New fabric and thread

Look at all the fabulous new fabric and Carries Creations thread I have new in the shop as of the end of last week. I have been waiting for this fabric for a long time and I am so glad to finally have some gorgeous fabric to sell again.

I got in 300 skeins of Carries Creations thread last week and am expecting 100 more within the next couple of week.s The colours are fantastic.

Ornaments

This is what we found when we looked out today. That little building under the tree is our garden shed.

 And these are the ornaments for my 4 little great nieces for Christmas. The red ones are over one on 25 ct lugana and the white ones are over one on 32 count linen. I have until Decemebr to find some finishitive. The design is called "Sweet Bouquet" by JBW designs.

Nashville 2013

I had to show a picture of the Nashville Market. This is from a couple of years ago  but you get the idea. We just found out that they will indeed be having a Nashville Market early in March of 2013 so I have already booked our room at  the  Embassy Suites in Cool Springs Tennessee for the event.  It is one of the highlights of year for me and Dan too, but he is relieved that this year it is not happinging on Daytona 500 weekend.

My garden is growing. All of the potato plants have sprouted and there are even  little green peppers growing on the pepper plants. I am quite pround of myself although I suspect the  nice weather and the recent rain account for more than my not-so-green thumbs.

I have been stitching Christmas ornaments. Next post will feature pictures of them.

Garden is planted

Suddenly I know people having babies. These three were Sunday's stitching output. That is more stitching than I have done in weeks!

I have managed to squeese in a couple of ornaments in the series I am working on and I am still liking them so I expect I will continue with them.

Yesterday we prepared the garden and this morning I planted it. Just potatoes, green peppers, carrots and tomatoes  went in this year.

On Saturday we went  crazy at the front flower beds. They are well weeded (for however long that will last), the bushes are trimmed and the  red geraniums are looking quite perky!

Home again

We are home from sunny Florida.

The holiday was a good one.It was very relaxing and consisted of a lifestyle doing very little which alas I could probably get used to. However that is not to be. We are home and the lawn, the garden, the house, and  the shop are all clamouring for attention.

While in Florida though I spent a fair bit of time on my White Lilies and as you can see accomplished quite a lot. I have finished page 10 so I am more than halfway through.

When I got home I realized that I felt rather White lilied out so I started on this series of Cgristmas Ornaments by Blue Ribbon desgins. They use both over one and over two stitches on 32 count fabric. I am enjoying the change  and have decided that the enjoyment is coming primarily from being able to do more than 3 stitches in a row  without changing colours!

Dogs on vacation

There is a Dog Beach  in Venice where dogs are allowed off leash to swim and chase stitcks. Our  girls like the Gulf but not if it is rough or wavy. This day was very calm and they had a fine time swimming and chasing sticks.

The top picture is of Mollie. Here are both Mollie and Paddy in hot pursuit of a floating stick. Paddy always gets to it first.

When the dogs got tired of the game Dan retrieved the stick.

This is a perfect shot of the girls on holiday...not a lot different from when they are not on holiday.

I have been stitching and knitting. One green sock was done before we got here. I finished the mate to it and today I just finished the one blue one. It's mate will be forthcoming one of these days.

My White Lilies on Red from Mystic stitch is calling me right now. I am on page 10 and will post a photo as soon as I finish this page as it will mean I am halfway there!

9 pages down, 11 to go

These pages are not going quite as fast as the beer bottles did! But ohh it is looking good!
I do love sitting outside in the lanai stitching...at home I rarely if ever stitch outside. That is because I am always having to watch the dogs as they sneak off into the woods if they think I'm not looking and also there are always bugs!
Here ...no bugs in  a screened in area...no sneaking off  by the girls.
We are seeing lots of birds ...real red headed woodpeckers, both blue jays and scrub jays, mockingbirds and cardinals! And a few huge turtles! It is really sweet to see the birds splashing and shaking in the bird bath...maybe we should get one at home.