial for us with us all but Katie getting this nasty sickness bug then to top it all off Dave had a nasty seizure last weekend resulting in a first responder paramedic and an ambulance to be called to get him out of it. Luckily for us all he didn't need the extra medication to bring him out as just as the paramedic was going to give it to him he came around!

Friday saw us with a trip to A&E at our local hospital with Gemma. Katie had hit her knocking her little finger back to the point that she couldn't move it so off we went. We got there booked her in at reception for her to ask if she had already been booked in till she looked a little more closely at the date and realised that Gem had actually been taken a year ago to the date with a poorly arm!

All the xrays came back clear apart from it showed up something from an old injury that we didn't know about. When Gem was 2 she almost amputated her little finger on her left hand, she had fabric stitches to re-attach it and xrays which showed all was ok but as she was so young it didn't show that her finger was infact broken and is still now even though it has healed. All this resulted in a slightly deformed end of finger which is nothing serious!

Stitching wise I am still struggling to get any done. I have tried again this morning and I don't seem to be getting very far at all which is pulling me down. Some one give me my stitching mojo back plllllllleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaassssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

On a very good note, Princess Sarah is going to be making a pit stop here tomorrow afternoon on her way home. We last saw each other in February so are looking forward to a catch up chat and hopefully lots of giggles. We will also get to meet 2 more of her children after meeting her youngest in February. Maybe Sarah coming might just help me stitch again

great stash day :-)

2008-05-15T04:05:00.000-07:00

What a lovely day today has been. I received a belated birthday present from my good friend Princess (sparkly) sarah. She sent me Nora Corbett Ivy, Waxing Moon designs Stitching Mends the Soul and Simply Snowdays, 2 Six Strand Sweets threads, L&L celtic Autumn and a stitched piece that we did earlier in the year on my group, all this came along with such a beautiful card. Thank you hun, you really really made my day today!!

Last night y eldest daughter cut my hair. Normally i will just have a trim but last night i wanted something different and had it all chopped off to just above my shoulders. It feels loads better for having it done.

I have added in a new photo of my latest finish. It is a TIAG free angel from 1989. I didn't stitch her all because she is going to a home where the recipient isn't a stitcher and she likes her just the way she is. All i need to do now is 'finish' her into an ornament.

I have also started the 1997 freebie today but I haven't got too far with her. I am finding her a little hard to stitch as she is being done on darker fabric than i would normally use but that is ok the colours pop on this fabric and that is what i wanted to happen.

DMC bankrupt????

2008-04-29T22:34:00.000-07:00

I hope not.

Check this link out for more info. http://tinyurl.com/3ffe8p

What will it mean for us crafters as alot of people rely on DMC to use their threads for hand dyeing threads for their businesses. What will it also mean for crafters in general?

I know alot of people already use Anchor (as i do sometimes myself) but DMC are the best make around.

Lets just hope its only a restructure and they do manage to continue with the needlecraft side of things.

RH update again

2008-04-21T06:11:00.000-07:00

Here she is. the top photo wasnt as close as i would have liked her to be. the 2nd one is all of her.

weekend and monday

2008-04-21T05:11:00.000-07:00

Well what a weekend. Its been a bad one for me depression wise. Things had got on top of me and all i did was cry for part of the weekend so hardly any stitching got done

Also my big pc has died over the last couple of weeks so we have bought new bits to partly build a new one and take out spares from the other one to make a good one out of the 2. The parts should be with us tomorrow which has made the kids day especially Richard as he has course work for his I.C.T course and business studies G.C.S.E's

Then today we were going to the Dr's like we had been doing last week also. So I went to get the car out of the garage, tried to start her and the battery is dead considering how its not been started for almost 4 weeks I'm not surprised its dead. So to top it all off we have had to buy a new battery charger as well to charge it up.

Anyway, back to the Dr's visit. We arrived at the Dr's to find the carpark full. Dave goes into the waiting room to find it very full. So we turned around and went to a garden center instead as a friend took us up there with my car being out of action.

