Happy New Year!

I wish everyone a very happy new year! May this year be filled with many wonderful things.

Pictures

Here are the pictures of my Christmas exchange from Fair and Square. My partner was Clare and she stitched this wonderful Santa.

This is my completed Country Cottage Needleworks - Peppermint Lane. I really enjoyed stitching this. I had some fabric I will have to look and see what the brand is but I bought it in a big piece when my LNS went out of business. It is a pink shade with marble effects. I really like it with this design.

The pictures are not the best. I really need a new camera. I used my mom's but she hasn't emailed them to me yet. I might load her pictures if they turned out better. I have a fussy little 4 year old so I am going to have to stop blogging and see to him. He went to the doctor today and has an ear infection. I wanted to make changes to my blog but I guess I am going to have to do that later.

Finishes

I have completed 3 projects in the last 2 days! Yeah. I have had time off from work for the holiday's and it has really paid off. I completed Country Cottage Needleworks Peppermint Lane, Plum Puddings freebie Fa La La, & Little House Needleworks Blessed are the Pure in Heart. I will post picture tomorrow since I ran out of time tonight.

I need to throw something in the bag to take to work with me so I can stitch on my breaks and lunch. I want to stitch SanManOriginals "Darn kids" which is a very cute snowman. I have a couple of small stitches that I hope to complete a freebie from Lizzie Kate "Let it Snow" & "Favorite time of year". I have a pile of options mostly snowman related and a few Valentine stitches to complete and have ready to decorate for Valentines Day.

I have been looking at blogs today and reading the 123stitch message board. It always motivates me to stitch when I see what others are stitching on. I hope everyone had a great day.

Has it been that long?

Where does time go? I just can't belive my last post was September. I started working over time at work and this is the first week I didn't have to do that. I have been stitching but not as much as I wanted to. I stitched my Thanksgiving & Christmas exchanges and sent them off. I will post pictures of them as soon as I upload them. I am currently stitching Country Cottage Needleworks Peppermint Lane I will take a work in progress photo of that. I had some really pretty fabric that I picked up at my LNS when it went out of business and it goes very well with the colors. I am also just finishing up Plum Puddings new freebie. I love snowmen. It is very cute. I will try to post the link but it is on their website. I am also working on a couple of crocheted scarves for Christmas presents. One I need to finish today or tomorrow. There is nothing like last minute gifts. I made a fat quarter tote and I am going to put the scarf inside. Okay I don't want this to be too wordy but I am going to make an effort of posting each day. I hope everyone is well. I have so missed posted but have been keeping up with reading others blogs. It is very inspiring.

Autumn Square Exchange

These are the blocks that I received from my partner Lisa during our Autumn exchage on the Fair and Sqaure blog. She did such a wonderful job stitching them. They are so small & delicate. I think I will finish them into a cube.

Computer virus....hate them!!

I hate viruses! I had so many I can't even count. So while the computer is getting fixed I bought my daughter's mac from her and I am able to get online again. Yeah! However, I am still learning how to do the pictures. She has a different program than me. So I am trying to figure out how to upload the pictures.

I finished my Fair & Square round 8. And until I can post a picture you have to believe me they are beautiful!! I love LHN and she stitched me a new design I didn't even have! I hope to get a picture tonight but the camera keeps making it look to washed out. So I have not been happy with the pictures yet. I am still trying to get a good one.

I am working on my LHN neighborhood also. I have to tell you it is so big a design but I am so enjoying stitching it. I will post a work in progress pic when I can.

I am starting my next exchange it is a halloween theme. I have so many patterns for halloween I just need to decide what to stitch for my partner.

All the working overtime is getting in the way of my hobbies. the only good thing about working so many hours is listening to books on cd. I have listened to 4 books in 1 1/2 weeks. The book I finished today was Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult. It is a great book. I love how every story had twists all through it keeps you guessing. I highly reccommend it. Well I am off to work on loading pictures. Hopefully I can come back and post some tonight.

Finished Tinkerbell

I have the most wonderful lady who takes care of my almost 4 year old son. She was sent to us by God. Obviously we think the world of her. She asked me to stitch these stamped cross stitch pillow cases for a room in her house that is decorated for little girls in Tinkerbell decor. Well...anything for her. So I have finished the first pillow case. I don't usually stitch stamped cross stitch but I told her I would. Here is a picture of the finished pillowcase.

I am still stitching on my LHN Two Red Houses. I am almost done with it. I hope to be done with it this week. I am also stitching another Fair & Square exchange for round 8. On top of all of this we are in mandatory overtime at work. Yeah & yuk! Hate loosing my weekends but can't complain about the $$. We are going to a new system next month so we have to get the inventory out of the old system hence the over time. I have stash that I want to share. And a picture of a new addition to our family. However, I have a 3 year old (4 next month) who is wanting his evening bath. Have a wonderful evening.