Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Christmas Ornies and SAL Updates

Hello Everyone!
Finished 2 ornaments that I had stitched 2 years ago. When I had seen some ornaments by Little House Needleworks, I knew immediately that I had to stitch them & with some changes. That was 2 years ago and finally got them completed. But first:

Congratulations to Linda - "Stitchin with my Furbabies" blog,
You won the drawing for "Snappy Sampler" by Bent Creek chart.
I will be getting this in the mail to you this week Linda.

"Gingerbread Village" by LHN
14ct adia, called for threads and "Ho! ho! ho!" by Fils a Soso

This ornament I named and added "Holly Lane" to this, because a part of my childhood we lived in the mountains. And I actually got to live on a street named "Holly Lane".

 
Our street "Holly Lane" did go up a hill and led to our house. So this was a perfect design to recall some childhood memories.

"Red House in Winter" by Little House Needleworks
14ct adia & all recommended threads
Next ornament I named "the Cabin". Growing up, everyone in our family called the house in the mountains "The Cabin". And our cabin was painted this color. Too perfect of a design to commemorate our family house from long ago.


 Finished part 2 of "Mary's Sampler"  by Plum Street Samplers. I know many of you are stitching this too. It's fun to see everyone's progress. This is my first nativity I have gotten to stitch. I am loving this sal.

 My progress on Vickie's SAL "Autumn Delight". I started on the bottom left of the design.
Yesterday I got in the mail 2 new Qsnap Huggies made by Christine that I ordered. I love them and I got them quickly. The name of the fabric for this one is Horse and Carriage. It has darling barns and apples too.


 This Qsnap Huggie fabric is called "Tinkerbell". It also has the pixie fairys - so cute.
Perfect for stitching "Fairy Hill"by  Bothy Threads Cut Thru SAL with Debbie and Linda.

This weeks progress on Fairy Hill - I filled in lots of the sand on the bottom and got a good large section done, then got some mint green stitches at the top. Working on page 4 of 9.
This week is my birthday and I turn 50:) Plans? Probably a day of going out for lunch, a special dinner and maybe some shopping:)
Hope you are enjoying good weather and are able to get some stitching done.
Beautiful weather here, low 70's and sunny.  With Love and Appreciation - Annette

26 comments:

Amarins said...

Great stitching! Greetings from Holland, Amarins

Lee said...

Loved seeing your Christmas decorations and the progress you are making on the SAL's well done

Mii Stitch said...

Very pretty finishes, your ornaments are lovely. Great progress on your stitching too :)

Annie said...

Your finishes are so sweet. I love how you personalized them.

I find the covers on q-snaps to be kind of annoying. When I need to tighten the snaps (frequently!), they make it difficult to do that. And the whole thing seems harder to hold. Do you not have that problem? Of maybe you attach the snaps to a floor stand?

Margaret said...

Beautiful ornies! Love the WIPs as well.

Vickie said...

GREAT job on the ornaments! Our SAL is looking great.I am really enjoying it.
I hope your birthday is a most excellent one. Such a great celebration to turn 50! God bless you Annette. I am most thankful for you friend.♥

Dani - tkdchick said...

Lovely job on your ornament finishes!

Justine said...

Happy birthday Annette! Wishing you 50 more years filled with love, health and happiness. Lovely finishes on your beautiful ornaments and great progress on the Cut Thru! I was very tempted by Autumn Delight but have a project I must finish so daren't start anything else.

miek said...

they are beautiful made, and the memories ahhhhh......
greetings miek

CalamityJr said...

Happy birthday! Enjoy your special day and all of the coming year. So glad we've "met".

Linda said...

Congrats on more great finishes Annette. I still think I should send you some of mine to finish. Great progress on your other projects.

And WOW! Thank you. I can't believe I won again. I thought hubby had mailed your package and he didn't. I will mail it today.

Linda

Katrina said...

wonderful stitching and finishing Annette, enjoy the rest of your week :)

Carol said...

Very cute ornaments, Annette! And I hope your birthday is a very special one!! 50 sounds young to me :)

Myra said...

Your ornies looks great! I love your additions. I hope you have a fabulous 50th!

Barb said...

Lovely ornament finishes! Fairy Hill is really coming along great!

Anonymous said...

great stitching!

Shirlee said...

Great finishes & WIPs my friend! I really like how you tweaked the LHN designs to make those ornament more personal : )

Giovanna said...

Lovely ornaments and WIPs, well done.

Vonna Pfeiffer said...

So many pretties all stitched p and perfect! :)

Karen K said...

Happy 50th birthday and congratulations to you on your special day.

These are all truly beautiful, I love them all, super cute ornaments.

Karen x

Karoline said...

Your ornaments are lovely and great progress on your other projects

Happy Birthday!

Catherine said...

Lovely stitches!!

Anne said...

Wonderful finishes again Annette! You are a master!!! Love that PSS SAL. I still need to get on the bandwagon and stitch along with everyone. Hugs!

Simply Victoria said...

Your two ornaments are so sweet. I love the way your personalized them from your childhood home. Happy Birthday! Hope it is/was a special day.

Manka said...

Lovely works!

SoCal Debbie said...

Happy Birthday, Annette! I turned the big 5-0 this year, too! Fairy Hill looks great, must be fun to stitch lots of dirt! LOL