As we went to the garden centre i picked up some decoupage sheets to make some birthday cards and Dave bought me a lovely silver dolphin ring as a treat

I have decided to try and go on a very low fat diet again after going on a fad of eat anything while i was pregnant. For those that know, i was told last year I have gall stones and i decided to manage it by diet instead of having surgery. So Princess sarah on SCS decided she is having a fat box to put in a pound for each pound of weight that she loses. I decided as I don't need to lose weight for the first time in my life that I will put 50p per day into a box to buy treasures/charms for my 2 protrait ladies. They are going to cost a staggering £86 without fabric and threads but they are going to be well worth it once I have them to start. It's going to take almost 6 months to save the money up BUT by then I am hoping to have RH done and work on another UFO as well. Not sure how well i will keep to that but we will see.

sorry for the long update. if you have gotten this far thank you for reading

Thank you

2008-04-18T04:20:00.000-07:00

For all the comments that you all have been leaving on my blog over my WIP photos of Royal Holiday and what has been going on in my life recently. I do appreciate all the comments and people looking at my site you all keep encouraging me to keep on stitching on her hopefully till she is completed

Royal Holiday update

2008-04-17T04:47:00.000-07:00

Here she is after working on her while the kids have been in school. It took me that long to get her face stitched. Just a shame my cell phone doesnt take a really good photo of her.

Now on to working on her hair

cold day

2008-04-16T21:50:00.000-07:00

Its another cold day today here, I shall be glad when the warmer weather comes.

We have one of the kids home sick today so we are planning on sitting watching a couple of movies, bake some bread in my breadmaker, wash all the laundry and stitch on Royal Holiday as we have been out for the last few days and no stitching has been done on her at all.

Yesterday we went to Birmingham with a friend, we were quite close to Birmingham airport which I didn't realise till I saw an airplane coming in to land very very low which made me jump a little and shout out, all the others could do was laugh at me lol

I will update RH later on, I hope everyone stays warm and well

another update

2008-04-12T02:01:00.000-07:00

here she is again. I know its only been a few days since i updated but her progress is coming along so well I can't help but keep on updating her

Other stitching, i received my first installment of the globetrotter we are doing on another group. I charted the alphabet using a free chart online and stitched it up in a couple of hours so now i can get back to RH

I had another hospital visit yesterday and had closure over the miscarriage. We have been advised though to be referred back to the hospital to see a consultant that specialises in recurring miscarriages to see if there could be something else wrong with me or my hubby, something to do with the medication we are both taking or it could just possibly be - one of those things - a phrase that i really hate to use but I can't think of another phrase to use.

I hope every one is having a nice relaxing weekend. Look out for another update in a few days time.

royal holiday updated photo

2008-04-09T05:36:00.000-07:00

Here she is. She is looking stunning more so in real life

9 April 2008

2008-04-08T19:20:00.000-07:00

The kids went back to school 2 days ago and its been quite nice having the house back ourselves and for it to actually stay tidy!

I have been stitching on Royal Holiday again and can't seem to put her down so while I have the bug to stitch on her i will carry on with her. I don't have an updated pic yet will do that later on.

We are slowly getting better from the miscarriage, a bit hard to believe it was a week ago and the hospital visit too - we never want to go through that again!!! I am still finiding myself getting very tired very easily but I am back taking my multi vitamins and iron tablets to help me out those coupled with lots of rest and stitching makes quite a good combination i think

We are going out for lunch today with a really good friend, she hasnt been well that last couple of days and has cabin fever. She asked if we wanted to go out for lunch and we jumped at the chance. I can also replace the threads needed for RH as some have been misclaced or used

Will add in a new photo later on

happy stitching

what a week!

2008-04-05T21:16:00.000-07:00

Its been an awful week with me miscarrying on Tuesday evening and then wednesday evening having to go into hospital as i was so ill. Thankfully i came home on Thursday afternoon feeling tired and lightheaded but so glad to be back home with DH and kids I have been resting loads since I got home and have done some stitching.

I have with help from Carol finished my first mini biscornu into a scissor fob for carol and have been working on Royal Holiday. I have added in photos of them on here in 2008 album and Work In Progress album if anyone would like to take a look.

