4th of July Finish & 2 Giveaways Received

Wow 4th of July this week already. Why did I think I had more time to prepare? It's my sister's and Nannie's birthday on 4th of July. I always like to do some decorating around the house. My grandmother turns 99yrs old. From Nannie's front porch we can see the cities fireworks display down by our Delta River. Can't wait to see the fireworks.

Front side of my new calling card

Thank you, Thank you to Sharon! In May I had been the lucky winner of Sharon's Business Card Giveaway on her blog - It's Daffycat. I am so fortunate and grateful to have won. I think this is so cool and a really fantastic idea. I've not had my own cards before. No I don't have a business but I have learned its very classy to have a calling card:) My son designed this for me. They (250 of them) came in yesterday. The card is printed on both sides. And I even have the scan square on the backside. This is way over my head but when you have a son who is studying to be a Graphic Designer - it's very nice.
It's here! I got it Vickie:) And today in the mail I received this super cute Bunny chart from Vickie's traveling pattern giveaway from her blog - A Stitcher's Story. Vickie had received it as a traveling pattern. And now I get to stitch this little guy. Looking forward to do so. Thank you Thank you Vickie. I plan to keep this chart traveling as well.
This July pillow I stitched the last 2 days. It doesn't take long but I worked on it when I was able to. I combined a few patterns. The main heart is from a chart by Pat and Pam -Designer Sampler II. Printed in 1993. It sure felt good to use a chart from my stash long ago:) Then I used Country Cottage - January & April, changed the letter Y, made it up as I stitched. Made up the number 4 and the "th" & "of" letters.

Threads Used: Dragonflylotus Designs
Special Edition #1221 (Dark Blue)
Snow Dna (White)
Snow Moon (Med Blue)

Have you heard of Dragonflylotus Designs threads? These gorgeous threads are Handspun by a super nice and talented lady named Liz. Liz's threads are used for many types of needleworks including Cross Stitching. So to share with you , her handspun threads can be stitched on smaller counts of linens. She has a petite silk line of AMAZING colored threads. The Special Edition #1221 I used has beautiful blend of different wools and different silks and it also has flecks of sparkle. So pretty in person. I did my best to photograph it for you. I was able to buy a thread and fabric pack at the time. The fabric is 32 ct linen. But I plan to stitch something else with that. For this project I used the 14ct adia I had in my stash. I also bought petite silks from Liz to stitch on 40ct linen as well as I signed up for her Monthly Petite Club. Every month I will get 2 silk threads sent to me automatically. Talk about convenient and fun. And very affordable.

Close up of Dragonflylotus Designs Threads.

Thank you very much for visiting me. For those of you living in USA - Happy 4th of July. And for those lining in Canada - Happy Canada Day (July 1). I wish you all have a wonderful time.
Always with much Love and Appreciation, Annette