First post first finish

I had my first finish for 2010!!!!! I am thrilled to start the stitching New Year in this way!!!!! Here is Simply Live © done on 36ct PTPlus Legacy with the recommended Valdani threads!!!!!

I have lots more to show...but first Storm yesterday during her bath

And now more picsThe Bird Keeper ©

Hope © Praiseworthy Stitches

Heart from Just Crosstitch magazine ©

Love Song © Four Oaks

This is mainly a picture post today as I can't wait to get stitching on this rainy monday!!!!!! Hope all is well and those needles are creating!!!!!!

I am grateful for stitchy mondays


May your needle fly through your fabric.........

My days off...

I have had a wonderful 2 days off. Yesterday started with the gardener doing some work around the yard and as he is also a friend he helped well okay.... he did all the work but we replanted the 2 areas in front of the pool with better plants. The flowers that were there were overgrown and just not working. So now I have mock orange bushes with hearts of fire around ..... and they are both drought friendly. He also redid the sprinklers so we're using less water. and Don't you just love the dragonfly sticks I added! I really need to go back to Target and get the snail stick. Eventually the hearts of fire will grow around and it will be completely filled in. I am in love with it. He also put hooks in the deck so I could hang my fairie windchimes and I also put up a hummingbird feeder !!!! I'm really excited about that....I just love watching them!

And here is Storm doing what she does best......lounging in the sun....
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Oh and yes I have a progress picture of my new start.....Toile Rooster © BOAF Not much but I am loving it!!! It's on 32ct PTP Heritage linen. I really need to pull out my HAED Tower of StoneyWood......

I am grateful for easy days off and sunshine....

I am keeping Farrah Fawcett in my thoughts and prayers daily....

May your needle fly through your fabric.........

All about Storm

This post is all about our furbaby...who went digging earlier today....and came back full of mud....caked on mud... ......
... And after a quick romp in the water here she is all wet but clean..... I couldn't resist her mud and all.....my pretty puppy who also just had a bday...can't believe she's 5 already!

May your needle fly through your fabric.........

End of the year already..........

My oh my!!!! I can't believe it's the end of the year already and Sleeping Beauty and Mother's Arms are still waiting to get off the WIP's list in my sidebar....

Happy New Year all and thanks for visiting and commenting as much as you did! I so appreciate it! I have a few pictures to share this post. So here goes...

The first is of our Christmas tree which we managed to finish decorating on Christmas morning. I am so pleased with it and find myself just staring at it especially at night with the lights on! and I am glad we did up the tree! It makes Christmas extra special. I made a special dinner including pecan pie and we celebrated by ourselves which was so sweet since it was our first time being home and celebrating together. Dh did confess that it felt weird not being around a lot of people but it made it special. We opened presents Christmas night along with Storm. She liked her biscuits but was slightly put off by the size of this rawhide....it's peanut butter flavored and she has yet to touch it.... She usually loves peanut butter flavored treats.....Behind her you can see my craft bag and basket of cross-stitch.......

I have made significant progress on Cinderella sampler having completed the border all around and I looked at it again and really love this piece!!! I was given the great idea of personalizing it for my DH and me as a wedding piece and that's what will happen. I am going to put our initials in the box at the top with the year we started dating and on the bottom the date of our wedding!!!! It'll make more sense when you see it all done! Here are some updated pictures without the completed border. I just finished that tonight after working today. I find that even if I put a few stitches in it relaxes me after working 12 hrs..... and I am halfway done already!!!! The fabric is a Silkweaver solo 36ct and is just perfect! The border was off by one but unless you look closely or know where to look you wouldn't be able to tell. But I am sure some of you will be able to tell.........Amazingly I am okay with it and since it's for me and DH it'll work!

I hope everyone has their New Years starts all kitted up!!!! I have mine almost all together...I will do that later today. My start is still Holly by Nora Corbett . My fabric is Boo opalescent 32ct by Silkweaver. Well I'm off to bed now I have Pilates at 8am and then it's off to SP for stitching and then another quiet night with DH. I am working New Years Day so our celebrating will be low key.

