All set to go!!!

Hello blogging friends xxxx

Just a quick update and to say "Hello!!"

Hope you are all well and surviving all the strange weather changes lol

We had snow last night but now its all gone ... phew!!

I spent ages last night organising my WIP's and I must say I have way more than I thought I did :-0  I am totally shocked lol!!

After Summer Fairy no more new starts for me until I clear a WIP or two first!!

I am all set to get started on Cara's Summer Fairy ASAP ... Fabric and threads have arrived.  So many threads to bobbin up so I might do them later on after homework and tea is done :-)

Threads, beads and bobbin box for

Summer Fairy by Joan Elliott

I am made up with myself because I actually did some stitching on mt The Universe in a Jar last night :-)

All but Ryan are back at school but James came home early today as his temp is very high!!

Better get myself ready to get the children form the school bus stop.

Be safe all and happy crafting

Love me
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A finish and a little bit more

Good Evening all,

Hope you are all well!  I have had a busy few weeks with the kiddies.  They have also enjoyed the Summer Scheme.  Brilliant fun for them all.  I just hope the weather improves so we can get out and about for the last few weeks of the holidays.

I finally finished 'Gone Fishing' whooooop!

Gone Fishing

I have started a baby sampler for one of the teachers in the Nursery that Katie went too.  A very good friend of mine is also having a baby so must get a little something done for her and baby too :-)

I have made a very small dent in HAED Universe in a Jar .... I mean a small dent but it is about 800 stitches lol!  Just a few million trillion to go!!!

Universe in a Jar

Rainbow of threads for
Universe in a Jar

My daughter and her boyfriend got engaged on Sunday.  Totally delighted for them both!  I suppose I had better get an engagement sampler sorted out!!

Until next time.... all be good and happy crafting

Love Heather
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Prize Winning Stitching :-)

Good Evening Bloggers

Yesterday I took my completed Biscobud (photo below) to the Omagh Show and entered it into the Cross Stitch (Home Industries) section.

Complete Biscobud

And my Biscobud won FIRST PRIZE!!!!  I am so delighted particually because I stitched the 2 squares for the Biscobud about a year ago and only stitched it together last week! :-)

My Prize winning Biscobud

I have a fantastic spring in my step now and I feel my stitching bug coming back!! I did stitch a little on my Universe in a Jar HAED the other night and I could feel that itchy stitching finger feeling coming back and I was ready for a mega session lol!

So you never know what happens when you enter a show .... get entering!  I know how good it is to have a FIRST PRIZE next to something created with hours of love!!

Happy Stitching and Crafting

Love to all
Heather
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Lots to report! :-)

Hello there bloggers!

How are you all doing?  All is fine and dandy in my part of the world lol

First of all I have decided to concentrate on my Fairy Grandmother and Universe In A Jar plus a few of my WIP's and UFO's.  More the WIP's and UFO's during the day but as soon as I can when kids settled out will come the big projects :-)  Oh I would be silly to waste the nice lighter nights and not stitch my 'biggies' lol

I completed the two presents for the Nursery teachers and they will be given them tomorrow.  I must take a photo of them before I take them in!!  I have also done lots more on M'Ladys Strawberries and Gone Fishing so I am delighted with myself.  My stitching bug is back in full swing I am pleased to say!!

On the family front .... Cara decided to give Larry the laptop a nice drink of milk but unfortunately Larry was not thirsty and decided he didn't like ilk and stopped working on a permanent basis :-(   oooo my poor poor Larry the Laptop but I decided that with the summer hols coming up I would be a crazy woman not to have a computer for the kids (cos the old,old,very old desk top computer packed in a few weeks ago too!!) so I bought a new Laptop which has been named Larryette by by 16 year old son!!  Yes out stuff gets names lol!!

We had a big change around of bedroom and got Cara a Peppa Pig Toddler bed and Cara is now sharing a room with Katie which they both love!!  Laura and I swapped bedrooms too which I'd great because now Cara is in with Katie when I go to bed I can either stitch or read .... normally sleep lol

Lots of Photos came home from school the last week so I will get a few up on here.  I also got the school reports and I an so proud of my little ones Ryan, Conor, Mark and Katie as they have done so well this year.  Vast improvements in them all not only with their school work but also their social development which reminds me my little Cara has done so well with her social development and has won the hearts of many at the children's school.

The children finish tomorrow for 8 weeks summer holidays and we have lots planned!!  First off the whole of July is covered as I have managed to get them into a Summer Scheme at our local Community Center.  The 3 boys go to one part of the Summer Scheme whilst Katie goes to another but next year when Katie will be able to go to the same one as the boys.  I have the boys going out on trips at separate times with the scheme whilst others stay at the center just so they are not together all the day,every day. Summer Scheme ends at 1.30pm each day so we will have activities planned for the afternoons too!  lets hope the rain stays off!!

Other than all that above (not much lol) I have not been upto much ha ha :-)

Off to the last Craft Club of the school year tomorrow but we have plans for meeting up so we don't escape each other that much!!  My friends are my rock and I would miss them so much if I didn't see them.

Right I think it is time for bed.  I will up load pics asap.  Thanks for reading my ramblings!!

Bye for now,
Happy Crafting,
Take care

Love me xxxxx

Oh P.S  I have taken up a few exchanges on Swap-Bot again ....  lovely  I have missed doing exchanges .... now are there any nice relaxing reliable exchanges going on on blogger? lol

The past week

Hello there,

I did not do any 'real' stitching until Friday.  I spent Monday chasing my tale, Tuesday evening at James' school at an A-Level Options evening, Wednesday I was worn out, Thursday and Friday running about again.  I did a little on my Fairy Grandmother for a couple of hours during the whole week but at craft club on Friday Morning (no way was I missing that!!) I did some more on Charlie Bear SAL that Steph stephiesstitching and I are doing of a weekend.

Tell you something exciting .... go and look at Stephs blog (link above) and see her fab stitching and for those of you who do HAEDS you will be amazed!  Brilliant work :-)

Charlie so far ... this is what he looked like when I started stitching this afternoon.

Charlie at the start of session 25th Feb 2012

I plan to do some more on Charlie tomorrow and then spend every spare second working away at Fairy Grandmother in the week.  I forgot to take an updated photo of her so will do one and show her off ASAP!!

Lovely post today ... I ordered the rest of the the threads I needed for Universe in a Jar and they arrived today along with a Punch Needle kit!  I have never tried this at all so this will be something new to me.  I looked it up and it seems really easy to do, lets hope it is as easy as it looks!

rest of the threads for Universe in a Jar

Punch Needle kit and tool
(Can't wait to start!!)

I will post updated photos on Monday of Charlie and Fairy Grandmother and lets hope next week gives me a good run at stitching her as I cannot wait to see her progress.  I want to try and get her face completed next week when the kiddies are at school.  I can do her face 2 over 2  or 1 over 1 on the 32 count evenweave.  I am opting for 1 over 1 as the detail will be spectacular so i think i need full daylight and no distractions lol  oh and my glasses :-)

Have a great weekend folks, we what is left of it

Bye for now

Love Heather :-)

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