We have woke today to a covering of snow, the most we have had in a long time. The kids are out there now making the most of their last day at home before returning to school tomorrow.

february 10th general update

2008-02-09T19:45:00.000-08:00

Not alot has been going on recently right up until the latter end of the week when we had a phone call from one of the kids schools asking us to go pick up one of the kids. Jamie had had someone jump on his back, put him in a headlock (wrestling) and knocked him to the ground where he fell on his arm. So we went down to the school to pick him up and check his arm over which seemed to be swollen but nothing majorly wrong.

We woke on thursday morning to see jamie in considerable pain with his arm that looked quite nasty. It had swollen up over night and was looking a funny colour so we took him up to A&E to our local hospital about 30 mins away from us. They x-rayed it and thankfully there is only soft tissue damage - a sprain and bruising which is going to take up to 3 weeks to heal properly.

Then on Friday our eldest daughter tells us her operation date has finally arrived for Monday 11th February TOMORROW!!! She is so scared rght now as she has received no information what so ever about what they are going to do to her. Its not a long complicated operation thank goodness just a small one to have a device fitted just underneath her skin and attached to her heart for up to a year. This is to record her heartbeat for up to a year to see if the Dr's can find out what is wrong with her heart.

On the best side to the kids half term holiday one of my online friends is coming to visit on Tuesday which is very exciting, we will get to talk craft stuff all the time she is here and hopefully for us both to learn new stuff off each other.

I am also quite excited about my stitching right now too. I had been having a hard time with my stitching for a few weeks and Sarah has asked if i would like to stitch a BAP with her. She wasn't bothered what we did, i asked if we could do L&L celtic autumn with different colours than charted and wearing a hood, its going to be a bit of a challenge for us but also fun too.

I am hoping to have a new finish in a day or so. It is a french freebie that i found. Its a Sillouhette of a lady that has been affectioanlly called Victoria. She is being stitched on some aida i got from sewandso last year and is being stitched in black.

Well thats all the news from me for this week, lets hope this coming week wll be uneventful.

Happy stitching

more new finishes

2008-01-26T03:54:00.000-08:00

I have just added n new photos of this weeks stitching. I have done 3 more Sanman original freebie charts, 2 are the same one only different colours and I omitted the lettering on the side and bottom. And i have cheated again too, because they are stitched on white i didn't stitch the white bits hence me having so many finishes each week LOL

I have also managed to do a little bit of stitching on Fairy Moon (i will post and update on her tomorrow) and have started a RR, kitted up another RR apart from the threads that are missing which should arrive the early part of next week.

17 years ago today............

2008-01-26T02:39:00.000-08:00

.............was my wedding day, my how time flies by so much. I was 18 yrs old when we married and some people said we wouldn't last 6 months, well how wrong they were!!!!

We have been through an awful lot of stuff in those 17 yrs but we have come through it on the other side smiling - thank goodness!

So here's to me and my hubby and for the next however many years we have together

what Tarot card are you?

2008-01-21T05:02:00.000-08:00

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Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents,
beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home
decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

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latest finishes

2008-01-19T08:07:00.000-08:00

These are the latest finishes that i have completed this week.

The 3 snow ones are SanMan Originals freebies that were offered to message board members last year for a snow tree. These are for a 12 month ornament exchange on one of the groups i am n

The bottom picture is also a SMO but this time for me and sometime soon i will get these finished off into proper ornaments ready to hang.

world map

2008-01-04T20:42:00.000-08:00

I am trying this out. going to see where people come from that visit my blog/photos etc

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january 4th

2008-01-03T21:20:00.000-08:00

Well thanks to Debi yesterday my stitching slump has now gone again. Debi sent me a freebie chart that i decided to kit up along with Ouroborus and last night i got it started and finished the border part of it.

This morning i have started the lettering. Am hoping to get it done in a couple of days so that i can move on to something else preferrably the dragon or i will work on one of the WIP/UFO's i have in my box

Happy stitching

January 3rd - stitching slump :-(

2008-01-02T19:46:00.000-08:00

Since finishing the passione ricamo sampler on New Years Eve i havent been able to find anything that has caught my eye to stitch to the point that everything i have looked at i have turned my nose up at including freebies, my UFO's which i went through yesterday and searching online for something that jumps out at me.