I am grateful for family and friends and the joy they bring to my life........

Mery Merry Happy Happy

I truly can't remember not feeling the Christmas spirit this badly in a very long while......I love Christmas but this year just seems to be leaving me blah. I spent a very lazy day yesterday not moving from the house and today I must get things done! We are planning on getting our tree this evening but even that doesn't excite me. I must shake this mood. I think my mother's visit just exhausted me plus the unusual snow we had...it was my first time driving in it! I never had a car in NY ..I took mass transit everywhere so it was unnerving to actually drive in it. But on to better things....

I received a most lovely gift from Sally for her recent blogaversary and here it is.....

I absolutely love it!!!!! The chocolate was so delicious and is gone though I did share with DH! More pictures......
and The finishing is perfect and everyone at my wednesday stitching group was in love with it also!!!!!

Now some pictures of our snow here in Las Vegas....and yes my dear Storm is confused and eventually refused to go out at all. I always wondered how she'd react and now I know!!!
"What is this white stuff and why is it in my yard!!!" I believe that what she must have been thinking....




This is of the front of our house...the flakes were huge!!!


The last picture is of my patio and pool including the firepit...just completely covered in the white stuff!!!! Let's remember I moved to sunny Las Vegas to get away from the snow and cold!!!!!





Now if you are still with me ...I have an annoucement!!! I thank all who voted in my poll to decide my Jan 1st start but I changed my mind once again. It is going to be Holly by Nora Corbett I received the perfect fabric for her from my Silkweavers FOTM . It is an opalescent lugana called Boo..... The reason for this change of heart was simply that I have too many BAP's already going and was afraid of feeling overwhelmed...which may explain a lot these days......So Holly will be my new start...going to get the threads today!!!!

In case I don't get to post again before the big day...Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! Stay safe and warm and may your needle fly through your fabric!!!!!




I am grateful for our fireplace ......

Updates.....

I don't know where the week has gone..... I have been feeling better but the migraine has been lurking all week but I've managed to keep it from coming back! I'm really not sure if it was the migraine or my chronic paroxysmal headache (CPH) so I've been alternating meds. And it seems to be working. Let me say thanks to all who commented for the good wishes to feel better. I so appreciate it! I do believe stitchers are a special group of caring individuals!!! Thank so very much!!!! I have gotten quite a bit of stitching done. I just haven't been up to posting or being on the computer.

My first update is about my 1st Annual Stitchin! It was wonderful with lots of food fun and friendship!!!! The weather was wonderful so until the afternoon we were outside under the deck for eating great food and of course stitching. Here is a group shot... And yes there is a man there as well..he is a new stitcher that I work with and fit right in with the group. We had so much fun. The stitching group is so very special to me. A few people weren't able to be there and were missed very much. So Margaret and Mae and Cheryl there is next year to look forward too!!! And Deb we all look forward to your joining us next year!!! At the end of the afternoon they gave me a present for hosting the party. A new chart that is so me!!!!! Picture to come next post!! Thank you ladies!!!!!

I have an update on Fairy Moon as well. I am so loving stitching this chart it is just flowing...... and Isn't she just so pretty!!!!! I have to look up the name of the fabric...next post I promise! I love stitching her.

I have a picture of my dear furbaby Storm... She behaved so well with all of my friends and everyone loved her......

I spent the afternoon pulling threads for A Tower at Stoney Wood by HAED..... I will start this on Monday!!! I have one other HAED going as well Fairy Tea Party......not a whole lot done but I really should get it into my loose rotation..... She is the little bluish blob in my sidebar under WIP's.....

I am grateful for my stitching friends......

Me again

Well it's the end of my days off but thankfully I only have to work tomorrow and then I'm off again!!!! I managed to stitch and relax plus get some errands done. I am back at Pilates twice a week and loving it!!! I did a hard workout today "the chair" and am sore but feel rejuvenated!!!

