Happy Dance- A finish

Hello Dear Friends and thank you for stopping by.  Last night I was able to finish my LHN Iced Tea, this afternoon I promised to sit down and work on the Shepherds bush piece but I did not get far since my  daughter and I volunteered a few hours at the Yellow Ribbon support group, then I helped DS with some yard work.
the Yellow ribbon Support group is a Local community that sends care packages to the deployed troops, regardless of what branch of service they serve, they all serve for us.  There is a very sad story as to why this non profit organization formed, it was by the father of a Captured soldier and his search for him for several years that it was formed.  Long story Short, His remains, were returned to his family and the dedication of volunteers to send comfort to the troops continues several years later.  Matt Maupin is the soldier that graduated from our local High  School.  If you are interested in learning more, just follow the link www.yellowribbonsupportcenter.com   , I feel privileged to help this group, one because of being a navy spouse.

My son, well, that is another story, he just can't seem to stay ungrounded at the moment, will turn 16 this month, has had his computer, phone, chance to get his driving permits etc taken away, mostly do to some poor grades and more recently some bad choices, but that is what being a Teenager is about??  So I helped him do the yard work, as a mom, I hate to see him punished, I know he needs it so i figure he'll make more of an effort if he has some company...

hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather we have been having lately, school is out and summer is in!

Lilly in my garden

Lillies in my rose garden

Chloe at 15 weeks,look at the size of her paws!

Iced Tea from LHN

A Very Busy Week

Duncan and Chloe

Good afternoon everyone, I just realized that a good amount of time has gone by and this blog has been neglected.  Here is this past weeks events, both my kids had soccer tryouts for Next Spring!   conditioning starts on June 11th for their High school team.   I missed my lns stick in last night as I had to take my daughter to graduation, the band was required to play at it.  sigh.  OK, well, I mailed off my box for the Stitched with Love exchange, my first time participating, at this time I can't post a picture.  I have finished 3 more smalls, for another exchange that I am participating in, I can show you two of them, but not the third.  I have also started my LNS Iced tea with silks, it is so pretty but the silk is driving me batty.  hope to finish it by Monday, I'll be happy if I get a moment to stitch today.  I am waiting for my lns to get in two yellow houses and hill house as she sold the few she had before I could get to them!  damn the bad luck, lol.  as if I don't have enough stash....nuff said
Hope you all have a pleasant and blessed weekend!  Thanks for visiting!

Little House Needleworks Iced tea kit using silks

need to add the seed beads
Lizzie Kate freebie

I just love this lil Patriotic garden by Waxwing moon

giveaway

One of the blogs I follow and admire is doing a giveaway.  http://44mamawsfinishedcrossstitchitems.blogspot.com  she is doing a beautiful pillow and charm giveaway, stop by and take a look see.

Catching up..

I have been doing some stitching, I feel rather scattered, I have my Shepherds bush Piece, below is a picture of the floss that the pup got into, it is a kitted piece so it took some time to sort the colors and then she destroyed it all in a minute, lol.  At least I had all the floss to replace. Second Pic is the progress I am making on it...I don't work on it as much as I should.  The third is the cord from my light that I use to stitch with, self explanatory.  Next is my front door, I saw this cute lil wreath on Pinterest and ran out and made my own, it uses fun fur yarn over styrafoam wreath, I decorated it with ribbon and button flowers.  some pics of the pups in the pool on Friday, it was brutally hot.  I also made a trip to my LNS, bought a few patterns, some Miscellaneous linen cuts, spent way to much.  I have pics of my Stitched with love piece but can't share those yet.  and lastly, My LHN Iced Tea pattern finally made it to me, I ordered this back on March 1. I won't be ordering from this mail order shop again, despite the sale that she had, it was more frustrating waiting and waiting and waiting.
Now, I should be sitting down stitching but I feel like baking, I'm thinking chocolate chip cookies or muffins?  they are both so good...
I hope you have a wonderful day !
Friends in stitches
Dawn

Floss from a kit...whats left after Chloe got into it

Progress on Shepherds bush piece

Magnifying Light-
Chloe- Nuff Said...

