A stroll through Central Park

I have plans to take a couple of these pictures and stitch up the Autumn in New York pattern by Primrose Needleworks, and place the pictures around the stitched piece. But it will have to sit on the back burner for a little while. Need to work on the politics/religion piece for my mom. Well off to get ready for my doctors appointment, and get fabric so I can start tonight. Happy stitching!

Restful day

Today I just plan on resting. I might start on a new cross stitch project. But anyways today i'll share with you some of the secret things I've been work on. First Happy Birthday to my mom today. (I gave her the presents on Sunday when we went to the airport.)



I saw on Angela's blog a way to finish a stitch into something called a stitcher's box. So I decided to make my mom one.



The inside...



I also stitched a biscornu, made her a scissor fob, and some handmade pins. The plate is done with some rub ons. The pattern on the top of the box is something I designed. I just looked at a quilt book my mom had lent me and designed some quilt squares.(**Edited to add the L in quilt** lol) And her favorite color is blue so I went with a blue theme with everything.

One of the other secret things I've been stitching was for Eleni to take with her to the hospital. So she could have it on her table and know that we are with her even though we couldn't stay longer.






This was my first Tatty Teddy... I love the patterns but I don't think i'm ever going to jump on another pattern unless it just absolutely screams 'stitch me'. They have the backstitching that I just can't stand! I ended up just kinda doing whatever felt good for the fur backstitching around him. I think he turned out alright though.

I also made her a beautiful necklace and she just absolutely loved it! And John picked out a pretty E necklace with matching earrings and a breast cancer key chain.

Alright i'm off to rest. I hate after I fly my ears continue to pop for a couple days and I feel all wonky. Like I have vertigo or something. So if this post seems scrambled and doesn't' flow well... I'm sorry. I'm off to curl up and watch some t.v. and start stitching a project for mom's co-worker. Tomorrow i'll share my NY pictures.

Back Home

Yay i'm home. Can't wait to crawl into my own bed. Hope to catch up on blogs tomorrow. Hope everyone is having a good week.

home soon!

Well we did walk to central park but we skipped the cross stitch shop. We wanted to make sure we made it back to the hospital in time. Which is a good thing we were only back about 15 mins and they told us she made it through the surgery just fine. We are heading to the hospital now to see her for a couple hours before we head back to the airport. I can't wait to get home and back to my routine. Need to catch up reading everyones blogs! Hope everyone is doing good.

New York

We arrived safe. They did have the new scanners at DTW but one line didn't have them and we ended up in that one line. Have to leave for the hospital soon. Please keep us in your prayers. Eleni is freaking out. While she is in surgery we plan on walking to Central Park and maybe to a cross stitch shop that I found online. We will have to see. Will have some pics when I get back home to share.

Ug

Wow how I hate getting no sleep when your already exhausted! The next couple days should be fun. Wish me a safe flight.

Some finished things

So in my spare time I've managed to get a couple more ornaments stitched up.

Some snowflakes....


A shepherd....


Jingle Bells (i'm going to add bells when I finish this one up...


and Believe....


I've also finished my first knitting! My cousin called dibs on the skull cap that I figured out how to finish a couple nights ago.


Now i'm off to start packing and just trying to get everything ready before work tonight. It's going to be a really early morning tomorrow. Followed with a couple of crazy days. Hope everyone is getting some stitching time in.

Something I can share

Still busy stitching some gifts. I'll be able to share them with you soon. This Sunday we are flying to New York for John's mother's surgery. She has to have a lumber spinal fusion done on Monday. So we are just going to be there for her surgery and the day after we fly home. I wish we could stay longer but I finally got a job! I start working at Michaels on Thursday. I'm so happy! I'm getting sick of having nothing to do. Not that i'm complaining I love stitching all day. But I need something else to do with my time.

So onto what I can share. I ordered (a couple weeks ago) some cute 'made with love' charms on eBay. They never came. So I ordered some more. Yesterday I received the one package then today I got some more.... hmmm. Screwy mail. They are just so cute! I plan on attaching them to the Christmas ornament's I've been making.

Well i'm off to go play a video game for a little bit and try to read some more of my book today. And of course stitch!

Happy stitching!

New Moon

It's that time of the month.... time for the TUSAL here is my jar. I've been having to squish a lot of it down because I've been a busy stitcher lately I just can't show any of it yet.

Giveaway

Terri over at Threads Through Time is having a very generous giveaway. She will give the winner their choice in a chart plus some surprise things. Go check it out... or better yet don't so I have more of a chance to win.

Halloween stitching

Dang its hard to believe it's already November! Yesterday I sat and watched movies and stitched all day. It sure felt good. I watched 'Hocus Pocus' 'Practical Magic' then made dinner then watched 'Beetlejuice' and then sat with John and watched 'The Sixth Sense'. He'd never seen it. I managed to finish the brittercup cat for a pillow i'm making John...



I also put in the last couple stitches on Christmastime... it's suppose to have beads too and I totally changed the colors. I need to figure out something to put in the middle. Overall i'm not too sure I like this one.



And then I needed something else to stitch so I picked up a freebie from Heart's Desire and finished it pretty fast. I changed the green to a darker green. I didn't think the minty green looked all that good.



Well i'm off to work on my swap partner's things since they need to go out in a couple weeks. Happy Stitching!

Happy Halloween!

First off a Happy Halloween to all of you! Both Parsley and Gracie received their Halloween giveaway packages.

Parsley's package



Gracie's package



I'm happy they both got them before Halloween. Well i'm off to watch my favorite Halloween movie Hocus Pocus and stitch some more for John's pillow. If you've never seen this movie then you should go rent it. It's just an adorably cute movie.
Happy Stitching!

Crystal's package came.

I sent out a cheer u up package to my dearest stitching buddy Crystal. Here are some pics.

To Grandma's House we go

So on Wednesday we went to my Grandma & Grandpa's house. Dad & John needed to help my Grandpa with his sliding glass door. It wasn't shutting and locking properly. And Grandma and I talked crafts. She has decided to try cross stitching. She picked up some really cute lavender & lace patterns at a garage sale and gave me a couple awhile back. She also showed me her newest egg... yes egg. My Grandma makes the most gorgeous delicate eggs. She uses Ostrich, chicken, robin, emu, and a bunch of others that I can't think of the names right now. She makes some really pretty things with them. Her newest one is a girl in a dress. I think it is one of my favorites she has done. The dress is all made out of egg shells and the umbrella is too. She glued all the little beads by hand and cut and trimmed all the green parts of the dress. Well instead of me trying to sit here and describe it I should just show you. I put together a slide show of a lot of her eggs so you can see how talented she is. (If you want you can go to my photobucket account and see bigger pictures by clicking on the slideshow)

I've also (with her help) made a few myself. I'm thinking of trying my hand at making another one someday soon. Also my Grandma picked up some things for me while she was garage saleing this summer. This really cute kit...



and some floss...( which I've managed to get one box added to my collection the rest is being sent to Emily :P )



She also had bought some cheapy floss at a store and she was going to throw it away. But I use them for bracelets and other odds and ends so I got a box stuffed full of assorted colors.



Well i'm off to go stitch a brittercup pattern to make John a cute pillow. Hopefully i'll have some progress to show you tomorrow. Happy Stitching!

3 new ornaments

Just sharing a couple of ornaments I've stitched up in the past couple days.





First one is a pattern I adapted using beads instead of color x's. The second one I did completely free hand. And the last one will be made into a cube. Hope you all have a great day!