Monday, July 9, 2012

A wink and a jig

My I have been a negligent blogger!  It's been too long between posts!  I have no excuse, except...well...it is Summer in the Northeastern United States. Since we don't get a lot of warm sunny weather,  Yankees such as myself need to take advantage of it when we get it!  I've still been stitching on and off this season, so I do have some progress on My Lady of the Snow--but that will wait for a bit!

First...I want to show you what I received from my first "official" exchange package from the group "Stitched with love exchanges". The theme was "favorite things" so we received a form filled out with all favorite things for our stitching recipient. Tina C. got my name and she did such a wonderful job stitching and putting my package together!  I love everything...especially the pillow she stitched for me! I love houses, flowers and the colors pink, rose and garnet!

 Isn't it lovely?  I fell in love with it the moment I saw it! Below is the exchange in all of it's glory:

I received lots of goodies from England (I was thrilled) including a Cadbury chocolate bar made in Tina's hometown of Birmingham and some British style Starbursts. Ummm..sadly, they did not make it to the photo shoot. I wish I could blame my husband because he is the one who... coerced..er...suggested that I..er...we sample them as soon as I unwrapped them. Unfortunately the blame won't stick because I ate most of it-- but I did share some with him. So I'm not entirely selfish!

I was thrilled to receive a Queen's Jubilee commemorative thimble set as well!  I never thought I would have a souvenir from her gala! At any rate, if you are reading this Tina..thank you so very much! I appreciate and love everything!

I had such a fabulous tie putting together the last exchange that I am joining another one sponsored by Stitched with love. This time the theme is something near and dear to my heart---tea!!! I am going to have so much fun with this. Not only am I going to put my designing skills to work: by designing an original pattern, but I will also put some of my rusty and neglected crafting skills to work as well. I can't wait to see what I come up with!!

This is a picture of the pillow I stitched for my partner June-- in England. She indicated that she liked seasonal designs so I picked this free Summer design from Jardin Prive:



Well..here it is, the update on Miss Snow:


Only 678, 985 more stitches to go!  No problem...it'll be done in a wink and a jig. Bwahahaha....sigh...

That's it for now but I'll be back soon with pictures from my vacation in New England and a new project. Thank you for reading and leaving your lovely comments!

Brightest Blessings!

Beth B.

9 comments:

  1. You recieved some great things! I love both pillows! Now I expect to see her done by month's end. :D Just kidding!

    ~McKenna

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    1. Hi McKenna! So nice to hear from you! Ha ha..well...I dunno...I'll do my best but my fingers don't fly fast enough!

      By the way...I'm still trying to join your blog but Blogger still won't let me! Grrr..have to see if I can get some tips from other bloggers to determine what's wrong!

      Thank you for your lovely comments..and your wonderful sense of humor!

      Hugs!

      Beth

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  2. Hi Beth, Such gorgeous gifts you received and sent. So glad that you enjoyed the exchange.

    Wonderful progress on your WIP.
    hugs, kaye

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    1. Thank you Kaye! I love hearing from you! The exchange was so much fun even though there were a few errors on my part! But it was my first exchange so it will get easier!

      Brightest Blessings!

      Beth

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  3. Great exchange Beth loved my one you sent me. This is so much fun.
    love your Miss Snow she is beautiful.
    Enjoy your Summer here we have rain and more rain so far 5 weeks of rain.hugs.

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    1. Hi June!
      I am thrilled that you liked your package! I had a wonderful time putting it together. I also love your blog and will be a follower as soon as I can figure out why blogger isn't letting me join any new blogs!

      Miss Snow will be beautiful once she "grows up". I'm just not sure how old I'll be by then. I do love large projects, but sometimes I just want to get them finished so I can go on to the next project "in waiting"!

      I hope you get some nice weather soon. I will see what I can do to send our nice--if not unusually hot weather--your way!

      Hugs back to you!

      Beth B.

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  4. Hi Elizabeth, you received great gifts! And I love the summer design pillow for Jane. As a chocolate lover, I totally understand your hubby :))

    Miss Snow is coming along so beautifully! Look forward to seeing the next progress...

    Hugs,

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    1. Lovely Nurdan!

      Thank you for your kind comments! I like hugs, cats, peacocks and chocolate--not necessarily in that order! I'm afraid that my chocolate passion has rubbed off on my husband because he didn't have a sweet tooth until he met me!

      Brightest Blessings!

      Beth B.

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  5. Lovely blog post Beth,so glad you liked everything.the exchange you sent was lovely too.
    Miss snow I making great progress will enjoy watching her grow.please can you send us some sun,we are still waiting for our summer to begin its been rain,rain and more rain

    Take care
    Tina x

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