Giveaway!

Melissa over at St. John's Stitcher is having an awesome giveaway!  Go check it out!

New followers!

Wow!  I just looked and I'm up to 111 followers!   So COOL!  Welcome to all of you!  If I'm not already a follower of yours, please let me know so that I can correct that!  I am always looking for more blogs to  stalk follow.

Eskie smiles,

Terri

Victorian Motto giveaway!

Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe is having another awesome giveaway!  Go check it out!  :-)

Beading.....

Alfresco.......

It was too hot to do much else today.  Our temps got to about 95F!

I won a giveaway at Beadknitter Gallery and I want to thank her! Look what I got!

Some gorgeous sock yarn, a puzzle book, some candy, and some stitch markers.  Here is a close up of the stitch markers.

They are just too cute!  I also got a jar of Huckleberry jam, but it's in the refrigerator and almost gone! It is yummy!!  Thanks LJ!!

I won a giveaway on another blog also, but can't remember who's it was!  Please email me so I can give proper credit!  I won a needle case and scissor case.  They are too cute!

 And there was a tape measure in the scissors case and a couple needles and counting pins in the needle case.

Aren't they adorable!?  I love them!  I really hope the maker of these will let me know.  I'm embarrassed that I don't remember and I didn't keep any emails!

That's it for today.   Take care everyone, and stay cool!

Eskie smiles,

Terri

Late ISHW post

I signed up for the ISHW weekend last weekend and haven't had a chance to post until now.  I didn't get to stitch as much as I would have liked and I only worked on Renaissance Rose.

I actually got more done than I thought!

Joyze, this is for you - 

Sorry it's such a crappy picture.  I haven't worked on this one in a while.  It's Hummingbird Sparkly Garden by Chatelaine Designs.  I'm stitching it on white Belfast with the recommended threads.  This one is so fun to work on!

I did do some other stitching, but not on fabric.....

I made this bracelet and earrings!  The design is by Deb Roberti at Around The Beading Table

I just love her designs and her instructions are the best!  I used white AB Tila beads, duracoat gold 11/0 seed beads, and purple 4mm fire polished beads.  I love the way it came out!

Well, I do have more to share, but will do that later this weekend.  I hope everyone has a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!

Eskie smiles,

Terri

TUSAL and giveaway winner!!

Here is my late TUSAL post.

There are threads from Hummingbird Garden, Sampler of Psalms, Renaissance Rose, and a little beading thread.

Thank you all for entering my giveaway and for waiting so patiently for me to draw a winner.  I wrote all the names down on slips of paper, folded neatly, and put them in my snip-its jar.

And without further ado......the winner is.....................

GRACIE!!!!!!!!!  Please send me your address and I'll get this box out as soon as I can.  Congratulations!!!

I have lots more to share, but will wait a day or two.    

I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!

Eskie smiles,

Terri

One year

Tina M. Souders-Banks

December 28, 1963-May 18, 2011

Gone too soon.

Miss you, Sis!!

1 year

Richard D. Souders

May 19, 1932 - May 5, 2011

Miss you dad!!!!

TUSAL, a giveaway, IHSW and some bead stash!

Hello everyone!  Here is my TUSAL for April - a little late, sorry :-)

And my year to date TUSAL jar.

There is some from 3 different projects in this batch - Sampler of Psalms (JCS), Rennaisance Rose, and Hummingbird Sparkly Garden - more on these later in this post.

Gee, I can't decide if I like this new blogger or not.  As I am typing this, I can't see but just a little of it!  The screen won't advance far enough!

There, that's better!  I just used my return button a few times and came back up using my arrows.  I'll figure this out sooner or later!

I am having a giveaway!  I've been saying it for a while and hadn't done anything about it, but now I am.  Here are a few of the things I'm giving away.

White Christmas by Victoria's Sampler, a Little House Needleworks thread bed chart, Angel of Winter by L&L (I had 2 of these!), another LHN chart Home of a Needleworker, and Don't Bug me While I'm Stitching by the Sweetheart Tree.   All but the L&L I've stitched.

And this needlework stand.  It was given to me many years ago and I no longer use it, so I''m passing it along.  If you're the winner, please keep this picture for assembly.  There are no instructions with it!

I will probably throw in a few more items as I go through my stash. The above charts, minus one, I have stitched.  The White Christmas chart has a little highlighting on the wreath part, but it is NOT unreadable.  The others are all unmarked.

To win this giveaway, please leave a comment on THIS POST ONLY and you MUST be a follower.  I also must have some way to reach you, so please leave an email addy or blog addy, if I don't already have it.  You can post on your blog if you like, but  you won't earn another entry, sorry.  This is my 1st giveaway, so I'm not real sure about what I'm doing!  I will close this giveaway in 2 weeks and draw a name shortly after.

Okay, on to my bead stash!  I ordered this bunch from Fusion Beads online (free shipping!) for a project I want to do.

From left to right - cream, white and black Tila beads (I've been wanting to try these) 14 mm rivolis in amethyst, light siam, emerald, sapphire, and sunflower, 11/0 seeds in the permanent finish gold and my free gift from Fushion was a birthstone chart, bead sizer, and tape measure!  Sorry about the bad picture, I'm limited as to where I can take them.

I didn't get to stitch as much as I would have liked this last weekend and these are what I was going to, or did, work on.

Hummingbird Sparkly Garden

Chatelaine Designs

recommended threads on white Belfast

Sampler of Psalms, part 1

Just Cross Stitch

32 ct cream linen with DMC threads

And finally, Renaissance Rose by Joan Elliott

32 ct. white Etamin with recommended threads

Whew, that's quite a bit for one post, don't you think?  Oh, I can't resist - 2 more pictures.......

Gabe turned 5 last weekend and this was at his party - he's being a ham!

And my newest toy!  A new laptop!  I'm having a blast with it!

Okay, that's all for now!

Eskie smiles,

Terri

Too cute!