A bad bad blogger am I.

Well, folks, I have been busy. (And cheating on my blog with Facebook.) Yes. I have been bad.

You can see by visiting my finishes blog that I have found time to stitch little things here and there. I have been good and finished up a few that have languished, namely my firefighter gear picture. That one is due to get framed and go to the fire station here in town.

I would like to brag about this lovely birthday package that I received from Srinity in Finland. It was filled with lots of little goodies, not the least of which was this fabulous padded wall hanging of BC Christmas Row. I've wanted this pattern for myself and it's even better when someone else stitches it and finishes it up so neatly for me. The chocolate she sent is heavenly and the scissors are pink and blue...perfect for me! I am now 35 and I cannot believe where the years have gone.


I didn't get pictures of my larger WIPs or the Maidens of the Sea project because my camera battery was blinking red, but I do have a couple smaller ones to show:
Triton's Treasures by The Stitching Parlor
Beach Cottage by Country Cottage Needleworks



Lavender Blossom Biscornu by The Sweetheart Tree

I've got another 7 or 8 on the q-snaps, various sizes of projects, but those will have to be shown on another day. I am desperately trying to finish up some of the charts that I have on hand, because I truly love so many of the charts that are available in my JCS magazines and Gift of Stitching online and freebies that I simply must start those at some point and leave off buying so many other patterns unless they are absolute must haves.

For now, I will leave you with a couple pictures of dahlias that I took when my son and I did a volkswalk in Canby, OR this past September. I'm actually amazed that my camera took a picture as good as these.