GIVEAWAY TIME!

I am giving away two charts! Please note, they are marked up a bit as I had previously started them before deciding to not do them....

You can only enter for one chart - so make your decision!  Then leave a post saying which one you would like to be "entered for" - and an email address that I can reach you at if you win!

The one chart is "Peace" by Birds of a Feather. The other chart is "Emma Rose Freedom" by Tree of Life Samplings.  You can see both of these charts by looking on http://www.123stitch.com/ - my favorite online ordering shop!

I will be taking entries until Saturday - August 4th. I will do the drawing on Sunday, August 5th!

Colors Shining Through....

When I was growing up, my Mother used to call me a "little brown person"... Why? Because all I wanted to wear was brown clothes. I think I just didn't want anyone to notice me - didn't want to stand out.  As I grew up and older, I ventured into more colorful clothing. At one point, about the only colors in my closet were purple!  When I started stitching, I gravitated to the darker colors still.  I was really into primitive samplers. Then I found reproduction samplers and they became my new love.  I still stitch primitive ones, but mainly feel the pull towards the repro. I branch out now and then into samplers that are more modern.  But I still feel more at peace with the reproduction ones.  However, these days, I'm into ones that are much brighter! Ones that really pop out at you - ones that make you smile when you think about the little girl sitting there stitching them... picking out colors that are the brightest ones in the crayon box!  Several of the samplers I'm stitching now have bright pinks and peaches and reds and greens and blues in them - even pops of purple. What fun I'm having!! How about you? What colors do you feel yourself pulled towards?

Happy Fourth!!

A hot day....
An annual neighborhood 4th of July parade that came right by our house this year....
A trip to my favorite town of Occoquan (did I say it was hot)...
A new candle...
Some little bottles of bubbles that I was given at the tourist center...

Staying in for the rest of the evening - having dinner, reading my book, doing some stitching, watching some tv....

Hope you are having a good one!

Super Hot Day!!

And it will be hotter tomorrow!  I'm not a hot-weather fan - so I'm basically staying inside. I did venture out to the Post Office to mail a package. And then made a quick trip to the mall for a few things. It was even warm in there!

This afternoon will find me curled up with a book and some cross-stitching (not at the same time of course)!  What are you up to? Whatever it is - stay cool!

Tweet Tweet!

I love bird themed items - especially cross-stitch designs!  So when I saw "One Zany Bird" by Elizabeth's Designs, I knew I had to stitch her, or maybe him... I'm close to being finished! Can't wait to have this framed and hanging on my wall!

It Is Not My Fault!

It is Mary Kathryn's!  I read her blog... and the other day, she had a picture of a candle, in the sweetest jar... that she had bought at Target. So of course, yesterday, I had to run and get one too!  She bought "Pink Magnolia".  I wanted the "Lemon Verbena"... but the slot where it was supposed to be was empty!  Well, after looking and looking and moving many jars of various candles around, I found one!  And of course, while I was at it, I had to get this Red Velvet Cake one. It smells sooo yummy!  And then (and I'll blame my husband for this)... because when I went to find him, he was standing right next to a counter that had cocktail glasses of various types. I came home with these! He says... what are you going to do with them? I said, uh, drink out of them... ha!

They are normally for cordials or liquers... but I'm using them for juice and coke!

You Should Read This Book....

you may end up enjoying it as much as I did!  When I first tried "The Weird Sisters" by  Eleanor Brown awhile back, I couldn't get into it. It was my mood, I'm sure.  I decided to return it to the library, with a mental note to give it another chance one day.   About a week ago, I was wondering around B & N and I saw a hardbacked copy on the bargain table. Just one... and I knew it had been waiting for me. So I decided to give this book another chance - and I'm oh so happy I did!  It is a story about three sisters - Rosalind, who goes by Rose, Bianca (who goes by Bean) and Cordelia (who goes by Cordy).... Unlucky in work, love, and life, the Andreas sisters return to their childhood home. Each has a secret she is unwilling to share - each has come home to lick her wounds.  Oh, and their father, a renowned Professor of Shakespeare communicates almost exclusively in verse....