Hockey Santa

Good morning, it's basically 9 am here and I am yawning like crazy. I don't think my brain has woken up yet.  Today I picked the Santa with the hockey stick. It is a fairly large "small" project about 5x4 inches so I don't think I will get it finished in one day (big sigh).  The good news is that I finished stitching LOL yesterday. So that means the 3 smalls that I chose this past week are done - well, the stitching is finished now I just have to make them into ornaments. 
I had a wonderful day at Janice's house yesterday, stitching and talking and laughing.  She does get herself into some silly situations some times - good thing she can laugh at herself, I am still giggling.  Yesterday she was working on one of the earlier Mill Hill beaded kits and the beading was causing her a lot of angst - I kept hearing her muttering to herself which I very wisely did not answer. lol  We have all had those projects - finish a row and heave a big sigh of relief that that part is done and lo and behold, the next row is just as bad!! Yep, I kept quiet when I heard the muttering.... inside I was giggling and being very thankful that it wasn't me! tee hee
I will post a picture on Saturday of my projects, I have asked the other ladies who are having just as much fun as me to send me their pictures once a week and I will upload them to the blog.  So be prepared some time over the weekend to see some photos from various people.  I love the lists that I have seen from my friends in Ohio - there are some very large projects in their lists.  It will be fun to see how many of them we finish by years end.
So folks, time for me to make a big mug of tea and get started on my stitching.  Hugs to you all and thanks for reading my blog.  Louise

Day 3 of our Stitching Adventure

Hello everyone, it is January 3 - is everyone having a good time? It's funny but I am enjoying myself, picking out the projects for the day, laughing when I see some of them and sometimes a quiet groan because I wanted to pick a different one (lol).  I love seeing the comments people are leaving and I read each one of them.  And thank you kindly for taking the time to leave a comment.
Today I chose the cute little LOL and for the large project, I  have chosen Victorian Charm by Dimensions.  It is 8x17 inches on black 18 count aida. It is a narrow house with 4 stories and a widows walk and 3 stories with a turrent.  It is not beautiful per se but it definitely caught my attention, something about it just kept calling my name. lol
Well, I am off to Janices for a day of stitching with her - okay, I will be honest, sometimes we even do some bitching. lol  Take care, have a wonderful day and we will be talking tomorrow. Louise
PS, I finished yesterdays Christmas tree after much frogging and fraying of the silk thread (big groan).

Day 2 of the Great Stitching Adventure

Day 2 of the Great Stitching Adventure - lol - sorry folks, I couldn't help myself - the title just came to me and it wouldn't change! lol  So.... how are you all doing?  My update, hmmmm, okay I will tell you.... I finished the little L-K Faith ornament, it is so sweet and whips up relatively quick so I will probably being doing a few more of these this year!  And then I worked on the Teapot by AuryTM. I did the middle medallion in the DMC colour variations of deep purple and then I changed to a DMC colour variations that has green, a tinge of yellow and white - it is very pretty and it looked fantastic on the overdyed aqua luguana that I had chosen.  Unfortunately, after having stitched 2 large diamonds, I didn't like how it looked so I frogged the diamonds! But I do love the deep purple combo and will continue with it for the entire teapot!
Todays picks are the Christmas Tree Collection II by JBW and the medium size project is the Treble Clef by Ink Circles.  I fell in love with this one when I saw it done 2 years ago.  Clare (in Ohio) had done the 3 of them and they were so pretty, so I of course had to go and buy all 3 of them! And, no I am not musically inclined - I love to sing but I think most people would prefer I sing "Far, far away".  (old joke)
To all my lovely friends who are participating, leave a comment and let us know how you are doing.  Please send me a picture (to my regular e-mail) once a week and I will post them for all of us to see, just fan out the projects and take a pic. 
Would you like to join us on this crazy adventure?  Join in anytime - find a couple of projects that you have been wanting to start for the past couple of months/years, pull them out and start them!!  Yup, that's it, that's the idea, find some "old" projects and get stitching! They can also be an afghan that you have been meaning to knit/crochet or a hardanger piece - just don't forget to have fun!!
Until tomorrow, happy stitching.  Love Louise

Welcome 2013

Hi everyone and welcome to 2013! Wow, where has the past year gone?  Last year at this time, I was looking forward to my very first cruise (it won't be the last cruise I take) and also my scheduled operation. As you know, I had a fantastic time on the cruise, met some wonderful ladies who convinced me to go the retreat in Branson, Missouri hosted by Cecilia's Samplers - well, that was such fun that I am going back there in April!  As for operation, I was lucky that I decided to have the operation because cancer (stage 1, level A) was found in the polyp inside the uterus. Somebody was looking out for me that day!! 

