Rudolph has landed

My ornament for Michele in the HO HO HO ornament Exchange has landed in WA. I had a blast stitching him and finishing him. lots of beads used on the pinkeep ornament. It sounds like she also really likes him, Michele just LOVES reindeer, and i changed the wording to be red since that is her favorite color (and i really did not like the green it called for, it was so off of the design). :)


My blogoversary stitched goodie has also arrived at its new home with Staci. I had stitched JBW's french country pumpkin and made it into a pinkeep. Enjoy Staci.



I have rec'd my ornament from Kathy in England but haven't taken a pic yet. This was from the ornament exchange on the 123 message board. I love it Kathy. Hopefully hers will land soon to her as well.

My LNS, The Attic Needlework here in Arizona has an annual Breast Cancer Silent Auction every November (tomorrow night) and I have stitched 3 ornaments to donate to it. Hopefully if i am feeling better i will be able to go tomorrow night, i have never been yet. All the ornaments, scissor fobs w/scissors, stitched boxes w/accessories, etc, etc etc are donated by stitchers for the cause. I believe last year they raised just over $15,000 that went right to the BC cause. I will post pics later when i take pics of them before i take them over today.

November already..........

Well, it's November already and it's still pretty warm here in AZ. It started to cool down (went from 100-55 almost overnight), then right back up to the 90's. GRRRRR hopefully soon it will cool down.
I know i posted a pic of the wonderful Halloween exchange i rec'd from Lynn, but she had a much better pic up, so i want to share her pic as well. It really shows off the pieces she made for me much better. Thanks again Lynn.

Caroline has rec'd my HOE Halloween exchange so i can share the pic of the exchange. I stitched Oct 31st from this years JCS Halloween issue. It was a really fun stitch.


My finishing service, Finely Finished has been busy lately. I just finished 4 pieces for Toni. There are 3 hanging ornaments and one flatfold. These were fun to finish for Toni. The SB design gave me a bit of fun trying to match the right backing fabric to it, but we finally found the perfect one. Sometimes that rose color linen is just tricky to match but we did it. :)

I have been stitching on exchanges recently so cannot share the pics as of yet, but soon. Not much else really going on around here in AZ, just trying to still stay cool. We are doing the MS Walk this weekend through the Phoenix Zoo, so that should be fun. We try to do it every year. We walk for my mother, myself and my oldest daughter who all have MS. Wish us luck.

Also, here is a pic of the english bone plate i picked up awhile ago at one of the antique shops. It is from England, Utopian is what is on the back. I cannot remember the rest of the info on it.

And, last but not least, here is a pic of my niece and nephew on Halloween. Allison was a "pirate girl" and Matthew was Angus Young from AC/DC (he is an AC/DC fanatic at 6).

Here is Allison's pirate face. LOL

Blogoversary Winner is...........................

My niece picked out a name out of her little purse and it was.....................

Staci of Snippets and Stash

Congrats! and thank you to everyone for joining!!!!! I still can't believe it has been 2 years already. and many more to come.

Halloween exchange rec'd, OMG

I rec'd my HOE Halloween Exchange package from Lynn B. on Saturday. OMG! Lynn really spoiled me. Her stitching is gorgeous and Lynn also made a polymer clay witch hat floss holder and a couple clay pins too. WOW! i couldn't get a good pic of the pins, hopefully Lynn will have a good one i can get from her. She stitched me a needlebook, a pinkeep with my initial K as well.

Thank you soooooooooo much Lynn!!!!!

Halloween.....................

Well the title says it all. All i have pics of today is Halloween designs and just appropriate since Halloween is next week already. I can't believe it is almost the end of October already. We have finally turned the AC off here in Arizona, finally for the last time. Just a few days ago it was 100 degrees outside. UGH! But it seems to be cooling down and hopefully will stay.
My first finish i have to share is one of my Fair & Squares i received last year from Marie P. for the Halloween Round. I just "finished" it the other day into a pinkeep. Thank you Marie!


Halloween by La D Da was stitched by Michele on a 30ct (halloween) green linen. i finished this one into a pillow for her. I love how it turned out. It lovingly sat on my mantle with my halloween pillow for a couple hours while i finished the next pillow for her as well. "Wicked" by PrimitiveBettys (free chart). I had also stitched this one and finished our's together. Mine is stitched on the orange fabric and Michele's is the tan fabric. They both have a black fabric on the back.

Another awesome giveaway!

Go check out Pumpkin Patch Primitives blog for an AWESOME giveaway of 27 fat quarters and they are gorgeous!

13 days of halloween giveaway

check it out here..............at Missy's blog