Midweek ramblings ...

Green fingered DH has a collection of cactus in our conservatory. Look whats happened with all the lovely sunshine we've been having just lately, it's the first time this has ever flowered, isn't it pretty.

Tonight i'm off to the stitchy club, no birthdays this week so no cake :-( It's a shame as i could just eat a nice slice of carrot cake LOL

This month is whizzing past and i'm going to be in trouble again. I just realised that next month is June and Mum has a birthday at the beginning of it. She loves to receive a small stitched gift so it looks as if the Tiny Rose will have to be put on hold for even longer. Need to try and remember what she's had in the past and find something different. I should have been more organised and got something done already shouldn't i. I better take the gift for a friend with me tonight (keep my mouth shut and concentrate on stitching and just listen to others conversations) and then i can set too with mums pressie and hopefully all will get done in time and disaster will be averted.

Happy Stitching

Harriets Babies ...

Knitting bunnies and keeping secrets about them is so exciting and fun. Here are the babies i sent to Karen. She named them April and May. April (the grey one) has been sent on to her new adoptive mummy Rachael complete with adoption certificate and has been up to such fun already. I hope she behaves for you Rachael and you're not disappointed at having a baby instead of an adult one.

On the stitching front i have completed my needleroll for the exchange at JA so that can go in the post when i am next in the village. BUT i did say i wasn't going to start anything till i'd done the tiny rose garden didn't i ... well i am doing a little birthday project for an online friend as i need to get that in the post ASAP so i fibbed LOL

It's really nice that the JA stitch & stash forum is back up and running again, i really did miss all that goes on there, and of course Mr Stick is back again today as it's UFO night and he'll be checking progress pics to see who has been stitching.

Take care, {hugs} to you all

Sunny Sunday ...

WOW what a scorcher it's been these last few days 75C/24F. Although it's nice to see the lovely sunshine, i much prefer a nice cool day, i am so typically British and moan about all the weather we have and am never satisfied LOL

Friday was Week 5SAL night with Karen, but i didn't stitch on Friday, had a really nasty headache so gave the stitching a miss. I had a nice evening last night and got carried away whilst DH was watching some sort of motor racing on the TV and it was gone midnight when i finally put it away. It's a lovely project to stitch and i'm really enjoying it, i hope you are too Karen.

Today the weathers been hot again and i've been trying to sit in the shade in the garden (whilst watching DH and making sure he was gardening properly!). I made up the needleroll for the exchange at TS and also finished the stitching for the one at JA, so they will be in the mail in plenty of time before the deadline of end of May. I'll be able to reveal the TS one when thats received but the JA one will have to remain a mystery till the end of May as it's a secret exchange.

Hope you all had a really nice weekend

A surprise for me!

A padded envelope arrived on my doormat at lunchtime today and i was puzzled, the return address on the back gave a clue to who had sent it. I have now joined the elite owners club of a Karan creation card, she also stitched me the Blue Ribbon Designs Alphabet Tree and made it into a page marker, but there was more inside as well, the gorgeous JBW chart Our Family. Thank you so much Karan for your kindness. Stitchers make the bestest friends and know how to bring a smile to your face. Can this week get any better LOL

CONGRATS AMY ...

The phrase proud mum does not do justice to how i'm feeling. Amy, my daughter, passed her driving test first time this afternoon, with only 3 minor faults. The examiner said it was a fabulous test and congratulated her on her driving skills. She's busy scanning the local newspaper for a secondhand car now, so looks like dads mechanic skills will be put to the test vetting one for her over the next few days. This is just what was needed to give her a boost as she's had some really rough days recently. Her final work for her ceramics exam cannot be found at the college (somehow it has got lost or taken!) so she has to do another piece urgently and another of her items has got broken somehow so that needs to be replaced as well. She's also doing her photography exams and her fine art ones too so there's alot of girlie stress going round in this house right now.