Hello friends and neighbors!
I had a few minutes this morning while the house was quiet, so I thought I'd drop by with a quick update. First, thanks so much for all your sweet comments and emails about my Mom. I so appreciate you all!
With the extra busy-ness of life right now, mixed with a little bit of not being able to concentrate, and topped off with a sore shoulder, I haven't made much progress on my stitching this month. The olympics have been a good reason to sit and stitch, but only in short bursts, cuz I don't want to miss anything! :)
Here's my progress on my Jardin Prive piece... you know - the one I thought I was almost finished with because I only had the border left. HAH! It's like the Energizer bunny... it keeps going and going and going... : )
My goal is to finish it by the end of the Olympics. We'll see!
Next up is the ornament I stitched for Melissa. Melissa, if you are reading this and don't want to see it, just close your eyes and scroll down!!
This LHN ornament was a fun stitch and I love how it turned out... especially because I changed the colors to what I had on hand and sometimes my color choices are...umm...questionable.
Last, but not least, let me introduce you to Amber Grace. After the past few weeks, months, year of different stresses, I decided to have a mid-life crisis. : ) Ever since I was a little girl I have wanted a pretty doll. Growing up I usually inherited my sisters' hand-me-downs who looked like this...
Actually she is one of the better species that I found when cleaning out my parents' house - believe it or not!
Anyway, for my mid-life crisis, I decided that I would go to the American Girl Benefit sale and buy myself a doll. It was SO fun! I even bought some clothes so I can dress her up. :)
Meet Amber Grace...
Isn't she beautiful??
Here she is in her Thanksgiving outfit that I picked up from a craft fair outside the sale warehouse...
Sometimes it's nice to be a kid again, if only for a few minutes at a time! :)
I've been thinking through my stitching goals for next year, and I have a theme in mind that I would like to work on - but I'll save that for a later post. I did have a strange urge yesterday, though. It was to stitch myself a stocking. Hmmm. And not just any stocking. This stocking...
http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-perl/itemdetail.pl?item=K70-08838
REALLY??? After I have complained about Dimensions kits over and over? After having stitched two Dimensions Gold stockings in the past 4 years and each one taking me almost 2 years to complete? REALLY???
ummm... yes.
I think I'll ask for it for my birthday.
{insert sheepish grin here}
On that note of craziness I'll say good-bye for now.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tricia & Amber Grace
