Monday 11 June 2007

Home with lots to show

We arrived home at 5am this morning. It's great to be home but sad to leave behind friends and family, especially our gorgeous little nephew! I'll probably blog more about our trip later in the week but i thought i'd make this a stitchy update...

First things first. Look at this gorgeous pillow that i received in the mail from Anna It has my initial stitched on it. She made this for me as a gift for visiting her blog (5000th visitor draw)
Anna, i absolutely love it!! Thank you so so much! It was so kind of you to make me such a beautiful gift! It is proudly on display in my bookshelf at the moment.

Now here's some things that i have been stitching recently. I have been enjoying working on some small projects. They're all freebies by the way. The first is "Hearts Desire" by Debbie Draper Designs stitched on 32 ct cream belfast linen with Vikki Clayton Silk called "Russian Sage."The second is "The Three Emblems" by Papillon Creations. I am stitching this on 32 ct cream belfast linen with DMC115The third is "MY Treasure" from Dragon Dreams

Im enjoying all these projects so much. I'm keeping it a surprise for now as to what i'll be doing with them!

Here's a picture of some stash i got in Canada. I can't wait to start the Feather Fairy! I have a few big projects on the go at the moment so i'm trying to resist for now but i have all the threads (also bought in Canada) so it's very tempting!


It's going to take me forever to catch up on everyone's blogs - I have about 200 feeds in my google reader! Looking forward to finding out what you've all been up to though!

25 comments:

Carol said...

Such beauties! And, that pillow is amazing!!

anna s. said...

I'm so glad you like it :) Welcome home and hei from Norway!

sugardoll said...

What a nice surprise. The pillow looks huggable..Of course, no ruining the flowers on it. =D

Great stash from canada. Feather fairy is beautiful!

Bev said...

wow that pillow, is out of this world!!

hope you had a great holiday, only thing is with holidays is coming back home( especially all those emails and blogs to read) lol

Sue said...

All of your WIP's are nice and I love the new stash. Glad you had a nice time on your vacation, but I agree with you, it's always nice to come home ;)

stitcherw said...

The pillow is beautiful, what a great surprise to receive. All your projects are so lovely too, what a nice selection of colors and patterns you've had to pick from when you wanted to stitch. As to stash, nice picks. I'll look forward to when you start the feather fairy, very cute.
Sue

Dawn T. said...

The pillow is beautiful! Your WIP's all look great:)

Barbara J said...

That pillow is a lovely, very classy too :) Love all the smalls you've been stitching. Warning, smalls can be quite addictive! :)

Carolyn said...

Welcome home! All of your projects look great, wonderful stash haul and I adore that pillow!! All those "C"s look beautiful :)

Unknown said...

What a pretty pillow and some great stash too. I like your Feather Fairy, I hadn't sen that one before. :)

cathymk said...

Lovely stashing - I love Feather fairy too.

That pillow is just gorgeous!

All your WIPS are looking wonderful too!

Wendy said...

Gorgeous pillow! And some lovely new stash too!!

tintocktap said...

What a beautiful pillow - lucky you! Love the new stash too!

Carla said...

Lovely WIPs!!! And nice stash..I also have Feather Fairy in my stash...she's so pretty :)

Chiara said...

I love all your stitching!! and your stash is great!!

Anonymous said...

How pretty! I'm glad you had a good trip!

Lynn said...

what a lovely cushion, lucky you ! :)
Glad you had a good trip and I look forward to reading all about it.

Vonna Pfeiffer said...

Lovely gift from Anna!
Super stash! And I love all your wee projects!
Glad you had a good time on your holiday :)

Sharon said...

Oh, that pillow is gorgeous! Your wip's look great and you got some lovely stash.

Paula said...

Welcome home...glad to hear you had such a great time.
OOhhh I love those Mirabilia Fairy's, go on start it now...lol
that pillow is absolutley gorgeous, bet you were thrilled with it. And as for your own stitching it's all gorgeous too....
Well done.
Oh....do you want a kitten?? Its going 2 be heartbreaking passing them over, but it's got to be done....
Happy stitching....

Karen said...

oh the pillow is fantastic , glad you had a safe trip home

Jenny said...

The pillow is beautiful and your WIPs look great! Glad you had a nice time on your trip.

Michelle said...

Welcome back! Love the pillow - it's beautiful. Your WIPs all look wonderful.

DaisyGirl said...

So glad you are back! The pillow Anna made you is awesome. Glad you are gonna do the round robin with me!
Donna

Dani - tkdchick said...

What a beautiful thank-you gift!!!

Great stash and WIPs!