Winner's Choice Giveaway!

As promised it's time for my very first giveaway! And for my first I'm going to make it a Winner's Choice between these three charts....

Choice one is Elegance by John Clayton

CHOICE #1

Choice two is Ravenmoon Hall by Praiseworthy Stitches

CHOICE #2

And choice three is Back Away from the Floss by Vee and Co.

CHOICE #3

To enter all you have to do is leave a comment on this post only with your choice of the chart that you would like to win.  (And don't be surprised when you find a few more goodies in your package!) 

I will draw a winner on Thursday, September 13th in the morning.  Good luck!!


 

It Was A Great Day!

Not only did I finish my Mermaids but my hubby and son took me out to dinner to celebrate my birthday!  It was a very nice evening, but I know you all would much rather see my Mermaids, so here they are....

MERMAIDS OF THE DEEP BLUE
By:  Nora Corbett

 

 

 

 

I am really happy with how it turned out.  I thought I would die with all the beading, but it was worth it!  I plan to have it professionally framed.  I don't know what kind of frame to get yet, but I don't think it needs a mat, what do you think?  I don't frame too many things so I'm not sure what I should do.  Mat or no mat?

I'm on vacation next week so I plan to spend some time going through my stitching room to put together  something for my first giveaway!  I have won three giveaways so I think it's time that I had one of my own.  So check back here sometime next week to see what I come up with for my giveaway!

Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Stitching! 


 

I Am So Lucky!

I have the greatest stitching friend ever!!  Look what I found in my mailbox yesterday....

Isn't that the most adorable chart?  Chelle  sent me this chart as a birthday gift, it even included the floss and fabric!  What a wonderful gift and what a wonderful friend I have!  Thank you so much Chelle, you really made my day!!

I'm home from work today, thought I would add an extra day to my long weekend.  I started the beading on Mermaids of the Deep Blue and can I just say OMG!  The beading is going to take me forever, there are just so many beads to attach. I started beading around 9:00 o'clock this morning and this is all I have managed to get done (it's almost 1:00 o'clock!!)  I have taken a "few" breaks, but still, what a freaking slow process this is!

 

My neck and back are killing me and I haven't even made a dent in the number of beads I need to attach.

I don't know how much I'll get done this weekend, my hubby is taking to me to a Travis Tritt concert tomorrow night and afterwards some gambling at the casino!  Sunday I will be spending most of the day and evening at the county fair working a booth for my candidate for sheriff.  Hopefully I can make some kind of progress on this today.

Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Stitching!!

SAL is Finished!

Chelle and I finished our SAL, here is mine.

ALL HEARTS COME HOME
By Diane Arthurs

We enjoyed it so much that we have chosen our next two SAL pieces.

GREAT HARVEST
By Diane Arthurs

FREE KITTENS
By Diane Arthurs

We'll be starting Great Harvest first in a couple of weeks.  I am also this close to finishing my Mermaids, here is a little peak....

I hope to finishing all the stitching, and back stitching, by the weekend so I can do the beading.  There are a ton of beads to add and I can't wait to get this  finished!

Have a great week everyone and Happy Stitching!!
 

Stitching the Day Away!

I took a vacation day from work yesterday and I spent the day stitching.  The entire day.  I put some stitches in these....

CATCHING THE BREEZE
HAED

 I can't figure out why the picture turned sideways, so you'll have to turn your head to the left to view.  I guess it doesn't really matter because it looks like a blob no matter which way you turn your head! lol 

BLIGHT, BROOMHILDA & BOOZ
By:  Carolyn Manning

HOLIDAY CHEER
  By:  Ursula Michael

BEE BLESSED
 By:  Gail Bussi

And I couldn't help myself, I had to start these two new charts....

HOLIDAY MAGGIE BUTTS
By:  Jerelyn Abicca-Smestad

OUT FOR A RIDE
By:  Diane Arthurs

And that was my Friday.  Today I'm going to be walking in a parade to support my candidate for Sheriff so I don't know when I'll hit the stitching chair, but you can bet I will!

Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Stitching!!

SAL Update & Other Weekend Stitching

It's time for my SAL update with Chelle.  Here is my progress from Sunday.

ALL HEARTS COME HOME

I'm pretty sure I'll be able to finish the cross stitching next Sunday and also get started on the back stitching.  This has really been a fun and quick stitch.

In other weekend stitching I put a few stitches in each of these.

A SOCIABLE SCARECROW
By:  Glendon Place

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
By:  Nora Corbett

SPRING FAIRY
By:  Joan Elliott 

I still don't know which new HAED I'm going to start first, but I do know that I'm not going to start any of them until I finish something!  I'm pretty close to finishing Mermaids so when it's done I will allow myself to start one of the HAED's. 

Hope everyone has a great week filled with lots of stitching!

More HAED Stash!

I know, I know, how many HAED charts does one stitcher really need?  Chelle tried her best to convince me that I have more charts than I can possibly finish in my lifetime, but my addiction won out and I bought these...

BEACON RIDGE

BEAUTIFUL (DURR)

BELIEVE (MILLER)

RESTLESS TONIGHT

ROSE OF FIRE

I've decided that a stitcher can never have too much stash!  I'm done now, or at least until the next sale!

Happy Stitching!!