My Summer Exchange arrived

 A HUGE thank you to Francesca for my summer exchange gift,  I just love it sooooooo much.  It couldn't have arrived on a better day, as I've had a bad week, so thank you for cheering me up too!


Here are the photos:

The bag is just wonderful, will be using that to transport my small stitching around when I visit friends and relatives. The thread is just my colour, I love the "antique" colours and I promise to make good use of it.  A lovely little lavender bag, how did you know that lavender is my favourite plant?  I have a lavender patch in my garden so I am never out of lavender for making my home smell nice!

Thank you again Francesca, you are a real angel. xx

Nia's Summer Exchange Gift

Here's the pic of little parcel I sent to Nia.  Glad you liked it!

Summer Sun brings out another Cat!

As you can see, I've finished the second cat from our Cool Cats SAL.  I think it was the lovely sunny weather we've been enjoying that brought him out of hiding.  So pleased with how it is looking so far - still holding fire on the final decision on the colour of the words!

Enjoy your Bank Holiday weekend in the UK x

Finished Spring Card

Here it is, finished and rather pleased with it!

Cross Stitch Crazy - Issue 163

I picked up the new Cross Stitch Crazy today and here's what was inside!

A large chart


AND a free complete card kit



AND - a free giveaway for 2 MS kits - "London Bus" and "You Make Me Smile"

Me So Happy!!!

First Part of SAL Finished

I finished the Spring cat this evening. I have decided to put them all on one piece, so there are marking lines showing for now. I am still not sure about the colour of the writing, so that may change (has already been done 3 times!).

Two little cards!

Here are two cards I've just made up.

This one is for my Mum's birthday.

This for a SAL with a Valentines theme.

First finish 2012!

I love this little design and I am very pleased with the way it turned out.
I downloaded the design from Craft Circle (as advertised in Cross Stitcher)

Happy Christmas

Hope you have all had a good Christmas and got lots of stitchy goodies.

Here's a pic of the Little Kate design I stitched for my daughter's Christmas present.

Finished the November SAL

I've finally made up the November SALs.

There are two photos to show the two sides of the Ornament.

Spooky Finish

This is my little Halloween finish - Pumpkin Pie from Cross Stitcher Magazine, issue 232 (I think!) that I did for a SAL. I think he's the cutest and another one of my list of the Black and White cats.

Another little finish

This cute little princess is one of the sketchbook series in Cross Stitcher magazine - sorry can't remember the issue number. I loved adding the beads to her crown and collar (Katie chose the pink colour!).

2nd Part of the SAL

Finished the 2nd part of the SAL today, need to make them up into something now!

Part 1 of SAL done

I've finished part 1 of the SAL, on to the snowman now.

Santa Claws

Hope you don't mind me showing you my finish but I am rather proud of him. He is the second of the Black & White Cats I've finished and having fallen in love with him, plan on doing a lot more of him in the coming months.