tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62530697349023159162024-03-12T17:37:08.831-07:00Teresa's Heartfelt StitchesTeresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11891559856771054734noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253069734902315916.post-87887283857989146172013-10-22T04:19:00.000-07:002013-10-22T04:19:42.143-07:00Friendships<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">"True friendship multiplies the good in life and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">on a desert island, to find one real friend in a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">lifetime is good fortune, to him is a blessing."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I was truly blessed at a retreat in New Hampshire years ago to truly find a stitching friend in Pam. We have become much more than stitching friends but the kind of friends you can not only laugh with but also cry with. We are grateful we can meet up at retreats to strengthen our friendship even more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Visiting retreats is a time to relax and be away from the real world for a bit but also a time to meet new stitching friends. This retreat we sat next to Anna. I do believe a new friendship was kindled. </span><br />
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These girls really had a unique story.</div>
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I can't tell you their names or even where they are from. None of their other stitching friends at home knew they were there. They were so funny telling us the story of where they were all supposed to be. We called them in the stitchers witness protective program.</div>
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I took this Mill Hill ornament for the Christmas exchange. I won this lovely one done on a old spool. I loved that it was red, white and blue.</div>
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I did enjoy the exchanges and meeting new friends. There were several vendors there where you could purchase more stash then any of us needs. This retreat was what I say a "no frills" one. No special goodies bags or treats. We did get this little necklaces with a group picture in the end. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">letting the natural order of life flow through ones being."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have had no troubles releasing all concerns. Days of stitching with no schedule to live by is the true meaning of relaxing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">To help us prepare for sitting and stitching while looking out into the ocean I made these items for Pam and I. We decided we would have a sea theme to our stitching area and you can't stitch without something hot or cold to drink. Of course you need a mug rug for them to sit on and you never know when you will need some tissues.</span></div>
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I ordered the By The Bay stitch an inch when they first came out and of course needed the holder, not one but two. When they arrived I put them aside to stitch at a later date. When going through my stash for sea theme stuff they were found again and now I know why I ordered two.</div>
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We each had the mermaid needle minder to help us not lose our important stitching tool. Well we now needed something to put our Orts in so this was between us to share.</div>
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Sorry it came outside ways. I also needed an extra pair of scissor and of course they needed their own fob, so here was my extra.</div>
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Friday night was a stitching goodie bag exchange. You were to put at least 25.00 worth of stitching items into a creative container. My was a sea themed sewed tote bag filled with many fun items. My theme was a gift from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.</div>
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Boy was I spoiled with the Red, White and Blue themed bag and goodies I received.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Well I guess you can say I have gone some distance to find some wonderful relaxation. I am now 2559 miles from home. After my flight into Atlanta I was picked up at the curb by Pam, Confessions of a Southern Stitcher, and off we headed. Our first stop was Augusta, Ga where we dined at my favorite Cracker Barrel. We decided that was also a good place to stay for the night. After much talking and catching up we woke up to start again on our journey. About four hours later we arrived in Myrtle Beach for the Stitching Pals Retreat put on by Amy of Down Sunshine Lane.</span></div>
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Here is the wonderful view from our sea side room. If you open the balcony door we can hear the waves crashing against the shore. Pure heaven.<br />
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This was the cute pillow I received in the exchange. I think the turkey with his long neck is so fun.</div>
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What fun for Pam and I to meet fellow bloggers. Here is Faye, Carolina Stitcher and Karen, Karen's Handiwork. They both are just as sweet as can be with all the southern charm. Faye brought some of her finished stitching and believe me as nice as it looks on the blog in person it is just beautiful. She really does a wonderful job.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">My bags are all packed and just waiting until morning when I can fly away. I leave bright and early for my first destination, Atlanta. Pam will drive from Alabama and pick me and we will both hit the road. Not sure where the first night will take us but on Wednesday we will arrive at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I can't wait for a relaxing retreat by the beach hosted by Down Sunshine Lane. Not to mention meeting some bloggers. That is always exciting to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">A while back in a comment some one suggested I change my profile since adding my niece to the family. To be honest things were not going that well and I just wasn't ready. My son was home a bit this summer after leaving the Air Force after over eight years before he started his new adventure of going back to school. We took this rare opportunity to take a new family picture. Things have been going well at home now and so I am now at a point to add my niece to the family picture so you will notice I have now changed my profile picture to include us all.</span></div>
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I just have to mention our dear blogger friend Cathey, most commonly known as Pumpkin. I was sadden to hear of her passing. She saw in a post once I got my first ornament magazine in an exchange and she had a few extras sitting around and shared a couple with me. To thank her I sent her a monkey to stitch his bib and some monkey burp clothes. It was so exciting reading her posts of the upcoming birth and later the monthly photos of her adorable little "Junior". Many prayers go out to her family and friends.</div>
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My daughter loves any thing from the past. She is a true vintage girl. Every Sunday at church you will find her in a pair of old gloves and a vintage hat. She has a lot of fans from the older generation.</div>
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At church we have a group that meets on Monday mornings called "Crafts for Christ". We make prayer blankets for any one in need and also small beaded ornaments that we hang on small Christmas trees for those that are shut in and don't get out. Many of the church members donate craft items for us to use like yarn and beads. Well we received a box recently from a women cleaning out her mom's old crafts. Mostly it was scrapes of material but in the box was a very old envelope. The envelope was from a craft a month club. For a mere dollar and 24 cents for postage you would receive a new craft each month. This particular one was from 1968. After opening it and reading the letter to the girls they all said you need to make this for your daughter Jennifer our sweet vintage girl.</div>
