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I wanted to pop back in before 2014 and share my last two finishes of the year.   I spent some time finishing today and here are the results:   "Mary's Sampler" finished as a pillow.  I kept this simple and just added brown chenille trim.   "Peace" by Blackbird Designs -- in the 2013 JCS Ornament Issue I decided to frame this one instead of making it into an ornament.  This way I can display it all year.     I just love that big ole dove!   I spent the afternoon sorting and organizing my charts.  They were such a mess.  I have several things that need to be relocated so look for some chart giveaways soon.   I also kitted up my New Year's start for 2014 - Lone Elm Lane's "Snow Angel".   Do you start a new project for the new year?  I would love to hear what you are going to be stitching.

Hello friends!  It is such a busy time of year, isn't it?  I am enjoying all the hustle and bustle but I find myself looking forward to the quiet downtime that comes with January. This past weekend was a fun one.  The Piedmont Heritage Sampler Guild had our Christmas meeting on Saturday which consisted of a wonderful breakfast followed by a freebie chart exchange.  Thank you Elizabeth for being our hostess with the mostest and welcoming us into your lovely home.  Chris took wonderful photos so please head over to our blog and have a look. On Sunday, I met Chris for breakfast and to give her a few little Christmas gifts.  Here is what I made her:   A dear friend had gifted me with 2 of these old mill spools and I had been saving them just waiting for the perfect use for them.  You may remember my post trying to obtain the perfect round sewn snowman head.  Well, this is where that head rests now.  :o)   I added a few little details...

Those of you who have read my blog for any length of time know of my affinity for cardinals.  What can I say?  I love them.  This week dear, sweet Shirlee  surprised me with not one...not two...but three pieces of lovely cardinalness.  (   Isn't this ornament just perfect?  I love the little pinecone and greenery at the top and the rick rack looks like an icing made of snow.    As if that wasn't enough she also sent me Just Nan's Cardinal Tweet kit and 5 pieces of fabric for finishing.  I feel like Santa has already arrived.  :o)  Thanks again Shirlee and my sincere thanks also to that extra special helper you have.  ;o)   Our Sampler Guild is having our Christmas breakfast tomorrow.  Should be fun!   Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful weekend!  

Hello friends! Are you about ready for Christmas?  I have plenty of spirit but not plenty of time these days it seems.  I have been enjoying reading all your lovely posts.  So many pretty things to see and so much inspiration!  Thank you for sharing. I was surprised this week with a gift in my mail from Cindy .   I had admired this design and just love the beads on the boughs.  So pretty!  The finishing fabric and trim matches it just perfectly.  Thank you so much Cindy!   I have another busy day at work tomorrow and a busy weekend ahead.  I hope you all are enjoying all the gifts this season has to offer.     Goodnight!  

Wintertime!  "Wintertime" Threadwork Primitives 32 count WDW Parchment - Stained with Coffee after stitching DMC Floss   I finished this one as a door/cupboard hanger using vintage seam tape as the hanger.  I added a trio of rusty jinglers at the bottom and a rusty snowflake as an accent.  The snowflake started out rusted but was a very light orange rust color that I did not like.  So, I busted out the tin of Briwax and was able to achieve the deeper rust color that I prefer.   I added a little surprise to the back too!    Since Ziggy was otherwise occupied during my photo shoot I had to settle for this little assistant. I have been forgetting to mention my little pumpkin candle on my sidebar over there------>>>>> The night after I learned of Cathey's passing I lit this little pumpkin candle and went through my memories of her.  I took a picture of the candle and made this photo to place on my sidebar so I wouldn't forget the actua...

Chris and I met today for a little road trip, lunch, and to catch up.  It has been a couple of months since we have been able to get together so we were way past due for some girlfriend time.  :o)  Chris emailed me yesterday to say she had found something for us to do but she wasn't going to tell me what it was.  So we headed off together this morning to.....destination unknown. We drove for about an hour, laughed, talked, solved half of the world's problems and finally arrived here: http://colfaxpersimmonfest.com/   Well, we didn't exactly arrive at the festival.  Parking was 2 miles away and you had to catch a shuttle to the festival.  Our ride was on a covered wagon pulled by a Dodge truck.  LOL  This young man was our ride supervisor:   I told Chris I felt very safe.  Her response was "he's packin' too!"  LOL  I did overhear him telling some of the other passengers he was a retired US Marshall.   There ...