HAPPY NEW YEAR

Well 2007 is almost over with; just 1 hour and 15 mins of it is left, and I am too tired to stay up any longer and see 2008 ushered in. We had about 6 inches of new snow here in Maine today, and Comet had so much fun playing in it. She is such a goofball. She leaps around like a sheep or a kangaroo, and dives down under the snow looking for snowballs we throw to her.



I am off to bed. Happy New Year !

I had a Lovely Christmas!

The days really flew by this month with all the preparations for Christmas. I had all my 4 grown children and two grandkids here for Christmas Day. It was exciting and fun, and very very tiring. My kids gave me the best gift, a Digital Picture Frame that will show a slide show of photos and I can add music too.



I didn't get much stitching done over the holidays, but before Xmas I did get a bit more done on Golden Dreams.

Here is the "REAL" dog I think the stitched piece will look like when it is finished. This is Comet.


Since Xmas is over with, I have been working on a stitching project with 15 other ladies from an online group I belong to. It is for one of our members who had twin grand babies, a boy and a girl pass away as infants. We all decided to stitch this beautiful tribute to them. It is called Angel Kisses and we have all stitched a small section of it. I am next to the last to stitch, then it goes to the last stitcher, who will wash it, and have it framed. We have been working on it for almost exactly 1 year.


It is almost New Years Eve, and I plan to stitch a Happy New Year design and enter a online contest with it. More about that later.

I'm all ready for Christmas

The tree is completely decorated now, and my shopping is all done. Yesterday I finished up the last of my cross stitched ornaments, and got everything on the tree. All the presents are wrapped, and I just have to wait for Christmas to come now. We are having another HUGE snow event today with 6 to 10 inches of snow predicted, and then sleet and freezing rain on top of it. I will make a beef stew early, and then if the power goes out later, we will have FOOD at least !! Heat, maybe not, but food....yes!! While the stew simmers I think I will work on my Golden Dreams XS for a while. I think I am tired of Christmas stitching for this year.



I stitched these 3 Santa's last year, but never got them made into ornaments until yesterday. The rest I have stitched this fall.


As you can see, we don't have much room in the living room for a big tree, but I have SO MANY ornaments, we need a big tree.


Just a close up of some of the ornaments.

Christmas Tree is UP !!

Well, we got our tree up and the lights on. Might try to get it decorated tomorrow. I finished another ornament this week. It's from the 2007 JCS Ornament issue. I saw so many other people on the 123 Stitch message board that had stitched it, and I just LOVE how cute it turned out.



We had our oldest son and his wife and 2 children here for the day. I invited over my other 2 grand children too, and I made a big pot of spaghetti and meatballs, and TWO chocolate pies for dessert. The kids took Comet, our Golden Retriever outdoors to play in the snow, and we had very very tired kids and dog here afterwards. Hope to get some stitching on my Golden Dreams done this evening, as I am just not in the mood for anymore Christmas Stitching today.

Taking A Snow Day to stitch

Well, the snow has arrived, and I have taken a "Snow Day" off from work, and have been stitching this morning. I completed the sweet little Snowman from Mount Forest Frameworks. It is done on Opalescent Lugana, and I love how he turned out. I didn't have the little star charms, but used Metallic gold for the ornaments. Now to decide what to stitch next, as I AM ON A ROLL !!


This second ornament I started and finished this afternoon. It is a JBW design from the 1997 JCS Ornament issue magazine. The "snow" is pearl blending filament but doesn't show up in the picture very well; but it is very sparkly.

Baking and Stitching today

I made the most wonderful spicy oatmeal cookies today. The recipe is Paula Deen's, you can see it here:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_25043,00.html

They just hit the spot on this cold day. Waiting for snow to arrive after midnight. Our snowblower died, so Bob went to Home Depot and bought a brand new one. We are supposed to get over a foot of snow tonight and tomorrow. I am taking an extra day off from work, and be snuggly warm at home and stitch!!

I stitched this Prairie Schooler Alphabet Tree ornament this weekend, and I forgot to post a picture of it yesterday.

A Good Stitching weekend

This is my first attempt at a Blog. and this is also THE perfect stitching weekend. Frosty cold, and the wind howling, and I am tucked away in my cozy home here in Maine with Comet the dog, and 2 silly kitties, and a pot of homemade potato and leek soup on the back burner. Snow is coming to our state tomorrow night for the first time this winter, and I am ready!! I stitched 3 ornaments this weekend; this Chickadee with the french horn, and the Stitcher's Tree with the scissors charm on top and started the sweetest little snowman ornament that a stitching friend gave me the chart for. I am almost ready for Christmas, with 99% of my shopping done. Now to finish up the rest of my Christmas Stitching. My goal last Christmas was to have a tree FULL of stitched ornaments this year, but it just didn't happen. I think I have a total of 10 done already between last year and this. I think I need a warm cup of Chocolate Ovaltine now; care to join me?