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The letter that came with it described it as wildly gay. It was a stash bag to store your curlers or many other things.<br />
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It even had that vintage smell to it. Needless to say my daughter was absolutey thrilled with it. Not bad for $1.25 spent back in 1968. It was a fun pattern and I might do it again but not with the old shower curtain material.</div>
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I must have gotten this pattern a few years ago and finally got around to stitching it. Not sure how I will finish it. I have been doing some other stitching but can't quite show them yet as they are for exchanges at the retreat. Since I already know a couple of bloggers attending the retreat next week I will wait and show them after the exchange. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Last April when I flew into Alabama to meet with Pam, "Confessions of a Southern Stitcher" to attend a retreat in Arkansas. It was a time in my life when I really needed relaxation. Unfortunately the relaxation only lasted so long and then I had to go back home. That was when life got in the way of blogging and I stopped for a bit. On my last post I said I was looking for the pictures of the retreat. I was able to find them and now I will share them with you.</span></div>
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This is the Red Apple Inn where the retreat took place. It was a perfect place to run away from the real world and just sit, stitch and meet new friends.</div>
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Pat ran the shop that hosted the retreat. Unfortunately her shop is now closed as she and her husband moved to be closer to family.</div>
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Her friend Tracey helped with the retreat. It was Tracey that taught the class I attended.</div>
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This was the kit that was inside and Tracey helped me to complete it. I have to say it is one of a kind never to be done again.</div>
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It was a beaded band to go around a small flashlight. Of course since it was hearts I had to give it a try.</div>
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The class I attended was making clay buttons. Tracey attended a class given by "Just Another Button Company" and she tried to pass on her knowledge. These are my attempt at making heart buttons. They started off to be a heart with a white center and pink around the outside, by the time I was done they were marbled instead.</div>
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I had such a wonderful time, Pam and I will be at it again. This time Pam will be picking me up at the Atlanta airport and we will be driving to Myrtle Beach, SC to attend another wonderful retreat. This retreat is hosted by "Down Sunshine Lane". I have already found a couple of bloggers who will be attending and look forward to meeting them. Who else out there in blog land will be attending?</div>
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All I can really say is that I have missed by blogging friends so very much. Reading your blogs and keeping up with you was always a high light in my day. I started blogging after my two kids were out of the house, my husband was semi-retired and life was the slow pace I had always imagined my life to be at this age. I enjoyed meeting new stitcher's and crafter's through my blog and theirs. I joined the "Stitched with Love Exchange" and was so excited not only sending a package but receiving one from far away places. If you had asked me a couple of years ago I would have said my life was near perfect. I say near because I was not a mother in law so I couldn't be a grandmother, then life would have been perfect. But God had other plans for us and gave us our niece to raise. Boy I can say I was not really ready for all the challenges that held. I can say life is starting to have a normal feel about it, even if she did start middle school this year. Any mom out there knows middle school is a strange age anyways much well for a girl who has lost both parents and moved in with a aunt that now had rules and church and school came first. </div>
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I last left blogging right in the middle of a retreat with Pam. Many may have thought I ran away from home and never returned. Well I did come home but life just got in the way. I did have a wonderful time at the retreat and am looking for the pictures to show you. I did have them on my computer but shortly after I got home my computer of less than six months crashed with no warning. I had not really gotten use to that computer when I had to take it back and trade it for a new one. So when I locate the pictures on a old drive I will show you. Meantime I have been stitching and sewing, I had to so I wouldn't lose what sanity I still had.</div>
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I love to do the house in apple theme for September. It reminds me of back to school. Of course we use to start school right after Labor Day. Anna started school August 12th so September doesn't have the same back to school feel it use to. I had this piece to stitch for years, don't even remember where I got it. It came with the little red buttons across the top to make the apples. A shop this summer was celebrating their one year opening and had some fun specials. I bought this cute frame on sale not knowing what would fit in it and they gave the stand away for coming during the anniversary. I was so surprised when I finished the piece and it fit. </div>
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When I went up to my room you can not believe the greeting basket she had for me.</div>
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It was filled with so many goodies from a southern cookbook, some wonderful teas, stitching needles and lots more. She also made me this cute pillow.</div>
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Pam took me to the lake house and here is the beautiful view from the deck.</div>
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After a couple of days playing around in her cute town we headed off on Tuesday morning for the retreat. What really should have been about a 6 hour trip took us 2 days. We really took our time and visited about 4 stitch shops, a couple of quilt stores, a tea house and not to mention a antique/flea market.</div>
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Erma Bombeck said "the odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one". Well the only thing on my list was a couple of thread colors and believe me I didn't come out of those shops with only my thread. I will have to get pictures of my stash another day.</div>
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We finally arrived at our retreat destination and have been having a wonderful time meeting new stitchers. And yes we have been getting some stitching done.</div>
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Being in the company of those who accept you as you are, and who believes in you even in times when you can’t believe in yourself anymore. Laughing, dancing, chatting away the night in your pajamas while eating potato chips and homemade cookies. Now that’s heaven! (author unknown)</div>
