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3rd quarter 2011
august 26, 2011
score card: scruff 2,521 points - crickets 0
but she is very helpful with the keyboard on this computer...see more
news below
we have been bombarded this week - delightfully so. the
blackbird books/charts arrived yesterday - amazing and just nan is due in this
morning - more of amazing - i just finished helping annie get the mail out and
have to get this update finished now because we have guests arriving when the
shop opens. so...madly dashing...with lists and more finishing stuff to be
done...it's going to be a busy day and weekend...and i had better get cracking.
blackbird designs
$26.95 - an AMAZING BOOK - 104 pages
raven bewitched $9.00
casting a spell $12.00
halloween eve $9.00
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morning star $9.00
sue hillis
candy corn crazy I $9.0-0
candy corn crazy II $9.00
we found these and i can hardly wait for the crescent colours new trims to come
in for finishing these...we LOVE these...and the finishing instructions/template
are included in the chart.
lizzie kate
6 fat men model completed
snow friends $4.50
snow house $4.50
snowed in $4.50
coming to town - santa '11 $6.50 w/embellishment pack
tiny tidings XVI $8.00 embellishment pack $5.00
inspiration boxer "what we do" with buttons & fabric $16.00
little house needleworks
hallelujah ornament $6.00
shakespeare's peddler
weeds make haste $10.00
needlemade designs
ackworth variations part III $19.00
and, at this point i have three finishing kits for part III but there is not
much of the silk left so if you are interested - please let me know. linda
has promised me that she will let me know if she can kit up anymore...finishing
kit is $30.00
ashley (our graduate) left for san diego state nursing
program yesterday - she's on to college and her sister kayla remains here with
us on work studies as she enters her junior year.
so - here's the story:
monday evening bruce comes to me and tells me that scruff's
mama is around the neighborhood again and it appears she has had another litter
(do the math - vet thinks scruff was born somewhere betweeen 03/15 and 04/01 and
the new ones are already eating kibble). anyway - she had taken the FOUR
kittens into the garage across the street for safety. father not home
across the street - 18 year old boy without a clue - i went over and checked
them all, fed mama and asked him please to keep them in garage overnight and i
would be back on tuesday evening with a plan, ointment for eyes, kitty milk,
etc.
you guessed - father came home - refused to let them stay in
the garage for the night, put them outside in a box in the flowerbed and of
course scruff's mama couldn't have that so she moved 'em. i didn't know
about this until i went and knocked on the door tuesday evening with my big box
of kibble, ointment, gloves, kitty milk, etc - much like flipping florence
nightengale. box still in the flower bed - kittens and mama gone.
bruce saw mama wednesday outside in the front yard so here i am, crawling under
all the bushes, worrying that somebody would call the police about the weird
woman crawling thru the landscaping up and down the court. finally gave up
and went inside for dinner, bruce put dry food by the mailboxes and i went back
out at dusk just hoping. we have possums and raccoons in our neighborhood
and i was so worried about the kits. my neighbor 2 doors down was out
petting her tuxedo cat - i asked jane if she had seen a beautiful white calico -
well, long story short - they were all in her backyard safe and sound.
so...scruff's mama has an appointment with dr. mike on monday
morning, the four kits have also been funded by project X for neuter when they
are old enough and they are quite happy and content in jane's back yard until we
get mama in on monday...the kits will eventually come out from under the deck
when they get hungry...unless somebody has any good ideas for me because the
deck is the size of texas and i fear this is going to be quite the challenge
i have told scruff she has half brothers/sisters and she
doesn't much care - she's quite content asleep on my desk at the moment...the
kittens are beautiful...three butterscotch and cream and one black and cream...
truly this town and their attitudes toward animals makes me
just raving insane...but there will be no more kittens coming from scruff's
mama...and i will find homes for the little monsters under the deck and we will
put an end to this insanity - at least on a small level.
and...that was just ONE of our crisis interventions this week
- annie and i are getting quite good at this ;)
standing down off my soapbox...but still growling - farming
mentality...don't take care of their responsibilities...mumbling
have a great weekend...my husband is escorting me to ikea on
monday (after we drop scruff's mama off for an overnight with dr. mike.
