A contest!

Here are a few more things I've been working on. Mariah and I picked out a way cool frame for the angel one (not yet named)~any suggestions??
Hey, how about this, whoever comes up with the best name, gets a free chart!

Bonnie sent me the saying, I love it! Thanks Bonnie!! Can't wait til it's done.


I am editing this post to say "Thanks so much Charity for stitching the model!"





Nicole is stitching Annie Hyssop's Harvest Moon~~~Annie is a friend of Jenny Bean!
Nicole is such a speedy stitcher~I'm sure I'll have a pic to post soon. Annie, I think, is going to end up being one of my favorites!






Here's a picture of my pal Scout. He follows me around and even brings me presents~socks, washcloths, pretty much anything he can pick up and haul around. A while back, the kids were complaining a bunch of their socks were missing, I'm not going to tell you how many I found under my bed!!

sOMe AWesOMe fINisheS

First I want to apologize to everyone who has sent me pics of your finishes~I do always save them to put in my webiste gallery`however time has a way of getting away from me.
These will go in my gallery soon (I promise) but wanted to showcase them here too!





Karen's Yule Sampler


Bonnie's Moon Sicke


Lisa's Hallow Game Board


Nicole's Halloween Revelry



Corinna's Simply Live


Catherine's Kindrid Spirits


Karen's Salem Witch"

Lynn's Moon Witch

A few Finishes

OK, I've been kinda busy lately~I took a class from Jennifer Cabic and learned how to make these cool rockin' pendants. and I discovered these cool vintage pop tops made into beads!! I love them! They are like eye candy!








Here is Halloween Garden~This is a kit available at St Charles





Here is The Olde Settlement Framed







Here is Hoodoo Voodoo framed. I was trying for an old/New Orleans kinda feel to it.

Bonnie at Valley Framing did such an awesome job framing these! I am so lucky!! Thanks Bonnie~~ and
Thanks for stopping by!
Now to get busy on the charts~~
I've got more new things for St Charles~Stay tuned.

Hoodoo Voodoo and Happy 4th!

Here's Jessie and her sparklers!

Next up is Mariah and Cody~~

Here is Hoodoo Voodoo! can't wait to pick out a frame!

We had a great 4th of July weekend, hope you all did too!
I finished stitching my Voodoo Sampler, I had so much fun with it!! Let's see~~ we have of course a voodoo doll or two, glass bottle for catching evil spirits, gris gris bag, chicken foot~~etc... I've been wanting to do this since our trip to New Orleans last year. I really want to go back and spend more time there~such a cool place.

I also have a pic of a class piece from last Sept. I'm thinking of releasing it at St Charles.

Necklaces and a sneak peek

Here is a sneak peek at The Olde Settlement. Carol did such an awesome job stitching it! Thanks Carol!!





Here are a couple necklaces I've made~ they are so much fun! I got the cool gargoyle from my sister~ I think he is very happy to be my model!





There are actually only 2 necklaces, showing the front and the back. It is so much fun picking out the beads too! Carmen had the cool idea to use my 1612 for some jewelry~Thanks again Carmen!!

Home from Tennessee

We had a great time on Tim's Ford Lake!
I love the south. The weather was sunny and hot. Here are some pics~






Ben and Brenda invited us to spend the weekend at their house on the lake





I also got to meet Carmen Sutton! Her house is incredible, everywhere you look, you see the most awesome stitching and finishing. She and her husband Danny are the nicest people you'd ever want to meet!






Carmen finished my 1612 piece for me~she truly is a finisher extraordinaire! I am thrilled with how it turned out! She filled it with the most wonderful smelling herbs too!

We got home last night so today was spent doing laundry and catching up on yard work. It was good to get away and also good to come home!

I have almost finished stitching Halloween Garden and tomorrow I will be busy getting some new designs charted.

1612, Pitcher Plants and Summer Toes!

Here is 1612


Aren't these pitcher plants cool! They are water plants, I've wanted a little pond in the back yard, but until then, I made my own small water container.



My poor ankle is still kinda deformed but it is attached and working so it's all good! I love warm weather~flip flops or barefoot~ Yay!


It has been kinda crazy around here~lots of kids comings and goings. I did get a few things accomplished though~ Sent a new design to Carmen to work her magic on.

Sent The Olde Settlement to Carol to work her magic on!

I'm working on a limited kit for St. Charles called The Halloween Garden. It is a big investment going to market and I want to say thanks to the shops who attend.

Hoodoo Voodoo Sampler is done in my head, now to get in on pattern maker!
Also I am doing a weird plant alphabet thing~The Wicked Series.