LHN Holly & Berries

I don't think I've ever enjoyed stitching a design as much as I've enjoyed this one. From start to finish I loved every single stitch. The design is from Little House Needleworks and is called Holly & Berries. It is stitched over 2 on Summer Khaki linen using the DMC called for in the pattern. The only change I made was to outline using the darkest green instead of the brown.

I think I will eventually finish it into a cube to sit on the mantle. I stitched this on one corner of a large piece of linen and I'm seriously considering stitching it 2 more times for Christmas gifts. I'm going to stitch something else that hopefully won't take too long and let this finish sit for a week or so.

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Kristin tagged me to share 6 things about me.The rules are as following:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know your entry is up.

Six random things about me.....hmmm.....
1. I count everything - steps, poles, cars, people - but not consciously.
2. I'm in charge of a million dollar project at work.
3. I would love to be a librarian.
4. My favorite TV show is Monk.
5. I would rather not go to a function than be late.
6. It makes me very happy and relaxed if I know all of the shoes in the house are sitting nicely together in pairs.

If you haven't posted your random facts - consider yourself tagged!

I made this cute little floss tag as a thank you for a friend of mine. The flower came from LHN's Nature's Beauty but I did change the floss colors. I'm having a great time with my new Crop-a-dile. I just wish I could find some book rings in different colors.
Yesterday I started Holly and Berries by LHN and I'm loving every stitch. Maybe I'll have a progress picture soon.

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Time Flies

Oh my, here it is the beginning of November and I still haven't posted 1st day of school pictures. I've already removed them from my camera, so I'll have to post them another time - I'm too lazy to post from the desktop computer. :-)


There has been stitching - lots of it - but I can't show most of it. We do a 12 Days of Christmas Exchange over at CSC and I can't show my stitching until my pal opens her presents. Let me just say that I am thrilled with the things I've completed and I can't wait until my pal sees them.

I can show a picture of the ornament I made for the Christmas ornament exchange. It was my first time sewing in a shape other than square or rectangle. It is not equal on both sides, but I still think it looks ok. I hope my pal likes it. The pattern is from the 2008 JCS Ornament Issue and is by Sue Hillis.

For the first time, Cheese decided he wanted to go trick or treating with a group of friends without me. I was ok with that because it was a good group of kids. Here's a pic of him and one of the boys before they left the house. Cheese is the "Scream Reaper" - he actually had a pump that pumped fake blood through his mask. He loved it!

Last week Cheese's new bed was delivered. It's huge! It's a full sized captain's bed with a storage cabinet underneath that is removeable. He decided he wants to change bedrooms so for the past few weekends I've been stripping wallpaper and scraping paint off the trim. My brother is so kind to skim coat the walls for me to prep them for paint. Cheese chose a very dark green with a lighter shade for one of the walls. There's still quite a bit more work to do and I have to choose carpet and schedule it to be installed. I'm hoping to have everything complete and moved in before Thanksgiving. I'm going to tackle the upstairs hallway next.

Thanks for visiting and catching up with us!