Finally... Some Framing

There was a framing marathon in my living room on Sunday.  All but one of these pieces was stitched prior to this year!

First up is Jenny Bean's Humble Servant by Shakespeare's Peddler. 

I highlighted my initials with a different thread in the alphabet, and used my own information in place of Jenny's.

Next is 'Tis the Gift by La D Da.  A favorite saying of mine.

 As you can see, I stitched this last year.

I have one more addition for my seasonal decorating, this is Primitive Winter by Notforgotten Farm.

I love the detail on this frame! 

Next up is a set of Hinzeit Charmed Matters, the Family theme.  These were stitched in 2009.

I love the weathered look of this frame! 

And finally, Live Simply.   I can not recall the designer at the moment.  I ran out of thread at "Live Simp", and the new thread was from a different dye lot.  In the dull winter light, I didn't notice too much of a difference, but when I took this out to frame in the bright summer light, the L,Y and final motif just seemed brighter.  I almost didn't frame it, coming close to sending it to Peggy Lee to take care of (if you don't know what I mean, check out her post from June 24th - http://kentuckysampler.blogspot.com/)  Then, I threw caution to the wind and decided that even though they were over dyed threads, I was going to coffee dye the entire piece.  If I look closely in the right light, I still notice the difference, but I love the look the coffee gave to the piece!

All of these frame moldings were purchased at The Strawberry Sampler, my LNS.

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What a....

Whirlwind!!  That describes the last week or so.  The end of the school year picnics, plays and loads of papers being brought home!  Not to mention the end of the regular Little League season, the start of tournament play for the older two boys, baseball camp and the upcoming scout camp.  And summer is just starting!!

Saturday we decided on a bit of an adventure.  We took the train into Philadelphia to visit here:

The Reading Terminal Market.

What a place!  The fresh foods, eateries and other vendors.  If I lived in the city, I would definitely shop here.  Here are some pics from inside:

 

 

 

We had some cheese steaks, meatball sandwiches and this:

One scoop of dark chocolate and one scoop of banana. 

Then I felt like I should buy this:

Can anyone else relate?  I know of at least one reader that I spoke with this week that might want one of these too!!

My oldest trying to look cool on the train.

The other two goofing off. 

And see that big gaping hole?  Two teeth lost this week, one while eating his meatball sandwich.

 

Our family day ended with this view from our front porch.  The city is a great place to visit, but the country views are the ones I love best.

Father's Day began with breakfast at Cracker Barrel, followed by a visit to Longwood Gardens for a quiet walk, an old fashioned ice cream stand for a treat (yes, I just admitted that I had ice cream twice in one weekend!) and then home for family time.  It was a wonderful weekend.

There has been some stitching too.  I managed to get my exchange in the mail today - just in the nick of time!  I can't show that yet, as this is a secret partner exchange. 

 I did manage to get the latest Truly Thankful edition stitched.  I love this piece!  We have been harvesting berries from our berry patch, so this motif is perfect!

I managed to squeeze my initials in here:

And the date over here: 

And since we live near Philadelphia, I think the eagle and the Liberty Bell are wonderful!!

I'm now working on the May Flowers Truly Thankful - I got a little behind with the crazy schedule we've been keeping.

Tomorrow is the first day of summer, so I switched out my Spring PS piece for a summer one. 

Aren't the colors pretty? 

And who doesn't love a bunny?   

I love the leathery look of this frame. 

And finally, I'd like you to meet Ned.  Ned the Gnome.  He's our indoor gnome and he gets jealous that the others are outside in the gardens and he's stuck in the house.

He usually resides here: 

Well, Ned has decided that this summer, he is taking a trip.  He let me take this last picture while he was waiting patiently for the mail lady to come and give him a ride. 

Stay tuned to see where he ends up and what he gets into!

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TUSAL Update and Things

It's that time again.  So without further delay, here is what my jar is looking like now.

It is getting pretty full and I have to keep pushing the threads down to keep them from sticking out over the top!

I am currently working on some exchange pieces, so my stitching pictures will have to wait.  I thought I was having a hard time stitching at night because I was so tired.  But add these,

and suddenly the fabric is much easier to see!  I only need 1.00 Readers, but it is enough to make a huge difference, especially when stitching on 40 count.

My little guy and oldest guy brought home their art projects.

I love them! 

Speaking of the boys.  I have to congratulate my middle guy's travel baseball team.  They played in a tournament this past weekend and won it all!  He's waited so long to be on a travel team like his older brother and to have such success on his first time out was amazing for him!

And my little guy finally got a chance to pitch again!

The regular season is almost over, then it's the playoffs!

Yesterday I got the last minute call to be a chaperon on my middle guy's field trip.  So after the fastest shower ever, I headed to the school and from there we journeyed to the zoo.  What a hot and crazy day.  There were a total of 78 buses of school groups visiting the zoo - crazy I tell ya!  We did not have nearly enough time to see everything, so we hit what we could.

My oldest guy was picked to be on the Spirit committee at his school for next year.  He certainly has the energy for that! 

I am so proud of my boys and the things they are doing! 

I hope to have some stitching that I can show you next time, until then -

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