I don't really want to start another BAP but if that is what it takes then i might have to. If i do i think it will be a dragon. A nice big purple one called Ouroborus by Dracolair. You can see him http://www.sewandso.co.uk/cgi-bin/find/db.cgi?db=zoom&do=search_results&Prod_Code=31917&ww=1 I might just get the threads later but convert them to anchor threads as i can get those in town and i already have some nice sparkly fabric to stitch him on

the weather has turned icy cold here again. We are forecast a really cold January and some parts of the country have been forecast temperatures of -17 which is really really cold for us. We have also been forecast snow for the next couple of days, can't see it amounting to much but if we get some before the kids go back to school they will love it especially chris

well whatever you are doing stay warm and safe

Jan 1st 2008

2007-12-31T11:14:00.000-08:00

Happy New one and all!

december 31st 2007

2007-12-31T04:41:00.000-08:00

Well this is the last post of 2007 and i will be very happy for this year to be gone! I just hope that 2008 is a much better year!

Today has been very dreary but warmer than the last few weeks, days like this are good for staying home and stitching lol

Talking of which I started a Passione Ricamo freebie called celebrate cross stitch a week or so ago and it is almost complete. I am hoping that i will get it finished tonight so that i can start a new year with a new project - which will be the start of the christmas ornament exchange on stitchingfanatics.

all that is left now is to say thank you for all the messages and comments i have received off people on mulitply and to wish each and every one of you a Happy New Year!

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2008 goals

2007-12-26T06:01:00.000-08:00

I thought i would write these down now while i remember them

I don't have too many that i would like to list as i don't always stick with what i write down but for these I HAVE to stay with and complete.

Start, finish, complete and send out to ornies to Jen - 1 per month

complete the Passione Ricamo sampler freebie for Sarah and send out by march 1st - this has already been started!

Try and get Royal holiday completed by the end of 2008

There I haven't put too many in but they should be well within my reach

Good Morning :-)

2007-12-25T19:36:00.000-08:00

I hope that everyone had a lovely day yesterday, got spoilt rotten, ate lots of good food and had good company, even if it was only your family!

I had lots of lovely presents yesterday including 5 charts off dave - 3 Passione Ricamo ones, My Lady of the snow, Queen of the Fairies and Enchanted Fairy. He also got me 2 Mirabilia ones, Portrait of Caroline in Pink and Portrait of Lauren in blue as well as a small bottle of Ghost Deep Night perfume. The kids got me lots of little things, a cute teddy, a best mum keyring a snowglobe were just a few.

Stace came and spent a few hours with us which was really nice, it made our Christmas

Well today will be a lot quieter and not as hectic. No big dinner to cook, just turkey, pickles, garlic bread and chips - yum yum.

I will add photos of the stash that dave gave me in a little while as i want to eat and then get the coleslaw made for dinner later on.

Happy Holidays

December 9th

2007-12-08T21:32:00.000-08:00

Its been a few days again since i updated anything.

I have added in lots of new daily pics of the babies, they have grown so much and hopefully one has been sold already to one of my eldest daughters friends.

I have put Royal Holiday away for a bit as i got bored with her again. Yesterday i picked up my Cewec sepia Mother and Baby project in stead and I am happy to say she is now half done it has only taken me ove a year to get this far!

I am almost done for christmas, i have to go finish off on Tuesday and what i don't get then it will be tough luck LOL

got some HW to do then i can stitch the rest of the day away on mother and baby, even though i really need to start my RR for the intergroup RR that i set up a mnth or so ago.

Well sitting typing on here isnt getting the HW done, happy sunday everyone!

December 1st

2007-11-30T22:07:00.000-08:00

Well i have finally gotten round to adding in new photos on here.

I have put in an updated pic of Royal Holiday, pics of the kids visit to Byrkley Park and Santa and the 1st pic of the new baby bunnies

I cant believe the change in the weather, yesterday was cold and damp, then came with rain and winds yet today sees a bright sunny and warmer day. I have sat and written most of my christmas cards this morning with just a few more to make and some to post overseas which i shall get done really soon.

Today see's the Gathering of the Clans as Von has called it LOL. It is a gathering of some yahoo cross stitch groups on yahoo messenger for a chat and a giggle. This is only the 2nd time we will be doing it and I hope it won't be the last time as we had a really good time last month with a good 2 hour chat.

