I did it!!!

Only last night though....didn't manage to get to it on Wed evening but last night I got stuck in and this is what came out the other end.....BIG grin...

Even with daylight bulb having to use the flash means the colours are a bit washed out and not as vibrant, but Oh how lovely this looks.

My next focus is one of my PIF's so no pics yet...but in the not too distant future I hope to be able to show it to you...tease... in the meantime here is the other piece I will be working on at the same time...

This is DMC 1x1 36ct Linen and is the Ink Circles Thread and Eye Mandala SAL that started late last year. This was my start and now I will work on it till finished then move on to the next one.
A bientot!

One framed

While I wait to finish the next one...it is sooo close I hope to do it tonight. That is if I manage to drag myself away from the computer...LOL
I collected this from the framers on Monday afternoon and I love the way its done! This is the best I could do with no natural light.

Meanwhile I am completely congested as per usual...we went to celebrate on Monday and this sweetie...

being his usual generous self not only celebrated his birthday but decided to share his runny nose with me and I woke up yesterday with a sore throat and now my nose is completely blocked, I am sneezing like crazy and tres snotty...Oh well, c'est la vie non!
 

1st Finish of the year

Yes, I kid you not. This has been going for two years now and I just finished it... oooh yesterday now seeing as its well past midnight. Hopefully there will soon be more to follow, watch this space 'grin'. The pic is the best I could get in the circumstances...you know the one...tons of rain, grey skies, dull/dark, dreary day and of course not forgetting the indoor lighting system! I am just as tired these days as I have managed to add a course to my work days which will last for approx 12wks...so just up to easter. Wish me luck and I'll see you soon.

Happy New year!

Or is it too late to say that now? I am finally feeling like I am almost back in the land of the living after getting a particularly virulent version of the flu. I have been off work since I left in the middle of my night shift at 1am on the 26th with a very sore throat, coughing so much I felt as if my head was about to explode each time and conjunctivitis which is not something I am prone to!!! Now I have a lingering laryngitis and hope to be back at work by wed next week, wish me luck.

The kids loved christmas but I felt so bad that the only pics I took were the unveiling of the stocking and their quality isnt fantastic but there we go...

then...

the comment here was wow...dont know when he learnt it but it was prevalent that morning :-)

The difference between the two was as I thought...very noticeable to a 5yr old but we managed to convince him that they were really the same size because his was wider and anyway he could get bigger presents in his...;-)

Now I see why it took me such a short time to finish the first one!!!
I also did a final finish on one item before the end of the year...I made it up the same night I was cutting my fabric for the 1/1/11 new start. Now I need to get a cushion pad big enough for it...don't ask what I was thinking when I made it up I don't know either...likely what happens when you do this sort of thing at stupid o'clock in the night LOL

and last but definitely not the least there is my new years start..which many of you will recognise straight away...hope you like my colours and teeny tiny start

Currently though I am focusing on this one since its so near to a finish, at the end of Dec it looked like this

and today this is how far I have got..the joys of being ill...I might actually finish it before the end of the month!

Thats the last row I'm on, the line of stitching along the bottom is to make sure that I dont overshoot since my counting has been so atrocious the whole time stitching on this particular piece of work...just cannot figure out how I went so wrong.
Well that's all for now folks, thanks for visiting and I hope your new year was great and continues to be fantastic.
God Bless xx

HOW LONG?

I hear you say...yes I know I have been very lax in posting but  I just seem to be needing to catch up on my sleep every time I catch my breath.
There has been the Middle Eastern night at the nephews school with the belly dancer...

and the zumba dancers...

then there was the sister's birthday where we ate too much....and I only remembered to take pics of the food when we were done...lol

but the kids enjoyed themselves

and there was cake but it was also halloween so there was dressing up to be done!

Then came the mother type's birthday and I could not for the life of me find my camera by this time so when I get pics off the brothers camera I will post one or two. In amongst all this celebrating there was of course the work thing which just leaves me so tired this time of year...especially after all the little ones have so nicely shared their bugs with you by the sneezing/coughing/spluttering in your face.                                        

And then of course there was the almost being snowed in thing where I had to go to work the night before and sleep in an on-call room pre-empting the phone call in morning that would have started like this  'I cant come in because...

         

 I have done a little stitching as well but no pics right now, well one little one since I have just tonight finished the stocking I showed earlier...nothing like a deadline to get the creative juices flowing eh???

and with this nice view I bid you goodnight, and hope christmas finds you all well and enjoying the season with family and loved ones.

WHOO HOO...a finish or two!

It's true, I have been off this week. Simply because I need to take the time off or will lose my A/L. I have taken the opportunity to try and stitch as much as my lazy bones will allow me to, as well as popping round to the church to give a hand on wednesday and ending up doing the lunches for my sins..! I finished the red sampler on Monday, but the second finish was the most eagerly awaited one you could say...I have been stitching on it for almost 2 yrs now. All that white got to me, not to mention the sparkly floss that I was using to add glitter to the snow since I decided the stocking was too plain without it. Now to stitch it up and see whether i want to add a nice fluffy cuff or not, I think it might end up a tad too big if I do that let me know what you think.

PIF and look what I found!

Well I've been wanting to get in on a PIF (Pay It Forward) for the longest time...now I finally did. I was lucky enough to get in on Sally's. So I will be offering to start one at the beginning of 2011. Leave your comment here on this post and between January 1st and December 31st 2011 I will send you out  a little thing stitched by me.

There are no rules...:-)  I will pick three people to send to. I will be happy to post internationally so don't hesitate. I look forward to hearing from you.

In the stitching department I have a little update on a SAL I am participating in through the HDF forum it is a freebie from here and this is my pic

Last but not least, I have been munching on a packet of M&M's at work over the last few days...decided to finish it off at home since it was in my bag...and lo and behold what do i find inside...let me know what you think ;-)