Dianne just posted today that she got my exchange from our ILCS group. So glad that you like it Dianne! I forgot to take a photo of this exchange before I sent it. But she has posted a great one up on her site. Just click her name above to view it. :)
The odd thing is that she sent hers a few days before mine and yet she got hers first. The mail seems to come slow to my new apartment. As though they only come every few days. But I'm sure it will get here. (and it's great to look forward to it!)
We have been having a great weekend with family. Last night my Mom and her siblings presented my grandparents with an Alaskan cruise for their 50th wedding anniversary. It was very humbling and so awesome to have everyone in tears over it!
My sister and brother are here from their respective homes far away so it's really great to have our whole family together. We are spending the day with them tomorrow for Easter dinner as well. So can't wait!
And our new TV is pretty good. We are looking at maybe getting a new DVD player so that the conversion rate is a bit better and it looks nicer. But we'll see. ;)
Hope you're all having a great weekend. I will have updated pics on Monday or Tuesday as I have been busy stitching, especially on Sleep Tight in the last few days.
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Enabling & New TV
Well I'm a bit of an enabler... just wanted to remind everyone that Heaven and Earth Designs has their "holiday sale" on for Easter (they do this every major holiday) it's 25% off their designs. I picked up Healer's Touch (I feel in love with this one as soon as I saw it) and a few storykeeps I'd been wanting.
But the bigger news I have is... I bought a new TV last night!! I don't get it until tomorrow or Friday but that is okay.
It's last year's S model from Sony, 40" LCD. I am so excited! (in case you can't tell by my exclamation marks, lol).
I have been wanting a new TV for quite some time and the B/F supported me getting a new one. So now we have it. I got a great deal on it and am pleased to have bought direct from the Sony store. They were so helpful there.
So now I will have a huge pretty screen to ignore and only listen to while I stitch. LOL!
But the bigger news I have is... I bought a new TV last night!! I don't get it until tomorrow or Friday but that is okay.
It's last year's S model from Sony, 40" LCD. I am so excited! (in case you can't tell by my exclamation marks, lol).
I have been wanting a new TV for quite some time and the B/F supported me getting a new one. So now we have it. I got a great deal on it and am pleased to have bought direct from the Sony store. They were so helpful there.
So now I will have a huge pretty screen to ignore and only listen to while I stitch. LOL!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Judgement and Papillion SAL updates
Well I have the first pic of my Papillion SAL.
I am chosen to do it a bit different and instead of on a light coloured fabric I'm stitching on Penny Copper 32ct Linen.
So far the linen this time around is giving me some grief. I think I have frogged more than I have in the last year just this weekend on this project. But it's starting to come together. I think I am going to backstitch over 2 as the pattern suggests for the vines and stuff, but I still haven't decided... And I won't be adding beads until the end so that I can iron the piece, after the two years it will take for them to release it all).
Here is the pic.
I also had a lot of work last week on Judgement. Two whole nights devoted just to it and I got alot done. I am hoping I will be lucky enough to have page 2 done by the end of the month (this may be wishful thinking but we will see). Here is it's update pic (sorry it's a bit blurry. This one is really tough to get a good shot of cause the stitches are so small! Also the light here makes it looks less even than it is. sorry I'll have to try and get a better one on the next time around.)
This weekend coming up with Easter is a crazy one for me. My entire family is here in town from all over the place. (my siblings don't live here). So should be fun but also busy. Not sure if I will be able to fit in some stitching or not.
My priority for the next little bit is to finish up this section of Papillion. And also really need to get working back on Sleep Tight. My cousin's baby isn't going to wait for me! :)
I am chosen to do it a bit different and instead of on a light coloured fabric I'm stitching on Penny Copper 32ct Linen.
So far the linen this time around is giving me some grief. I think I have frogged more than I have in the last year just this weekend on this project. But it's starting to come together. I think I am going to backstitch over 2 as the pattern suggests for the vines and stuff, but I still haven't decided... And I won't be adding beads until the end so that I can iron the piece, after the two years it will take for them to release it all).
Here is the pic.
I also had a lot of work last week on Judgement. Two whole nights devoted just to it and I got alot done. I am hoping I will be lucky enough to have page 2 done by the end of the month (this may be wishful thinking but we will see). Here is it's update pic (sorry it's a bit blurry. This one is really tough to get a good shot of cause the stitches are so small! Also the light here makes it looks less even than it is. sorry I'll have to try and get a better one on the next time around.)
This weekend coming up with Easter is a crazy one for me. My entire family is here in town from all over the place. (my siblings don't live here). So should be fun but also busy. Not sure if I will be able to fit in some stitching or not.
My priority for the next little bit is to finish up this section of Papillion. And also really need to get working back on Sleep Tight. My cousin's baby isn't going to wait for me! :)
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