Happy Friday, 1st happy dance

Well good morning!!!

I have my first happy dance of the year!  YAY!  I actually finished it on Monday but I haven't had a chance to post this week.  Here it is.

It's Present Reindeer by Daffycat.  I Love love love Sharon's designs! She was so sweet this year and instead of me having to email her jumping up and down insisting that she send it to me immediately, she beat me to the punch and sent it over first.  I was thrilled,  just as I had clicked open my email program to send my request, it was already sitting there in my inbox!  So this one will be added to all the other wonderful DaffyCat designs on my tree.

I'll be having a stitchy weekend this weekend.  I signed up for the IHSW (International Hermit Stitching Weekend)  So that's what I plan to do.  I have another ornament all kitted up for this weekend.  And very very very exciting news.  We are starting our Sunday SAL this weekend with Kati and Linda.  Linda from Such Is Life is joining us this time around.  So Sunday the three of us will be sitting in our own cozy little stitching spots and starting Cornwall Cottage by Rosewood Manor.  This is such a gorgeous piece and I can't wait to start it.

Hubby will be out working on his pet project.  We bought a used Motorhome, that is a bit of a fixer-upper.  Hubby is a big fan of fixer-upper's, so this is his winter project...hoping to have it ready for the first long weekend in May.  So he'll be off doing his hobby and while he's out doing that...I will be at home enjoying my needle and threads.  In the evenings we have a bunch of movies lined up that we want to watch so we'll have cuddle time on the couch with a big bowl of something or another in front of us. I'm anticipating a wonderful weekend!

Wishing a very happy birthday to my friend Carol today! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Overdue Update

Well, here I am!  It's 2014!  Happy New Year everyone!  How is your year going so far?  Mine is fantastic!!!!  I can't even tell you why, it's just a feeling I have surrounding me!  It's going to be a great year!

Lots of little finishes to share with you.

The first two are actually not even really cross stitch patterns.  They are actually knitting patterns!  Who knew!!  I found these on Pinterest...and when I actually looked at the sites they were for mittens etc.  Well I decided that I would stitch them....and aren't they going to be adorable ornaments  :)
The deer is from Fabulous Fair Isle's Pinterest board...not sure where the original came from.  But that's what I worked off of.  I'm calling this Knitting Deer.

 This was another Pinterest find...Called Bird Thumb...which I am guess is to be knitted on the thumb of a mitten.  It can be found here.

 I love this little pinecone ornament.  Kati had stitched this either last year or the year before and I fell in love with it then.  Finally this year I actually got around to stitching it.  It will look great on the tree next year (oops...this year).  This freebie can be found here

 Another ornament that Kati has stitched that I just had to stitch is this little cardinal.  Isn't it pretty?  It's called Peace Cardical, but I didn't stitch the work peace on it.  It stands alone quite nicely without the word.
The freebie chart for this one can be found here.

 And the last of the freebies that I stitched this season (actually truth be told these were all stitched after Christmas...I was on a small's roll...I have hundreds of pretty little freebies and I just loved working on them.  They are quick and satisfying stitching.  But back to Stocking Reindeer.  A Daffycat original.  I have all her reindeer stitched up now...so just waiting for the 2014 addition now :)  You can email her thru her blog if you are interested in getting this one or any of her other reindeer or freebies.

 And last but certainly not least....my Sunday SAL with Kati.  Silver Linings Humboldt Coast is coming along nicely.  The picture really doesn't do it justice at all.  It's coming along quite nicely.  With a couple of breask due to summer and Christmas, we have been stitching on this project every Sunday for a year now!  Wow!!

So tonight I am going to start a new project.  Mirabilia's Elizabeth! I'm so excited!  I haven't stitched  a Mira in a while now, so I'm glad to be doing one now.  I'll be posting updates as I go along :)

The Stockings Were Hung

I haven't shown a close up picture of our stockings in a few years now, so I thought that I would revisit them again for you.  And show you the new one that was added this year.  This year we add baby Liam's to the family stockings.  Liam is a joy to behold, he wakes up with a huge smile on his face and lights up even the gloomiest day just by being him.  We love our baby Liam and we can't wait to watch him grow into an amazing man.  His Mother's stocking Nicola, hangs between her two precious sons Liam and Jaxon.  The rays of sunshine in our family.

I'm also posting pictures of my recent finishes.  Next year I have to resolve to post more often. :)  The first two are by Sharon Bennett of DaffyCat Designs.  This fine lady much to my enjoyment designs one of these gorgeous little deer each year....and I am only too happy to stitch them up and hang them proudly on my tree.   These two are Ribbon Reindeer and Xmas Tree Reindeer.   I still have to stitch up stocking reindeer and I will have that done before the year is up.

 

Next up is Mary's Sampler, the Sunday SAL that was posted by Paulette of Plum Street Samplings.  I love this design.....not sure how I am going to finish it yet, but I'm going to display this somehow in my house as well.  :)

 

 

My last finish update is Redbirds Rejoice by Blue Ribbon Designs from 2013 JCS Xmas issue, there are several more that I still want to stitch out of this on but time ran out....so I'll do them as time goes by. :)

 

And finally one of the finish of the ornaments that I finished this year.  I give you all HOPE....when I was down by the tree today it just struck me as being so pretty I thought I would share it with you.