Well I have to show you my final stitching ornament of 2012. It is another Merry Mouse and this time, her nightshirt is done in Ada's Rainbow by Gloriana Silks. It is so cute.  At first I was not really sure of the bright multi-coloured nightshirt but I just love how it turned out with all the backstitching.

So... those of you that are participating in the great Stitching Adventure for January - have you started?  I was up early this morning (around 8 - that is early for me these days) and I started the Lizzie-Kate "Faith".  And I am almost finished it, it is a small ornament, basically 2 inches square. Because this one is so small, I am going to start one of my "Large" projects today.  And the winner is: Aury's Teapot.  I will be pulling my daily projects from my jars.... I have 32 small projects and 16 medium/large projects that I want to start this month!!  I won't post daily pictures but I will post daily.
Until tomorrow, all my best and thank you for taking the time to read my blog.  Love Louise.

Model Stitch released - Too Chic

Hi everyone, I have some exciting news to share with you - well, I think it's exciting.  I noticed that the model stitch that I did for Aury of AuryTM Designs has been released!  You can check out "Too Chic" here at the 123Stitch website.
http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-perl/itemdetail.pl?item=13-1053
I thought that this was so appropriate for me, here is this snowlady having a cup of tea!  And you know that I love my tea!! Regular ordinary tea! Lots and lots of it.
Until the next time, have a wonderful day and perhaps you can take some time for yourself and sit down with a big cup of tea and think of me.  lol  Thank you for reading my blog. Hugs Louise

Wintery day

Hi everyone, well we got a wee bit of snow over night and this morning.  Here are a couple of pics that I thought you might like to see.  First off, we have the view from my stitching chair, then my poor cedars in the backyard and finally my poor car buried in all that snow!!  This will be a quick post because I hear the snow guys and I have to go clean my car off so that they can clean my driveway!! 

Take care, have to hurry. Love to all. Louise

Boxing Day

Hi everyone, were you out shopping today? Did you brave the malls to find some good bargains?  Well, I was out early this morning to go to Michaels (craft store) and today they were offering 25% off your entire order including sale prices - now that was a good deal.  I picked up some more tea mugs (okay, they are giant mugs holding 22 ounces), I love them, I can sit and stitch for a long time with this cup of tea beside me!  And then I picked up some other goodies as well but I didn't spend a lot.
Well, Christmas is over for another year.  Was Santa good to you?  Or did you save Santa a trip by being naughty all year?   I was thinking of the Lizzie-Kate pattern "Be Naughty - Save Santa a Trip", that is so cute.  I think I will have to stitch that one some time this year.  I had a lovely Christmas day, I spent it with Dad - we laughed and talked and worked on  his crossword puzzles.  Dad has done crossword puzzles for as long as I can remember. He uses a pen not a pencil and he seldom makes mistakes!!  Growing up, we were not allowed to touch Dad's puzzles and especially don't write in them!! Even if you knew you knew the answer, we had to verify with Dad!  So yesterday, I look at the puzzle and see some answers (you know where I am going with this, don't you), and I wrote the answers on the puzzle... gasp.... gasp!  I love to see Dad's reaction, he is just so funny.  He will look at the clue, look at the answer that I wrote in, check the other clues around it and if necessary, check the dictionnary before he agrees with me that I wrote in the correct answer.  BUT I only do this for the daily crossword puzzles not the Sunday puzzle, if I write anything on that one, he gives me his "look" and says "Weezie, what did you do?"  To which, I reply.... "Nutting" (nothing) and then we both laugh.    And I have to share this with you, remember the movie Casablanca.... well, Dad took Mom to see that movie before he went off to war.  It had just come out and it was the movie to see at that time and to be very honest with you - I think that it is still a fabulous movie.
Well folks, I hope that you have a wonderful day and I wish you the very best for this holiday season filled with love and good health.  Lots of hugs and thank you for taking the time to read this blog.  Louise