Flowers from a friend

Stitching - nil, knitting - nil, reading - nil, so what the heck has she been up to i can hear you shouting....

I was under the weather Saturday and spent most of it sleeping on the sofa. A family member needing a lot of assistance and support Sunday and Monday from both DH and myself. Our business is preparing yet another urgent detailed mechanical report for a customers court case against someone else. DH is the expert witness but i am the typist as he's a one fingered computer operator. Lots of time consuming research for proof of what he says and looking back on thousands of previous pages we've sent to get the correct wording, i do hate solicitor speak!

A check up at the Drs last week resulting in an opticians visit tomorrow and an appointment in a different department at the hospital next week. Life sure does throw everything my way all at once recently.

And...just when i find i have an evening to myself and sit down nice and early, MSN decides it doesn't want to play so i cant chat with a very dear friend of mine. I'm beginning to think the whole worlds on a conspiracy to see how long i survive without blowing a gasket or being carted off by the men in white coats!!

The lovely flowers in the pic were a gift i received on Friday. Thanks Stephie for the surprise visit, they are gorgeous.

A birthday gift and an ornament

Happy Birthday Clare

I hope you've had a lovely day, and received lots of lovely goodies from your family and friends.

I knitted these funky socks for Clare as a birthday gift, i can show you as i know she has received them. I've still got 4 more balls of this lovely wool and DH has requested a pair in the blue, so i guess i had better break out the knitting pins and knit him a bigger pair, you never know i might just try the 4 needle pattern and see if i can do that too.

The monthly ornament i chose for September is A Touch of Holly by Teresa Wentzler, it's from the Dec 1996 issue of Just Cross Stitch and was sent to me by Carol, thanks Carol for sharing this with me. If you scroll a little down on her blog you can see the Christmas Tree version she stitched. It really was a nice design to stitch, there are 4 different ones and i may do another at some time.

Seymore and Rose have sent a lovely postcard from their honeymoon in Dartmoor. They are having a fun time with Barb and her hubby and Ollie the dog.

Happy Stitching and knitting, thanks for visiting

A little sillyness ...

Earlier this year i sent out one of my bunnys to Barb (no blog) for her birthday, he was a UFO night spy and we named him Seymore - so he could "see more" progress on her UFO projects LOL

He mentioned in passing he might like a lady friend, so as i am a silly person, i decided to knit and send him a catalogue bride from the internet!! Pic is clickable and you should be able to read the letter that accompanied Miss Rose when she travelled southwards to her new home.

Barb is as crackers as me and found the surprise funny and Seymore was thrilled to bits with his new wife. A wedding immediately took place and here are the happy couple enjoying a little toast to their future together.

Fun and laughter does brighten the mood

Mail Art Reveal

My 1st mail art exchange and i really enjoyed stitching this for Tina (no blog). Fabric is from Sassy's such a pretty colour it reminded me of a mediteranean sea.

Here's the one i received in the exchange from Lynn. All survived the postal system and were lovely. Another is being organised for Christmas, shall i join it?

Fruit & Veg Show
The show yesterday was a great success, local gardening celebrity Ady Dayman came to give out the prizes and aution off the produce that was shown. It was an exhausting but very enjoyable day. I won 3 x 1st place rosettes for Grandma Pitty Poo, homemade raspberry jam tarts and marmalade, 2 x 2nd rosettes for apple pie and pickled beetroot, and 2 x 3rd place for fruit cake and a photograph i entered of Mr Moe. DH did well with his fruit and veggies too.

Hope you all had a good weekend too

GPP finish

Grandma Pitty Poo by Keslyns Designs was a fast finish, i do love this design, every stitch was such a joy to do. I'm really pleased with how its turned out and decided it would be best framed. DH thinks i should enter this in the show at the weekend together with my other entries. Lots of baking for the cookery category to do as well and put 'keep off' stickers on the tins so the family dont eat them beforehand LOL

Here we go again, the start of another month and time to update the 'to do' list as a reminder for myself whats to be done in September. Even though August was a bit of a difficult month for us here i did manage to get everything done i hoped to. The mail art exch was sent and received by my partner and i received mine too, reveal is at the weekend so i'll be able to share them with you then. Beatrix had some attention too with 3 motifs added. Both SAL's are up to date and the monthly ornie was stitched.

Hope you all had a productive August too. The nights seem to be drawing in faster each day, so i guess that means more stitching time as autumn approaches and we get curled up inside on the darker/cooler evenings.

Take care, love and {hugs}