Count Me Inspired retreat/ part 1

Haylo!

I can't believe it's Wednesday already, anywhoo, here is a recap of this past weekends event.
Anna and I started out Thursday morning. We drove to Plainwell, Michigan to http://www.stitchingbitsandbobs.com/ As you can see we had the whole store to ourselves
That night we stayed in Benton Harbor, that was about half way to La Porte to meet the gals.

Friday morning we met the girls at http://www.houseofstitches.com/

The store was jam packed with stitchers, even though the next snaps don't look that way There's Karin, Brenda and Jayne

Anna and Karen

Then it was off to Shipshewana, Indiana to the Farmstead Inn

Amish country
The next snaps are the convention center where we all gathered

Cathy did an excellent job putting it all together.

She had a little boutique, so we could shop, or if we needed something that we didn't bring

That's it for this post. It's so hard to get the photo's in the right order

Stayed tune for the retreat exchange, shopping, and visiting another retreat

Tata for now

Surprise in my mail today

Alot of people know I have a stitcher's Bible that I carry with me when I go stash shopping

My first one was a big one and then I started a smaller one. They both have lots of scribbling of the list I need for this and that stitching. I love the bigger one because it is flatter and easier not to lose.

I stitched a freebie of Mindi's and she sent out a little package.

She sewed a cover for a notebook, a perfect stitcher's Bible for me. Now I have to find the time to combine the two notebooks together in this one, Cool Beans!!!

Love the fabric colors

This was also in the pkg. a little orange bag containing Altoids, Avon lip balm, some kleenex and two halloween pencils.

Thanks so much Mindi for the generous package. I have been trying to leave comment on your post. I hit the button and they dissolve into thin air, I don't know whats up with that

I forgot to mention a few post ago, I deleted my facebook, so many of you have lost a friend, it was me

I can't wait for the weekend!!! It's the Inspired_Needle retreat in Shipshewana, In.

Anna and I are leaving Thursday morning and staying in LaPorte, In. so we can meet some of the gals at House_of_Stitches at 10am on Friday. It will be too much traffic to fight going thru Chicago from Rockford early Friday morning. You won't get another post out of me until next week and then it will be a retreat post, yay!!!!

Happy Stitching!!!!!

Halloween is getting close

I have a spooky ooky finish.
I made a little hanging ornament out of a design that Mindi created using motifs from the Samplemakers Autumn Challenge, pattern can be found HERE
Thanks! Mindi

Here are two Halloween WIPS, I hope to have finished by the end of October

Lizzie*Kate "ABC Halloween"

Blackbird Designs "Midnight Watch"

Thanks for stopping by

TGIF

Happy Friday!!!!

Lots of progress made on Halloween Rules this week


I am so happy to have the BBD Casting a Spell and the box,
now to get the linen and maybe a couple GA threads

I need some help here..

I am torn between two designs, which one would you like to see me start stitching next??

I am kinda leaning toward the Winter Wonderland, since that season is coming up really, really fast
But then again I love the PS and have that kitted up longer


I captured this little sweetie, it's not as dark as it appears in the background

I think I may have spooked him, the hummingbird would not feed, when I had the camera in hand

Thank you for all the comments and e-mails,

they are much appreciated and so fun to read

Have a great weekend!!!!

Penny America

Hello! fellow stitchy peeps

"Penny America" by Tree of Life Samplings
I don't care how I finished it, now what to do??

GD Brianna is always going into my sewing room and picks out a little finished pillow to lay on.
I rememebered I stitched a design for Heather (her mom) when she was her age or probably younger.
I dug deep into a tote and found it, ironed it, picked out a backing material and sewed it up for her to take home

She loves it so much, she even took it to daycare for show & tell.

I don't have a clue to the design or designer, but I may still have the booklet somewhere, lol

I don't think you can even find aida like that anymore, can you?

This last weekend was Homecoming

Kellie with her best friend down the road

Caitlin and Kellie in the black

I won't bore you with group pics but here is Kellie and her date Andrew

Thanks for visiting and for all your kind comments

Sunday Funday

Happy Hump Day!!!!

Anna and I finished our boxes from Blackbird Designs
She came to my house on Sunday

We painted and put them together in the morning. They are not all the way finished here, because we took a break to the stitch-in at www.inspiredneedle.com.

The patterns are out of the Stitcher's Journey booklet

And here is my box all finished







On the way home we stopped by the Chicago Outlet Mall. We made a bee line to the Vera Bradley store. Anna come out of the store with this bag and accessories. I have no clue what the pattern is called. I love how the green and purple pop with the black background.

That's it for today.

I'll be back in a couple of days with a finish

Tata!!

Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack

All dressed
in
*black*
*black*
*black*
with
silver
*buttons*
*buttons*
*buttons*
All down
her
*back*
*back*
*back*



La-D-Da
Stitched on 36 ct Sparrow w/ needlepoint silk 993
It was started way back in August 2009

I won, I won, I won



over at Butterfly's blog for her contest of followers

She sent me Teresa Wentzler's Carousel Horses, so beautiful

A pkg of Thank You notes, they will come in handy

Scented sachel tea rose, smells so nice

2 dragon flosses, so soft

and a Country Vintage 2012 calendar, I will hang this in my sewing room and try to use it for a stitchy journal

Thank You! June, I will email you soon

It is so fun to find things like this in the mail

And this little cutie is a thrift store find for 50 cents


When I peeled the tag off the bottom it quotes

"When life gives you scraps - make a quilt"

Blessed are the peacemakers, Matt 5:9

1998 Sonshine Promises by Gretchen Clasby

Remember 9/11

Spooky Friday Finishes

Happy freaking Friday!!!!

I finished off a couple of recent stitchy pieces today

I just love the little parrot button on sock monkeys shoulder

Next is a almost finish, it's getting real close

Brianna's little magic trick as she calls it

It's a little toad

Sunday will be another Funday. Anna is planning a trip down to finish off our BBD boxes and then we will take a road trip to Lemont to the Inspired Needle stitch -in. The retreat is getting close and I can't wait for my 1st one ever, I can't even imagine... maybe a little, only from seeing pics and stories from other bloggers.

Have a super duper weekend :)