Christmas

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

Christmas day was very busy day for us.

First Christmas at home, then MIL's and then my sister's.

Kayden is 7 months and had a great Christmas.

My sisters dressed up at Witches this Christmas.

Why? Long store short for my sister Mary.

Picture below.

Barb, Mary, Carol back row.

Me and Loretta front row.

And here I am in the WalMart dress. I added the material patches, buttons, paint and trim around the sleeves and bottom of the dress. I have bat earrings on and the broom I order on-line. The hat was a gift from my sister Mary last Halloween and the shoes from KMart, I added the paint and buttons.
My sisters were mad at me because they said my outfit was too cute, to be a witch. LOL!

Thanks!

Thank you Tinna for the wonderful surprise that came in the mail.

Candies, magazine and I love the fob with the flower scissors.

Your stitching is so pretty.

Trying to make some progress

Trying to make some progress on Kayden's baby blanket.

I filled in a few area on the boy and started his name at the top of the blanket.

Kept running out of thread, so I set it aside for now.

Pulled out the Garden Angels that I started on at the beginning of the year.

This is what it looked like...

And this is what it looks like today.
I've done some beading.
This is all the variations of two patterns.

My plan is to make up several of them and make a wreath with them.

This is another picture of the large ornament that I beaded so you can see how big it really is.

Kayden loves to watch the big ornament spin. I have it hanging between the living and dinning room.

Kayden now has 5 teeth and will be 7 months old tomorrow.

He loves to walk (with help), getting into the Christmas tree and ornaments.

We had a lot of ice the other day and several tree limbs fell. Two on my car, but no damage was done. Today it is windy and you can hear the ice from the trees hitting the windows.

Well, I think I am going to make some cookies now.

Have a great Christmas everyone.

Fabulous Friday

Started off the week beading another ornament.

Green bulb, gold and green seed beads.

Decided I was done beading the large Christmas bulb, because I can't find any more beads to complete it.

But I have gotten a lot of complements on it, so I guess it is done.

Wanted to add a mistletoe, but couldn't find a small one.

This is the ornament that Coleen and I bought at the H.S. retreat as a joke.

Thursday my sister Carol called--Heard your Christmas tree was ruined when you moved. We have one that was left behind by the previous owners. Don't know what kind of shape it is in but if you want it - it's yours.

Bob went and picked it up, carried it in and started putting it together.

I think it looks pretty good!
Couldn't find the tree skirt so I used a blanket. LOL!

Been working on Bob's Christmas stocking, until I ran out of DMC 4010.

So, I pulled out Romeo and Chicks by Frankie Buckley, Leisure Arts.

And happy to say I finished it Friday!

This piece was a UFO and a BAP.

That is what made it a Fabulous Friday!!!

Having a finished was great, so I pulled out Kayden's baby blanket and started stitching on it again. Click here to see what it looked like.

Below is a picture of what it looks like today.

I kept running out of floss, using 6 strands - the floss goes fast!!!

Last Week

Been working on Bob's Christmas stocking and you can see I have finally made it to the foot part of the stocking.

And yes there will be enough room that I won't have to flip the pattern.

Finished Dara's Christmas bulb.

Silver bulb with #81 mill hill beads and metallic silver beads.

Two more bulbs with the same beads in a different combination.

These are the tiny silver bulbs with blue iris beads and white gold beads.
Done in a combination of two different patterns.

More tiny silver bulbs with blue iris beads and white gold beads.

Tiny silver bulbs with green iris beads and white gold beads.

The beaded ornaments are made with needle and thread that is beaded around the ornament. Starting at the top of the ornament with a circle of beads and ending at the bottom of the ornament with a circle of beads.

And of course a picture of Kayden.

He is 6 months old.

a few things

I received a wonderful package from Mylene.

Thank you so much for the card, chocolates and the ornament.

I love the fuzzy cording you used on the ornament.

Finished another fall pillow, just in time to put away and get out the Christmas decorations. LOL!

I love beading the tiny ornaments.

Finished a few this week, but this is my favorite.

Silver bulb, purple iris beads with dark white gold 22K beads.

Also did a few larger ornaments.

Red bulb with silver lined gold beads and silver lined red accent beads.

This one is for Dylan.

Red bulb, silver lined green accent beads with bright gold 22kt. beads and dark white gold 22kt. beads.

Thanksgiving was very nice and to my surprise Dave talked to Bob.

Had a nice time at my sister's also.

I gave them the ornaments I made for them for Christmas and they all seamed to love them.

My sisters are dressing up as witches for Christmas and they told me I needed a witch outfit. So I have been busy trying to put one together. It was hard to find anything with all the Halloween stuff out of the stores. I tried on-line, but didn't like it or was way to much. Found a dress at Wal-Mart, then went to the craft section at Wal-Mart and bought some beaded fringe and other things to put on the outfit. Went to JoAnn's and bought some fabric paint and they had a few Halloween material left so I bought two different prints. Found a pair of boot slippers at K-Mart. I'll post pictures when the outfit is done.

Another Week

My sewing machine has been fixed!!! I was so happy to get it back, I finished my fall pillow the same day.

My first beaded scissor fob.
Learned a new way to bead Christmas bulbs. I think I like it, will have to try to make more this next week.

Finished several more Christmas bulbs.

And the beads I ordered came in! Hope to get more beading time this next week.

This video was taken last Thursday. Love the giggles!!!

Kayden, Dara & Stitching

Romeo and Chicks (Above)

Ran out of 310 black.

So I pulled out Bob's Christmas Stocking.

This is what it looked like when I started stitching on it again.

(Below)

Friday, Dara started her new job at Apple bee's as a hostess.

Can you see where she is yelling at me, because I am taking her picture. LOL!
Pictures of Kayden he is 5 months old.
You can see he has hair now and two teeth.

A few finishes

More Christmas ornaments.

I just love doing the beads.

The snowman below, is the finish I had at Shari's house last Saturday.

The material I dyed at the Hoosier Stitcher's retreat.

The picture doesn't show the true color of the material.

It is really blue with yellow.

This ornament is for Kayden.

It is his first ornament. I was very happy to make his first ornament.

The bulb is gold, beads are light yellow and baby blue.

I placed a large order for beads.

Just waiting to hear what my finial damage is.

6 Things About Me

I was tagged by Meari to share six things about me.
The rules are as follows:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know your entry is up.

So, here are six random things about myself:
1. I enjoy arts and crafts.
2. I like eating at nice restaurants.
3. I don't like shopping.
4. I have blue eyes.
5. Love getting together with friends.
6. I am short.

Tagged...
Kim
Betty
Cherie
Elaine
Shari
Vicky

A wonderful Saturday

This picture was taken last Monday all the pretty leaves have fallen.

I had such a wonderful Saturday. First I went to Shari house for a stitch-in. We had a great time together. I gave her the prizes for winning a game on the ILCS group and I also made her a blanket (picture above) on Thursday. Then on Friday my sewing machine stopped working.

I did finish a little snowman piece and a little progress on my Romeo and Chicks.

Saturday night I met up with a bunch of old high school friends.

One came from Florida and one from Chicago. I was a lot of fun.

I was really surprised to find out how many of them still live in Argos.

Most in the picture are from the class of 1985.

No this is not my graduating class.

But I went to a very small school and you knew everyone in the school.

Jon

Kandy & Brad

Jana

I hope we all get together again soon.