is it really friday already?!

My daughter had her first volleyball game yesterday evening, and I wanted a quick & simple project to take in case there was any waiting time. I chose this design by Blackbird Designs, and stitched it with Harvest Brew by Carrie’s Creation. As you can see, there was a lot of waiting time… I was able to finish it and still have time to twiddle my thumbs.

So the girls got massacred lost last night, but they sure looked cute doing it. I love their purple polka dot uniform socks! The other team just had those boring white socks.

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In my mail today: this nifty little needle threader, made by Tommye. I think these are very cute and clever as all get out. BTW, Tommye keeps an Etsy shop, in case you think you need one, too!

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I just found out that Stacy Nash started blogging… she’s now on my list of designer’s blogs :) If you know of any more, please let me know.

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Have a lovely day!

 

well that’s done.

I decided on a Maytag, and it’s due to be delivered next Wednesday. If we lived in civilization I’d make sure we went out for dinner every night until then, but I’ll have to make due with encouraging the family to use paper plates. There’s already a mound of dishes on the counter because I just haven’t had time to wash them. (I know, get off the computer, right?) Thank you for all of your advice about dishwashers; it really helped!

 

poor dishwasher :(

So I was sitting at the kitchen table, beading and minding my own business, when suddenly BLAM!… the dishwasher exploded. Now I have to go dishwasher shopping and to say that major appliances don’t interest me is putting it mildly. When we had this house built I didn’t even look at them, just told the guys to put in “whatever”. They chose a Sears Kenmore dishwasher for us, but since it only worked a few years before its very loud demise, I’m thinking I maybe should have shown a bit more interest. Sigh. If anyone has any tips, favorite models, whatever, I’d love to hear them!

On the brighter side of life, I was able to list some threadholders in my Etsy shop this afternoon. And aren’t those a heck of a lot more fun to shop for than dishwashers?! Enjoy :)

 

Misc. Monday

Here’s a picture of the cover of this year’s JCS Ornament Issue… once again they forgot to put my design on the cover. LOL! I’m happy to be included at all, really. I love the annual ornament mag and look forward to getting it each year. Despite my best intentions I’ve only stitched about 5 ornaments from the last 10 years, but it’s still a great addition to my collection.

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Bill made me an anniversary card and it was the sweetest thing. He wrote some mushy stuff about choosing me to ride down life’s highway with him… and here’s part of what he drew.

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Winfield had a little fair and fireworks show for the first time ever and it wasn’t too bad. Much better than I expected it to be anyway. I think that’s because it was in honor of our late Mayor, who was re-elected this year after he was already deceased. Actually, I believe he is still officially the Mayor until the next election in 2010. Anyway… Elizabeth wanted to play one of the carnival games so she could win me this alien, shown here helping me with my threadholders.

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I was in a beading mood yesterday and made some fobs, laying tools, zipper pulls, and froggers.

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I’ve been wanting to recover my couch pillows for the longest time and finally did it… I think they look SO much better. Delphine, the family ostrich is showing you the before & after pillows here. I liked the old pillows (on the left) because they looked kind of Klimt-y to me, but our curtains are that light turquoisey blue and they just didn’t match. I made the covers like shams, so they can easily be taken off to be washed if needed. They were super easy to make! Here’s my pattern, if you want to see how I did it:

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For the past two Sundays, I’ve gone without using the computer at all and I’ve been able to get a lot done. And rest a lot more. I highly recommend living a Computer-Free Sunday lifestyle!