Last day of 2007

I can't believe that today is the last day of 2007. When looking back it has been a great year for all of us. Mark and I celebrated our first year of marriage and have had some very good times this year. We were able to take several small trips and see different things.

I had a very good stitching year. I need to go count how many finishes I had this year...maybe I will do that tomorrow. Plus I just finished page 6 of my Tiger...only 10 more pages to go!!!! Picture on the Right!!

For 2008, I have set the following stitching goals:
I want to finish: Eye of Tiger, Cherokee Child, Augusta 13th hole, Inspirations. Plus I would like to stitch at least 12 of my disney ornamnets and finish my 2006 Kats by Kelly that was started in a Round Robin in one of my groups. I hope to stitch other small projects as the year goes on too. Maybe I will finish one of my 10 UFOS!! My percentages is for the Huge projects not the smaller ones...since those are so quick to do...I really don't put those on my list.

Stitches left to stitch: 205, 386
Percentage complete: 18.9%

overdue update

I can't believe Christmas has come and gone already. It was very busy time for Mark and I. We had to drive to OK. to visit my grandparents and dad. We spent Christmas eve there where we recieved this wonderful Breadmaker from my uncle for christmas.

Christmas morning we exchanged gifts and my husband spoiled me. He ordered me a stitching light that sits on my lap because I am always complaining I cant see the holes! LOL! He aslo got me a massage, stitching calendar from myLNS which has coupons for each month.

That night we went to my moms and I got the coolest gift. Igot a HUGE tiger!!! Our school's mascot is the tigers...so I got one!! I was so excited.

I had to spend the day after christmas talking care of my grandmother who had her pacemaker replaced. It gave me lots of time to stitch. If you take a look on the right you will see the very first page of Cherokee Child finished!!! YES!!!

I am currently stitching on 4 BAP....and I have a lot to go on them. I have set a goal to do one Disney ornamnt a month. Plus a few small projects. I will pick up one of my UFO projects when I finish one of my BAP's...so hopefully by summer I will have finished one or two of them. That is my goal for now.

Stitches left to stitch: 207,598

Percentage complete: 18.1%

2008 ILCS Retreat Nametag

Here it is!! Patty did a wonderful job on the design. It represents the state of Arkansas wonderfully!!! Here we go:

Fabric: 18 count Red Aida using White thread or 18 count White aida using Red Thread
Arkansas colors are red and white.


Embellishments: 4 Crystals placed in each corner. The state Gem of Arkansas is Diamonds so this is represented by the crystals.

1 Arkansas Razorback charm to be placed somewhere near the stitchers name.

Once you pay your deposit and Debra lets me know....I will send you 4 crystals and a razorback head for you to stitch up your nametag!!!

LHN finish

Today I finished my friends christmas present. She asked me to make her a wedding sampler. We looked and looked at samplers and she couldn't find one that she just "loved" until we looked at the Dear Diary Series from LHN. She loved the design of the Lucy Fairchild design. So I made a few changes and this is the final result.

Stitches left to stitch: 222,054
Percentage complete: 30.5%

Diabetes Tree

On Saturday before our 1/2 an inch of snow I stopped by my LNS- The Busy Needle to check out the Diabetes Tree. Each year, Sara has a fundraiser for Diabetes. IF you make a cash donation then you get to pick an ornament off the tree and your get a set of ornament patterns from designers. This year, X's and Oh's offered a contest to help raise money for this good cause. I took some pictures of it for everyone to see. I even found Karin from NV ornament. The pink checkered ornament came in first place.

On my stitching note, I had a small finish from Heinzeit. I finished Dogs. It was stitched on 18 count chocolate aida with spearment Six Sweet Strands. I plan to put it in my guest bathroom.

I also started on my LHN design for my friends weeding sampler. I also worked a bit on my Augusta piece. I updated a picture on the right. I actually have 3.7% but my percent bars are only 5% at a time. I would love to say that I am half finished with the first page...but nope not yet...I hope that on the next rotation I can finish at least 1/2 the page.

Stitches left to complete:228,821

Percentage completed:28.4%

Tiger Update

If you look to the right you will see my tiger update. He is actually starting to look kinda scary. It is tough working on an eyeball...but I am starting to see the tiger reflections starting to take place.

Last night I was so tired I went to bed at 9:30....that is way early for me....but it was a good thing. I got up this morning at 5:30 and made artichoke and spinach dip for the christmas party I have to attend tonight. I was gathering my things to make cheese dip when I realized I was out of rotel tomatoes....so I have to stop by walmart to get them. I also wrapped a christmas present. Right now I am waiting on my space heater to heat up my bathroom. It is currently 58 degrees in there and too cold for me. So I get up let the heater warm it up and then get ready for work!!!

stitches left :222,554
percentage complete: 28.8%

Coaster Exchange

I went to buy a coaster for my coaster exchange I was in earlier this month and couldn't find one. I was so worried because I had to mail it to my friend Viv in the UK....so I emailed her and asked if I could make her something else for the coaster exchange. She was so gracious to let me stitch something else...this is what I made her!!! She was so happy since she was going to have to go get a snowglobe for herself.





What do you think???