Today at 3 pm I officially started my holidays!  I have been looking forward to some time off of work.  For quite awhile my plans were up in the air, also I didn’t really want to nail myself down.  Now I’ve got two busy weeks ahead of me! Wedding Row – Bent Creek Saturday evening I have a wedding to go to, one of my long time TKD buddies is tying the knot.  Today I started the process of framing

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Frrrreeeedoooom!

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by and visited my new blog and thank you for all your support and very kind words!  I read and appreciate every comment (on both blogs). We’re a few weeks into July and I still haven’t shared my stitching goals with you (shame on me!).  Even though I haven’t put them up here to share with you I did make a point of jotting it down on paper when the first of the

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July Goals And Stuff

I’m a member of the Weight Watchers Canada online communities and e-tools, over the weekend there was a recent upgrade and one of the components was a blog section which being an avid blogger for so many years I decided to start one over there.  But is it really getting any traffic, and I can’t easily share with you guys (for those of you who care/are interested), there seems to be no

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Anudder Blog

Wow!  What a busy weekend!  I was actually off this past Friday, but I didn’t get to relax!  I met up with my friends Tracey and Terri and we were off cross-border shopping (again)!  I left my house at 7am and I didn’t get back until 10pm what a long day!  We hit up all the major stores and mall in Watertown N.Y. and swung by Wal Mart in Ogdensburg, N.Y. on the way home!  I didn’t buy much but I

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July Stitching Get Together at Lynn’s

Its been a very long week with the extreme temperatures and humidity we’ve had here in the Ottawa area.  Temperatures have been in the mid 30′s all week long and it certainly has taken a toll on everyone.  I’ve not worked out this week because driving home in my greenhouse on wheels (aka no A/C in the car) left me feeling ill after the 25 minute drive.  I pretty much came home most evenings and

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The Week’s Progress

Unfortunately I don’t have a “before” picture for you this week, but let me assure you my dragon pretty much looked the same from last Sunday until this Saturday.  It was a busy week, and an exhausting one, I went to bed very early on several occasions which is very unlike me! On Saturday I finished off the backstitching on the 2nd quarter of Celestial Dragon, and officially had 1/2 of the

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Holy Stitching Batman!

I had a great weekend.  It started out with Friday night’s usual running around, starting with a trip to the gym then groceries and dinner out with Christin.  While we were out and about my friend Tracey wanted to know if I wanted to Antiquing with her on Saturday.  She got in touch with me about a change of plans for Saturday and I told her if she wanted to talk to me, that I was on the patio at

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Another Weekend Comes and Goes

Continuing our exploration of the Cross Stitch Forum today and the focus is on something even experienced stitchers need sometimes – ADVICE. Whether you are looking to expand your stitching skill, looking for a product, or searching for a pattern, the members of the Forum are sure to have an idea or two. I get the best ideas from the members! We help one another solve problems, find patterns, and we also give one another advice on OT (off-topic) subjects at times too

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Get Advice in the Cross Stitch Forum

We share progress photos of our work in the About.com Cross Stitch Forum all the time. It is so neat to watch someone’s work progress from a few stitches to a lovely design whether it is a geometric design, a little cartoon character, or, as in this case, a holiday treasure. Kelly has been stitching on Santa quite a while and he’s turning out to be a gorgeous fellow

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Photo of the Week: Santa Forum SAL

One of my favorite parts of the About.com Forum is that everyone there is just as crazy about Cross Stitch as me! It is nice to be able to let your hair down and admit just how much you like silk floss, Ink Circles designs, or fractals. We can talk about needles and beads and all sorts of things and no one rolls eyes or sighs from boredom (Like members of my family are wont to do)

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Focus on the Forum: Find Cross Stitch Friends

This week, we will be focusing on the forum – the About.com Cross Stitch forum – and all the many fun features and friends you will find there. Visit the blog each day for a new insight. If you aren’t already a member of the forum, sign up is free and easy – so why not join today?

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From the Forum: Share Free Patterns

Ladybug shared these photos recently. She has stitched them for all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She has done twenty-one so far! She charts the child’s name, date, time born, length and weight.

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Photos of the Week – Special Baby Samplers

I had a wonderful stitchy weekend!  Back during our last two Timberhouse Retreats Sheila started talking about having us all out to Georgian Bay (an amazing part of Ontario!) for a stitching weekend, this weekend it became a reality. Matilda and our hostess Sheila meet for the first time Christin and I drove down to Brighton and hooked up with part of the weekend’s group.  We got into the car

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Adventures of the Travelling Stitcherhood

I have written before that reading is one of my favorite activities. And, of course, so is Cross Stitch! Recently I won an auction on eBay for a set of Cross Stitch ribbands that will make wonderful bookmarks

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Bookmark or Borders – You Decide

A new member in the forum posted this question recently: “In Holidays In Cross Stitch 1990 (The Vanessa Ann Collection) on pg 31 is this awesome design for a locket. Problem is that the book is so old that the supplier listed is no longer in business and I am having trouble finding lockets to use.

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From the Forum: Cross Stitch Locket Question

Well my car seems just fine, we got to work and back with no problems today!  Thank you everyone for your comments and notes of concern!  I do really appreciate it! Its the start of a new month so its time to talk about stitching goals! May Review Work on Celestial Dragon – Yes finished 1/4 Stitch an ornament – Yes Work on Beatrice’s Mirabilia RR – No I don’t have any patterns with enough “

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Meh, Tuesday

I had a fantastic weekend!  How often do I say that, not that often (unless its an awesome stitchy weekend!). Todd decided not to go fishing this weekend, and we actually spent it together (not something we do too often really he fishes, I stitch!).  We started out with taking in a matinee Saturday morning (I’m too cheap to pay full price for a movie), Iron Man 2 was not bad, but of course as

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Weekend Stitchy Update

The consensus was very strong so I guess my instincts were right, I went with Dried Thyme for my TKD buddy’s wedding sampler.  I started the piece on Tuesday, and here’s where I am at the end of the night Thursday (could of been further along if I hadn’t crashed at 9PM last night).  I’m stitching this using the DMC substitutions instead of the hand dyed fibers and I’m really enjoying this piece!

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Of….

I kept to my goal this weekend and despite going out dancing last night I managed to finish 1/4 of Celestial Dragon.  Well its not treally 100% finished, there’s a scale pattern to be done on the dragon in gold blending fillament, a netting to stitch in the backgrounda and beads to go on.  I’ll be leaving all of that until the end.  (BTW I did fix the loop by the dragon’s mouth/tongue!) The

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1/4 Of A Dragon

I was a good girl, and stuck to my plan yesterday no matter how tempted I was to pick up Celestial Dragon I didn’t and focused on my ornament.  Which I did finish and was able to give CD a little time before bed! Not A Creature Was Stirring…c2008 Casey Buonaugurio DesignsDecember 2008 Just Cross StitchStitched on :32ct Belfast Mint GreenStitched with : DMC cotton and Mill Hill Beads I’m

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May Ornament Happy Dance