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Well I am about to be in the company of a friend just like that and I can't wait. My bags are packed not only with clothes and stitching but with great anticipation of a wonderful, fun and relaxing time with my friend Pam, Confessions of a Southern Stitcher. I first met Pam at my first stitching retreat back in October of 2010. About 6 months later a list of everyone who attended email address was sent out and the first thing I did was email Pam to see how she was doing. I knew at the retreat we could have a great friendship but unfortunately she had to leave the retreat a day early due to an illness in the family so we didn't exchange too much information. Well that email was the true beginning of a wonderful friendship. I don't even want to admit just how many emails go back and forth on a daily basis. We are now about to journey on our fourth stitching retreat. I am so excited, I fly out tomorrow morning for Birmingham, AL. I will stay at Pam's for a couple of days and she will show me around town and on Tuesday morning we head out on a 500 mile journey. Who knows just what we will find along the way.</div>
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When we were at a retreat in New Hampshire, 2011 we did a project that I wanted some old wooden spools to use with it. On our way home we visited a couple of thrift stores. I found some spools but you had to buy the whole basket. It was five bucks so I said why not. It was a nice basket that I always thought I would love to redo. When I started to get my stuff ready for this trip I thought I could put my stuff in a little basket to take to and from class. Well that's when the old thrift store basket came back out. </div>
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This is what the basket looked like. A bit faded old 80's fabric but the a great basket. Now the inside was another story. Old off white satin with stretched out elastic.<br />
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Well that was easier than I thought. So I found a cute pattern and started stitching away. Took my stitched piece to the local Hobby Lobby and found some matching material. After it was all done I was quite pleased with myself.<br />
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My daughter loved the basket so much and said she wanted one. I have an old sewing basket that was her great grandma's that I recently found. I am going to attempt to see if I can redo that basket also. Maybe on this trip I will find a pattern that will be perfect to stitch for the top of it.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Happy Easter! I hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful season. I can't say I have been doing much Easter stitching. Not that I don't have several Easter themed patterns that I did have hopes of stitching. Well maybe next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have been working on three pillows for my stitching room couch. I now have them all stitched up and even bought some fabric to use. Now just need to decide how I want them sewed and then find the time to do it.</span></div>
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They were all stitched in the same four colors and the material behind the first one will be used to assemble the pillows, some day.<br />
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Are you a sucker like me and love a pattern that is exclusively for a shop and can't be found any where else? Well that is pretty much me. I am also the type of person that is a sucker for anything new in a trial size. I just love the small size. Oh back to exclusively, Just Nan had a pattern just for the Silver Needle in Tulsa Oklahoma. It is Lady Scarlet's Scissor Roll. It has the journey of Lady Scarlet (ladybug) through the garden in spring, late spring, summer, fall and winter. Well of course and it also being a scissor holder just had to have it.<br />
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When it is unrolled it is a needle/pin holder. Sorry the picture came out sideways. It was a fun piece to stitch. Being a Just Nan fan I also had to do her little bunny. Of course I had to change the purple ribbon to pink.<br />
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I have been working on some other projects to take on a get away. Pam (Confessions of a Southern Stitcher) and I are running away from home. I leave next Saturday to fly to her home in Alabama. She is going to take me around her area and show me some stitch shops there and has also promised me some good bar-b-que. We leave her house on Tuesday and then head over to a retreat in Heber Springs, AR in the Ozark Mountains. It is almost a 500 mile drive and we are looking forward to the drive as much as the retreat. Pam has mapped out several cross stitch shops along the way including some quilt and thrift stores. I am also looking forward to eating (and shopping) in a Cracker Barrel. We both signed up for the "Play with clay" class. The teacher just got back from a class offered by Just Another Button Company and will be teaching us how to make some new fun buttons.<br />
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Happy Easter. Always keep love in your stitches.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I participated in the stitch with love winter exchange. Once I again I was spoiled with lovely gifts. Mindi at "Joie de Vivre" sent me a wonderful package. She lives in California just like me and said it was hard putting a winter package together. I thought the same thing.</span></div>
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Here is the wonderful package full of goodies I received. I got a beautiful box with a matching fob, some lovely threads ( one is my most favorite shades of pink. I use it a lot and gladly welcome some more.) fun snowflake charms, dyed blue rick rack, my favorite needles and a nice needle minder.</div>
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I have been a bit stressed lately with not only my niece that lives with us but my FIL. He has been in a home and really not doing well. We have been expecting his passing but when it happens it still does not make it easier. On Thursday the 27th he went home to be with the Lord. It really was a blessing and now we will have wonderful memories of him. Pam "Confessions of a southern stitcher" knew about my stress and on Friday the cutest little package arrived. She had ordered it before she knew about my FIL and it arrived at the most perfect moment. She said how could this little face not cheer you up. Inside this cute cookie jar it was filled with individual wrapped frosted cookies. Some even looked like the little chick popping out of the egg. Thank you so much Pam for brightening up my day.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Well what have I lost you ask, my sanity. I think I had it once just not sure where it is now. The only thing that keeps even a small bit of my sanity is stitching. I do find it relaxing. Sorry I have not posted in awhile. I have been doing some blog reading and trying to keep up. Life around here just keeps getting in the way. I do miss the boring life I use to have. Our 11 year old "house guest" has decided she does not like our rules and isn't going to live by them. She wants to go back to her old life where she didn't have any rules or responsibilities. So that is the main reason my sanity has up and left the place.</span></div>
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Well that's about all that's going on here. I participated in the "Stitched with love" exchange. I received my wonderful package but can't reveal yet. I am working on three patterns I want to turn into pillows for my stitching room. I have the third one almost done and will show you them next time.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I can say I have some wonderful memories but I have still been cold. I apologize now for all you who live where it really does get cold but for a California girl it has been freezing. I think it is our coldest winter ever. For many days we never got higher than in the 50's and nights have been in the 30's. That's OK if you have the clothes for it but we really only have sweaters and very light jackets. Yesterday we got in the 60's and today 70's are back. I have a feeling this spring I will be busy replacing all my frost bit plants. </span></div>
