Once Upon A Summer Give-away!

Hey , go check out this giveaway for this awesome quilt book Once Upon A Summer! You have until June 1st to sign up!

http://thesecondtwinsews.blogspot.com/

Good luck!

Sharlotte

A this and that post

Greetings all!~ My but it's been hot here. How about where you are? It will , of course, get hotter as we aren't even into the hottest months of July and August yet! This weekend will be it's busy usual for a lot of you and ,as always , you have to be careful out on the road. Yesterday , while watching the news, we seen something that was actually a little funny . I'm sure some of you saw the same thing. Part of a Grecian highway was closed for two hours while there were literally , millions of frogs crossing the highway looking for food. They had reported that the highway was closed due to three vehicles had alread skidded off of the road trying to miss the frogs. I think it was a good idea to close the road as if you think about it, that many frogs getting flattened at the same time would create a lot , and I do mean A LOT , of frog guts . You know that would be slick to drive on and create a very bad scene!

Our nation had some very bad news this week as we learned of the passing of dear Art Linkletter, he was 97. I remember watching shows with him on it as I grew up. Some of you probably remember the specials that would come up from time to time. He , of course , was the host of "Kids Say the Darndest Things" and he was a guest off and on of the rivival of that show , hosted by Bill Cosby several years back. He was definately a television icon and will be missed.

This time of year is busy with tons of graduations. This year , my nephew Ben took his turn. I , unfortunately , didn't get to go to his graduation as he lives in Wisconsin and we couldn't make the trip. Here he is with his longtime girlfriend Aspen. He baught her a promise ring not too long ago, let's see where that leads! Way to go Ben, and congratulations, we're all proud of you!!

I'm coming in on the home stretch of Bent Creek's Patriotic Row. It really looks great in real life and I can hardly wait to finish it up!!

This is one of my very favorite patterns from Carriage House Samplings. I was going to wait until I had some things freed up and my time on my hands to start it , but you know me!

Yep! I started it! Here's my progress so far. Not much , but I've worked on it enough to know that I am absolutely in love with this linen. The needle glides so easliy and the stitches go fast!
See the little snake down in the bottom corner? Trust me, a fabric and thread snake is the only one I'll get near!! LOL.

Well, the only plans we have for this weekend , is to stay out of the Memorial Weekend traffic!! It will most likely be spent at home doing the usual weekend laz-about! My favorite!! :) I will porbably will get to trucking some more on my 9 patch quilt as well.

Hope you all have a wonderful and safe weekend!! Thanks so much for taking the time to come by today and for all of your wonderful comments. I do so look forward to reading them and to your visits. Hope you come again real soon!

'till next time,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

****Edited to include: If you would like to take part in tne Blackbird Designs Stockings exchange, please let me know via email and include your name, mailing address and blog url if you have one. Also your preferences as to what holiday stockings you would not like to receive, i.e. Halloween, Christmas, etc. Monday , May 31st, is the deadline to sign up. Thanks!

Garage sale -flea market finds and some stitching

Greetings dear friends and blogging buddies!~ I hope you all are having a wonderful day! It is going to be plenty hot here today. We had a little bit of rain yesterday and then it got really muggy. Such as it goes for this time of year.

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Ocassinally I get out to some garage sales and flea markets. Here is a shelf that I picked up at a garage sale for $1. The ducks on the shelf came from dear ole dad, and the fishing lures are ones that have been retired from my husband's tackle box. The fishing kreel basket I found at a flea market for 75 cents. The fish ornament is exactly that. I got it a few years ago at Hobby Lobby and it seems to go so I hung it up. Not too shabby of an arrangement for less than 5 bucks!

I'm doing some exchange stitching right now , so I don't have those pictures to show. I did do a borrowing swap with Faye and I am using her Dec. stocking pattern from BBD and this is where I am so far on Snowy Eve. I'm about halfway there not including the finishing. I will probably do that later. For now, I wanted to get the stitching done while I still have the pattern in my hot little hands.

Do you ever stretch yourself too thin? I do that a lot and I do mean A LOT! I've started a lot of stitching projects and I don't really have to tell you all , you can see that! I have also signed up for a few more exchanges and then I turned around and set one up on my blog!! That's ok, I'll get them done. I just won't get much else done for a while. Wish the kiddo was on Summer break already and then I would have him do the housework while working on exchanges. He does do laundry and we have been working on cooking , but there isn't enough practice in really to just turn him loose. Know what I mean? Actually , now that I think of it, I have the stitching done for two exchanges so all I have to do is the finishing on those. Then I have two other exchanges to stitch up , so I guess that really isn't all that bad right?