august 18, 2011
running, running...hurry up, wait, hurry up, wait some
more...shovel crickets out the front and back door - all the one-hopper mutants
go out the back door (we should have some very strange crickets out there if
they pro-create and all the "whole" or two hopper crickets go out the
front and scruff finds more to play with and annie has "toweled" up
the other backdoor so that the one legged hoppers don't come in again from the
back flower bed. scruff's very most favorite condition for those crickets
is stiff, on their backs with no hoppers because then they really go
sliding across the floor when batted...yep...life here at elegant stitch...but
wait...we have to hurry up to wait some more.
books are coming, stuff is coming, fabrics, threads and trims
are coming...it's all coming and i think the pipelines from all points are just
all stuff to the gills with stuff that's "coming" and we are...you
guessed it...waiting to hurry up to wait to hurry up...
from a pearl's perspective - our
2011 breast cancer piece (see the front page) - i have exactly 13 kits
left...and that is the end of it...no more fabric...so if you want one and you
haven't gotten around to ordering it or you just figure - it's not october yet
- well, honestly - yes it is...i can't get/make/manufacture/create/or do
anything else when these run out - there just ain't no more fabric to be
had...and then they were gone...poof...i'm done with that now.
so...this is what the trucks have dumped off to us so
far...and we're still awaiting the brown truck today...maybe...but then
again...we're waiting to hurry to wait to hurry...so maybe not...
prairie moon - we just love these - but then, we love barb
and sue and the charts are just an added attraction...and all is good
night of fright $14.00
jacula $14.00
bone cheeks $14.00
d.sa/m/pler (or known to us as d.sampler) $14.00
trick or taos $14.00
trick or treat $14.00
dames of the needle
nantucket beach $11.00
i just love this - there is something about changing rooms on the beach and the
one piece swimmy suits...it just makes me giggle...ebeth has just captured this
beachy scene perfectly!!!
primitive needle book $6.50
there is SO much that can be done with this...it's just amazing and all that's
needed is letting your imagination fly
val's stuff
silly spooks $6.00
la d da (see information below too)
count your blessings $6.00
rosewood manor
o'christmas tree $13.00
blossoms in baltimore $22.00 (amazing - looks just like the baltimore quilts)
bargello sampler $22.00 (annie is totally in love with this one)
garden of eden $16.00
barnwood buttons $10.00
i love this chart and i am going to do it on a different color fabric with the
beautiful weeks dye works threads and i am going to use my own antique buttons -
don't we all have a million buttons that we just love!!! if you
"need" the button pack - it's a special order and $54.00 and we would
be delighted to order it for you - but some of my antique buttons just found a
new place to live on this sampler
lori markovic's new sampler - we are very excited - we will
be doing the three part sampler from la d da which is a gorgeous reproduction
with lori's twist entitled margaret cottam age 9. this piece is inspired
by a little girl named margaret cottam who stitched this piece at the age of 9
in 1807. it will start in october coming in three parts at $8.00 per chart
- it starts from the bottom up, then the middle and then the top; it uses 8
skeins of weeks dye works and it worked on weeks dye works linen - either 30, 35
or 40 count - that one is totally up to you. obviously we will give
you all the best price/cut on the fabric - annie and i have to figure that out
when i've finished this - we've got our initial order of all the
fabric/charts/threads in already and now we will just update as need be.
it is very, very swell and here's a little tiny peekie and we are taking signups
starting ... now!!
we just love these colors...so beautiful
daisy buchanan celebrated her third birthday yesterday - she
treated both her brothers to quite the feast at mcdonalds - chicken mcnuggets -
oh yum - i had three sets of eyes drilling holes in me - even broken into
quarter pieces those chickens just would not cool down fast enough mama!!!
gatsby, nickolas and daisy are looking forward to celebrating gatsby's birthday
next month...and the kids at the drive-thru just laugh.
tomorrow is red velvet cake fro-yo at the yogurt mill - so
either bruce goes early in the morning for me or i stop on the way home tomorrow
night because tonight is gas in the car night and it will be very pleasant to
fill my car for $3.65.9 per gallon - and maybe something well under 15 gallons
will not cost over $60.00 - how fun would that would be...
