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