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I can't believe I finally got all the stitching done on my scissor keep. I started it October of 2011 for about 2 weeks and stopped. Not just stopped but put away until New Years Day. I pulled it out to have something to stitch while I watched the Rose Parade. I am so happy to have it done and am ready to sew it all up. Maybe this afternoon I will get it done.</div>
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I must show you one of my Christmas gifts. My brother and his family last year gave me a gift certificate to Silver Needles for the upcoming retreat. This year he asked if I wanted another gift certificate to a stitch shop. I thought about it for about a half a second and said you are the perfect brother. This year I choose Shepherd's Bush. I have to show what they sent along with it.<br />
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They sent this cute little reindeer made out of a pair of gloves. Attached was this saying " When the winter winds blows, chilling fingers and toes, keep your hands snug and warm, so you can stitch up a storm. Merry Christmas from Shepherd's Bush.". Isn't that just the cutest thing to come with my wonderful gift certificate. I plan on ordering soon so stay posted to see what goodies I add to my stash.<br />
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I am excited to get back into the "Stitched with Love Exchange". I have not participated in a few months and am so happy Lainy is keeping it going. The theme is Cozy Stitching and we are to stitch something about stitching and keeping cozy warm. My question to you is what is a perfect cozy stitching time for you? To me sitting in my big chair with a warm cup of tea (vanilla flavor would be my first choice) and a frosted sugar cookie. A good movie like a love story and my stitching in hands. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Well we are finding us at the beginning of another new year. I myself probably like the middle of the year. The beginning is scary with all those resolutions you know you will never keep and the end you realize you didn't keep those resolutions. In the middle you don't even think about them. When you start a new project are you scared, at the end do you miss it a bit. I enjoy stitching a project when you are in the swing of it and just relaxing in the stitching. A perfect day to me. Speaking of in the swing, I have read blogs for 4 days in a row. I am so excited to get back into reading. I have done lots and lots of reading and catching up but little in the comment form. If I left a comment on each blog I would never get caught up. Just know that I am now out there and looking into a bit of your lives and enjoying it.</span></div>
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It was a wonderful letter and what I called a Ort Bag. Then I read her blog and she called them "Bourse" bags. Isn't that a more exciting name than Ort Bag. Isn't it just the cutest thing. Are you like me, first thing I did was try and figure out how it was made. She told me it was a simple 12 inch square. I can see me making a few of these. Thank you so much Mouse for the delightful surprise.</div>
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I need to know has this ever happen to any of you. I showed in my last post a biscornu I have been working on for what seems like forever. It is a Faby Reilly Design. I got the first side all done and if you look hard you will see not all sides are the same size. They all have the same number of stitches but two of the sides are almost a inch shorter. Well this just won't work as a biscornu so it looks like the future of this piece will be a small pillow. I am not even going to bother stitching the back side but will find in my stash a cute material to back it. I still like it and it will be a cute pillow or pin cushion instead. Oh well life goes on.</div>
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I started "Scissors by any other name" by The Cat's Whiskers back in October of 2011. I got just enough done to be bored. Well I pulled it out after the new year and started it back up. I have got a lot more of it done but sadly boredom is kicking back it. Lots and lots of one color. I am trying hard to finish the piece because it is lovely when it is done. I saw it finished at the retreat in New Hampshire and fell in love with it. Pam won the pattern at the retreat so I knew it was meant to be stitched. I just need to stay focused and I will be on to the next color soon.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Let me start by wishing everyone a "Merry Christmas". I hope you are all more prepared then I am. I sometimes feel I am so far behind I am ahead for next year. Having a young child in the house again and trying to fit in the homework and her schedule has really put me behind. I now know why having children is for the young. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I last left you saying I would show you a picture of what my husband says "you have lost it now". Before Anna came into our daily lives and I had her room as my stitching room and there was a tall lamp beside my chair that a hook was attached that held my patterns where I could see them. I have missed that a lot and wanted something to hold a pattern while I sat in my new comfy chair. When I was out buying school supplies in the fall I saw some clipboards for a dollar and thought that is what I want to use to hold my pattern. Well it was ugly and plain and I had a piece I had stitched and was originally going to make into a pillow for my old stitch room. So after a bit of experimenting this is what I came up with. </span></div>
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Well my husband said you really have lost it when you cover a clipboard with a padded material, how are you going to write on it. I said I don't want to write on it I want it to hold my pattern. So by covering a clip board have I lost it. This snowman biscornu pattern I have had for about 5 years and finally started it in November, well that is all that is done and maybe by next Christmas I will have it done.<br />
If the pattern on the board looks off, she originally was holding a picture of a chicken but I like hearts better.<br />
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Right before Thanksgiving a package arrived from Pam (Confessions of a Southern Stitcher). Oh how delicious these two boxes of Godiva chocolates were. I say were because they are all now gone and I didn't share a single one. I love the boxes and may try and cover them. I can see a cross stitch on the top of them. <br />
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She finally got it done and it is in the mail. She was so proud of her hat. She is getting excited for Christmas and it will be fun having a kid in the house on Christmas morning. She loves the American Girl dolls and wanted another one. We have about 6 in the house. OK a couple were my daughters and I confess I have a couple of my own. You can barely see my Samantha in the sleigh behind her. We told her she can pick out a outfit or two to ask for but that is about it. Well I just couldn't resist and the new one she wanted will be under our tree from Santa. My husband said it is her first Christmas without both parents lets just spoil her. I have to say I look forward to seeing her open it and hope she shares it with me.<br />
