change isn’t always good

This witch lost her hat and had to borrow one from her friend, who is a clown. Her spells haven’t been selling well lately, so she’s had to take a part time job as a crossing guard…

I give up.

 

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!

 

this-n-that Tuesday

I stitched my Caffeine! design with light green borders and dark green “caffeine” so it would match my kitchen counter. I want to put this in a fancy frame and hang it in the space between my stovetop and range hood. For now, though, I chucked it into my fuppie box, which where my Finished but Unfinished Projects go to die.

This past week I read two books, “Finger Lickin’ Fifteen” by Janet Evanovich and “Pontoon” by Garrison Keillor. The Stephanie Plum story was typical, with some very funny parts and a lot of bad language. There was a great laugh-out-loud dinner scene and an episode involving a hot dog suit… I have to admit though, that I always root for Steph to choose Ranger over Morelli. <insert sigh>

Pontoon was an all-out hoot to read, though I’ve never liked Garrison Keillor before. The story details the build up to the craziest funeral in history, with a naked guy hang-gliding over the lake holding a hollowed-out bowling ball filled with his grandmother’s ashes, while an almost wedding ceremony happens below and a conglomerate of visiting pastors look on. If you think you don’t like Keillor either, you might give this one a try.

There was a teacher from one of the local private schools peddling literature at my daughter’s VBS (Vacation Bible School) a few weeks ago. After much investigating, soul-searching, and bank balance checking, it looks like we’ll be sending her there. We go in tomorrow to meet with her prospective teacher who will show us the materials she uses and so on; provided that goes well, we’ll turn in the enrollment papers. I’m not at all looking forward to driving Elizabeth 40 minutes to school each day (those icy cold mornings are particularly daunting) but I think it will be a good thing for both of us. She’s at the age where we are starting to get on each other’s nerves after spending all day together, and I think a break from homeschool will be a positive change in our household. I hope. Plus, clothes shopping will be easy with uniforms.

It’s VBS week again, this time at the Baptist church. We do both because my daughter has fun and I get a few hours of free babysitting… it’s a win-win situation. Personally, I think the Baptists put on a better show than the Lutherans (they even hold a carnival for Family Night at the end of the week) but my daughter is a member at the Lutheran church and has to go to that one. So we double dip.

Tonight is the Jonas Brothers concert that I got sucked into attending. I don’t really know much of their music but I don’t think that will be a problem… I’ll be amazed if we can even hear the music over thousands of squealing pre-teen girls! My friend told me she’s bringing ear plugs, which is probably a really smart idea, but I’m just not ready to admit I’m old enough to be worried about hearing loss at a concert. I made bracelets for us, to commemorate the occasion and hopefully ward off any need for a $45 concert tee as a souvenir. Wish me luck with that ;)

 

Misc. Monday

I saw this crazy cloud yesterday:

I just finished this one, “Nice Matters” by Waxing Moon (for one of Kreinik’s little silk boxes). I stitched it for my daughter, but sometimes I think my husband could use one, too!

edited: the LK charts are on their way to Jennifer and no longer available. I have another batch of charts up for grabs… if you would like these 4 LK charts, just let me know in the comments. (none of these have charms, they are gently used) If more than one person is interested, I’ll do a drawing before my next post. Thank you for helping me do a little destashing! The winner of the last group of charts was Jolene, and now I have that Dolly Parton song stuck in my head ;)

I’ve gotten some more work done on the website. I’m pretty happy with the design & colors so next I’ll focus on putting my images in, which will be a bit slow-going, I think.

Over the weekend, I watched Valkyrie (better than expected), Confessions of a Shopaholic (better than the book, which I didn’t make it through), and New in Town (good & sappy). I’m ready to see the new HP movie, and there’s a midnight showing that I’d love to go to… that theater had 600 people in for the Transformers midnight show, and I wonder how many will go for HP?