scruff had her surgery on monday - doggers went for bathies
and scruff went for surgery - spending the night with dr. mike and daddy brought
her back here on tuesday morning. dids told her she "smelled"
like the vet and was full of distain and made sure scruff knew it and
then, whacked her a few times just to let scruff know who was still
"in charge" here.
our kelly came home yesterday from spending six weeks in
chicago - she starts her second year of teaching next week and is going to spend
much time this fall applying to about ten different law schools all over the
united states...so we will have another lawyer in our midst...as she starts on 3
more years of "school".
next year's teachers/weekends - well, we have had quite a
reaction to our two weekend instructors for next year... (see inserted
paragraphs) and if you are interested in either - please email so i can put your
name in our folder - our class with betsy morgan already appears to be close to
sold out and lori markovic is in about the same condition... and we are so
thrilled by the response...
workshops for 2012 i am in the process of updating the
calendars for next year...but i can tell you that we are just too excited about
our workshops for next year. april's workshop is the weekend of april
20/21 and our very talented teacher is coming from wisconsin - lori markovic of
la d da. lori has an incredible talent - she takes the most ordinary of
things and turns them into something magical and is a terrific designer as
well. the extraordinary talent and a little paint, some seam tape, a few
tacks, a little fabric - poof - it's an amazing thing and i have given her carte
blanc to play as she sees fit and create something wonderful and fun for us to
do.
our october workshop is with betsy morgan of virginia
casket etui
i had the absolute pleasure of taking a class from betsy in june in sacramento
with my ega guild - truly an amazing experience - professional, beautiful kits,
one of the best teachers i have ever had - and i, moi, me - actually left with a
piece finished - and there will be some pre-stitching (about 3 - 4 hours worth)
and everything is just truly amazing!!! all the details are being worked
out - we are over the moon that she adjusted her schedule for us and i for one
am so very excited about next october 5,6 & 7.
so...i'm out of here - i have to go hurry up to wait for
something...all of that will come to me in a blinding flash and tomorrow is
stocking and ornament and burl wood box day - everything is cut out and cording
made - so it's assembly day here...and if we don't have too many "fire
drills" i might actually get something accomplished or so i'm hoping.
between fire drills and escorting one legged hopper crickets out to the the back
flower beds - it can certainly fill up a girl's day.
enjoy your weekend...it's all good...can you BELIEVE that
it's two weeks until labor day weekend - i give up - where did the summer go???
august 11, 2011
too much going on...have to hop, skip and jump and then head
off into the wild blue...
so...here we go:
market - no, we are not going to baltimore market. many
many reasons why we are not going - time of year, 6,000 miles round trip, school
starting, it's been a tough year for annie and i and we are both just getting
our feet back under us...so we decided to take a "pass" for this
market. HOWEVER, everything has been ordered, it's either on a truck and
on the way or it's going to be shipped within the next week - and yes, we have
all the new threads coming, we have new charts coming, we have books coming,
it's all coming...and most of what is coming - we wouldn't have brought home
with us anyway...so hang in with us - i will put it up on the updates as soon as
it arrives...just nan, prairie moon, etc and so on
stitching parlor
book of potions sewing basket $28.00
this includes ALL the charts shown above including the fold out paper graph and
the beautiful black hornbook - yes, hornbook included in the chart...we just
love this.
shepherd's bush
her blessings $80.00
includes all silks, buttons & charms and hand-dyed linen - it's a beautiful
piece
live life $16.00 and yes, more boxes are on the way - box $17.00
simple joys pincushion $20.00 complete kit with the gorgeous hand-dyed rick
rack.
sweet stitches fob $16.00
and yes, the darling little spotted snips are on the way too!!! hopefully
here today or tomorrow and i'll update the price here...
tiny garden roll $16.00 with tiny lavender rick rack that has been turned into
flowers - right above "stitch it"...how very clever!!!
la d da
the raven $8.00
aury TM designs - we love these - those turkeys!!!
harvest time $10.00
frank and elvira gobblestein $10.00
the scarlett house
maddie button $12.00
with thy needle and thread
witch hazel sampler $10.00
autumn splendor $10.00
i finished my fat pumpkins yesterday afternoon - am waiting for pumpkins so i
can steal some stems for them...too cute...we just love her sense of style and
wonder...
