Stormy day... and a Finish!

Thank Goodness....   Rain!  It has been raining off and on most of the day.  I sit here now as the thunder and lightening is sounding off.  We need the rain so badly. 
I was able to spend most of the evening stitching... I started this little freebie this afternoon and finished itthis evening after dinner.  What a fun stitch...It is a freebie chart by The Prairie Schooler... one of my favorite designers.  I have stitched it with the DMC thread it called for, on 36 count Edinburgh linen - Tan Marble Sugar Maple fabrics.  Just thought I would post real quickly and show you the completed piece.

I will also attach a picture of my lil fur baby Daisy she is our princess.

Have a great night... keep crossing those stitches!
Tracy

Update on Stitching- Insect Visitor!

This morning we were in the garage and walking across our driveway was this HUGE bright colored ...  "bug"   looked like a wasp... but no wings... was very hairy.... and bright as can be.  (I have a picture attached)   We later found out this is the Red Velvet Ant... or the "cow killer".  It is sposed to have a VERY PAINFUL sting and is actually part of the wasp family. 

I stopped by a local bakery and bought som yummy fresh made tea cookies... they were so yummy and reminded me of childhood days where my papaw would buy them for us. 

Finally I have attached an updated picture of the Lizzie Kate Halloween ABC's project. 

Have a great day and keep crossing those stitches. 
Tracy

Saturday Fun!

My best friend, my daughter, grand daughter and I headed up to Keepsakes Cross Stitch Shop in Cincinnati, OH.  What a BLAST!
I have attached a few pics to show you of my fun day. 
I have a picture of the warm house that makes up this shop.  It is always such fun to go there....  If Barbara is sold out on something... or does not have it she will find it and get it in for you. 

I had pre-ordered the Lizzie Kate mystery project... and Barbara had the most adorable baggies made up for us to hand them out.  how cute is that.  I can't wait to get this started....

While there... I was given a birthday gift from my best friend .. she bought me a pair of the premax Italian Scissors.   Oh I have wanted these for quite a bit now... Thank you so very much... what an awesome gift.  They feel good to hold and they slide thru thread like a hot knife cutting butter. 

Then of course I cant go without looking around and having fun... I found PSS new chart... Halloweenies.  Oh they are adorable... I had her cut me a piece of 32 count picture this plus "Ancient" to stitch them on... and then bought some of the flosses for this chart.   My daughter found this WONDERFULLY PERFECT fabric for Ding dong the witch is dead chart... Picture this plus "masquerade"
After spending the entire morning there... and spending all my spare cash... we headed to Ruby Tuesdays fo lunch... then...off for a frappe!

What a wonderful day! Thank you Debra for my present... and Megz and Abigail and Barbara at Keepsakes for making this day such a wonderful memory. 
Thanks for stopping by ... keep crossing those stitches. Tracy

Stitching updates... and something new to try!

It has been a busy week.  We went to see the new Disney movie... Brave.  It was so good. I found myself laughing and crying... I can't wait to buy this movie. 

The weather here in KY is back to hot and humid. Although we have had some random showers here and there... the sun has just fried our grass... and it is just brown and crunchy when you walk on it.  We are said to have rain coming tomorrow.  I pray that it is a long soaking to replenish our grass of what it needs.

While we were on vacation I started Lizzie Kate ABC Halloween.  It was so hot and we packed our daysso full that I didn't get much done... I was able to spend some time today one this piece... I am really liking how this is looking.  I have used all the threads that it called for and am stitching it on 28 count Dirty Belfast Linen. 

I have also included a picture of a new lip balm.  My daughter brought me this home today.  I have heqr from several people that this is the best lip balm... I am excited to try it.
Thank you for stopping by...
Keep crossing those stitches. 
Tracy

VACATION AND STASH GOODIES

We just arrived back from our vacation.  We tried very hard to make the best of everything.   We lost our ac in the truck on the way down... 3 dogs... 4 adults and a princess baby grand daughter.   We arrived in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee last 2 fridays ago.  We stayed at a somewhat nice campground with full hook ups... but started to have troubles with the ac unit right away.  It was not gettin as col as usual.  The days were well above 100 degrees The day that it first went out was 106 degrees and boy was it miserable.  we went and bought a box fan... and window ac unit.  It was a smaller unit and did not cool the unit like it could... but it was so much better than not having it.   We haf a repair company come outto fix but they told us that it was just too hot and that several people were losi.g their units.  We were the good ole family with a window unit in our RV... WOW.  but I didn't care one bit it worked.   Then the storms rolled in... OMG they were bad!   LOTS OF LIGHTENING...STRONG WINDS... and the rain was actally COLD.  It was a bit scarey for quite a while.  The next evening the storms were even worse.  News reports showed the rv park a short way from us had flipped campers... and even deaths.   Wow... we were lucky.   Our campground had trees down and limbs everywhere... the power was out in the front of the grounds... but all were safe. 
With all of hos we were still able to go to the July 4th parade and fireworks.  My son and I went to the Titanic exhibit... that was so neat.  We went to the petting zoo... parakeet mountain(Abigail loved this she squealed and giggled)  we went to the rainforest zoo... and Meghan and i both were able to pet a wild cerval cat. This was amazing. 

We spoiled Abigail as much as possible...And tried to keep us andthe dogs as cool as we could.  It was so hot... we went swimming every day.

Before we left I called Silver Needle to try to get the SN exclusive chart by Just Nan...Ladg Scarlet's Scissor Roll.  They took my information but told me it was sold out and if someone had decided against it or their card did not authorize ... they would send one out... I was on a list... but not to plan on it.  This was in my mail as I returned home.  Along with it... they sent me the Prairi Schooler freebie...boo... omg... it is  adorable.  I am going to try to gather and stitch this tomorrow.   I will share more with you later... need to get some laundry done. 
Take care!
Tracy

Stitching Update....