I started another new one . I just couldn't help myself. Here is my start on Blonde Cameo by Passione Ricamo from The Gift of Stitching magazine . Here she is.... I have to finish her eye and I'm not sure about her lip ...maybe once she's backstitched completely it'll look better. What do you think??? Also I find myself making more mistakes lately I think it may be after working all day and then stitching late. Thankfully they have been small and I caught them and was able to either fix or adjust........I'll post the fabric later since I can't remember right now and she is downstairs at the moment.

And Storm did fine the other day. We picked her up and she was tired but good. Here's a picture from today at the top of the stairs... And she has clean teeth!!!!!! She is my love!!!!

I'm grateful for Pilates workouts......

It's tuesday and I'm off

Let me first wish everyone a belated Happy Easter!!!! I was working and it was exceptionally busy. I felt I hadn't had a day off and was totally exhausted so much so that I took yesterday and just vegged ....I slept till 2 pm. I have to remember that I am still healing and need to still take care of me. DH was wonderful he brought home chinese takeout and we had a quiet evening on Easter. He brought me tulips a few days before and aren't they beautiful Please excuse the mess around them...... And I now have 3 days off and I've already been to Pilates!!! I look forward to my time there and feel stronger each time. I woke up early and took Storm to the vet's for a dental cleaning and am a bit anxious since she is my baby girl!!!! I know she'll be fine but we have never even boarded her so it was a little tough this am. When we travel we have someone come to the house and care for her. I'll be picking her up later today and plan to spoil her even more tonight!!!!! Here is my baby girl.... She was a rescue and so calm and completely loving. I am blessed to have found her!!!!

I did manage to pick up needle and thread by early evening and finished Halloween Fairy last night. I only had the backstitching and beading left. I did complete it time to enter into the Mirabilia Stitcher's contest which closes on April 1st!!!! Here she is

Halloween Fairy by Nora Corbett

32ct PTPlus Crystal Midas

I truly love her and she was fun to stitch up!!!!! So far she is my fourth finish for 2008. Thanks for visiting and have a great day!!!!

I am grateful for days off and my baby girl Storm......

Feather Fairy and much much more....

First let me say Congratulations to the N.Y. Giants and Eli Manning for an unbelieveably exciting game!!!! They played so hard and so well!!!! I am completely thrilled for them!!!! And my hubby is over the moon about the upset!!!! He was on his feet for most of the game!!!!!!

Let's see where do I begin..... next is a completed picture of the framed Bless birth sampler its a neon green metallic frame and I think it's perfect!!!! My cousin said she wasn't into the traditional pinks and blues and I do believe she'lll love it!!!!!

Next is a WIP that I picked up again.... Feather Fairy by Mirabilia. Here is the picture from the chart
And here is my progress picture before I picked it up again last wednesday.....

I have another progress picture of my "C" and it really is working up quickly.......

I do have a confession to make I am the least organized person when it comes to my ever growing stash but unfortunately I don't have any pictures to illustrate my point. But I did sit down one afternoon last week as I was looking for some DMC thread and finally got aggravated enough to organize! I will also admit I've had these baskets for about 6-8 months or so...... Here is how it looks now... quite a bit better!!!! And I still have a bin in the closet to go through.....wish me luck with that. I am planning on doing that bin sometime this week....

I have cleaned up my sidebar as well so if you don't see your blog listed be assured it's in my google reader....And I've added a poll for my first HAED QS to start so please vote if you'd like! Unfortunately they didn't let me list the pictures as I wanted too.

I hope to have a picture of my framed Christmas Elf Fairy this week as well. My framer has been waiting for the specially ordered frame since before Christmas. I do plan on keeping her up year round. I just really want her home!

Let me close with a picture of my furbaby Storm... Who is missing her uncle and can't wait for his visit in a couple of weeks!!!! Oh and if I'm scarce it's simply because my mother is here and I'm not getting as much time as usual on the computer. But Storm is enjoying the added attention and occasional treat..... As a matter of fact I had been planning this post as my finish to January posting and you see it's now February's first post...best laid plans and all....

I am grateful for the N. Y. Giants win today!!!!!!!!!