2011 ornament edition pre-order $7.99
the sampler company - brenda keyes - we are so excited about
carrying these charts now.
sweet humility $15.00
sampler houses $15.00
a sampler story $15.00
gloriana threads - new colors and
they are quite beautiful
workshops for 2012 i am in the process of updating the
calendars for next year...but i can tell you that we are just too excited about
our workshops for next year. april's workshop is the weekend of april
20/21 and our very talented teacher is coming from wisconsin - lori markovic of
la d da. lori has an incredible talent - she takes the most ordinary of
things and turns them into something magical and is a terrific designer as
well. the extraordinary talent and a little paint, some seam tape, a few
tacks, a little fabric - poof - it's an amazing thing and i have given her carte
blanc to play as she sees fit and create something wonderful and fun for us to
do.
our october workshop is with betsy morgan of virginia
casket etui
i had the absolute pleasure of taking a class from betsy in june in sacramento
with my ega guild - truly an amazing experience - professional, beautiful kits,
one of the best teachers i have ever had - and i, moi, me - actually left with a
piece finished - and there will be some pre-stitching (about 3 - 4 hours worth)
and everything is just truly amazing!!! all the details are being worked
out - we are over the moon that she adjusted her schedule for us and i for one
am so very excited about next october 5,6 & 7.
crickets - it seems here in modesto we have a mutant species
of crickets. we go in cycles here in town with different critters -
daddy-long-legs in the spring because they eat the mosquito eggs and mid-july
and august appear to be cricket time. but, every single one that we sweep
up because they are stiff, or that we pick up and take out to the front flower
beds seems to be missing a hopper leg. EXCEPT that on further inspection -
the hopper leg is usually detached and somewhere else on the floor - you guess
it - the white terror office assistant!!! those crickets are magical and
fun while both hopper legs are attached...but become a little less fun when the
detachment takes place - and when they roll over on their backs and assume the
"stiff" position - no longer fun. she is sound asleep on my
office floor - in exactly the same position as i showed you last update...except
facing the other way - it's been a very busy cricket morning in her world...and
i will take up the broom when i am finished this and clean up after her.
monday is her surgical appointment and that is going to take some juggling
because the three doggers are scheduled for a bathie on one end of town and the
little miss is scheduled for her surgical appointment at the other end of town -
and you guessed it - exactly at the same time...and that doesn't even begin to
discuss pissing her off when i pick up all the food and water late sunday
night...she won't be half as mad as didnot - dids will have wasted away to a
mere shadow of herself within the first 15 minutes of being deprived.
so...off i go to help annie out front - and do the cricket
dance - mama is taking tad (the youngest) off to the dept. of motor vehicles
this afternoon for his driving permit...i remember when he was 4 and hiding
behind her pant leg the first day she came into the store all those years
ago... he is truly a credit to her...
enjoy your weekend - school started here on wednesday -
ashley is off to san diego state nursing program in a week and a bit...they grow
so fast...and time does not stand still for any of us i fear.
august 4, 2011
well, my office assistant is sound asleep on the floor in my
office - has been that way for over an hour...had a very hard play morning...and
annie has introduced her to catnip toys - which just wears her out - she was as
wild as a march hare yesterday...all over the place - all you saw was a streak
of white under everything...and we had a grand time of "chairs" out in
the front under the big white table...did you know that you can get all the way
around the perimeter of that table just by traversing the chairs underneath -
it's truly amazing - when you weigh almost five pounds. 
lots going on around here - new things are starting to show
up from all the vendors who are not going to be at market...we are very excited
and love them all.
just cross stitch MAGAZINE halloween issue showed up here
yesterday - this is NOT the collection that is coming later - this is just the
halloween edition of the semi-monthly magazine. i have some copies left
after my pre-orders and once they are gone - to quote the witch - poof!!!
