My favorite snowman....

LK "Let It Snow"

stitched on 28ct khaki evenweave

w/DMC

Well....I made him my own. 

I goofed when I started the scarf which

resulted in changing the color scheme. 

Too lazy to rip out the wrong color, I carried

on and used a little pink, which I really liked.  

I figured I would carry on and change the

hat color to light blue with a little more pink. 

I just love him. 

I still think he needs a little pompom at

the end of his hat.  Hmmm...will need to

do something about that.

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I saw this card on Pinterest a few weeks

ago and I just couldn't get it out of my mind.  

I just had to try and make one...

I had to do a little figuring on this one to get

the mechanics correct and I'm pretty happy

with my first attempt.   I really like the

flowers/leaves layout in the original card

better so I  will make it like that next time.

This was my Friday night project.

The idea of weaving a paper basket came to

me Friday night after I had gone to bed. 

I was up Saturday by 5:30 am

(thanks to a tornado warning)

and so I decided to give it a try.

Summertime is calling me....

I was amazed how easily these came to together.

So I made some more....

{Love} the yellow flower basket...

  I am just pleased at punch with these.

Now that the creative juices were flowing,

I thought I would make a clay pot. 

  

Not to shabby if I say so myself....

  I have a tendency to overindulge when I

 find something I like so I wouldn't be

surprised if I have a hundred of these

by the end of the month!

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I haven't stitched in 4 days.... so I'm off to remedy

that and put a few stitches in something!

As always...thanks for visiting.

happy stitching....

Oops....another Halloween post!

 I found this fabric at Hobby Lobby a few

weeks back and just fell in love.
  

Is this not the cutest fabric????  

I totally forgot this one until I was
tinkering in my craft room this morning.
Thought it would be a shame to let
it sit another year.

Stitched on 25ct. evenweave w/ DMC

I stitched part of Trilogy's "Tricky Treats" and

decided to make a little treat bag.   I sewed the

front of the bag a few weeks ago but had not

made the "bag" since I wasn't really sure

how to make a bag!   Needless to say, I

made my "version" of a treat bag and

will hang it on my pie safe for now.

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Just one last bit of crafting....last one I promise!

I was in Walmart yesterday and couldn't
resist the Hershey kisses in Halloween colors.

There is one lady in my office who doesn't celebrate

Halloween so I made a little fall treat bag just for her.

  I decided to make some "treat bags" for hubby

& I to take to work.   It was
good to play with paper for a little while.

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No more halloween I promise.....
hope you do have a happy halloween
with lots of treats and no tricks!

Free to a good home.....***EDITED****

New home found......   

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I've been playing with some of my new Americana paper and thought I would share a quick pic. 

 Ready, set, stitch!

  I have Aury's new Quaker Heart freebie, my coffee-dyed fabric and fibers ready to stitch. 

It will be finished on the little round box...I just love how this one came out.  The other is a recycled nut can spruced up with some paper, raffia and rusty tin stars.   A perfect candy

container for my desk at work. 

Oh...I just love scrapbook paper!

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Well....I have to go finish my Christmas ornaments since the 25th is fast approaching. 

Thanks for visiting and happy stitching...

Sew A Brown Bunny....

To my own surprise, I actually did

some finishing today! 

(I hate  finishing.)

iStitch "Sew a Brown Bunny"

Stitched on 36ct linen in

ST Maple Syrup & Chives

I stitched this one up last weekend and did the finishing for a small pillow this morning.  This was such a cute design....just perfect for Easter.    I still think it needs a little something and plan to add some brown chenille to the edges. 

Thanks again Michele for the RAK!

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I picked up this cute little container at the Dollar Tree just because of the sweet pink color.  Someone in blogland made a cute little flower garden using one and I decided to do the same.

I just love scrapbook paper!

With a little bit of scrapbook paper, skewers, paint and glue, I created a little garden that will sit on my office window ledge.  Best part is I can scrap it and do something else with the container when I get tired of it.

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We are having a beautiful day.  So many parts of the country had horrible weather the last few days and my prayers certainly go out to them.  

Thanks for all of the birthday wishes.  I do appreciate them and need to get busy

stitching on all of my new goodies! 

 I hope you are having a great day too.

happy stitching....

December ornaments....

My last installment of my Me, Myself & I ornament exchange.....

Sampler Girl "Early American Motif Ornament"-JCS 2009

Log Cabin Needlework's "Noel"--freebie

Primrose Needleworks "Faith, Hope & Peace"--JCS 2010

It was hard to narrow down my December choices, but I had some help from some friends. I had started the Sampler Girl ornament because I love primitive designs.   Faye was stitching the "Faith, Hope, Love" ornament last weekend at the stitch-in and I just had to come home and stitch it too.  I never really noticed it because of the colors in the model, but after seeing Faye's numerous variations, I decided to change the colors too.  What a novel idea!!!!  Lastly, I just needed one more and Sandy's freebie was just perfect.  I did change the colors for what I had closeat hand.  I also used some cute little buttons I had forthe flowers.  I love the way it turned out. 

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My prized stitch ornaments!

Did I really finish all these????

Well...here are most of them.  I couldn't remember all 33 I had at the time when I took the picture but this is the majority.  It was nice seeing them all together and ready to go on the trees.

Little tree in my kitchen....definitely my favorite.

Our big tree....pretty simple!

We collect Christopher Radko ornaments so hubby decided I would have to hang "my ornaments" after he hung those to make sure he enough room.  I love them too since we have collected them from our first Christmas together so I was happy to oblige.  Maybe one day I will become very industrious and put up my "own" big tree with just stitched ornaments.....we'll see!

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Playing with paper

Lastly I will leave you with some altered letters I made a couple of years ago.   I covered some wooden letters with scrapbook paper, ribbons and stickers.   I put magnets on the back so I could put them on my 'fridge... I still love them.

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Thanks for all of your wonderful comments over the last year as you obliged my monthly posting!  I do appreciate you taking the time to visit and leave a comment.  I do hope you are having a great holiday season with family and friends!

A little papercrafting.....

Well...my plans to stitch the day away didn't happen. Hubby in my stitching chair watching a Netflix on the computer forced me to spend two hours at my craft table. Too uncomfortable to stitch, I decided to make some Christmas cards. I love doing papercrafts but I am "messy". In two hours, I went from this.....

to this......

The fruits of my labor?


Three simple cards that I am not completing loving! Huh???? Just couldn't get the creative juices flowing and then the "mess" was frustrating so I had to quit! Now...time for some stitching after I clean up the mess! Hope your day was more productive and filled with happy stitches.....