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A birthday exchange and more

So last Friday, the 3rd was mine and my hubby's 41st birthdays. we went to a wonderful resort just a few miles away from home for a little "sta-cation" for the weekend. It was a wonderful time just the two of us. We went to the movies, we saw Year One with Jack Black, it was pretty funny, weird but funny. We ate dinner one night at the resorts restaurant which was really nice, had drinks beforehand by the pool. Just a nice relaxing weekend with no plans whatsoever. I did bring some stitching and worked on a couple things but not too much.
Well, yesterday's mail brought a package from Germany from Gaby for the SBBC for my birthday exchange. All i can say is WOW!!! Gaby really spoiled me. First off she made the largest biscournu i have ever seen and it is really beautiful, the beading on the sides is gorgeous. Gaby also sent along a couple little strawberries that she made and a pretty little Angel Heart pillow that she also made. Then there was a couple little German kits and a French chart for a heart thread holder (the ones that fold up). Thank you sooooo much Gaby!


On Thursday I had an actual "finish". I had stitched up God Bless America a year or so ago but it was just hanging around in my closet. SOoooooo, i decided to try and make a "tube" type pillow finish with it. I added a piece of fabric to the end of each by hand sewing it on, that part was the easy part. LOL Now, I DO NOT sew so this was tricky for me. LOL I did sew the back together but of course it turned out not so good looking so added a couple big star buttons to cover up a little of the yuckiness on the back. LOL All in all, it serves it's purpose but do not go looking at my finishing service for anything like this. LOL The front looks really cute though and it is for me, so i am somewhat happy with it.

I also finished up the stitching on Sunday, a day late, but it is finished, the Freedom (not sure of the name) by Sampler GIrl. It was a quick stitch and really cute. I see a no sew cube in the future for this finish.

And here is my latest project that is calling my name loudly. It is Milady's Needle called Practice Sampler. It is being stitched on 40ct V. Autumn Gold using DMC. It is a really cute Sampler and i just love the colors. So i took a pic of it to show you, with no wip pic as of yet (not enough started).

I had promised myself i wouldn't start anything new until i had a few more of my WIP"s finished but this one was just calling to me. BUT, i do have a couple wip's sitting on my stitching table just ready to be picked up at any given moment to be finished up and they will.

Happy Birthday Hon (Doug) and me too

Well, today is my hubby Doug's birthday and it is also mine. We both turned 41 today, yikes. oh well. I am 8 hours older than Doug and he has already reminded me about that. LOL We are going away for the weekend at a local resort just the two of us to just "get away". It should be really nice, we have NO plans to do anything specific which is always nice.

Happy Birthday Honey! I love you!

No pics or anything to share today, just getting everything cleaned up before we leave.

Happy 4th of July everyone!

An exchange rec'd & a "finish"

I was one of the lucky ones to be the recipient of a PIF from Edgar and rec'd it yesterday. It is a beautiful pinkeep. He stitched the "K" square from Blue Ribbon Designs Alphabet Zoo for me. I really really love it! very pretty colors and beautifully stitched and finished. Edgar also enclosed some other goodies as well. Thank you so much Edgar.

I also have a "Finish" for Michele. When Michele was here in AZ in April visiting she brought a few of her stitched pieces for me to finish for her. This is one of her fair & squares stitched for her by Amy in SC and i made it into a no sew cube. I really like how this one turned out using 2 different ribbons. I have another finish for Michele but need to take a pic with my actual camera not my cell phone. LOL



In my last post i showed you the first finished piece i stitched and framed for our friends cabin. Well here is the 2nd piece i stitched for her. It is another Sampler Girl pattern stitched over 1. It is a little small for this frame but i still like it.

And, of course i should leave you with some puppy pictures. They are getting so big, they are 7 weeks on tuesday. One has left to her new home today, we'll miss little Squirt. Reggie is leaving on the 20th of July when her new family gets home from vacation and just waiting to get the final yes on the 3rd puppy to leave.

Another one bites the dust (WIP that is)

Well, i finished up one of my WIP's last week. It is Fond Hearts by Blackbird Designs. I used the called for WDW and 30ct irish linen. I really like how this one turned out and will be stitching more BBD in the future.

I also received my spring exchange from Shelleen but forgot to take a pic of it, so here it is. cute cute bunny she stitched for me. Thanks sooo much Shelleen.

I also just received my floss tag from Mary in Portugal from the Tiny Treasures exchange blog. It is gorgeous and i just love it! Thanks Mary!

Here is the piece i stitched for good friends of ours for their cabin. She bought a couple hand painted leather frames at an antique shop and asked me to stitch something for them. The first one that is done i stitched Cheerful Company by The Sampler Girl. I used the called for DMC and stitched it on coffee dyed/baked evenweave by me.

Here are a couple recent pics of the puppies. They are now 5 weeks old and running all over the place and playing hard. OUCH! they hurt. LOL
Bailey and her only boy Reggie (that's what we call him), they look like Forest Gump with his son in the movie. LOL

All 4 playing last night and sleeping

This is Bella, the girl we are keeping. she kept coming closer to me, hard to get a good pic that way. LOL




I am working on a couple exchanges i need to finish up for Fair & Square and then more me stitching time.

We have a winner!

I had a hard time chosing a name from all the wonderful and great ideas you all had (i even had a few emails from friends as well). BUT, i finally made a choice.

drum roll please.............

Finely Finished

Eileen suggested this one and will receive some stitchy goodies from me.

Again, thanks to everyone for the great ideas, it really was a hard choice for me, but i like the play on words.

Contest - Name my Finishing Service

So I am going to go ahead with starting the Finishing Service here but need a name for it. So i will have a contest for a name for my new Finishing Service.

just post your idea in a comment here at this post and i will choose one on Monday June 8.

The prize will be a grab bag of stitchy goodies from me. If you want to post on your blog about the contest please do so.

Thanks for everyone's help and input!