THOSE DARN IDES
Have you ever had a day when you're just...off? Everything I attempted to do yesterday was fraught with the feeling that I just wasn't quite right in the head.(Pause for snickering.)It would seem that...
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CHELLO, MOJO!
Aaaahhhhhh. A marathon stitchy session in the Happy Chair last night and all is right with the world (at least this little corner of it, anyway) once again.Happy St. Patrick's Day to all those so...
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FRIDAY...ALREADY?
They say that time flies when you're having fun, but this is ridiculous. This week has simply flown by, and it's not because I've been busy or productive or vacationing on some exotic island. I...
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MARCH MADNESS
My Mo-ther can't come to the blog right now. She's snoring away in the big girl sleigh bed after an evening of maniacal stitching and West Wing watching. I thought we were just going to settle in for...
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MORE MADNESS...
Another marathon stitching session. Only this time it was "Sparkle" by Carolyn Manning Designs:I think all this stitching is the result of me working out all of the inner turmoil in my tiny little...
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HOLY INSTANT GRATIFICATION, BATMAN!
I didn't expect to stitch this so fast, but today brings us a Happy Dance FeeNee for Carolyn Manning's Sparkle:This is stitched on 28ct. Fog cashel with DMC floss and a Crescent Colours for good...
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STUDIO SERENDIPITOUSNESS
I decided I wanted to do a counted canvas piece next in the ole rotation of stitchy fun, so up to the studio I went. I didn't have anything in mind really, but I'm just tickled pink with what I put...
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FUTZINGDAY REPORT
Quiet, somewhat gloomy day today and I'm doing my level best to procrastinate. I have a very long list of important and not so important stuff to do, but I am contemplating a nap and some evening...
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ALMOST, BUT NOT QUITE
I could have probably finished this last night, but it has been so much fun that I wanted to have just one more day with it. Is that so wrong?Stewey and I just watched the HBO documentary about Nora...
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EASTER SQUARES FEE NEE
Halloween Squares (in Easter colors)Stickideen Von Der Wiehenburgfrom the Sept/Oct 2015 issue of Needlepoint Now18ct. mono canvas in light blueWatercolours "Painted Desert"DMC floss 335, 351, 353, 433,...
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ROUGHING IT
Chello from the St. Joe County Public Library!My cable and internets are down at Chez Spinster, so I put my shoes on and am writing this from the library today. I feel so darn sophisticated...sitting...
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TIDBITS - A PRETTY GOOD START IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF
Boy oh boy oh boy oh boy, am I having fun with this one!This is Tidbits by Needle Delights Originals. I did have all of the threads in the kit, but I was looking for something a little more...
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STILL HAVING FUN
Before I knew what hit me, Stewey and I had spent the better part of the evening happily stitching away on Tidbits. I was worried at first that my color selection wouldn't do this justice, but a happy...
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Miss Charlene and I are in the great state of Illinois today. She is christening her son's endodontic practice, and I'm along for moral support. (How cool is it that she gets to celebrate her son's...
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JUST A LITTLE BIT...
I was good. I really really was.But I just couldn't resist adding just a few things to my little shopping basket at DD.As you may have noticed, I'm on some wierd matchy matchy kick whereby I match...
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In exactly eleven days I am going to turn 50. And in an effort to really mark the occasion I've been doing a lot of navel gazing and pondering and contemplating of all of the things rattling around in...
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MONDAY MONDAY
Wow. Who knew that me being me would prompt such wonderful lovely-ness from all of you? I have to confess that I am rather ashamed at the attention, but I did let your words wash over me like the...
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