$5.99
blue ribbon designs
they are winging their way to us...we love them to pieces
quilted garden & accessories $14.00
pocket full of peppermints & ornaments $14.00
moonlit midnight & accessories $14.00
sweetheart tree
m'lady's quadreille kit $29.00
irish quadrielle kit $27.00
chessie & me
pumpkin row $10.00
all hallow's eve $10.00
breath of autumn $10.00
tree of life samplings - new for us
mary hart 1834 $14.00
penny america $10.00 love the look of the penny rug
prairie schooler - they have grouped their mini cards - i
have an order in but once these are gone - poof!!! prairie schooler only had so
many available and they are just wonderful!!!
collection A $9.00
collection B $9.00
collection C $9.00
by the bay needleart
stitch an inch summer 2 $12.00
there is nothing better than that lobster - his name has to be "larry"
and that really dates me - back to the days of saturday night live (in the very
beginning...way back then) i'm doing individuals...they are so flipping
cute - and tiny - and on 25 count - over one - reasonable on my eyes...
turquoise graphis & design
ornamental pumpkin $9.00
annie and i just love this - done in overdyed cottons...we are ding it smaller
instead of the 28 count it calls for...splotchy fabric and overdyed threads -
what more could a girl ask for.
homespun elegance - annual christmas ornaments
sampler ornament "jingle jingle" w/charm $8.50
snowman ornament "snow babies" w/charm $8.50
santa ornament "peace & cheer santa" w/charm $8.50
notes: we are waiting for our package from brenda keyes
- three samplers - we are very pleased with our purchases and are awaiting their
arrival. also, saw the new things from just nan and ordered them...we
should have pictures with the next update - very, very spooky...way too
spooky...way too cute!!!
so...until next week...when we might have some more additions
to our private
collection pages (am hoping for some wool felt very soon) and our lovely
brenda keyes samplers i will wish you a lovely weekend...our kids start
back to school next wednesday (the high schools here in town) with the little
ones right behind them...i just hope the weather stays reasonable for
them...hard to believe the summer is over - the peaches are still hanging on the
trees - i think the canneries will be working far into october this year because
everything is so far behind.
enjoy and thanks for visiting.
july 28, 2011
i've had an office assistant for the better part of a week
now...every single time i sit down at this desk...she magically appears -
leaping to the top of my lap and then taking a gentle stroll to the top of the
desk - only to sprawl across the keyboard and bite me when i try and use the
mouse...
she and dids play "romp the house" in the morning
for at least an hour...and dids body slammed her the other day with the full
girth of her 25 plus pounds...all you saw was vanilla legs and a striped tail
sticking out from underneath this large black/white lump...
we have finally updated the private collection page - merely
a click away:
PRIVATE
COLLECTION. all the new items are exclusive to elegant stitch and are
in limited supply so please, please...i can't get anymore when these are gone
and i will do everything i can to keep this page current. we think these
are pretty swell.
PREORDER for delivery by the end of august - of course we are
getting this - it's already been ordered for delivery to the shop:
blackbird designs - a schoolgirl's work $26.95 we are so excited!!!!
samplers from the spencer museum of art. folk art samplers at their best
spanning years 1710 - 1841. there are 11 projects to stitch bsed on these
wonderful works of art that were crafted by children so long ago. 104
pages, full color, soft cover
so...that should be enough to keep us all busy for a little
bit...i'm off to do more work...and deal with the wretched devil in a cat suit
;)
enjoy your weekend and thanks for visiting
july 25, 2011
a brief fun trip: sometimes
having a BFF who is this talented can cause me hives of jealousy; other times it
just brings joy to my heart and soul. i am graced with 20 plus pieces in my
collection - and very soon judy's beautiful art will be available once again -
http://www.moseynmeartworks.co
m/Site/Welcome.html
july 21, 2011
baby born last friday - 7 pounds 6 ounces - everybody doing
just great including annie...he's beautiful from the pictures...and annie is
going to go spend the weekend with them and probably do 8 loads of laundry just
to keep her hand in the game.
i got almost all the loose feathers/mystery samplers out -
annie was quite impressed with what wasn't here when she returned on
tuesday - so i think i did okay...
we have some new things and now that we have calmed down a
little bit - we will have christmas in july on the private collection page next
thursday, july 28th. i could have done it today but i have measurements to
take and one or two more pictures that didn't turn out as clear as i wanted
them...so give me a little bit more time and it will be good next week...i
promise.
the information AND pictures for this year's breast cancer
piece - posted on the front page - we had such a good time doing this one.
with thy needle & thread
sampler of the season - autumn $10.00
berries & blooms $14.00 - annie found these and surprised me - i immediately
called and order a dozen more - WE LOVE THEM!!!