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Yesterday I got this fun surprise package in the mail from Pam. Don't you just love the button tree. She stitched the most beautiful ornament to go with all the goodies. I did have to laugh because Pam once tried to get me hooked on silk threads and now she is introducing me to Sullivan threads. <br />
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A few of you sent me a Christmas card and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I had wanted to get out a few this year but just this week finally got the family ones out. Well there is always next year. <br />
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I started back in March this next piece. It was the piece Belinda at Blue Ribbon Designs taught at the first New England retreat. When I saw the piece I wished I had attended that class. I was so excited when the pattern was released with the shaker box. I finished the piece but never got around to finishing it. I couldn't get to a lot of working stash since I was in the process of getting it all out of my craft room making the room ready for Anna to have full time. Well this summer I finally got my supplies where I could find them and was determined to finish another project.<br />
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I bought this pattern at the Tulsa retreat in April. It seemed to call out to me as we were right in the middle of not really knowing what the future was going to hold for us. This is my first piece I have finished filling with the crushed shells. I finished the back with a fabric frame around some wool to keep pins in. It sits on my chair arm next to me and I find myself playing with it. I think the crushed shells makes it my stress relief pillow, I find it comforting to just hold. It is sitting on my one year chronological bible. I am finding reading it this way is making so much more sense to me. I only have until Dec. 31 to finish reading it. It has also been nice because my daughter and I are reading it together and have enjoyed our discussions.<br />
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Like I needed another chart with the many that I already had but when I saw this cute thimble purse from With Thy Needle I knew I had to have it. Mostly because she is holding a pair of scissors. Many of you know they are my addition.<br />
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It is lined with the same fabric it is sitting on. Of course mine does not hold a thimble, mine holds those tiny little scissors. This was a fun piece to make.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have missed everyone in blogland terribly and ask for your forgiveness in being gone so long. I knew it had been a long time but when I saw it was July 12 th since my last post it really made me sad. I truly love reading all your blogs and posting small bits about my life. When I started blogging I had all the free time in the world and life was going just how I had always planned it to be. My kids are both grown up and have left the nest. I still worry about them but not as much as I did when they lived at home and I knew about their every move. Little did I know that taking in a little girl would change our lives so much, after all I had raised two of my own. This summer was quite an adjustment period for us. I was sure as soon as school started I would get a small part of my life back. Boy was I wrong. We knew our niece came to us far below her grade level and her school and homework habits were lacking tremendously. So my leisure days of stitching and blogging had to put on the back burner. During the day I try and get as much done as possible because as soon as the school bell rings my work is cut out for me. Doing homework was really putting a stress on the household not to mention her everyday chores. She has been in school about 2 months now and we are finally getting into a routine. It is not perfect but is now at least tolerable. I have manged to do some stitching. I had to just to save my sanity. But blogging was non-existent. </span></div>
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To Bekca - The Stitching Lion, I really need to ask for forgiveness and apologize for being so tarty in posting about your wonderful gift. Many months ago Becka announced she was going to give a gift away one a month for a bloggers birthday. I won the July birthday. Her little gift arrived when I most needed it. It truly lifted my spirits.</div>
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First the package arrived and I was sure it must be my invitation to the royal wedding. I couldn't imagine what took so long.</div>
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Inside was beautiful ribbons and floss all in my favorite pink. She included a cute summer stitching kit. Thank you Bekca it really brightened my day.<br />
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She knows I have a big weakness for a frosted cookies. Well I can say they were both enjoyed with a nice cup of tea. <br />
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She also stitched me this cute little pillow. I love the rick-rack in the corners. Thank you Pam it really lifted my spirits.<br />
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Over the summer I also received a nice letter from Mouse - Tales of a stitching mouse. I am afraid when I returned her letter that I may have rambled a bit. I might have used her more as a therapist and not so much as a friend. Thank you Mouse for the wonderful letter.<br />
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When I last posted I was working on ornaments for a tree we are raffling off at church. Two of us stitched the 40 ornaments that would adorn the tree. They were in a magazine titled the "School Nativity". Well I managed to get my 20 done.<br />
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All I can say is "Life" has taken over and kept me from blogging. It has been on my mind and I have been thinking of you all. I tried yesterday for the first time in over 2 months to read some blogs. I guess I am really just going to have to start over it was just too overwhelming. So what have I been doing in the last 2 months, I guess you can say I was making memories. </div>
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After my last blog my wonderful husband and I took a trip. It is one that was booked before my BIL passed and the family insisted we still take it and spend some time alone. You see every year in May we take a trip up north to Bellingham WA with some friends. Usually we drive but once we flew. This year they had a great idea, we cruised up. We left Long Beach and cruised up the coast stopping in San Franciso, Victoria and ending in Vancouver Canada. We then took the train to Bellingham where we stayed for a week and then flew home. I did manage to stitch one thing but have not decided on a finish.</div>
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And soon after it was her 5 th grade promotion.<br />
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With the promotion and her finishing up school in Pasadena that means we started having her full time. That is when my stitching came to a complete stop. I still had to get all my stuff out of the closet and find a place for it. Yes all my wonderful stash had to find a new home. So this is what it looked like for a few days.<br />
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I talked my husband into selling our old wicker furniture in the sun room and buying me some comfortable stuff. The piece with the four big baskets was bought to help store some of my stash. Well I discovered I would need about 10 of those to hold it all. So some down sizing was in order. I have looked thru about 65 stitching magazines and torn out only items I knew I would stitch someday. I also did that with some cooking magazines I had in the room. That helped a bit. I think I now have everything in a new home, not sure I can remember where but it is out of sight.<br />