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Berit had mentioned a relish for grilled ears of corn in yesterday's comments and it really sounded good. I mentioned it to my husband last night when he got home from work and said he is definately going to try that next time we grill corn. Thank you all for all of your wonderful comments. I do enjoy reading them!! I will have an update on the quilt soon You all take care, stay cool, and make the best of your day!

'till next time,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Some more starts and a fire pit

Greetings all!~ I hope you have been having nice weather your way! It has been hot here, but to me it's a nice break from all the rain we were getting. I've been busy doing a little quilting and stitching. I need to get caught up on laundry as well so hubby doesn't have to do it like he did last night. He doesn't mind , but I feel kinda guilty when he HAS to do it because someone was too busy with other things . :)

Here is my start on my quilt. The pattern I am using is Nine Patch Charm Walk by Larisa Key and I am using two charm packs by 3 Sisters from Moda called Aster Manor. I love the patterns and colors in these fabrics don't you? I mis-counted the triangles I needed and will have to go back and cut some more so that the blocks have 4 sides like they are supposed to. I probably have just enough cream fabric is squeeze those blocks out. I don't know what I was thinking.

I have been working also on Bent Creek's Snapperville. I have always liked this design and had the opportunity recently to aquire the necessary patterns from Natalie. Although, I prefer the overdyed flosses, I am stitching this in the DMC conversion as I planing on turning it into a valance for the kitchen, so I'll need it to be washable.

Last night, Jack wanted to cook out, but our grill is messed up so he made this makeshift fire pit to cook on. I don't know how he felt like doing anything like that. Friday he got roasted when he, our son, and my dad went fishing. That trip was a disaster as the lake was full and they had no where to launch the boat so it was pretty much a wasted trip. On Saturday , he cleaned gutters, and mowed the lawn , which added to his, already lobster looking skin. So I was quite surprised that he wanted to stand over the heat last night. I'm glad he did though. He made ribs, baked potatoes, and ears of corn. We ended the meal with Tin Roof Sundae icecream from Turkey Hill. It hit the spot!

Well , this will be enough of my ramblings for now. If you want to sign up for the Blackird Stocking Exchange , there is still time. Just let me know via email and include your blog url and street address. Hope you all have a blessed day and thank you so so much for dropping by. Please do visit again real soon!

'till next time,
don't be a stranger,
Sharlotte

Some mail , a finsh , a start, and a winner!!

Greetings dear friends and blogging buddies!~ Whew! It's been hot here! I finally broke down and turned the air conditioning on yesterday. When you are getting headaches and you know it's from the heat, well... it's just time to turn it on that's all! LOL.

Well , let's get on with the show shall we? The answers, as if you all didn't already know them , for the drawing were as follows.

1.The Munsters

2. All in the Family

3. Bewitched

4. Leave it to Beaver

5. Happy Days

I had several people email me their entries as well as those who posted in the comments. All I can say is we all watch too much t.v.!! LOL. I know some of you Googled your answers , but I was amazed at how many people told me that they knew these from memory! For #2 I went by that from memory, however some of you emailed my your answer as 704 Hauser Street. After doing some checking I found that there was a show about a family that had moved into that house. What could I do but consider it?

Now, without further ado, the winner is Edgar! Congratulations Edgar! I will send you an email right away!

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I had some lovely mail pop in my mailbox over the weekend. It was from Kathy for the HOE/HOE ll Early Christmas ornament exchange. It is a design from the Winter Wind chart by Prairie Schooler. I just love Prairie Schooler and I love this ornament!! Thanks Kathy!! It was so nice to receive something from you.

Next up is a Beehive needleroll finish from Shepherd's Bush. It came in the package from Shirley. I had a lot of fun working on it. This is my third needleroll finish to date and the second one I own. I love how it turned out!

I've been doing some borrowing as you all know, and here is another design that's been passed my way. The lovely Natalie sent it to me on loan and I really am liking working on it. I hope to have it done by the end of the week, but we'll see. For those of you that loaned me patterns, you will be receiving them back soon!