prairie schooler
2011 santa
santa's night $9.00
christmas favorites $9.00
cats, bats & witches $9.00
september $9.00
jabc fifteen fabulous pincushions
sheel seeker complete kit $40.00
and that little sand pail is 2.5" tall - i'm doing this one this weekend -
between the paint cans ;)
the sweetheart tree
halloween quadrielle (kit) $27.00
noeel quadrielle $27.00
sunflowers & bumblebees welcome - $21.00
contains thread, fabric, needle and embellishments
spook-tacular halloween $21.00
contains thread, fabric, needle and embellishments
autumn pumpkins welcome $21.00
contains thread, fabric, needle and embellishments
the kitchen/breakfast room are painted and now i'm moving
on to the family room. doggers go in for bathies on monday and our
gray persian joins them for a complete shave job - she mats up horribly and the
only saving grace is sharon's clippers...she is quite a sight when it's all over
- kind of looks like a poodle gone horribly wrong.
and...it's a hard life here at elegant stitch...
black blob is didnot - or as ms. sandy refers to her - lady shamu
obviously life is tough - she's growing like a little weed and is scheduled for
her "lady surgery" in mid-august...how did that happen so
quickly...she's doing the "long drink of water" growth spurt right
now...that girl is all legs and ear tufts!!! we have a chenille toy that
she plays with - the "squiggle" - came in monday - it now has 1 eye
and she tried to drown it in the big water dish out front. it got a bath,
dried out and is fluffy again...until the next drowning takes place...we have no
clue where the other 3 squiggles are - but, i'll bet she knows and is just not
telling.
enjoy the weekend - off to do some more photographing so i
can play with the private collection and to clean up the commitments i have for
photos and information for the newest line of lady dot items coming soon.
and, to the mid-west...i'm really, truly sorry we sent that horrible weather
your way...we didn't have the sticky...so we are not responsible for that - but
we are responsible for the heat...and it is truly ugly...we're easy today -
about 98 degrees...
lgm and everybody here in california
july 14, 2011
yes, we have some new things - but the world blew out this
week - and the entire list of things "to get done" turned into a
totally different list sometime between monday afternoon and right now (6:00
p.m. on thursday).
it's a little crazy here right now - i'm doing solo with my
husband helping me tomorrow and saturday - annie is off because daughter is
scheduled for a c-section tomorrow about 12:30 p.m. to deliver the little boy
grandchild...grammie is doing grammie things in the waiting room with the 1st
one who is there waiting to meet her brother and then annie is spending the
night in hospital so new daddy can take daughter home and have her sleep in her
own bed, etc., etc....so...with mystery sampler and loose feathers arriving on
our doorstep late this afternoon - it looks like a wicked weekend for moi.
i have pictures to take, i have private collection stuff to
put up, i need to shoot myself in the foot...i have errands to run and phone
calls to have...and all of this while the octopus in me multi-tasks...should be
quite interesting ;)
anyway - hang with me - i will get it done...and we will get
an update done sometime very shortly - sometime between painting the walls in my
kitchen (which are now primed and ready to go - 'cause i did ceiling and some
walls on monday afternoon) changing out buttons on 4 shirts i bought last night
(truly some ugly buttons on them) and 200 other things that have managed to make
the list and haven't been taken care of yet. at least i have gas in my car
- but holy cow - it's quite filthy and desperately needs a bathie - but that's
after i get to the fabric store for finishing fabric for 2 stockings that WILL
be finished by the end of july and some more listings of things on etsy...and
some facebook stuff...lordie lordie love a duck...and it's supposed to get
easier as we get older - HAH!!!
the devil cat is now fully 4 pounds - tipping the scales at
4.0.0 on tuesday when we digitally weighed her...she had a busy morning - she
and didnot played 3 games of "box" and then she played two more
serious games with the framing box packing...and at least 2 hours of serious
"squiggle" time - long skinny chenille toys that squiggle/wiggle...her
bright orange one is almost pulled apart...i keep finding pumpkin colored
chenille on the floor...
off to finish up a few projects and then head home and
hopefully start tomorrow a.m. about 4:00 so i can get some of this stuff
done... no rest for the wicked and somehow somebody thinks i've been very,
very wicked ;)
be back later - hang with me...
