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with red buttons with Sergei ... how can you not love a red bird :) with my new sewing machine ... with finishes ... February Baubles from a F&S exchange back in 2008 Love by Carol of iStitch - freebie found here Valentine by Primitive Hare - freebie found here with fun framing ... I love the oval frame with this design ... I gave it to Monica (my daughter-in-law) for her birthday this week. She loved it. with a very old design that I finally had framed and I couldn't be more happier with it. Share with me what you are in love with *smile* Rest In Peace Whitney ... you'll be missed. Terry and I were talking about this first time we ever heard her. We were with friends that had just bought her album. We sat around drinking wine and enjoying the album ... good times. I hope you find your Joy in your stitches ... I'm grateful for my family ...

Not only is January my birthday month, what's not to love about your birthday month?! It's also a month of new things ... new 2012 calendar, new snow, new pants (I've been losing weight *smile*), new stash (I've been splurging a bit), new Gingher scissors (had my 50% coupon on me when I found Alicia at Joann's), new challenges at work (oh Joy!), new movies (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is one awesome movie) and and and a couple more new finishes!!! Yes, two more finishes ... I'm soooo pleased! May I present to you January Word Play. With all the snow we had last week I just had to stitch this fun design. I've now stitched October Word Play and January. I have November and December to start. Have you seen February Word Play? Sooooo cute! January Word Play by Thy Needle & Thread stitched on 32 ct. light Examplar linen with suggested GAST threads I am absolutely in love with this next finish. I started this at least 3 years ago. I don't...

Doing a very happy dance ... I finished Home of a Needleworker last night and I'm so pleased with how it turned out! Can't wait to get this puppy framed ... now I want to get started on the first Home of a Needleworker ... Home of a Needleworker (too!) by Little House Needleworks stitched on 32 ct Very Light Examplar linen using suggested Crescent Colours threads I've had the crud this week ... not fun at all, my poor nose feels like it's going to fall off :( but I have been stitching and just being lazy, well other than work. I've been seeing lots of first finishes for 2012 on everyone's blogs. I'm hoping to have another finish before the end of the month. I pulled out Earth Laughs by MDesigns. There's only one more flower and some border left to stitch. I hope you find your Joy in your stitches ... I'm grateful for finishing a wip ...

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! I wanted to post a quickie with my last stitches for 2011. I made Lisa and I a Happy New Year's pillow ... the design is a freebie from Carol at iStitch. This one's for Lisa ... here's the back ... and this one's for me ... love this red! and the back ... fun fabric! I also stitched Lisa Merry New Year by The Stitcherhood ... This sweet design never made it to my finishing table. It's by Pineberry Lane, called New Year 1861 Sample, but I left off the 1861 and put 2011 instead. The fabric it's laying on will be the pillow fabric ... and finally my very last stitches was the date 2011 on my funky New Year's pillow ... I love it! Hope you all have a wonderful New Year's Eve ... we're off to a movie and dinner with Ken and Lisa. I'll be back next year! I hope you find your Joy in your stitches ... I'm grateful for the year 2011 ...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Whether your celebration is large or small I hope you have a wonderful day. I am so thankful this year for all my wonderful friends and family. We had Thanksgiving with our kids last Sunday. Chris and Monica head to her parents this year. We had a great day filled with lots of good food, racing and football and lots of laughs. Tonight we'll be going out to dinner with my father in law and my dad. It's be nice spending time with them both. I have been doing a little stitching, some I can show, some are for gifts that I'll share later. This cutie is by Country Stitches called October Word Play. It was a fun stitch. Can't wait to get November's Word Play and I'm really hoping there's a December one :) Country Stitches October Word Play Stitched on 35 ct WDW Beige with recommended threads Give Thanks is a freebie from Paulette at Plum Street Samplers . I stitched this once for myself and once as a gift for my neighbor acro...

HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY TO ME!! I can't believe I've been blogging for 5 years! WOW :) I love looking back at how my blog has grown and how many followers I now have. I've loved reading all your comments over the years. And I've met so many wonderful stitchers through my blog. Some I've met in person over the years and some just remain very good friends in cyberland. I value all my relationships with you. Now you all know I'm a big coffee fan, reindeer fan, and red fan ... so I think I'll do a giveaway incorporating all 3 of my loves ... including something stitched and finished by me. If you want to be included in my giveway just leave me a comments on this post only. I'll make leave this open until November 27th. Thanks everyone for 5 great years ... love ya all! I hope you find your Joy in your stitches ... I'm grateful for stitching friends ...

We found the perfect way to spend the first day of October ... pumpkin farming :) Chris, Monica, Terry and I spent the day at 3 different pumpkin farms and had a great time. The first farm we stopped at was Bailey's ... There were pumpkins everywhere ... and lots of you pick veggies ... I got three huge zucchini's ... I think there's a few loaves of zucchini bread in my future ... We picked some corn ... been years since I've had fresh right off the stalk corn ... can't wait to taste it ... and look what I found hiding in the corn lol The property across the street was were the corn was ... loved this red barn and the pumpkin fence ... Here's just a few of the pumpkins we got ... we also got a few gourds and a few small pumpkins too ... Here's my family ... Our next stop was The Farm at Swan's Trail ... they had this happy scarecrow in one of the pumpkin fields ... Along with pumpkin patches they also had this wonderful garden ... I would love my backy...