Merry Christmas . . . in July!

Or what's left of it, that is! I've been on a finishing frenzy since I got back from vacation and have made quite a dent in my 'finishes to be finished' pile, which means that now I have quite a lot of slip stitching to do!! I do all the machine work and stuffing, then save the closing up until something good is on TV and slip stitch the night away! Boy, am I an exciting gal or what?!?

Here's my latest for the ornament finishing pile, it's White Christmas by Drawn Thread.

As usual, I changed the floss colors. I love this nontraditional green! It plays really well with the nontraditional reds, I think. I hope you agree. There is supposed to be a star charm atop the tree and some type of charm on the deer's neck, but I'm not sure that I will add them. I'm also missing the snow falling in the background, which I may attach with beads, I haven't decided yet.

I think I'm through stitching smaller projects for a while, unless I end up needing something to carry along with me. I won't be needing something to work on while picking Emily up from school this year, since her new school is only four blocks from home, I plan to get some exercise by biking her to school and back. One of the nice things about this climate is that I can be out all year, it never really gets uncomfortably cold outside. We've already scoped out the school grounds and found two "totally awesome" playgrounds, and we are planning to go play on them again today.

Well, it's time for more coffee, and since I wasn't positive DH would be home after PT today, I didn't make enough for two. GASP! So it's off to make more!!

Take care until later!

Happy Summer!

Summer is here, and we are alternately baking in the heat and reveling in the cool breezes that accompany the late afternoon monsoons. As for this family, we just got back from our summer vacation trip halfway across the country where it was cooler, but also quite humid. It was nice to visit family, but it's better to be home! LOL

Here is a picture of my latest completed project, Summer in Tuscany, by The Samplar Girl. Colors were changed to reflect my taste (and what I had available!) and this piece will be added into the needs-to-be-sewn/stuffed/beribboned pile. Not sure where, but the final resting place for this piece will be either the kitchen or the dining room.

I was able to hit an LNS while on vacation. Apparently, driving an hour is not an option for me, I must fly halfway across the country before I will got into a shop. Silly, isn't it? However, I was able to acquire something that my daughter has been wanting for some time, since she was flipping through one of my cross stitch magazines and saw an add for them. I got Miss Know-it-All, a Chicklets design by Janlynn. They had several others available, but not the other one my daughter wanted. The colors used in the designs represent the colors in her room, bright!

I also managed to pick up, for my self, Ice Cream Shoppe, but Country Cottage Needleworks, and Cherries, Blueberries and Strawberries thread packs and Gourmet Garden by Little House Needleworks. I could have picked out a bunch more but didn't want to fill up the suitcases too much, it was pretty tight just getting there! I did pick up a few fabric remnants, a piece of camel heatherfield for a bee project and a piece of coffee colored linen for Spot of Coffee (LHN) already in my stash. All in all it was a successful trip and I'm anxious to dig out a piece of linen for the Chicklets design, since I don't care for stitching on the included Aida.

More later!