I'll be posting pictures soon of a quilt I started this weekend. I would have posted some today , but I have to save something for tomorrow! :)

Thank you all for stopping by today and for your comments. I do so appreciate them. For those of you that didn't win the drawing, stick around, I just may have another one soon!! Please do visit again real soon!

'till next time,

Don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Stockings anyone??

Greetings dear friends and blogging buddies!~ Finally, we don't have rain in today's forecast!! At least last I heard. I hoping things will dry out here this weekend. It is supposed to be 90 degrees here Sunday, so we shall see.

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I stitched up Lake House Catch from BBD , I think I started it Saturday night and then finished it up on Monday or Tuesday. It will be framed and will go in my small bathroom. The pattern came from Shirley and then I used the linen that Catherine sent me and it matches the design perfect! I loved working on this linen and it had almost a wool feel to it. Very nice. Thanks girls!!

Now for the BBD stockings.... I would like to start a little stocking exchange using the BBD patterns. As I mentioned , I will be doing this through my blog until I see that there will be enough interest to keep it going. These are my thoughts. You can stitch any BBD stocking from the monthly series , seasonal series, designs from JCS ornament issues, you get the idea. The actual stocking designs would be ideal ,however , if you would like to join in but do not have any of the stocking patterns, you may chose elements from BBD charts and make a stocking from that, so long as it is BBD. You will need to stitch on linen or evenweave. Just be creative and have fun. This will be done like the usual exchange, the person you receive from will be different from the one you send to. I will have either my son or my husband match up the names so as not to show favoritism. Since we won't know what season of stocking we will be receiving, it is key to let me know if you don't like certain things . Like if you don't celebrate Christmas or Halloween and prefer not to receive those designs, let me know so I can let your partner know, to ensure you will receive something you like. This will be for the stockings only , no extras. I will be taking names for the first go around up until May 31st. Let's set the mailing date for June 3oth. That will give a full month to get the stocking finished. You ,of course, could mail it out as soon as you wanted to . Serious stitchers only please. If you are interested , send me an email with your name, address and blog URL . You do not have to have a blog to join, it will just make it easier for your partner to know what you like. As of now, those I have that are interested live in the US but it is not restricted to that.

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I'm glad that you all are having fun with the giveaway. Remember, if you live somewhere where these shows were not shown, you can Google the answers. If you would like to enter you can do that here.

Thanks for all of your wonderful comments and emails! They mean a lot!!

'till next time,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

A little hen party

Greetings dear friends and blogging buddies!~ Wow! We have had so much rain here and I'm getting really tired of all it . Now watch, I say that , and when it is hot this summer and we have our dry spell, I'll want it! LOL.

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I have been stitching away and playing in all my new stash . One of the things that I have stitched up is Hen Party from the All Dolled Up series from LHN. I was so excited to have received this chart from Shirley and I had so much fun working on this. The little feed corn are beads, how fun! Since there was a hint of red in the pattern, and also since I do have some other red in my kitchen, I thought I would frame it with a red mat. I think it turned out rather well!

Years ago, in 1986, there was a show that came on called "Our House" with Wilford Brimley , Deidre Hall, Shannen Doherty , Chad Allen, and Keri Houlihan. Do any of you remember that show? I LOVED that show when it was on and it only ran for two seasons. Anyway, there are several episodes uploaded on Youtube and I watched them while working on this . Now when I look at this in my kitchen , I'll think of that show I loved so well. Why can't there be shows on t.v. these days that had such great values as this one? ! I did work a little bit on this also while watching the movie "UP" with Edward Asner. Have any of you seen this movie? It was sooo cute, but sad in parts as well.

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If you haven't signed up for the giveaway and would like to , please leave your t.v. show answers on yesterday's post. If you live outside the USA , you can still play . The answers can be found for the shows by anyone using the internet. You should give it a try! Also I will soon be organizing an exchange for the BBD stockings. I will be doing it through my blog until I see that there is enough interest to move it to a blog of it's own. There will be more to come on this so stay tuned!

Thank you all for all of you wonderful comments and lovely emails. I appreciate them all. Thanks for visiting today!

'till next time ,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Giveaway Time!....

Greetings all! ~ I wanted to let you all know that it is giveaway time here at The Happy Needle! I am doing this one quite different and hope it will be lots of fun! For starters , it's a mystery. That's right, you will be recieving a stitched item but you won't know what it is until the winner receives it! Here's another twist. I am going to give you 5 addresses from t.v. shows and you have to guess what t.v. shows they are from. For each t.v. show address you get correct, you will get an entry for the drawing. I will tell you that these are all past t.v. shows, no current ones. I picked t.v. shows that mentioned their address on the show through out the entire show's run , whether it was once a year or 5 or 6. I didn't want to pick any that would have only mentioned it one time as that would have been a little hard and not really fair. So , do I have your interest peeked? Ready to play? Here are the addresses.

