This and That

It has been quite awhile since I last posted. And much has gone on here. My neck surgery on Feb 3 went great. Right wrist has for the most part quit hurting when I use the mouse. Left arm is much better. Still have the carpel tunnel problem in the hands but the surgeon said we can fix those anytime. Not near as bad. They can wait till we get these bills paid.

Have been doing many exchanges through Swap-bot and some Yahoo groups. Will post pictures when I get them all sorted out. Many of the swaps have been post card swaps. I need to do some shopping around town to find some different cards.

In March I was the recipient of a RAK. The box said it was from the Yarn Fairy. Inside was 2 balls of cotton yarn and a note That said the Yarn Fairy heard my wish for some cotton yarn. Whoever sent it I want to say thank you. It will get put to good use.

I also won another PIF. This one for a stitched item. So in the next post I will be posting another one here for this one. Just need to get the details worked out.

Better go for now so everyone have a great day.

I got mail!

When hubby brought in the mail today I had a very unexpected suprise. I received a puffy envelope from Canada. It was for the August biscornu exchange in the bbinteractive Yahoo group. My partner sent a beautiful blue dragon pattern biscornu that she adapted to cross stitch from a late 1800's filet crochet pattern. Also in the package was a cute scissor fob with flowers and my initial on one side and a blackwork design on the other. A sheep that you pull his tail and it is a measuring tape. Really cute. And finally 3 rolls of Kreinik metallic threads. So without any more here are the pictures.





This was good timing and a real pick me up today as I am getting ready for Surgery on Tuesday. I have a degenerated disc in my neck that they are going to work on to see if they can reverse some of the nerve damage it has done to the nerves of my left hand. So wish me luck. Got to go everyone have a great day. Going to watch the Super bowl tomorrow and root for the Cardinals as this is their 1st Super bowl game. And of course I have to watch all the comercials especially the Budweiser ones.

My January finishes.

I have had a few small finishes since the last time I was on here.

This first is an angel that I started earlier this year while waiting on hubby at one of his many Dr appointments. I didn't continue on it because the lighting in most Dr's ofices was not good enough for the dark material. I do like it once I got it done.
Then this was for the January bookmark exchange in the BBInteractive group on Yahoo. The pattern was from a blackwork band sampler in The Gift of Stitching Magazine. (See link in sidebar.)I don't remember what issue but I do like how it turned out.

Next I have to get busy on a biscornu for a swap on Swap-bot. It won't take long once I get started. Still have not found a pattern that I like for this swap.

Better close for now as it is getting late. Have a great day!

PIF winner

I had 5 entries in my drawing so I went to the random number generator and told it to pick 2 numbers between 1 and 5. And the numbers chosen were 1 and 5. Which means that the winners are Pike and Anitra. Congratulations ladies and I will be sending you something in the next 365 days. Please send me your addresses so that I will know where to send your packages. And now you have to host your own PIF's. Either on your own blogs or if you don't have one any way that you want just so that you pay it forward.

I won a PIF so my turn to post.

Last week I entered a PIF posted by Debra for notions and/or thread instead of a stitched item. So now it is my turn to post a PIF.

Here are the rules:

1. Send no less than 5 items per person.


2. Items can be DMC, other threads, stitching needles, straight pins, buttons, scissors, ribbons, ect, just use your imagination. You can send a combination of items such as 3 threads, 1 pack of straight pins and 1 pack of stitching needles or just 5 threads.


3. All I ask is that items be in new condition and not used.


If you are interested, leave a comment on this post until January 25 and I will draw 2 names that evening then post the winning names on my January 26th blog. Please be sure to leave your email address or a link to your blog so I can get in touch with you if you are a winner!


If you win, you must be willing to post this PIF on your blog and do the same for at least 2 people.

So let the fun begin. Have a great day! Barbara

First finish 2009 and bookmark exchange received.

Finally my first finish for 2009. It was a WIP that I have been working on off and on for the last year. It was a small counted cross stitch kit from Dimensions that I have had for awhile. The copywrite notice said 2000. It is called Teddy Bear Greetings by Vicky Howard. This was done on 14ct plastic canvas and the wire greetings sign came in the kit.



Next picture is a bookmark that I received from the January bookmark exchange in the yahoo group bbinteractive (Brooke's Books Interactive). I am still hunting for a pattern for her bookmark.





