Thank you, Dearies, for all of the lovely birthday wishes! Can you believe I'm 58?! I'm pretty sure I have the emotional maturity of a 13-year old, so as the years keep passing by, I sometimes catch myself looking in the mirror gasping "Whoa! What just happened?!" I had a lovely day and managed a new start: This is Botanical Bee from Hands on Design, and I'm stitching it on a beautiful piece of 28ct fabric from Colour & Cotton called Lapis Medium with threads pulled from my stash. My progress was so tiny that I'll wait to wow you with it when there's more, but methinks this will move qui ..read more

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First, we had to promenade down Fifth in our Easter Bonnet: And then it was time to find my inner Ina and remember what it was like to futz about in the kitchen: Before you have a complete cow, Betty...the plate above was for Rich. Mine was significantly scaled down: (And no...that's not an impertinent little Merlot. It's cranberry juice.) I am sad to report, however, that the eggs in a nest were just....eh...and will probably not make the next feasting occasion, unless I tart 'em up with cheeses and hams and vegetables. We're Dyngasing here in Hoosierville today, which means a lot for som ..read more

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Is it just me, or have I been phoning it in recently? Goodness gracious...everything is just so very...difficult...lately. My oomph seems to have gone missing, and I feel like I'm treading through jello under water. Or something like that. Stitching here at CS2 has been a very slow grind, but with cheery colors and pretty bling to keep me delighted. My fob was a gift from Siggy's Closet, and matches the thread pallet of this piece, so my itch for matchy-matchy was scratched perfectly! This is Daisy Chain from Carolyn Manning Designs. I'm stitching it on Peony 28ct Lugana from Colour & ..read more

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