Trip to Barnes and Noble

I had went to Barnes and Nobles on Friday, mainly to pick up the Christmas ornament magazine. I do not like Starbucks so I got a pumpkin coffee from Dunkin Donuts and brought it with me to the bookstore. I looked at the magazine and while I was there, I picked up the two books for the book challenge. Now I did not finish reading a book, but I am reading two at the same time. I am keeping one on the kitchen table and read when I am cooking or having something to eat, when noone else is at the table. For Book 9 I am reading Remember Me? from Sophie Kinsella. I love her Shopaholic books and this looked really good. It is about a high maintence career woman who loses her memory of the last 3 years. I have not been able to keep it down. I am almost done with it. The other book, #10, is Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult. I have never read any of her books before but I heard they are good. I almost got My Sister's Keeper, but I was not sure if I wanted to read a book about cancer. I am hoping to have Remember Me? finish and my book at the kitchen table. I am half way through with it and its a mystery, so it is getting really good.

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1. The Chocolate Bridal Bash by JoAnna Carl finished 9/19/2009
2. A Stitched in Time by Monica Ferris Reading
3. Eclispe by Stephanie Meyers
4. Marked by Kristen Cast and P.C Cast
5. The Wedding by Danielle Steel
6. The Accidental Virgin by Valerie Frankel
7. The Nanny by Melissa Nathan
8. Cyber Cinderella by Christina Hopkinson
9. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella Reading
10. Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult

New Finish!

I have another finish. This is the Glory Bee Coffee for Gossip. I used most of the recommended threads except for one. I did not like the color so I used Purple Iris from Gentle Arts for the cups and the word "gossip". The picture came out a bit blurry for some reason. The material I used was Silkweaver's Summer Breeze on 28 count lugana. I love the material. It does remind me of a summer's sky. Now on to a Christmas ornament.

I almost forgot, I did finish one of my books in the book challenge. I read The Chocolate Bridal Bash by JoAnna Carl. It was a good mystery but kind of predictable at couple of places. There are a couple tidbits from the author about chocolate and even a recipe for a chocolate cake. Looks really good but it is a double recipe. I might try it around the holidays, since there lots that happens at that time of the year. A thought came in my head, maybe I can make some cupcakes out of the batter too.

Happy Stitching everyone!

Labor Day and a Find!

Topsy-Turvy Mason

Our family had a BBQ on Labor Day. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and a slight breeze. My father had forgot to check the propane tank for the grill. We had the tank for almost 2 years, and even though it was used on and off, more off than on, it will run out of gas eventually and it did! My uncle went back to his house to get his tank. Dad didn't start grilling after 2:30. My mom was not too happy but we told her we will just pack the food for her. She had to go back to the home and her ride was suppose to pick her up at 4. It was cutting it real close for her. But they end up being late and didn't pick her up after 5. We got an extra hour with her which was nice.

I love baking and I know I am good at, so I like to show off my baking skill with my family. I made a strawberry shortcake from memory. I made this cake once about 5 years ago and it was so easy to remember. I loved how the final results came out after I put the cake together that I had to take a picture of my strawberry shortcake. It was very yummy. I was so happy it came out great.

Dad and Jayden, 7 mos.

I got some pictures of my family. My cousin finally came over with his new baby girl. It only took them 7 months to get her. The little one is named Jayden Amaya and she is the cutest little baby. My cousins were outside and Dad brought Jayden inside so mom could see her. Jayden's mom said she won't cry and likes strangers. A couple minutes after Dad brought her in, Jayden made her mother a liar and gave this huge wail! I got some more pictures of Mason. He is going to be 1 years old at the end ofthis month. Where does the time fly? He is not walking yet but looks like he is ready to take that first step anyday. Of course I got a picture of Anthony. He started kindergarten. It just seems like yesterday he was a baby. Again, its this time keeps going. Dont you just wish you can stopped for a minute or two just to take it all in without time slipping by?

Now for my stitching news. I started a new project, Glory Bee Coffee for Gossip. I dont have pics for it but next time I should be finish with it and you will get a pic. It is a quick stitch for me. I did a little more of LHN Snowflake but not enough yet to show a progress. I am using hand dyed threads so I am making my stitches as I go along so it is a slow progress. As I was cleaning and putting away some stash, I came across Prairie Scholer When Witches Go Flying. One of my friends just started this piece and I knew I had it somewhere. I am going to try to finish it. I took a picture how it looks when I found it. I did add a few stitches since than, again not enough to take a picture of it. Next post I will tell you of a new project I will be starting. I talked enough for now.
I almost forgot to mention my find. I had to go to the post office the other day. On the way back, I decided to go into Goodwill. Sometimes I find something but most times I don't. This time I found a oak frame which is the exact size for The Bookshelf I just finished stitching a couple weeks ago. I only paid $4 for the frame. I was so happy. I do need to clean it it up first. There is a painted picture in the frame but I will do something else with it. I know if I had brought the original frame I wanted for it, it will cost close to $50, if not more. Now I have to do research on frame cleaning and putting needlework into the frame. It will take time but I just know the end results will be gorgeous.