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In the meantime we have been to court twice, once for a half day interview to see if we are acceptable parents for Anna. You can give birth to a child and no one cares, take one in and they check everything about you. On June 28, a day before Anna's 11th birthday we received full guardianship of her and now she is all ours. <br />
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To celebrate we took Anna on her first road trip. She loves Jelly Belly candy and so we drove up north to the factory to show her how they are made. Our first stop was Sacramento to show her our state capitol.<br />
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We took the scenic ride back home along the coast and stopped in Monterey, Morro Bay and Solvang a cute Danish town. She really like exploring the tide pools at Morro Bay.<br />
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We all had a wonderful time getting to know each other better. <br />
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To top off our new parenting, my hubbie and I had an eye exam and took her with us. The doctor did a small test on her and said she needed a full exam. So we took her and discovered she really needs glasses. This should really help her with her school work and reading. She is very pleased with her new glasses and says everything even looks brighter now.<br />
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Now that life is slipping back into a normal mode I am trying to get back into stitching and blogging. The only thing I have managed to stitch is the beginning of some ornaments for a church project. There are 40 ornaments that are called the school nativity. Two of us are each stitching half and they will be put on a tree to auction off in November. I have 2 and a half done so far of my 20.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I think blogges and crafters are just such friends that accept us as we are. In blogs you can tell your thoughts and share a little bit of lives to others. I do so enjoy reading blogs and learning all about you. OK sometimes I get a abit behind but I am still here. Still trying to adjust to my new life God has chosen for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Tricia from <a href="http://thestampersstitches.blogspot.com/">The Stampers Stitching</a></span> is one of the those kind bloggers. She also goes by the name Mrs. Graceworks. I was extremely fortunate to have recieved a wonderful package from her in the Christmas exchange. If you do not follow her blog she not only does cross stitch but she makes the most beautiful handmade cards. What a surprise it was when a package arrived from her. It included several of her lovely cards for me. She also included the cutest little journal she made for my niece Anna. How special we both felt. Tricia said when she was a teacher each student had a journal they could leave her with questions they didn't want to ask out loud and she would answer back, sometimes asking a questins her self. Anna and I look forward to answering each other questions. </div>
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How do you spend your mornings? Mine use to be getting up early and getting some housework done and then enjoying myself stitching. I still get some stitching done just not as much as I would like. I have been stitching the apron in a piece that seems like it is taking me forever to get done. I am also in the process of emptying out my craft room to make room for Anna's things. </div>
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I have not told you much about Anna's past but lets just say it is not a life a child should have lived. Her parents taught her no responsibilities are asked nothing much of her. She is use to doing what she wants when she wants. She has been very good about learning the boundries or our home. She told me the other day I know you are strict but now I understand and it's ok. She came from a home where they never ate together and all her meals were in her less than clean room. She loves eating at the table with all of us and her table manners have improved tremendously. Her grade have even gone up. Because she came from no rules she did what she wanted she many times was just bored and colored on just about anything. Usually with markers. So this now gets to how I spent my morning. Instead of stitching I spent the morning trying to get marker streaks out of a American Girl doll's hair. She does love her dolls and we are now learning the proper way to take care of them. I scrubed the dolls skin with Comet (OK don't recommend this beauty treatment to all of you) washed her hair and conditioned it. Got most of the marker out. For you info yellow and green come out a lot easier then pink marker. I did have to dip a Q-tip in bleach and get most of that out. After a comb out and a small trim this is my mornings success.</div>
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We had our first court date and everything went wonderful. We just have to be bonded. They don't want us running off with all her money. What money I ask? We have not gone through probate so who knows what money will be left. Oh well that's our court system. The judege did say this is a real quardianship case where both parents have passed. He said mostly he sees kids being taken away from parents.</div>
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Such kindness has been been given to me and I am most thankful. First Karen from <a href="http://sewmuch2luv.blogspot.com/">Sew Much 2 Luv</a> sent me and and my niece Anna the most thoughtful gifts. She sent me a cute little pillow with a stitching angel on it. I just love how she has labels with her blog that she attaches to her goodies. Karen does the cutest sewing on her blog with lots of fun things for her grandkids. She was so very kind to include an adorable pink owl purse for Anna. She was so excited to get her first mail at our house. She said she was going to put her tissues and lip gloss in her bag. Remember when that was all the important stuff you needed to put in your purse and you were ready to go.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Thank you so much Karen for your overwheming kindness. <br />
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I participated again in the Stitched With Love Exchange. Thank you Lainey for another wonderful exchange.<br />
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I was so lucky to recieve a wonderful package full of goodies from Catherine at Bramblewood Stitches.<br />
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Not only was my exchange piece adorable but was stitched in my favorite color, pink.<br />
Catherine really went out of her way to make the package special. She included lots of patriotic fabric and some scissors to add to my wonderful growing collection. She also included some fun school themed note paper. She included a wonderful new pattern with all the threads for it. Lots of cute buttons and linens were also enclosed. Thank you so much for spoiling me.<br />
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I sent my package to Shannon of My Little Stitching Blog. <br />
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I really have enjoyed participating in the exchanges. I am afraid this next one I will have to sit out. We will be out of town for awhile and I won't have time to get a package together.<br />
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I did manage to get a few pictures taken of some of the stuff I did and received at camp.<br />
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Each night we were given some goodies at our door. The first night we received this lovely Vera Bradley bag and notebook.<br />