1. 1313 Mockingbird Lane
2.704 Houser Street ( I found the spellings to be Houser and Hauser so I was not sure exactly how it should be spelled)
3.1164 Morning Glory Circle
4.211 Pine
5. 565 North Clinton Drive

Put your thinking caps on. You can ask friends , relatives, co-workers, it doesn't matter as long as the answers are correct. Remember, the internet is your friend! LOL!

The rules are simple. Just include the name of the t.v. show with the address and you get an entry for each correct one. Also your entries must be received by Sunday May 23rd at midnight and the winner will be announced on Monday May 24th. Btw... you remember how the teacher always told you not to copy your "neighbors" paper , they may have the wrong answer? I would give that advice here. In order to get the entries , you want to make sure the answers are correct, so doing your own homework will ensure you have them correct. If you are thinking someone will "snatch" your answers, you can always email them to me. :)

Good luck!

'till next time ,

Don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Happy Holidays~ Huh?

Greetings dear friends and blogging buddies ~ Ok, you all are probably saying , "Happy Holidays, has she lost it?!" Well, for those of you that have been blogging any amount of time, you know how hard it can be to come up with a title for a post. I thought that since today's post covered two seasons, why not "Happy Holidays"! LOL. Ok, I'm warped, I admit it! :)

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On Friday , I had posted a finish , just not in finished form, of a BBD stocking . Berit had asked if I have ever finished a stocking before. Yes , I have , I think that I have only posted one other on my blog since I have had it up and running though. It was a stocking ornament that I had done for Sadie last year in an exchange she was doing through her blog. If none of you who are reading have never visited her blog, you must. She is a doll! Here is my BBD 4th of July stocking from the monthly stockings series for July. I strung on 4 clear beads and then two red ones and continued alternating like that until I had finshed the length I needed for the hanger. Kind of reminds me of fireworks in the sky , so I think it works that way. The backing fabric is a medium mottled blue and looks really great with the front. Thanks again Shirley for this wonderful pattern! Hope you get to feeling better soon!

A few weeks ago I had borrowed the BBD Pumpkin Blossom pattern from another dear blogging friend, Catherine. I finally got it finished into the needlebook this weekend and here is the finished result.

I really like the way this turned out! Thanks again so much Catherine!!

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I have a couple of other designs that I am working on. Oh , come on now, none of you are surprized! LOL! I am working on Bent Creek's Snapperville that I got from Natalie and also Lake House Catch from BBD that I recieved from Shirley. I'm just about done with that one. I'm re-doing the small bathroom in a patriotic theme and Lake House Catch will ge going in there. I will be working on Bent Creek's Patriotic Row and that will be going in there as well. I am thinking about a valance finish for that one, we'll see.

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Well all, that wraps it up for me for another day. Thank you all for all of your comments about my son and his trophy and for wishing him well after his accident. It's appreciated so much! He is doing a lot better and so far it looks like we won't have to do a follow up with his doctor. Thank you all also for your sweet comments regarding my blog and my stitching. I am still flabbergasted that you all take the time to read it! I appreciate you all!!

'till next time,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Oh to be a kid....

Greetings all!~ Do you remember back when you were a kid? I know I often reflect back to then, sometimes I have to take a little longer these days , but I remember!! Mine has had quite an eventful week. We started out the week by him going to grandma's while I went to the court house . Not so bad right? Then he got his first bowling trophy on Wednesday afternoon and he was on cloud 9! Another good thing right? Well.... the story doesn't continue to go that great.

Last night we spent two hours in the emergency room at Sister's of Mercy. He had been riding his bike and he turned too fast and went flying! He banged up his knee pretty good and sprained his ankle pretty bad. They took x-rays and no brakes which we were really relieved about. He was in so much pain that we were all pretty sure he had broken or fractured something, especially because his foot was so swollen. One of our concerns were that if he had a break or fracture, we hoped it was not in the growth plate. The doctor said that his growth plate is still open and he will be doing so more growing, but that they can't see a fracture in the growth plate on an x-ray. Which she explained that if he is still in quite a bit of pain outside of 7 days , we need to follow up with his doctor as it would likely mean he did have a fracture. We are keeping our fingered crossed and our prayers lifted. Most likely he is okay though since it didn't turn all black.