Happy Stitching!

Elisa's Giveaway

My friend, Elisa, has this wonderful blog. She talks about her two kids, her life in England and her stitching accomplishments. Elisa just reached her 200th post and is having a great giveaway for the celebration. You look at it on her blog site: http://paperfaerie71.blogspot.com/

Book Challenge 2009

I am joining with a friend for a 10 book challenge. The challenge is to read 10 books by the end of 2009. I decided to do this challenge since I love to read. Here are the 8 out of the 10 books I have picked. I might change a couple of them later but I will see when the time comes.

1. The Chocolate Bridal Bash by JoAnna Carl finished 9/19/2009
2. A Stitched in Time by Monica Ferris
3. Eclispe by Stephanie Meyers
4. Marked by Kristen Cast and P.C Cast
5. The Wedding by Danielle Steel
6. The Accidental Virgin by Valerie Frankel
7. The Nanny by Melissa Nathan
8. Cyber Cinderella by Christina Hopkinson
9. not sure yet
10. not sure yet

End of August update

This month was not a good month for stitching for me. I only finished 2 small models and finished off a biscornu for an exchange I was late. I am glad I got a couple of finishes but it is so hard to stitch when one has to lay down most of the day. I am just not able to stitch much to do weekly posts.
My leg did not heal that much this month either. I did got the results on my ultrasound with good and bad results. The bad part my veins are slightly diseased. The good part is they are not badly damaged yet where a procedure needs to be done now. Maybe in the future but not now. The key to healing my leg will be compression wrappings and evaluating my legs.

I finished a SAL I joined with The Phoenix Stitchers yahoo group. The pattern was Dragon Dreams freebie My Treasure. I stitched it on 18 count rose linen. It was very tiny stitching. There is a mistake too but I fudge it so good, no one can tell it is there unless you count the stitches to find the mistake.

I finished the Mill Hill Jingle ornament. Boy, did I make big mistakes on this one. I was suppose to use metallic gold for the jingle bells but I used the DMC thread instead. Some of the red beads are crooked. It seems like the beads did not want to stay put. I started this ornament in April so it was nice to finish it off. I started on another one and hopefully I will get it done in a week or two.

The biscournu I did for Diana in the wXSw group, was the Summer Biscornu by Barbara Ana. It came out bigger than I expected, but Diana loved it. It was stitched on 14 ct peacen aida. I brought the watermelon buttons at WalMart. It gave a very summery look.

I did started a new model,the Little House Needleworks Snowflakes. I just started it and not enough to show, so next time you will get to see a picture. Can you believe it is almost time for Labor Day weekend? I happen to look out my window at 7:50 pm last night and notice it was practically dark outside. Boy, I am not ready for the night to come early.

I hope everyone has a great long weekend coming up. I will be meeting my new cousin at our picnic and hopefully I will have pics of her and the rest of the family who decides to come.

Happy Stitching!

3 Finishes!

July just flew by! And I didn't do anything special. I have been taking care of my leg and finally went to the Wound Care Center. Now I will be going every week to get it clean. This past Friday I went for an ultra sound for my leg. The doctor wants to see how my veins are working. I won't get the results until Thursday. The doctor and the nurses are saying it is healing, but for me, not fast enough. I didn't want to spend my summer with my leg up and that is what happened this year.

I do have a few finishes. I finished Little House Needleworks The Bookshelf. I want to frame this one but I think I might have to get it done professionally. The size is a little odd and it will be hard to find a frame for its size.

I finished a ornament from the Christmas preview Just Cross Stitch magazine. Thanks Deborah for the magazine! It is a Glory Bee designed called Dec 25. It was stitched on French Vanilla 14 count aida from Sassy's Fabbys. I just love her hand dyed fabbys. I just need a star button to put on it so I can finish it off.

The last finish I have is Seize the Day from Forever in My Heart. I used Silkweaver's Grape Ripple 28 count cashel linen. It is for a friend and I shouldn't be showing it on my blog yet because she sometimes reads my blog. But I just love the colors in this pattern. I used Cresent Colors threads and it came out awesome.

Thanks for reading my blog.
Have many stitches until next time.