I am going to get Royal Holiday out again and put some more stitching in on her and then will look for an ornament to stitch for a friend.

Happy stitching everyone!

november 29th

2007-11-29T06:32:00.000-08:00

Yesterday saw us putting up our christmas tree, a nice white one this year covered in silver, blue's and pink's decorations.

What has made me laugh just was we were talking to some of the kids and Chris (youngest child) was singing christmas carols that he has learnt in the last couple of weeks when we started talking about his character that he is playing in the school christmas play in a few days time and Katie said there are 3 kings giving presents of Gold, Frankenstein and then Gem said Mercy. Talk about make us laugh

Still no stitching done this week, no presents wrapped either and certainly no more cards made! I am rapidly falling behind for christmas this year which isnt good On the good side we picked up our turkey yesterday too and I don't have too many more presents to buy thank goodness.

hope everyone else is managing to get some stitching done!

november 27th

2007-11-26T18:38:00.000-08:00

Yesterday i managed to pick up some stitching for a little while. I didnt get alot done, just some of the dark swirls on the bottom part of RH dress but its looking really good even if i do say so myself

We found out yesterday morning the one of my bunnies was expecting, she had made a nest. While i was out with hubby at the hospital for a check up on his leg she gave birth to we think about 7 or 8 babies. Now normally the babies die as she hadnt been looking after them so this time we took the father out and up to now they are still alive which is great news!

I forgot to mention in yesterdays post that i took the 2 youngest to see Santa at a garden center a few miles from where we live. We queued for nearly 2 hrs to see him but it was worth it to see their faces when they saw him for the first time. I took a few pics of santa and the animals they had there so i will upload those soon to share.

Today i am off to Hobby Craft. I have only ever been to 1 hobbycraft shop before so i am really looking forward to going, don't know what i will buy if anything but its going to be good going to a big craft shop even just to browse it for a while lol.

happy stitching everyone, stay dry too as its a wet one where we live

26th November

2007-11-25T18:33:00.000-08:00

Where has time gone??? Its been just over 2 weeks since i last posted on here so i thought it was time to get posting again!

I havent spent much time on here recently, haven't really felt like being on line too much to be honest, that coupled with the fact that we hardly ever seem to be in since i passed my test just over 2 weeks ago which is ok but when you are a homebird and prefer staying in to going out i start to get a bit homesick.

Stitching wise i haven't done much at all which i feel quite sad about to be honest. My 2 challenge pieces for CSR group has gone by the wayside, Royal Holiday has had a bit done to her but not as much as I would have liked. Instead i have picked up my card making instead and have got some lovely cards made of which i will post pics of them and my stitching once i get the batteries charged up in my camera.

Its that time again, time to get the kids sorted for school, have breakfast and get dressed all in good time for school - roll on December 21st when the christmas holidays start is all i can say!

Have a good day everyone, cross some x's for me

November 5th

2007-11-04T23:03:00.000-08:00

Well the weekend was good, saturday we had 3 1/2 hrs of fireworks that were pretty good, the kids enjoyed themselves and in the end i did too.

Yesterday was quiet, i had a bit of a movie day and catching up on stuff on the TV. 3 of the kids went to a friends house to watch their fireworks being set off and for some food.

Stitching wise, last week was pretty good, i did quite a bit on katie's Tinkerbell till the end of the week when my stitching tailed off somewhat. Over the weekend i did do a little but not as much as i would have liked. I worked on Royal Holiday on saturday and yesterday on Winter Rose. I will add pics later on after my driving lesson.

happy stitching everyone

1 november

2007-11-01T07:39:00.000-07:00

I have just sat and finished off the Snow White quilt block that I am doing for the quilt that Debi has organised, for a sick little girl.

I will add in the pic of it tomorrow.

Happy stitching!

october 30th

2007-10-30T05:50:00.000-07:00

I finally got my new mobile phone today, only 2 days late but hey, better late than never i guess! i have been sitting playing with it and customising it all afternoon

Stitching wise, i have been working on Tink again today and i am pleased with the progress, i will upload a picture of her tomorrow to my WIP album. Not sure how much more i will get to work on her this week as i have a busy few days ahead of me and once the weekend comes around i won't be able to work on Tink so will go back to one of my other projects, maybe go back to Royal Holiday

Happy stitching

2007-10-29T09:52:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a while since i last posted but i
have been busy with things at home, taking my driving test and sadly failing, having more driving lessons and stitching on these!

