Stash & More Stash

There is nothing like buying more cross stitch floss, material and speciality fibers even when you already have plenty. A sale is nice but not really necessary when you find something new that just has to be added to your collection of stash. Our extra room has gotten so full with all my cross stitch supplies along with all of Mom's crochet thread we found on sale last year. Not shown are her trunks and boxes full of thread.

dmc floss stored in my 2 drawer antique thread cabinet

boxes to hold additional speciality fibers, silk thread

and a small trunk to hold bookmark supplies

drawers for extra floss and material

found on sale

expandable folders for evenweave material by counts

these are hidden behind a cabinet door

more projects waiting their turn

4 drawer file cabinet

with all my cross stitch books

organized by subjects

cross stitch hardback books

and more containers

to hold trims, beads and scissors

and last but not least

the bookcase that holds

most of the hardback books for

cross stitch, needlepoint and quilting

Now to find the time to sit and enjoy looking for new projects to work on and even more important the time to sit and stitch.

Cross Stitch Finish

WIP Finished

ELVIS

Is Ready To Leave The Building

Vervaco Pattern

18 ct Light Fiddlers Cloth

Recommended DMC Floss, 1 Strand

With January came the extreme cold for our area for about 2 weeks which included 2 3-day weekends. It's amazing how much I can stitch when it is too cold and the roads are too bad to go anywhere and reruns of NCIS and Bones are on TV.

Bottles, Bottles & More Perfume Bottles

I Love Perfume Bottles

my swan Jennifer gave me a couple of years ago

this one is big enough to hold perfumed lotion

I sit them in bowls

on the dresser

grouped in a crystal napkin holder

looks much better than holding napkins

and more in my corner cabinet

Foggy White Wednesday

Freezing Fog Mornings

what a way to start the week

on the way to work

sounded like freezing rain at times

the one clear spot in the fog

still not melted from the past 2 weeks of extreme cold

Thanks to Kathleen at Faded Charm for hosting White Wednesday. She has so many links to other White Wednesday participants you can visit.

Cross Stitch Quilt Blocks

More Finishes

Orange is for Leukemia

Block for Cancer Quilt

Donna at Stitching for a Cure's

Fund Raiser Quilt for Relay Races

Tow Mater

for Connor - LDI

Cross Stitch Christmas & Birthday

Finishes

Eye of the Tiger, True Colors

Stitched on 14 count brown perforated paper

DMC Colors

Stitched For Jennifer for Christmas

Framed in Wooden Box

Elvis

stitched on 14 count

off white tote bag

DMC Black

Mom made the lining from material

I found at Hobby Lobby

Stitched for Linda for her birthday

White Wednesday

We Got Snow

only 1/2" but that is enough for us

baby magnolia

angel girl by the porch

large pot in the middle of the flower garden

benches covered

newest no water fountain in the garden

doves watching over the garden

birth baths we forgot to take down full

little pond covered up

It started snowing around 8 am Thursday morning and snowed all day. We finally had about 1/2" by the end of the day with snow flurries all day Friday and Saturday. We might have ended up with maybe 1" by Sunday morning. Everything looked so beautifully pristine white. After an extremely cold past 10 days we are starting to warm up again and the snow will disappear hopefully until next year.

Check out Kathleen at Faded Charm for more great White Wednesday posts.

Happy 69th

Happy 69th Birthday Linda

Today is Your Special Day

we start with a bouquet of lilies from our garden

followed by a wonderful fruit brunch dessert

and a recap of years gone by

our cowgirl

swimsuit calendar girl of the year

iris from our garden just for you

here come the kids

winning in Vegas

and Miss Piggy's cake for the big celebration

with almost enough bubbles for your 69 years

we will have a margarita in your honor

and can't wait to see you this summer

Love June, Sandy & Jennifer