july 07, 2011
it's stinking hot here - it's been stinking hot here for a
week and we are tired of it and hopefully tomorrow (or so they say) it is going
back into the 90's and a parade, a party and a happy dance will be put
forward. i told a friend last night - getting into the car at the end of
the day is like getting into a roasting pan with a lid...and popping yourself
into a 500 degree oven. when i left last night - the car temp registered
108 when i turned it on...took almost 3 blocks to get cool air to come out of
the vents...ugly hot...but it's almost over (for now) ;)
we have some new things this week and we are very happy with
them...so, before this office heats up still further and the poor air
conditioners wheeze and cry and stamp their collective feets...here we go...
red velvet cake priss $15.00
this is a complete kit with all the pins, button, red wool felt - everything you
need to put it together...it's a "holiday happening"
by the bay needlearts
stitch an inch summer pack 1 $12.00
we love these - they are so tiny and beautiful - and are tent stitched on
28 count over 1 thread - much like delicate needlepoint - stunning...we can
hardly wait for the next series. you get all of these six designs plus a
mermaid bonus chart...LOVE 'EM
little house needlework
milicent turner sampler $10.00
beautiful reproduction by diane williams...colors are just wonderful
wendy kc designs
thursday's challenge $14.00
wendy's thursday stitching group wanted a challenge and she gave them one.
the red version has hardanger in it - the blue version is for non-hardanger
stitchers. both charts come in the instructions - beautiful - we've seen
them both in person - WOW!!
the primitive jewel - these charts come with the painted
wooden mounting piece and the black cording.
teal cat $10.00
shepherd's heart $10.00
a patriot $10.00
lady k neeedlearts
flutterby garden pocket $8.00
this entire thing is counted thread and then embellished like a crazy quilt...so
creative.
citrouille's designs
stitches, threads and my needle $10.00
carolina house
colonial coverlet 3 $10.00
believe christ $6.00
acorn house
whoopsy daisy $12.00
kelmscott designs
daisy scissors $11.50 (3.75" long)
 happy hare needleminder
$9.50
and...i will leave you with a picture that says 1,000 words
since she punched thru almost 4 pounds this week - from 1.6 pounds not very long
ago. annie just sent this from her phone out front...so i will share it
with you... she is a firecrakcer this one...
have a wonderful weekend coming very soon - i'm going to make
an attempt at some more painting - i've been priming woodwork and if it calms
down just a little bit i can start on walls...i am so ready for this project to
be over. off to "cook" until well done... thanks for
visiting and please let us know if there is anything we can help you with...
lgm
july 01, 2011
not much on the horizon today except triple digits and ugly
weather all weekend and into the 4th...but it's all good and we are moving and
shaking around here getting things ready to put up on the private collection
page and i'm shooting for july 15th so we'll see how all of this shakes out - we
shall see indeed.
the wild kitten girl now has engaged didnot in a daily
morning game...hide-n-seek in a large flat box that i have left on the warehouse
floor - it's seems to be a daily game now and i can't believe she has actually
"inspired" didnot to move any faster than a rather slow walk...but
they are now friends...and the morning romps are quite fun to
audience!!
our celebration of the 4th is a fiber sale - in stock only
please - by fax or email and this fiber sale runs thru thursday, july 7th.
i will also have pictures of "from a pearl's
perspective" up next week. everything is completed and we are 1/2 way
finished kitting...and now i can get a picture so you can see all the goodies
and the final presentation.
annie's tad graduated from driving school this week...mr.
bear ran the afternoon taxi service to pick him up with the doggers riding
shotgun and nickolas has a new friend and is quite content to sit right next to
tad on the seat and let tad give him pets until bruce drops tad off at home.
other than that - nothing much going on until the hoffman
email shows up this afternoon and since i kinda missed yesterday on the
update...i needed to get this in today early before the chaos started in
earnest.
blackbird loose feathers - starting mid-july - 3 part series with bonus charts
in each of three books...should be here pretty quickly - we are very
excited. (all information is right below this) and remember that you need
to sign up for the new series - we don't want to make a presumption that you
want to remain on automatic for the new series.
have a safe, happy and wonderful 4th weekend. it
doesn't seem possible that it's the 4th already but that's what the calendar
says too so it must be true. off we go - enjoy and have a great weekend.
lgm
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