Right below is L&L winter Rose which i started on saturday, to the right is Anchor's Tinkerbell - I believe in fairies. Below her is Mirabilia's Royal Holiday progress and to her left is TIAG Catch the wind.

I have 2 projects that i would like to get finished for Christmas and then i have to 'finish' them off properly in one way or the other.

The kids have gone back to school today thank goodness, the house is all nice and tidy and oh so very quiet!

I managed about an hours worth of decent stitching on Tinkerbell this morning before having a driving lesson, but i dont think i will do any more today as the lesson gave me a headache that is persisting :-(

I should have been having a new mobile phone today but Royal Mail being like they are stuffed it up so I won't be getting it now till tomorrow.

Its is now 17.04pm and we have our curtains shut and the light on, can't believe how dark it has got and the clocks only changed yesterday, oh well we are now in for the long dark nights for the next 5 months or so.

I think i might go pull out the teddy i am knitting for my friend instead of stitching and making these weary eyes hurt more than before

happy stitching everyone!

October 29th update

2007-10-29T06:46:00.000-07:00

I have posted pictures in my WIP album of the projects that i have been working on in the last few weeks.

Most of the projects are for myself but Tinkerbell is for my middle daughter for christmas. I have Purple Heart's Puff (a little dragon) for my youngest and then i have to finish off 2 more projects for christmas. As well as this i have a Popcorn Teddy bear to knit up for my very good friend Anne that has been a rock for me.

Happy Stitching

Happy Dancing :-)

2007-09-23T05:35:00.000-07:00

I have been a bit quiet due to stitching like mad on this little project

it only took me 2 weeks to stitch it up and i think it looks great, just a shame the camera didnt pick up the colours too good.

As soon as it is completly finished off i will post another picture

septemer 11th 2007 - what a day!!!!

2007-09-12T08:09:00.000-07:00

I don't normally post on here too much about my family but yesterday was about the c*******t day i have had in ages.

DH had a hospital appointment yesterday for a mole type spot on his calf muscle. Well they have done a biopsy on it which we really weren't expecting to have done. The Dr did say though that she couldnt see there being any problems with it but i suppose there is a very slim chance there could be something wrong but that could jsut be me worrying like i usually do!!

Last night saw yet another trip to the ER room with our youngest son this time. He was outside playing after school on his little bike when he leant back too far and fell ackwards hitting his head on the concrete. We managed to keep him awake for about 25 minutes before i fell asleep but once he had gone to sleep we couldnt wake him up which was really scary. We didnt know if it was down to him starting school as well as the bump so we called for help, a paramedic came out to us with his lights and sirens going which the kids thought was great. We had a great paramedic see to chris who said that he should really get checked out at hospital. When the ambulance arrived we went outside to it and blow me down with a feather if chris didnt wake up LOL. well anyway we took him up and waited nearly 3 hrs to see someone for a 5 minute consultation only to be told he will be fine - no damage done - apart from a headache and 1 tired hungry little 4 yr old. We had to wake him every hour last night to make sure that he was waking up fine which he was thank goodness.

Well needless to say he has been alot happier today apart from a sore head where the bump is and a slight headache, mum on the other hand is absolutley drained and also has a headache but the main thing is no long lasting damage has been done and our little boy is home safe and sound!

On the stitching front, i have been working on a new project for a friend who's baby is due in december. It is mirabilia's crescent dreams and it is stiching up lovely. I have also worked a little on Royal Holiday - curtesy of Von's groups Tuesday Challenge which i did manage to do again :-)

he's completed at long last!

2007-09-11T08:25:00.001-07:00

well after all this time he is now complete - yayyyyyyy, now to get him framed at some point but to be honest im not really in any rush to do so right now. I have so much other stash i want to get completed that they will take over i think.

mystical light wizard

2007-09-01T05:59:00.001-07:00

here is my progress on him, not too much more to do now, just need some motivation to get working on him and get him completed. Somehow i dont think that he will be done in time for the kids to go back to school on Tuesday but thats ok i don't mind too much.

