Tanglewood Framed! Happy Canada Day!!

Well hello everyone!

I'm officially on Summer Break!! The last day of school for me was Thursday and it was a wonderful day.  The principal and the staff gave me a lovely card and pot of flowers and told me that I was part of the family and would one day come back to them.  They are truly lovely people who I enjoyed working with immensely.  I will miss them terribly! I was also given a gorgeous bouquet of roses from the teacher I replaced.  Then to top it off, two of the ladies I first met in the district, over 4 years ago, bought me a bottle of wine with two goblets! I was a bit teary eyed to say the least of their generosity.  Now that school is over, I'm waiting to hear back from a couple of summer camps.  If I don't get the job, then I think I'll be okay over the summer since I have saved a lot from working. So hopefully things will work out! I'm sure they will!!

Remember Tanglewood? I stitched it about a year ago.  It's been awhile....I almost forgot! Well, yesterday, I went to Michael's and picked up my finished piece!!!! It looks amazing in it's frame! I am so happy I had it framed professionally.  I'll let the pictures do the talking.

Isn't it grand?!!!! We are going to place my Tanglewood in good place where all can see it's magnificence!

I forgot to post last week a picture of the lovely gifts I won from Evening Emma.  So here is a photo.  Thank you again Emma for the lovely magazine, fabric, thread and licorice!!

Just yesterday, I found out that I won a $25.00 gift card to shop at Nancy's Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe!!! How lucky am I?!! So I spent this morning perusing her online shop, which is amazing by the way, and settled on an assortment of items.  I'll show you the stash when it arrives.  Thanks again so much Nancy! She is sooooo generous!

As for stitching, there hasn't been much of that lately...but there will be!!!!!!!! I'm planning on stitching till my butt is numb next week!!! I want to start a couple of smalls and finish my secret stitching...which has been on the back burner for awhile now.  I also want to get going on my Knotgarden, even though I'm not completely set up comfortably for stitching it, I'm going ahead anyways! I did stitch a bit on Jane, so here's my gal so far.

I want to forge ahead with her and get her done!! That's my goal!!

Blog reading and commenting will be done this week too! I have over 600 posts to go through, but I want to take my time and read through the posts.  I've just hit the "A's" and hope to finish up to the "F's" today.  Can't wait to see what's been going on with everyone.

One last thing.................



HAPPY CANADA DAY TO ALL MY FELLOW CANADIANS!!!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO ALL MY FELLOW AMERICANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Enjoy the holiday and happy stitching!!

Hugs

Anne and Titus

Edited: Almost forgot to mention that I was tagged by both Kaye and Jo to do that question thingy.  I will have to do a post later on this week and answer those questions thoughtfully. Kaye and Jo, I will get it done! Thanks for tagging me!!

Pre ISHW Stitching and Shopping!!

Hello my lovelies!!

I am happy to announce I just purchased a floor stand from Michael's with a 50% off coupon!!

WOOOOHOOOO!!!!!

My hubby is assembling it as I type!!!!

It's finished! Here's a quick photo.

 This will make my stitching life, back, neck, arms, shoulders a lot easier and more comfortable for me!! Not only did I get the frame but I also got a bunch of DMC threads for a new Chatelaine I will be making!! It's a Knotgarden!! Check it out!

My hubby really likes this one so I will be stitching it for him, and well for me too!! I'm in the process of figuring out what fabby to use.  I might just use some antique white linen I bought last year for this piece or some other fabric I have around. I will still have to get a couple of specialty threads but that will have to wait awhile until I have saved up some cashola after my craft stand purchase.

Remember that Tiny Rose Garden Mandala I stitched awhile ago? Well I found a frame that was 40% off and so I figured why the heck not? Here it is all framed up. I'm not too pleased with the puckering that is happening between the mat and the back, but I'm not going to be fussy.  It's framed.  I'm happy :D

Pardon the reflection!
Not only did I get the craft stand, the frame, the DMC threads, I also bought myself a pair of 7 for all mankind jeans.  They were regular 245 and I got them for 60!! Nice score hey?!! I'm on a roll today!!!