I just had to do some playing in my new stash from Shirley! I just love this stocking from BBD July stockings pattern . I stitched it in a day and will be finishing it off this week. I think I will put it in my small bathroom. I'm slowly getting some patriotic things in there and I think this will work just fine. You still have me baffled Shirley with all that stuff you sent! You will never know how much I appreciate it!

I hope your weekend is filled with sunshine for you all, whether it be weather wise or just good things that come your way! Hopefully both!! Thank you all for your wonderful comments , support , and friendships! Please come and visit again real soon!

'till next time,

Don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Busy, busy, busy.....

Greetings dear friends and blogging buddies~ Busy, busy , busy , that's how life can get sometimes isn't it? I've been serving for jury duty this week . You know how things get when you are away, the dishes stack, the laundry piles up, other things have to be tended to....you know the drill. Now that jury duty is out of the way, I can get back on track and even have a little time to make a post .Things are finally starting to be a little normal.

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Mother's Day was great. I got to spend a little time with my mom of course and also got to spend a little time with my sisters . The guys got me a little more for Mother's Day . The rose bushes were enough but I do like the new bird feeder hanging in front of the big picture window!! We've had lots of beautiful new friends flying by. In case you all were wondering, I did gt my mom's bellpull done in time for the big day. Here's a few pictures of that.

I think her favorite part is the sheep.:)

Well this time of year yields graduations galore and next week I have 3!! I just don't know if I can make them all. I would have 4 except my nephew's graduating in Wisconsin so I'll be missing that one! :( That's a real downer!

My son came home with a trophy from bowling yesterday and boy was he excited!! I forgot to take a snap of that this morning so I'll have to post one tomorrow. He turned 13 Tuesday and is very excited to be a teenager. It's funny because there was a part where all of us jurors were getting a little bored ,uh -hum, tired, with the long process that the judge started talking to us some and asking us questions and sort of teasing around to lighten the mood . He asked me if I knew what came next after 13 , and he said 16. He warned me that the years between 13 and 16 go by real fast and that all I will hear soon is when is he going to be able to drive or when can he get a car. Hmmm.... anybody think the judge has been through this before! LOL!

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Well all, I am going to go for today. Thank you all for all of your wonderful comments on all that awesome new stash from Shirley. I've been doing some playing when I've had the time. Maybe I might have something to show you tomorrow. :)

Hope you all have an awesome day!

'till next time,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Some wonderful mail from an angel.....

Greetings dear friends and blogging buddies!~ I might as well jump right into it and let you know what kind of a day I had yesterday.First, let me back up to tell you that it all started off with me recieveing a wonderful email from Shirley (no blog) last week, telling me how much she enjoyed reading my blog and liked seeing how excited I get over a project. She asked if it would be okay for her to send me something. We discussed it and I said that I was really thrilled that she wanted to do something like that. You expect something like a pattern or something , you know, a little something nice from someone which is certainly in itself generous enough. It meant a lot that someone wanted to do even that for me. Well , we had a longish day with schoolwork and went off to the bowling alley for practice, to the grocery store, then home . When we got there , there was this package on the porch and it was from Shirley. I brought the groceries in, went back and got the package, quickly put the groceries away . I opened the card and then the package. Inside was a little package which I opended first as she had already told me it needed to go in the refrigerator. Ah-hah! Chocolate! This is what that package was. Doesn't it look yummy?!

Next was a bundle of three packages. I carefully opened it. I'm gonna save that ribbon you know, for docorative trim on something as it was cloth.

I opened the one on top first, and inside were these lovelies! A stitchers station, two packages of needles, a needle minder, and some GAST floss in beautifully rich deep tones. Lovey gift right? Wait! I'm not done!

I opened package #2 . Inside were all of these wonderful things!! Patterns from Little House Needleworks and Plum Pudding Needleart WITH the flosses tucked inside! Also a Shepherd's bush needleroll kit....




....then came this wonderful Thimbleberries quilt book with a little charm quilt pattern and two charm packs!!....







..... then two Carriage House Samplings patterns; Autumn at Hawk Run Hollow and Village of Hawk Run Hollow! Also 3 Blackbird Designs pattern books!! .....