I have also received some postcards from some Swap-bot postcard swaps. Have not scanned them yet but when I do they will be posted on my webshots album and maybe here.

Got to go as the ferrets want out to play and we want to watch the playoff games today.

Merry Christmas

Just want to take a quick minute and wish everyone a Merry Christmas or Happy Holiday for whatever holiday you celebrate.

Continuation of Swaps

My first Swap-bot swap was a private one set up by Doreen for members of Joan's Yahoo group. It was for a biscornu using a pattern that Joan had made for a group challenge.













I received from Doreen in Canada. This biscornu and a selection of buttons.













Here is the one I sent to Pirjo in Finland.

I have enjoyed doing this swap and will be joining more swaps of this type after the new year.

The other swap I joined was a postcard swap and I received 4 really nice postcards, from Colorado, North Carolina, Michigan and Australia. And I sent to North Carolina (different person that I received from), Alabama, Kentucky and The Netherlands. I enjoyed this and have already joined another postcard swap. I will scan these later and post the pictures.


Got to go as have to let the ferrets out to play for a while.
Have a great day.

Swaps

Been busy but I guess I had better post some pictures of some swaps and things that I have seent and received in the last month or so. I joined a site called Swap-Bot because one of the yahoo groups I am in is going to do her swaps thru this site. I have completed 2 swaps and joined 2 more. Also I have joined in on the group forum (Sapphirestitching - Swap-bot group) a couple of Winner take all postings. And I won the drawing for the WTA- Christmas Floss. So here are some pictures of what I received.

From Angel a skein of NeedleNecessities overdyed #151. My first overdyed floss. And you can see the pretty decoration of the note card she had with the floss.

Then next from Doreen in Canada 3 Christmas colors of DMC and an assortment of Christmas colored buttons.

Then from Sadie in Scotland these pretty DMC threads Antique Effects (silver), Precious metal Effects (gold) and another shade of green.

Next from Joan a skein of Six Strand Sweets Hand-dyed color spice drop. a skein of Weeks Dye Works called Santa Claus from the Holiday Collection, and 3 skeins of DMC varigated colors.

Last from Roz a skein of Anchor (another shade of green), skein of Kreinik Japan thread #7 (gold), roll of Kreinik Very Fine #4 braid - green, and a roll of Kreinik blending filament - red. And a really cute Christmas note card.

Better post this as it is getting rather long. Next post will be about the swaps that I have done in Swap-Bot

I was tagged.

Boy am I behind. I got tagged almost a month ago to tell you 6 things about me and then tag 6 more to do the same. Anyway I have been thinking about what to post.

First the rules.

1. Link to the person who tagged you.2. Post the rules on your blog.3. Write six random things about yourself.4. Tag six people at the end of your post.5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.6. Let the tagger know your entry is up

Joan was so nice to tag me. (You have to scroll down as there are some newer posts above the one where she tagged me.)

Now 6 Random the things about me:

1. I have been retired for 3 years now and seem to be as busy as when I was working. Do have more time for stitching and playing on the computer.

2. I have done many crafts over the years. Crochet, embroidery, fabric painting, sewing, plastic canvas, and cross stitch. The only thing I have had trouble trying to learn is knitting. Although I am trying.

3. Been married for 42 years. Hope to make 50 but don't know if Hubbies health will hold up that much longer.

4. Have 2 kids. Daughter is 40, divorced, with 3 sons - 18 - 19 - 21. She works for a clipping company here so she gets to read newspapers for a living. Son is 37, married with a 16 year old step daughter, and a 15 year old daughter who is in Texas with her mom. He drives for a large trucking company out of Des Moines although he lives here in Topeka.

5. I am very shy until I get to know someone. That is why in the groups I mostly lurk. I am trying to get over this and maybe someday I will. You never know.

6. Love to read. I can remember getting in trouble in grade school because I would get engrossed in a book and not want to do anything else. If I really like a book and will read it ove and over.


As for tagging anyone I have been thinking about that and most of the blogs that I read have already been tagged. So I am going to take an idea from some of them and just say that if you have not been tagged to consider yourself tagged. If you do post this let me know and I will come check it out.

Well thats all for now. Might be back later as I have some pictures to post from exchanges and some things I been working on.