Although I have a busy Saturday planned, I did manage to get some stitching done last night and this morning.  Here are some progress pics of Jane, which I will be working on tonight, trying out the new stand, and finishing my sister's small.  I may start on the Knotgarden, but we'll see how the weekend goes.

That yellow glow in the middle is not on the fabby, some weird light thing happening

 I don't want to show you all the smalls I stitched for my RAK's (Random acts of Kindness to my lovelies) so they are partially covered up by my new DMC's.  Also, could you all send me your snail mail addresses via my email.  I may use them in the future!

Hee hee! Just a peek!!!

Oooh, annnnddddd the other day while my hubby and I took a walk, we decided to check out a church's thrift shop and I found some old school Cross Stitch magazines for a donation! Score!!!!

Ooh, I feel a bit hyper after I drank a whole cup of Pure Chai tea from David's! YUMMM!!! Speaking of YUM, I made a most delicious soup courtesy of Joyce, Creator of ISHW and best pen pal gal! It's called Assam Laska and it's a Malaysian soup!! Oh it was good!!! Thanks honey for the soup!!!

Super spicy, and sweet at the same time! LOVE!!

Okay, happy hermitting everyone! Can't wait to see everyone's progress pics on Monday!

Hugs to all!!!

Wedding Heart Framed, Sunshine Coast Here I Come!!!!!

I arrived back in Vancouver on Thursday and spent the day holding my hubby close to me.  We missed each other so much after twelve days, we didn't want to be parted again. After a day and night of snuggling, I spent my Friday traveling on stinky transit :( I really didn't like being back in the city, especially on the skytrain.  It made me tense again, trying to jostle in and out of the skytrain, buses, and stores.  Because I am so small, people tend to bump into me and actually run me over!! With my shoulders tender, I found my way to Michael's so I could find the perfect frame for my friend's wedding heart that I finished in Prince George.  With a lot of humming and hawing for 15 minutes over one so-so frame, I glanced up and saw a gorgeous hanging frame on the side!!! I grabbed it with glee, placed my piece inside to see the effect, and was overjoyed to find that it fight PERFECTLY!!! YAY!  With my frame in hand I also decided to pick up the 30 + DMC threads for an HAED pattern that my mother bought for me!!! It will be my first HAED piece ever! I can see the addiction to those patterns and I have already made a wishlist with beautiful pieces that I dream of completing. Anywho, HAED obsession aside, when I arrived at the counter to pay for my purchases, they had a 15% teacher discount flier! Whoohoo!!!

Ashley's Wedding Heart

I added the little heart charms to the pattern for a personal touch. I think they look gorgeous, even though I couldn't manage to lay them perfect, they are charming!

In other stitching news, I did actually throw some stitches into Tanglewood's sky.  I'm nearly finished so I will wait til it is all completed to reveal the finished piece.  But that won't be until later on this month.  I won't be able to keep up with anyone's blog or my own until after August 21st.  I have tried to comment on everyone's blog, but I am very far behind! Thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post.  Your comments encourage me to stitch more and to finish my pieces!! So again thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Tea Bath Fairy, isn't she darling?!

Tiny Rose Mandala by Chatelaine, Freebie

Oh, and I also started another Chatelaine freebie, Tiny Rose Mandala, stitched on 32 ct Opalescent Lugana.  I find this fabric very hard to work with because it is so stiff, but I really like the sparkles!!!!

My morning sun on the side of my parents' house, PG, BC

Take care and happy stitching!!!

Quick Update

So I have been fairly busy with working at a summer school camp this week. My stitching has not been progressing as much as I'd like, but that's how life goes. Summertime for me is more about being active and being outside, hence why my stitching has taken a little vacation.  I also want to say that I haven't been very good lately at leaving comments, but I have been checking everyone's stitching!!! Here's a couple pictures of what I've done so far in the past two weeks...also starting a freebie wedding heart pattern from the Needleprint Blog for my girlfriend who is getting married in August.  Since it's a small pattern, I should be able to get it done in time!!

The grey has a slight purple tone to it, very pretty

Outling done!! Leaves in progress!

Tiny progress on Queen's dress

Finally framed for my friend!! Gave it to her and she loved it!!

Until next time...happy stitching!!