Wait, wait!! I'm not done! She also sent some very very generous cuts of linen and jazlyn!!!

I've died and gone to stitcher's Heaven I tell ya!! I can't believe the generousity that was bestowed upon me! ME! I could never tell Shirley how much this is appreciated and what it did to uplift my spirits! You know, I mean this in all sincerity. I really love everything and I am so excited to start plotting and planning my next stitching. What means the most though, was that she wanted to. It absolutely blows me away!! It touches my heart. :)

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Well dear friends and blogging buddies. I don't even know really how to end this post today, except for to tell you all how much I do appriate your visits and comments and friendships. They mean a lot!! I want to take a moment to let those of you know that have become a follower of my blog , that I have tried to follow some blogs only to find that there is no link for one for you on the list that pops up when I click on the icon for some of you. If you'd like for me to follow your blog, which I would be honored to, please let me know what your blog URL is either through the comments or an email. My email is in my profile.

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe weekend! For all of those of you who are moms, Happy early Mother's Day!!!

'till next time,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Pumpkin Blossoms are blooming

Greetings all!~ Pumpkin blossoms are blooming here in the Ozarks! Well , blooming in stitches that is! LOL! I borrowed the pattern from Catherine and she sent some fabric , floss , and beads , along with it! Wasn't that sweet?! I already had some fabric in mind for it so I will use that other linen on another project. I am excited that I have all of the stitching done. Now I just need to finish sewing on the beads and get it finished into a needlebook. Sorry the below pictures aren't that great. I think we are in desperate need of a new camera.

I have the stitching all done on the bellpull and also have the innerfacing ironed in place. I will get the finishing done it on either today or tomorrow. I'll post a picture of that when I get that done.

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I recently asked on another blog if they kept a stitching journal. Do any of you? I am thinking about doing so. I have certain things that go through my mind while working on a piece. Things like maybe what that particular piece reminded me of, what I was thinking of at the time, you know those things. I do keep an exchange journal. What I stitch for someone and what I receive back. I include all details like fabric and fibers used as well as the goodies if there were anything. I am quite a newbie when it comes to exchanging. I haven't even done it a year. I am coming up on my 14th and contenplating what I will do. Hopefully I can find something that that certain someone will like.

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Well dear friends and blogging buddies.... this post finds itself coming to an end. I want to thank all of you for your wonderful comments that keep me going in this blogland of ours. Thanks for your visit today. Please do come again!

'till next time,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Just a little post....

Greetings dear friends and blogging buddies!~ I don't have any pictures of stitching to share today . I have that bellpull to finish up , which I am on the very last bit! Yay! Just in time for Mother's Day! I am also starting to work on another piece as well as fitting a couple of exchanges in .

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I found this little picture of Tweety Bird a little while back. I had actually seen it in the office where I clean but has since been taken down so I didn't know who to ask about it. I found it while doing a Google search for Tweetie. I think it's cute and true a lot of the time.

I would like to thank you all for all of your comments on the roses and the stitching. Thanks also to Jolene for the pruning tip and to Valerie for the extremely nice email yesterday! Thank you all for all of your continued visits ,encouragement, and friendship. May you all have a wonderful day!

'till next time,

don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte

Mother's Day comes early...

Greetings all!~ We had such a windy and stormy weekend! All is well in our area though . Some other cities and towns nearby were not so lucky. I just hate storms! A few years ago we had a local dairy lose a lot of their bulidings during a tornado and they still are not back up to business full speed. I really miss them! Thanks so much Catherine , for checking on me. I really appreciate it!

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Well Mother's Day came a little early to my house. Hubby planted two rose bushes and the pictures just do not do them justice! I hope he plans on taking care of them because I'll just kill 'em! LOL!

He also decided to recycle a tire into a planter and spray panted it green .It looks a lot better in person .

The pretty pink doesn't show up as well in this picture. I will have to try to see if I can get a better shot.

I got the stitching finished on Psalm 145! Yay! I can't wait to get it into a frame. I have one picked out so we'll see how it works.

I need to finish up the bellpull this week as Mother's Day is just around the corner! I will show more progress on that later. I also started a couple of new things this weekend that I will be showing this week as well. Stay tuned!!

I hope the rest of your day goes well and I look forward to you all visiting again!

Thank you all for all of your wonderful comments and continued support! It really helps me get through the day!

'till next time,

Don't be a stranger,

Sharlotte