Not much to post... we have been working on packing and getting everything ready for the big 10 day vacation... We are camping in Tennessee... going to the midnight parade in Gatlinburg for the holiday... fireworks...and the campground fun... swimming... relaxing... I can't wait. I was able to stitch fo just a little bit last night... and am no where near where I wanted to be... but still... happy to have more done. <br>
Here is the update on peaceful paradise, and I started to stitch a stocking so that I can complete them all ... <br>
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Some New Releases to add to my wish list...

<p>Oh my goodness... there are such nice new releases... I have/ posted pictures of a few of my favorites... look at te cute little Lazy Turtle Pin cushon from JABCO
I have signed up for the Lizzie Kate Mystery stitch... so I am excited to get started on this...   I am getting this from Barbara at Keepsakes Cross Stitch in Cincinnati, OH.  

So much to stitch ... so little time.
French Country Owl by JBW
Old Nantucket
Home Sweet Home

Thank you for looking with me...
Tracy

A New Addition...

This is the new lil man in the house... We had hoped that we would have a lil puppy in August... but the breeder called and her last lil guy from the last litter was not claimed... he is 9 weeks old. and is such a trooper... The dogs are getting along pretty good now..Daisy and him more so, but I think that is size matter.
Now on to a name... this is my daughter, and grand daughters lil puppy... my daughter is thinking Conan... or Goliath... or Pumba.  He is so cute... but has lil shark teeth!

I have attached pics of our new lil guy...
Keep crossing those stitches...
Tracy

Another WONDERFUL day...

Today... coupons in hand... I headed to our local Joanns fabric store...   I found so many fun things... they had their quarter cuts of fabric for 99¢ each... so I picked a few fun colors... then they had buttons fo 50% off so we had to get some of them... I found these lovely blown glass beads they were on sale for $3.99 and I fell in LOVE WITH THEM... as u can see... omg they are so adorable...I have several others that I want to get and mite have to go back this weekend to get more...  they are just wonderful... and I can think of so many fun ways to use them.  I would have loved to have at least one of each strand ...  cudda bought 2 of several of them. 

They has these pre cut ribbons... 50¢ each... yeah... I bought one of each color... 8 yards of sheer ribbon for 50¢… that is a great deal.
I should not have bought all that I did... not having a job... but I had sooooo much fun.
Hope you all had a great day!
Tracy

SEVERAL MORE FINISHED PIECES...

I have been trying to finish all of my stockings so that they are hanging in my house year round... I now need to find a creative way to hang them...
The stocking finished are all Blackbird designs charts... If you haven't bought and stitched these... they are a must... they are a BLAST to stitch and easy as pie to finish... and everyone looks at them when they come to he house... how fun is that!  

The other finish I have here was for my dd.  It is a Lizzie Kate fob Kit... and had a pair of the mini gems with it... I finished it with the wool filler and a very old button from passed down button jars.  she loved it... I was so glad she likes it.

Peaceful Paradise Progress

It has been such a relaxing day for stitching... I was able to complete the bottom section of this piece... HAPPY DANCE!   If you look at the close up... I made a change... I put a little black sheep in the mix.  He is off to himself... I just love making one sheep in a group a black sheep.  I am startin now on the daylight sky ... this piece is so nice to stitch. 
Thank you for stopping by...
Tracy

AND... ANOTHER STOCKING FINISHED

This is another of the stockings finished.  This was the second of the retreat exclusive charts.  I have attached to it some shells that we collected while there at Va Beach for this retreat.  I am trying so hard to finish some that have been stitched up already. 
Thanks for looking...
Have a great weekend.
Tracy

Another Stocking Finished!

This is another of the stockings I have had stitched and waiting to be finished.  I just love how this one turned out... look at the beads and that cute lil star button...  I am so happy another piece finished.

MUCH NEEDED FINISH WORK

I have a BOX of pieces that are stitched but not finished...  it is) my goam this year to get these items finished and hanging... here is one of 3 that I am working on today... I will post the remaining ones as I finish them.

This chart was a retreat exclusive from the Virginia Beach Dyeing to Stitch retreat a few years back ...  The chart was designed by the Blackbird girls... and I collected a baggie of small shells from that beach on that trip to be able to finish these stockings with... In one of the pics below you will see the shells... and then the I have a few placed on this stocking... This makes is so special. 
Thank you for looking.
Happy Stitching...
Tracy

Babies!!!!!!!

First comes the momma.... then comes the eggs
...    now we have 3 lil baby birdies.  Thought I would share these pictures with you.   They are in the little tree right next to our porch... how fun is that. 

Beautiful day... great breeze... and stitching.

It is such a beautiful day here in Northern Kentucky... no) humidity just a nice breeze and the warm ( not hot)  sunshine. 
I am sitting in the car now while my daughter is in an appointment and stitching.   It is so relaxing... the breeze is blowing through the car and the birds are singing like crazy.  I am stitching on peaceful paradise
...  would love to get this bottom section finished. 
Have a wonderful day all... keep crossing those stitches.
Tracy

A Finish

What a fun piece to stitch....   I have used my own colors for the hats... and glow in the dark white DMC floss...   I can't wait to finish this one and get it hanging... I just love the way it turned out.
ALLEY QUARTET
BARBARA ANA DESIGNS

Finishing an older piece.

I went through my roll of finished smalls.... and pulled put this one.  The stitching was completed in.... omg... 2005!  wow... that is crazy....   I didnt think I had any smalls that old to finish.   I had a turkey one from Bent Creek too.  I am going to have to look for ribbon for this one though. 

This was a Bent Creek zipper kit.