Little wreathe on my front door, I made it from a Pin from Pintrest

Fur babies enjoying playtime in a pool

A trip to my lns- spent 3x what I had planned...

Took nearly 3 months to get this! 

Pleasant day

Good morning dear friends,
well I haven't done much this morning, I just finished baking a batch of Chocolate chip sour cream muffins, oh they are so good, recipe to follow.
I realized I havent' shown any pictures of stitch stuff for a while but I realize that everything I am currently working on is for an exchange.  This will be my first time participating in the stitched with love exchange and then I'm doing a 1:1 summer exchange with another friend.
I am having withdrawals from my LNS, funds are low so I haven't been up to her for a few weeks, I know I'll just get myself into trouble, but tomorrow is pay day for dh....lets see, he's home friday-Sunday, guess I'll have to sneak up there on Monday.  I am in need of small end cuts that she has a basket of and sells relatively cheap, it's always nice to play with a new color or smaller/larger count of linen etc.
OH, have you seen the new pieces that LHN is getting ready to release? Oh they are gorgeous, Yellow houses and Little House, I can't wait to get my hands on them.  You'll have to check her website out.

OK, well here is the small progress i've made on the shepherds bush Piece and a picture of the muffins...


Sour Cream Chocolate chip muffins from www.thebestmomontheblock.blogspot.com

yield 12, over to 350*

1 1/2 cup flour, 2/3 cup sugar, 3/4 teaspoon baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 egg, 1 cup sour cream, 5 Tablespoon melted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 3/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients, in another bowl combine the wet ingredients, add the wet to the dry just until moistened.  Fold in the chips.  Fill greased or paper lined muffin cups 3/4 full.  Bake at 350* for 18-20 minutes, cool for 5 min before removing from pan.
I also sprinkled them with corse sugar like the bakeries do.  I got it in the baking isle at wal-mart- they are so yummy.

Thank You Shirlee- PIF received

Oh, how exciting it is to find the only thing in the mail is for ME!  NO Bills, but a wonderful goodie envelope of stitch stuff.  Thank you Shirlee for your thoughtfulness.  I participated in a PIF exchange that Shirlee sponsored a few months back.  Here is a pic of all the goodies, some needles, a needle magnet, 5 skeins of Crescent colors, and two little projects to work on.

now, my puppy lost her ever loving mind yesterday, she got into my floss for a kitted shepherds bush piece that i am contracted to do, and I put her outside and I caught her eating my Peaonies!   ughh, my husband kindly reminded me that "You wanted her", lol, yes I did and luckily I have all the floss that she tore up, it was dmc floss, not any overpriced speciality threads.  phew.  she is still alive and I actually worked on it for a few hours this morning.  She is a big girl, she was 12 weeks old on Sunday and just growing to fast.  I guess the mischief she got into yesterday tired her out because all she did was sleep today...

An Exchange Received and a Sigh

Dear friends, today was uncle Chucks funeral and it went as well as can be expected, but even though a sad occasion it was a celebration of "Going Home", may God Bless him and the family and remember, we'll meet again uncle chuck.

I received my exchange piece from Lynn for our Seasonal exchange.  I love it, it's a JBW design "A very Merry Spring", I've done the autumn one and simply fell in love with it so it a pleasant surprise to receive the Spring one.  It was finished in a cute little pillow, now to find just the right place from it.

Seasonal Exchange Piece from Lynn
A very Merry spring Pillow

I also bought one of Blue Ribbon Girl's pin pillows that she had on her ETSY shop, it was wrapped so darling, i didn't want to open it, but I bought it to use so after a quick photo, I dove into the wrapping and pulled it out, I love the brown and blue colors.






















I hope I get some stitching Therapy done tomorrow, right now I am tired...mentally.

I hope that everyone has a fantastic day.


Dawn