Finished!

Well, Friends, here we are at the end of another week. And here's what I finally finished! This is the second chart of Blackbird's Anniversaries of the Heart series. In other words, it's the February chart. I chose to dedicate it to my maternal grandmother Ina Leive. Her birthday was Feb 6th, 1892. She was so special to me because she made me feel special, and anyone that she came in contact with. She'd greet me with, " How's my Sharyn today?" I, in turn, have followed her example when greeting my grandchildren. Grandma was a petite lady with a smile that would make her eyes twinkle. She was a fantastic storyteller and we grandchildren would love to hear her tell her wonderful stories about homesteading in Montana, and adventures with her 3 children on the Kansas farm. I so wish that we'd recorded these stories or someone would have written them down. I never tired of hearing them. This design provided quite a challenge to me. I have never seen myself as a bricklayer, but feel pretty experienced now after building this house! Thanks for visiting. I always appreciate your comments. I hope everyone has a stitchy weekend!

I'm So Sorry!

I've recently become aware that several people have been unable to post comments on my blog. I'm so sorry!

I have done some research and I think I've fixed the problem. Please try again when you visit.....I would love to hear from you!

Until next time,

Sharyn, still a novice at this blogging thing, I appreciate your patience!

Trip

February 23rd, 3 Midwesterners ventured out of their territory and traveled to a new land. They saw the mts of New Mexico and marveled at the beautiful scenery of Sedona, AZ. They saw many unusual sites: from the snow falling on the cactus, to the enormous hole of the Meteor Crater, to the breathtaking beauty of The Painted Desert.


But, their main quest was to find The Attic! What? The Attic, you nonstitchers might ask, what's that? Only one of the top cross stitch shops in the United States! And we, the Midwesterners, if you hadn't already guessed, had the privilege to visit it on their Market Day!!! Can it get any better than that??



My friend Janet and I were greeted at the door by the owner, Jean. What a lovely gracious lady!
Here we are posing with Jean in front of their wonderful sampler wall.
Jean escorted us to the Market Room that was already packed with other cross stitchers. Oh, the treasures we found!

We loved the shop so much that we took a lunch break and came back for awhile in the afternoon! We would certainly recommend visiting this shop to any cross stitcher! It is well stocked with all the designers' charts, lots of floss and fabric and the models are stupendous! We hated to leave, but knew that we could order from them after we returned home if there was anything we'd left behind and "needed"!

Trip, Part 2 will feature scenery pictures of the Southwest, NM and AZ.

Until then I hope that Spring is Blooming at your house!

Spring's Messenger!

I spied this first Robin of Spring on our front lawn this week! He/She was just standing there taking in the warmer temperature, and occasionally digging for bugs. The sight certainly made me long for Spring!

As does this favorite picture hanging on my dining room wall!

My stitching has even made me long for the lovely warm days! Here's my stitched piece by With They Needle And Thread called Needles and Pins Heart Pinkeep. This was the February kit at my LNS's stitch in. I still have to turn the heart into a pillow that will then be put in a thread spool stand. It will be darling when I get it finished! Doesn't the bird make you long for Spring too?

BLIZZARD!

HI, Greetings from the land of white....we are in the middle of a blizzard!

Up to a ft of snow is predicted! It's been snowing all day and will into the night. Winds are to increase to 40 mph tonight! We are staying in, staying warm and cozy while Mother Nature drops all this snow on us!

This is what it looked like outside this afternoon.



I wanted to get a picture of our mailman as he drove down the street, but he delivered the mail next door, got stuck and backed his truck out of our street! I don't think he ever delivered to the rest of us.....so much for the saying, neither sleet nor rain, etc!

Meanwhile, the birds were having a convention at our birdfeeder. Occasionally a cardinal would fly in and shoo all the others away, but they came back shortly.

Speaking of birds, I finished this piece by Praiseworthy Stitches recently. Sorry for the wrinkles. It's called Winter Bird Delight. I'm sure the birds would be delighted to find these berries, but right now they have to settle for birdseed!

I hope wherever you live you are safe and warm.

How Much Snow Did You Get?

Yesterday we had our second major snowstorm of the year! The forecast was for 6-10" for our area. As it turned out, Kansas City was in the bullseye of the storm!

It started snowing around 1:00 yesterday afternoon and kept it up until late in the night. At times the flakes were big and fluffy and came down heavily. Around rush hour it was snowing so hard it was almost a white out!

We were lucky and were home safe and sound with no plans to get out in it.



Today the beauty of it is this, taken of our backyard from the sunporch:

But the reality is this:

My DH took several trips out to shovel our driveway. The sun was shining, but the temperature was in the teens most of the day. He measured and said we had around 6" of snow. Our street is still snow covered as you can see, but cars seem to be driving without problems.

Unfortunately, snow is in the forecast for tomorrow too!

How much snow did you get?

Happy New Year + 1 Week!

Happy New Year 2011!


I hope everyone is having a great start to the new year. It's like a blank page, isn't it? So many possibilities for fun, learning and adventure, and stitching!

Although I should be looking forward right now, this post is going to deal with looking backward as I have some stitching projects to share.

I know I was lax in posting my Christmas stitching and I really thought after C-mas I would find the time, but now the new year is already a wk old.

Sooo, there's no time like the present, here we go!

This is the ornament that I stitched for my stitch group exchange. I did the finishing too, can you believe it??
The cording was a "bear" to stitch on, and I learned that if I did this more than once a yr it would be easier! I followed the finishing directions in the JCS ornie mags.
Oh, it's a Glory Bee design.




This is the ornie that I received! isn't it adorable! Mary stitched this and I LOVE the yarn trim! Such a clever idea! She said it wasn't hard to stitch it on, and I guess it would be forgiving since it's suppose to be "flirty" ! ( I just made that up!)




The next two are ones I stitched for our DDs for Christmas. The snowman is Sarah's. It's a Prairie Schooler.


The Gingerbread Tree is Jennifer's, and was designed by Little House. I really like this finish as it's simple, but cute too.

Last, but not least, is the ornie my friend Janet stitched for me! It's by Homespun Elegance. I LOVE the heart shape and she did a great job of finishing it! Thanks so much, Janet!

That's all for now, I do have a couple of laggers to finish and hope to be able to post them next time!

We are to FINALLY get a snow next week! Just seems like we are due for one and I think this one will be pretty major!

Wherever you live, in warm or cold temps right now, I hope you are enjoying this brand new year and making the most of it!

Thanks for sticking by me, Dear Readers, as I know my blogging has been sporatic in the past, but one of my goals for this year is to be a better and more frequent blogger!

Thanks also for the lovely comments I've received, I appreciate each and every one!

Till next time! :-)