ILCS 10th Anniversary Exchange

We recently had an exchange on the Yahoo Group I Love Cross Stitch to celebrate the 10th Anniversary/birthday of the group.  My partner was Pat from California and she definitely spoiled me.

She sent me the most recent Little House Needleworks 2011 ornmanent "Peace and Joy", the fabric to stitch it on, and the threads needed to stitch it.  This is my first LHN Ornie and I was so excited to get it that I started it last night and I've already got the tree done (with the exception of the trunk that is).  She also treated me to some yummy Lula's Dark Chocolate California Toffee.  This is handmade by Lula with real butter, raw California almonds and it was so delicious, I devoured it in one sitting!  Oh, but it was soooo good.

Here's a picture of my goodies along with a close up.

iStitch Part 6 update

Here's my WIP of the iStitch Mystery SAL.  This is part 6.

iStitch SAL Part 5

Just a quick drive by posting of the iStitch Mysteral SAL Part 5 completed!

Happy 1st Wedding Anniversary

To my beautiful daughter and wonderful son in law!

SAL Progress - iStitch & Oakhaven

Here's just a quick update on two SAL's that I'm doing.  The first is part 4 of the iStitch Mystery SAL.  I've just sent my picture to Carolyn and am awaiting Part 5.  I think this will be really pretty when it's done.

And here is the very little bit I've completed of the Oakhaven Owl SAL.  As you can see I've only completed January and February.  I did, however, start March on Wednesday night and will hopefully complete that over the next week.

Well, that's it for now.  I plan to work on Part 5 this weekend, along with a small piece by LHN that I'm doing as a 1st Anniversary gift for my daughter and her hubby.  Their anniversary is Sunday and I'm hoping to have it complete by then.

iStitch SAL Part 3

Here's a quick posting of Part 3. I'm going to wait to stitch the borders and the rest of the lines until I finish all the motifs, because I'd like the thread to flow around it seamlessly. I also decided to add a few other pops of color, rather than using just the one floss. I like the way it looks. What do you think? Now I'm off to email my photo to Carol to get Part 4.

iSitch Part 2 SAL Done!

Here's Part 2 of the iStitch SAL completed.  I just got Part 3 in an email, but my black ink is out, so I can't print it out, bummer!  I may end up sitting in front of the computer later today and just stitching it from the screen, since it's such a small portion to do.  We'll see if I have time.

I've got to wash and hang the whites today, pick apart a chicken and make stock and some chicken noodle soup.  I'm also doing baking for my boys lunches this week and am making Snickerdoodle Muffins and Banana Buttermilk Muffins also.  These were both new recipes I tried last weekend and everyone just loved them both and devoured them in no time, so today I'm going to make double batches of both.

So I leave you with a picture of my SAL wip.