Drop In For A Bite

Here's a Halloween quick finish. Very fun stitch :) Been working on another fall project and even started a winter project. Thanks to all the plp that wished me well for the surgery I had last month. Everything turned out fine and I feel so much better. Praise God. Until next time, keep on stitching :)

Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

Mill Hill Design

Love how this little guy turned out. But I have realized I'm not the biggest fan of beading or putting him together. Does look rather cute on the fridge by my pumpkin though. 

My apologies to those of you whose blogs I've neglected  recently. I've been having some gallbladder problems and it's resulting in surgery tomorrow. Here's hoping surgery will fix me and I can get back to everyone's wonderful blogs. Until next time, keep on stitching :-)

Jack-o'-lantern

I do not own this image, just converted into cross stitch using my handy dandy Pattern Maker by HobbyWare. Hubby bought it for me at my local cross stitch shop for a whopping $4.77   I don't always love a project when I finish it but this one turned out better than I expected. This bad boy will go on the fridge with the other Halloween magnets. Can't believe it's almost here again. Hope you're all doing well and thanks for posting and reading my little corner of the web. Until next time, keep on stitching :)

Bookmarks

I saw some bookmarks at a little amish store I frequent. Thought they would be easy to make & could be given as little gifts in birthday cards etc. Gave it a shot & here's the outcome. They're very inexpensive to make too.

On the stitching front, been working on a jack-o-latern that I'll be posting a pic of soon. Hope you're all having a stitchy good time. Until next time, keep on stitching.

Stitching Mojo

Got a little of my stitching mojo back & stitched up this little fridge magnet. Only August and I'm thinking of Halloween but we'll blink and it'll be here. Hope you're all staying cool & enjoying what's left of your summer. Until next time, keep on stitching.

Good Deal

Whew, it's been a while since I've posted a pic of any cross stitch projects but I haven't completely given up stitching. I've been doing a little - "little" is the key word. I did manage to buy this Joan Elliott magazine though. Got a great deal too. Unfortunately, my good deal came at a high price. It was 40% off because Borders is closing and have to liquidate their merchandise. For those of you who may not know what Borders is, it's a bookstore and one of my most favorite hangout spots. While looking thru this marvelous book with 44 charts I ran across one that is not in the book that I LOVE. This one below.

Have you seen it? I don't know what attracts me to it but it's simply gorgeous. Too bad it didn't come in the book. Last but not least, I leave you with another pic of Zoe. She loves using her toys as pillows. This is her stuff donkey which she drug to the loveseat in our bedroom and perched her little head on.

She's my little sweetie pie. Hope you're all staying cool and having a great summer. Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the net. Until next time, keep on stitching :-)

Monkeying Around

I had wrapped this monkey around Zoe and when she laid down to take her nap she ended up in this position. She gets sweeter as the days go by. Has such a loving demeanor.

Spending My Time Reading

Instead of stitching, I've been reading. This book was heart wrenching. Here's the Amazon Description:
"Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps."

I'm always amazed at the human spirit when it comes to survival. If you haven't read it yet, it's a must.

Wedding Anniversary & Camp 2011

Last month hubby & I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary. We went to Nashville for the weekend & stayed in at the Marriott down on Broadway. It was awesome. We went electronics shopping where he bought me the iPad 2 with speakers that also charges. I LOVE it. Have always been a Microsoft Windows girl but Apple has won be over with the coolest toy I've ever seen. Apps are AWESOME. Have any favorite apps that you'd recommend?

The next Friday we acted as Camp Directors at the Camp Martin Day Camp. I prepared for 22 kids as we've worked at the Day Camp for 3 years prior to this one and we've never had more than 20 kids. This year we had a whomping 32 kids. They were there from 9am to 3pm and we were busy just about every minute of that time but it was sooo much fun.

Camp Martin 2011

Baby Shower

I overheard my 2 nieces talking about what one should get for her little unborn baby. The one that has a child already told her she would need a LOT of onsies so I bought this little inexpensive onsie & put the monkey on it myself. Thought if I liked the way it turned out, I would make more. What do you think? Any suggestions? Thanks for your suggestions in the previous post. Until next time, keep on stitching :)