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The next night we received a Vera Bradley little box and nail file. Also included was a Silver Needle thread holder, painted magnet and patterm.<br />
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How spoiled were we. We also received 4 projects we could work on. I only got two of them done. First was a little fabric holder with a Lizzy Kate pattern we could use to stitch something on the band.<br />
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I still need to get some cording around my scissor fob.<br />
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We each recieved a kit to make these cute paperclips. I was lucky to get this teacher set. I will be giving them to my daughter and possibly making more now that I will be buying teacher gifts again in my future.<br />
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The other projects we received was for a block finish. We got the pattern and all the materials to make it into a block. I really learned alot about putting one together. Now we will have to see if I ever get one done. The other project was a lovely wooden pin cushion from Sudberry. I didn't care for the pattern we were to stitch for it so I am looking thru my stash for a different pattern.<br />
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I took all the girls at the camp a card with my blog and a homemade heart counting pin along with a See's sucker.<br />
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I have had so much kindness given to me not just in packages but from prayers and comments. I am truely thankful for them all. I am slowing getting back to a normal blog reading routine and leaving a few comments. An udate on my niece, she is staying with us on weekends for now until school is out and with MIL during the week. She is very excited about coming to live with us. She said "Aunt Teresa I know you are strick but I understand now why you are and it's OK". We have our first court date on May 2 nd. In 52 years I have never seen a lawyer before much well gone before a judge. I really don't have a fear on the background check we are really a boring normal family. Hopefully there won't be too many hoops they want us to jump thru. Thank you again for all your support.<br />
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Always keep love in your stitches,<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11891559856771054734noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253069734902315916.post-44046537546721816492012-04-05T11:44:00.000-07:002012-04-05T11:44:50.260-07:00Heartfelt Thank You<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"The best exercise for strengthening</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">the heart is reaching down and lifting people up."</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I can not begin to thank you for the wonderful inspiring comments you left after my last post. I am now trying to get back into my so called normal life. I read some blogs today for the first time in over three weeks. I think I am just going to have to start over there is no way I can go back and get caught up. My niece is on spring break so we got her the Tuesday morning after I returned from my camp Monday night. We will have her until Monday morning when I take her back to school. Since school is a bit of a drive in traffic she stays with MIL during the week and we get her on Friday afternoon's until Monday mornings. This will only last until the first of June when school is out. We just hate to take her out of her school so close to the end. She is excited about coming to live with us full time and even looks forward to going to a new school and having a fresh new start. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Speaking of fresh new starts, going to camp with Pam was just the fresh start I needed. What a wonderful time I had with Pam getting away and hiding from reality. The Silver Needle in Tulsa was a fabulous shop. I had no trouble spending my two gift certificates I got for Christmas plus more. Here are some pictures of inside the store.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Here are a few picture of where we spent our wonderful relaxing time stitching. <br />
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This was Pam and my table where we shared with 3 lovely ladies.<br />
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This was the view from the window.<br />
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On Friday night we went to a Amish farm where they prepared a delicious meal for all of us, about 36.<br />
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Here are some scenes around the farm.<br />
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And I thought I couldn't go braless any more!<br />
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This is us coming home from the dinner. We stitched in the big room that looks over the lake and at the other end was bunk style rooms we stayed in. OK I had the top bunk, not good when you have to get up in the night to visit the bathroom. <br />
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I don't have pictures yet of the projects we did and the goodies we received. I will post those next week after spring break when I get my stitching room back.<br />
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Thank you again for all the wonderful support you have given me in this time in our lives. Your kind words really meant a lot to me as I was struggling with this decision to bring in a young person this time in our lives. I have truly surrounded myself with such compassion and kindess with bloggers and crafters.<br />
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<div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">"As God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">clothe yourselfs with compassion, kindness, humilty,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">gentleness and patience."</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="left">Have a wonderful Easter. Always keep love in your stitches,</div><div align="left">Teresa</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11891559856771054734noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253069734902315916.post-80324383230108888902012-03-20T08:23:00.000-07:002012-03-20T08:23:42.018-07:00I'm not gone.<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"Give thanks in all circumstances:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">1 Thessalanians 5:18</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have had to be away from blog land for while, not by choice but by circumstances beyond anyone's control. In December I told you about the death of my husband's sister. She was 51 and died from cancer. She left behind a 10 year old daughter that I have been helping her father with. A small background is the child is a lovely girl but has never in her life been made to do anything and therefore knows no responsibilities. Her dad has taked the loss of his wife not well and really hasn't done much in the last three months. To our great sadness a week ago he died of a heart attack. So for the last week our family has just been so numb and overwhelmed. It looks as if my whole life will now be given a great challenge. There is no other choice for the child but to come and live with us. Keep in mind my kids are 27 and 25 so it has been a while since I have had a small one and especially one with such great loss in her life. So for right now we are trying to keep above the water and not sink. I have not read a blog in over a week and believe me I miss it terribly. I am not going away from blog land but it may be awhile before I am back on regular. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I do owe a couple of thank yous. Pam from Crossroad of my mind passed on a pattern to me. Thank you Pam.