We are starting a DAL - Diet A Long on 1 of my groups, I am joining in but not too sure on how i will get on with it, i hope to lose some weight but i dont need to lose too much now. But its not just about losing weight this time,i want to start swimming again and am thinking of joining a gym to help me out which will help me even more than just dieting

San Man Originals finish

2007-08-16T02:04:00.001-07:00

I couldn't resist stitching this one once i saw it on the SMO board. I started late on saturday night and finished it on sunday evening.

I still haven't done any more on my wizard as i have been to stressed out with having my driving theory test on tuesday.

I will try and get all the full stitches done on the wizard before the weekend and post up a new pic of him.

happy stitching xoxoxoxoxoxox

2007-08-12T04:27:00.000-07:00

Here are my latest biscornu's that i am really enjoying stitching up and adding little beads to the edges. I plan on making a few more of them too.

I am still working away on my wizard and have less than a third left to do infact i have just got a little of the full stitches left to do then its all half stitches. I will upload a pic of him in a little while.

The weather has changed again today from sunny and warm to dull, damp and still warm-ish. just a shame that we didnt put the kids pool up a bit earlier on in the week as now it has to come down again, hopefully they can have it back up again before they return back to school in 3 weeks time.

I have never known such a busy summer holiday before, normally we dont go anywhere or do anything much apart from be with the kids and stay home enjoying the lazier days with lack of school routine, but this time i seem to be going here there and everywhere :-) which i really dont mind so much this year.

My driving lessons are coming on really well and i am going to sit my theory test very very soon with the hope that i pass first time and can go on to do my proper test at the begining of october so keep fingers and toes crossed that i get them all passed and gain our independance back after not having it for nearly 6 years

countdown to christmas has begun

2007-08-12T04:21:00.001-07:00

2007-07-29T02:23:00.000-07:00

here is how my wizard is looking right now. I am going to work on him today and will post another progress pic next week.

I really want to get him done before the kids go back to school in september

2007-07-25T09:15:00.001-07:00

Its been quite a long time since i updated on here. we have had a lot of things happening so i needed to step back a bit and get them sorted out but things are now looking up again and i am stitching more :-)

here are my last few finishes.

2007-02-24T09:16:00.000-08:00

Its been a while since i updated my blog i havent felt much like being online with the kids home from school on holidays last week. BUT i have been stitching, i picked up my elf fairy to work on her wings. it took me 4 days to get them done with also finishing off her hat and the christmas tree, now all i need to do is the beading which hopefully wont take too long to do as i am now itching to start another project that i have kitted up today (I will take a pic of the new project tomorrow)

more updates :-)

2007-02-02T04:29:00.000-08:00

Top left pic: update on gem's angel, this is coming along nicely and will be done in time for her birthday in June.

Top right pic is an update on Butternut Road's Catch the wind.

Bottom left is an updated pic on Mystich stitch's Blue Moon Faery

Bottom right is my February ornament stitched up and finished (thanks to Debra) as a halloween ornament.

Its as if my needle has been flying this week, not sure if it will be the same next week but thats ok i will have made up for it this week!

Just over a weeks time will see the kids finishing school again for 9 days cant wait to not have to get up early every morning to get ready for school AND when they do go back the days will be getting lighter and longer which is good to see, makes me want to get up and about when the days are like that

Now then, what shall i work on today now the ornie is done.....................................

latest finish and updates

2007-02-01T08:14:00.000-08:00

This is an updated pic of Catch the Wind by Butternut road though i have done a little more on it today.

My latest finish above is a San Man originals secret shop exclusive that Sue bought me last year. It didn't take too long to stitch up and i loved every stitch of it, just a pity that i didnt hang on for a few more days so it could have been the February ornie - oh well i have something else planned for that.

I have also been working on Gem's angel and stace's fairy but i didnt take pics of them yet, i will do so over the next few days, probably after i have done some more on then

latest finish

2007-01-27T03:34:00.000-08:00

I sat and stitched on my glory bee freebie yesterday and finished it just before i went to bed last night.

I learnt some new stitches in the process of doing this one, i learnt Rice stitch and Four-sided over 2 stitch, the other 2 stitches i already knew how to do

Now on to the next project which i think is going to be a San Man Originals one that Sue sent me last year.