 

Peace and Joy everyone!





Happy new year!

I didn't even get a chance to say Merry Christmas, before it's time to say Happy New Year! 

December went by in a blur, between the shopping and the baking and the cooking and the friends and the family and the parties...and lots and lots of puppy cuddles, it all went by in the blink of an eye.  But we had a wonderful holiday!  And Lulu being the perfect lady that she is....didn't even lick a needle of the trees!  She had no intention of doing any of it!  I LOVE HER!!  And she got a couple of things under the tree this year as well.  Some toys, some treats, and a Christmas scarf.  Isn't she lovely?

Got some stitching done! Thank you Sharon for designing us Mistletoe Reindeer! I know I'm a pain. LOL But sooooo worth it in the end (for me anyway...hehehe) So here's a bundle of ornaments that I completed cross stitching.

 Dove - Dimensions - Holiday Elegance

 Mistletoe Reindeer - DaffyCat Designs

 Snowman #7 - Ursala Michael

Snowman #9 - Ursala Michael



Not sure what my focus is going to be in stitching this coming year, but I do know that there's going to be plenty of it.  Ornaments, a few BAP's, SAL's.  Don't know what my month to month is going to be.  I was going to try and do Christmas at Hawk Run's Hallow.  and I still might I just have to get us the courage to do so.  :)



Long time!

Argh!  It's been a long time I know.  I try and I think about it lots...posting that is...but when I sit down all I find I want to do is read all of your's instead of updating mine.  All of your's are so much more interesting. 

I've been doing some stitching some that I can show you and one that I can't share yet, but hopefully at the beginning of the week my exchange partner will receive her ornament and I'll post that.  I received mine from Annette and it's beautiful...both of them actually, another one of her hobbies is crocheting....so she was generous enough to send me one of those for my tree as well.  Which I will happily hang on my tree :)  Thank you Annette!

My Sundays have been full of family and christmas shopping, so I haven't put a stitch at all into Molly since my last update!  Sorry Kati!!  I'm going to snuggle under a warm blankie tomorrow in my stitchy chair and work on Molly all day...hopefully....I do have to go grocery shopping though first.  LOL

I got some ornaments finished.  Let me first say I love Sharon at DaffyCat  :) And I love her designs, so I had to stitch up Believe that she offered up as a freebie on her blog.  So thank you Sharon...I love it....hmmmm do you hear the pitter pat of reindeer on your rooftop yet??  LOL

Believe - DaffyCat Designs - Stitched on Miracle Mint 28 ct lugana

Then there's this one from Fresh Threads Studio from the JCS 2010 ornie issue.  A little funky one to go with the one that I stitched from the preview issue.  LOVE IT!

Christmas Candy Sock hop - Fresh Threads Studio - Miracle Mint 28 ct lugana

So winter has arrived here in Calgary, Cold and Snowy.  UCK!  But Lulu is loving it.  It was cute, she was afraid of it the first morning we opened the door for her to go outside, she wouldn't go. So Hubby/dad had to get dressed at 5:45 am and go out into the backyard with her to show her that it was ok.  LOL I got it all on video...and it's priceless.

Who says I'm not a border stitcher???

Cause I am...and I have been doing the tango since yesterday with my happy dance.  Neighborhood is done!  woo hooo and the border was not a horrible thing to work on.  It helps that I had uninterrupted stitching time yesterday as well.  But it's done and I loved working on it, and I love how it looks all finished.  So now Kati...we have to decide what's next.  We'll figure something out.  I am just really happy that we did this one  :)

Little House Needleworks - Neighborhood - Stitched on 28 ct Platinum Lugana

Then I have another happy dance, I stitched my February reindeer ornament, thanks again to DaffyCat.  Hint hint Sharon.  LOL  No pressure...*wink*

Daffy Cat Designs - Jingle Bell Reindeer - 28 ct White Jobelan

So now I'm going to settle in and work some more on Pear Tree.  Over 1 is a slow go for me, but it's coming along.  Hopefully in the next couple of days I'll have a dance.  Now I also have to decide on a bigger project to work on between the ornies.

A couple of Happy Dances

Woo Hoo! Finally I have a finish for 2010! I have been watching all of you post your first finishes and I was still sitting here trying to plug thru the snapperyear border. Which is now DONE! Thank you very much!!!!

Bent Creek - Snapper Year, Stitched on 28 ct Lugana - Sand by Silkweavers

I know that the majority of the stitching was done in 2009, but the finish didn't happen until 2010, so I'm calling it a 2010 finish! HA!

Then I also finished my first Reindeer ornament of the year. Thanks to DaffyCat designs :)) I love Holly, and I can hardly wait to stitch Jingle next month.
How cute is this deer???

Daffycat Designs - Holly Reindeer/Stitched on 28 ct Jobelan - White

Now if I could just convince Sharon to design 10 more of these cuties...My reindeer year would be complete! LOL....Just puttin' the vibe out there! (wink)

I worked on my Sunday SAL as well, but I haven't got it scanned so I will post that tomorrow for you. Didn't get much done on it, but at least I'm back into it.