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last exchange I sent to Edit - Fuggosegeim. In the package I sent her a lot of my Aida cloth that I will not be using. She graciouly sent me a wonderful thank you gift of some delightful tea and stitched me a lovely little banner. Thank you so much Edit. I have manage to sip a couple of cups of tea to help calm me down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">"My friends, you must do all you can to show that God has</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">really chosen and selected you. If you keep on doing this, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">you won't stumble and fall."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2 Peter 1:10</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I have to believe God has put this innocent little girl into our care for a reason. I do have a strong faith and a wonderful loving family and know it will be my job to pass this love on to her.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Pam and I are still leaving next week for our cross stitch camp in Tulsa, OK. My family says I need a break before all this becomes permanent. Pam said if I teach her to cross stitch that means I can have double the stash. I like her thinking the only problem is she will have to have the room all my stash is in and I will have to find a new place for it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Know I am thinking of all of you and sorry I am missing keeping caught up with your lives. Give me a bit and I will be back to reading soon.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Sorry it has taken me a couple of days to post the winner of the project folder. First let me thank all you who took the time to leave a comment. I wish I could sew up a folder for all of you.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I used the random generator and here is the name it came up with.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Congratulations to Carol. When I get your address it will go out into the mail.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Always keep love in your stitches.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Teresa</span></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11891559856771054734noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253069734902315916.post-76845556136976900412012-02-29T07:27:00.000-08:002012-02-29T07:27:26.059-08:00I've been busy finishing.<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"Focus on the journey,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">not the destination.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Joy is found not in finishing an activity</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">but in doing it."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-small;">Greg Anderson</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have been busy getting some more projects from my January basket finished. It has been so much easier having several pieces all ready to stitch. In the past I would search through the old stash looking for what I wanted to do next. With several projects all kitted up makes it so nice.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My first piece wasn't part of my basket of projects it was the other pendant Pam had sent me from her Shephard's Bush trip. It just had to come first before my other projects. I can't wait to wear this at my trip to stitching camp next month.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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When I take a picture sitting on the floor this is what really happens behind the scenes.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I purchased this Shephard's Bush kit at the retreat in the fall. It was a fun piece to stitch. I really liked the colors. The light teal and pinks just made me happy as I stitched. It also helped that it was a scissor fob, my favorite. The scissors are a pair I bought at retreat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The first Thursday of the month our church hosts a dinner for seniors. I do the centerpieces each month and my daughter serves the dinners. She loves a apron for each month. I also finished this St. Patricks Day apron for her to wear.<br />
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Isn't she so cute modeling it in front of our orange tree. The poor little branches are overflowing. She picked a box after this picture and took them home and make lots of fresh orange juice. If you need some oranges come on over.<br />
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Well that's what has been keeping me busy and out of trouble. I also finished my retreat project but don't have any pictures yet. Don't forget my follower thank you give away ends tomorrow night.<br />
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Always keep love in your heart,<br />
Teresa<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11891559856771054734noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253069734902315916.post-85934902853372888982012-02-23T14:25:00.000-08:002012-02-23T14:25:49.288-08:00I'm One Today !<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"I would thank you from the bottom of my heart,</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">but for you my heart has no bottom."</span></span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Arthur Unknown</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div align="center" class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div align="left" class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">OK birthday wise you can guess I'm not one, but blog wise I am one today. One year ago today I started blogging. What a wonderful year it has been. Nataly is the one who encouraged me to start blogging. I started following her blog right before my first retreat. I am so happy I took her advise. I can not tell you how special all of you are with your wonderful comments. I love reading all of your blogs, sorry I don't always comment but I do read a lot each day (or most days). I have learned so much, especially in how to finish a piece and new ideas. I have participated in several exchanges that have been so fun and special. I just can't thank you enough for being there when my family was experiancing a loss. Your kinds words meant so much to me.</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div align="left" class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I would like to thank all my followers with a special give away. I received a pattern from Deborah - Cranberry Samplings to make a project folder.</span> </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is a tri-fold pouch that can hold your pattern and stitching. I would like to give this away to one of my followers. Since this is a "Thank You" give away, it is open to my current followers. All you need to do is comment on this post before midnight March 1 PST. Who knows maybe something extra will be added to the give away.</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="center" class="post-body entry-content"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"A friend is someone who reaches for your hand</span></span></div><div align="center" class="post-body entry-content"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">and touches your heart."</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Arthur Unknow</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"> </div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thank you so much for a wonderful and exciting first year. I look forward to many more to come.</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"> </div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Always keep love in your stitches,</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Teresa</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><br />
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