Exchange Received

Marie P. notified me that she received her Tin Topper exchange from me. I had a wonderful time putting it together for her. I've posted a couple of pictures of what I sent. The patterns are taken from a Hillsides Samplings I've been meaning to do for myself.

Away

No progress to show for now. I'm still stitchin' away on Peace on Earth. I got my very first exchange piece sent. It was exciting to get to send a package on to a fellow stitcher.
I'm house sitting for friends for a couple of weeks, so I have bits of pieces of myself in both homes. I come into town to check on Tobie, do my Humane Society, work, and then back to the country.
It's hard for me to stitch in a home other than my own. I don't have my chair, my good light, all my stash...
Gotta run. Later.

Making progress

Yesterday was a good day. I woke up early to the sounds of a thunderstorm in progress. Watched my recording of Monk and somehow missed getting Psych recorded. Then had a good stitching day. I made some progress on the Peace on Earth piece. The evening stitch session was so good because I listened to/watched a college football game and then switched over to watch Peyton Manning and the Colts in a pre-season game. Saturday Oklahoma State plays Georgia, the Humane Society has an adoption day/bake sale at the lake, and I'll be listening to the first games of the season on a Walkman. Walkman? Yes, I'm a lot behind in the technology department.

I have my Tin Topper Exchange all ready to mail on Tuesday. Monday I'm going to my former school for the day to help out in the computer lab. It will be fun to see the children again.

Lazy Week

It's been a lazy stitching week for me. Not much motivation.That's not really good because here it is almost the end of August. Where oh where does the time go?

I did manage to get a few stitches in on my current project. ( The scan is not all that great.) I'm so anal that I can just work on one project at a time. What's the secret of setting up a rotation? I do not see how many of you manage to stitch on multiple projects. I believe it has to do with an incredibly organized mind, of which I do not possess!

Yesterday was a good day at the Humane Society. We had three adoptions, two dogs and one cat. It was sad too because a couple came in for one of our featured dogs that had been put down the day before. Our Society is a volunteer organization that works out of the City animal shelter. We do our best to get the dogs and cats adopted or into foster care before their time is up. Unfortunately we are not always successful.

I changed my on screen identity to Becky K in OK. I ran across another Becky K so that's the reason.

WIP

Greetings. I don't usually post WIP's. However, since I haven't done very much of anything this week, I thought I'd share one with you. It's a Mill Hill kit, takes very little thought, and works up quickly. I did this last evening. As I've said before, I am a rather slow stitcher. I believe I managed to make a little progress. Sometimes I don't want to have to think about fabric, fibers, or patterns, so I'll work on a kit...I have so many!

The Humane Society shelter was very slow today. Not one animal was adopted. We have a beautiful chocolate lab that is an owner give up. What a shame, because the dog is supposed to be registered and everything. So far we haven't seen the papers though. One of our cats, Tess, keeps us entertained. She is black and has a beautifully shaped head.

I have my Tin Topper exchange all ready to box up and send. I didn't rush finishing it because I wanted to do a good job. Unfortunately, glue and I just do not mix. I do not have good luck gluing. I believe the project turned out pretty, and I hope my exchange partner likes it.

Time for me to get some sleep, as it was elusive last night.

Found It.

Some say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, this is a yipee picture. I found my Ornament Notebook. Where was it you ask? I'm ashamed to say it was right in front of my eyes on my finishing table. I had cleverly camouflaged it with a basket on top though. Now I can get down to serious business. I was so excited to share the news with you I had to re-boot the computer and sign on.

Christmas Ornament

I finally finished one of my Christmas ornaments. It's a Lilybet design called Joy. I saw the pattern on a blog and immediately fell in love with the tree on it. Decided this would be one of my ornaments for this year. I stitched my initials and the year with the border for the back. I've done the stitching on several. Some I stitched the star instead of using a button, on some I stitched the snow flakes, and on others I used beads for the snow flakes.

I spent some time at the Humane Society today. We adopted one lone little kitten, named Cherub. The young lady who adopted her was thrilled. So were we because it had been a really slow day!. Enjoy your weekend.

The ornament notebook is still elusive since I didn't search for it today. Perhaps first thing in the morning while it's still relatively cool.