2007-01-20T23:48:00.000-08:00

This is the great prize i received from Debra on the ILCS group for taking part in and more or less completing my project challenge in 2006. Thanks debra they are all great and am looking forward to using the ornaments to finish off things - something i hardly ever do!

Updates on my stitching

2007-01-15T03:19:00.000-08:00

Here is an update on gems angel that i am still hoping to get completed in time for her birthday in June.

Here it is finally finished, it was a bit of a pain to stitch but well worth it.

first finish of 2007

2007-01-14T11:33:00.000-08:00

Now i am feeling a bit better, i have managed to get a good days worth of stitching in today and got the Just Nan freebie finished, and even if i do say so myself it looks great :-D

i will post up a pic of it tomorrow as it was too late to take a pic today.

updates on my stitching

2007-01-03T11:10:00.000-08:00

well here at long last are some updates on what i have been stitching in the last few days. the pic below is what will become stacey's 18th birthday present in 2008, i just hope it turns out as well as she wants it too.

this is Just Nan's 2003 freebie called Italian Ice and my progress after 2 days of working on it, it is stitched on 28ct silkweaver evenweave called dusty green that someone has sent me in a past exchange.

these are the last 2 finishes of 2006, very quick ones to stitch up, these are also freebies but from about.com

2007-01-02T00:52:00.000-08:00

I started my ornament yesterday for my group ornie SAL and did quite well on it till i realised it wasnt all lining up correctly, i had made a small mistake on one leg on the pink and had to unpick it, but i still made good progress on it and am pleased with how it is looking. I am stitching it on 28 ct evenweave from silkweaver in a colour called Dusty Green, i will try and upload a pic of it later on when the light has changed again so i cn get a decent pic of it.

I should also really make an effort to work on gems freebie angel as well, there isnt an awful lot left to do on her but its just wanting to work on her and at the min i dont want to, maybe when the kids are back in school later on in the week i can get back to her.

The pic above is what the ornament should look like when completed.

2007-01-01T00:14:00.000-08:00

Wishing you all a Happy 2007, here's to a much better year!

Merry Christmas!!!

2006-12-25T06:56:00.000-08:00

Well its been a busy morning with all the kids wanting to open all their presents and play with every single thing but i think they have had a great day up to now :-)

I have had some great presents of everyone, i had a hand made calendar and a small christmas pudding cross stitch kit, (good friend) 2 rubber stamps, a 800 piece set of brads, a danielle steel book, a wizard ornament, a bottle of perfume (off the kids) a necklace, a DVD and a Jodi Picoult book called Mercy (from Sue) and off Hubby 3 great mirabilia charts Bliss Fairy, Petal Fairy and Caring wings, all 3 of which i wanted! a Denim jacket and a fleecy night dress off my sister and her family. Hubby and kids got totally spoilt today but its the only time of year that they do get all this .

Well its nearly time for the Chronicles of Narnia to start , best get tidied up a bit i think.

Enjoy your day wherever you are and whatever you are doing!

1 day to go!!

2006-12-23T06:33:00.000-08:00

Where has the time gone? It doesnt seem 5 minutes since we were starting to buy christmas presents and now here we are just a a few hours away from the big day. The kids are really excited now and can't wait to start tracking santa tomorrow morning when they get up.

the turkey is defrosting nicely, all the veggies have been bought and are awaiting preparing tomorrow all we need now is snow to make christmas feel real though we probably won't get any but we can wish right?

on the stitching front not alot is being done, i have a muscle aching really badly in my shoulder making it hard to hold my stitching even though i badly want to work on my daughters Fairy Flora, just a good job that i have 22 months to get her completed and framed for her 18th birthday.

3 of the kids are sitting watching Tom and Jerry cartoons on boomerang, its the one time you can more or less guranutee that the house will be quiet apart from the sound of laughter LOL

welcome to my new blog........

2006-12-20T10:31:00.000-08:00

This is an insight to my family life and all my stitching projects.

A little bit about me.....

I am married to DH and mum to 6 kiddies aging in ranges 16 down to 3. I have been stitching for the last 14 yrs and love it.