As Another Year….

draws to a close….and we plan our New Year’s Resolutions…it’s time to plan another year of stitching..woohoo!!

But before this…here is a picture of a piece I finished stitching a few months ago but had not got around to making it up..

I finished this piece as a cushion with ribbon trim and vintage mother of pearl buttons using a delicate pale green, cream and pink paisley fabric which I had in my stash.

We had a quiet family Christmas this year and my parents joined us for Christmas Lunch, the children had a great time unwrapping and playing with their gifts

  

I also received some lovely gifts from family and friends, perfume, smellies, Take That DVD, stitching goodies, Cath Kidston passport case, lots and lots of chocolate…heartfelt thanks to you all xxx

My 2010 stitching includes 3 SALs

LHN Monthly Ornament SAL

Stitchers Showcase “Bouquet for Cheryl” SAL

Stitch & Stash “Just Nan” SAL

alongside these I will be partaking in a minimum number of exchanges..

I also have 1 WIP I need to complete

BBD “Their Song”

and 4 UFO’s to complete

Beatrix Potter Quaker Sampler

L*K Double Flips

Papillion Garden Sampler

Debbie Draper “Little Book of Stitches”

and finally 3 PIF’s to complete…

so all in all a busy stitching year!!

Well on a final note a BIG THANK YOU to all my readers and followers over the past 2 years and I look forward to spending another year with you…stitching, stashing and waffling!!

Wishing you all a Happy Healthy 2010

Hugs & Stitches

Elisa x

Childfree Shopping…

Well I enjoyed 3 hours of childfree shopping yesterday and managed to treat myself to some lovely trinkets :)

Here are some pictures of a few of them…

I needed some new coffee, tea and sugar canisters for my kitchen but couldn't find any that I liked anywhere…until…I went into CK and found these delightful ones…this picture is from her website.Theses are from the Peter Rabbit shop, I adore Beatrix Potter and just love the Tailor of Gloucester. The postcard book has 60 postcards in it, some for framing and the others to send…that is if I can bring myself to rip them out…lolI love these little angels and have quite a few of the little gift cards and notepads, I saw these postcards in Paperchase and fell in love with them and also some stylish note cards too.

Other things I bought were a little heart shaped wind chime and a pink sequined photo frame from the Shared Earth shop but I have already put them up in my bedroom and 2 little wooden hearts to hand on pictures of the kids. So all in all a good trinket purchasing session was had by me.

      I was lucky enough to be the winner of the giveaway on Andrea’s blog for the Drawn Thread “Random Thoughts” chart and it arrived yesterday too, here is a picture or two of it, once I have stitched this piece it will be offered on my blog as a giveaway too…just to carry on the stitching kindness we all share.   I have completed my piece of secret stitching and also my L*K Exchange piece they need to be made up along with my August Christmas Ornie, I won’t be able to reveal them to you yet I am sorry to say…please be patient lol!!

The weather is bright and sunny today so I am having a washing fest…all the towels etc will be out on the line in a bit, I have cleaned the bathroom, so just the downstairs to vacuum, but not til after lunch as Isaac has a habit of dropping most of his lunch on the floor…lol. Then I will either to a bit of finishing or just sit and stitch a bit more on my current WIP…which is the Sampler Girl’s “At Home”

it’s a really loving design to stitch, I am using the recommended Crescent Colour threads but have slightly changed them around…so the primary colour is purple…better for matching my bedroom :)

Well enough of my waffling…hope you have a fun day…

As always heartfelt thanks for all your kind words and comments I really do appreciate them.

Hugs & Stitches

Elisa x

I Just Couldn’t Resist….

….these treasurers…which I bought whilst shopping on Saturday…I bought the miniature tin from the Peter Rabbit shop, a delightful addition to my work box I thought…

I also went into Duttons for Buttons for some ribbon to finish a project and these scissors were sat on the counter and they were shouting at me…lol..there were 3 different designs and colours…let’s be honest I wanted all 3 but I was good and only purchased the one set :)

As you know I love Beatrix Potter and whilst in the shop I saw the most sweet ornament of the “Tailor of Gloucester”, but alas my budget did not quite stretch…but I was telling my Mum about it and she said that she will get that for me as part of my Birthday gift…I can now hardly wait until October…he will be perfect sat with his picture on my stitching cabinet!

Onto stitching…I finished stitching the “Home” themed piece yesterday so hope to make that up today, I also almost completed my canvas work biscornu, I just need to do the double running stitch and whip stitch it together…I need to have a search in my button tin for a couple of perfect buttons..otherwise another trip to Duttons may occur and this time I may not be as strong…lol!!

Martha monkey has teeth…her bottom front two cut their way through her gum yesterday, she has been very grumpy the past few days and now I know why….once they are fully though I will take a snap or two to show you all.

Well I hope to have some finishing pictures to show you soon…until then I hope you have a good day

Hugs & Stitches

Elisa x