A bunch of stitchy things ....

so here goes..... I will start off with something I had thought was lost in the mail. I sent out my Mail Art for the HOE a really long time ago - this sucker has been travelling for way over a month in the US and then Venezuelan Postal Service. I heard it finally got to Nela in Venezuela - and here are my snaps ....

this is the back with the flap open - and here is -



the front - without the stamps and Postal ink. I was totally sweating bullets over this as I thought by now it had gotten "lost." I even was whirling around some ideas for a re-stitch, but it arrived and all is well.

The second piece to arrive at it's new home on Friday was the ornament for Jill. She was the recipient for March and had wanted all her ornaments to have a Pine Tree theme - here is what I stitched...


I actually stitched this up twice - the first time was 2 over 2 and I thought it got a tad on the largish side.... so I restitched it 1 over 1 and it came out the way I wanted it to!! I have not done too much 1 over 1 as I just thought it would be tedious or just plain out of my sphere of expertise - but in doing this piece I really think there is more 1 over 1 in my future!! It was a super piece to stitch and I so enjoyed the 1 over 1 stitching!!

The third piece to arrive was a One On One Exchange I did with Sylviane - we decided to do a Quaker Pyn Keepe - and you all know I am a giant fan of the PK so I jumped at the chance fort eh exchange!!! Here is a snap of the exchange I sent...


and here is the Pyn Keepe - by itself -

I was really happy with how it turned out and so was Sylviane.

Saturday Dale and I ran around to the "sales" and here's a snap of my finds...

As you can see I now have my third Christmas Plate - so I am now officially a collector - I can not believe that these are out there and priced at a couple of dollars a piece!! They are really pretty - this one is called "Christmas Rose and Cat." I also found another little Icon - another of my collections..... and a black frame for a drawing from Jaden of our sweet Hunny. His mom is Rico's 1st cousin and they are such a great threesome - Curt (or is that Kurt - I can never remember???), Nicole and their dear son Jaden!!! Now we have it out for everyone to see!!!!

After running around we stopped and had lunch at -

You just can't beat a hot dog with relish, mustard and cheese in a sourdough roll!!!

My stitching over the weekend was focused on a new piece, like I didn't have a bunch of other things to work on - I jumped on the wagon with the "Lo Rose" stitchers....
here is my Rosey sampler as of last night -

I am loving this piece!!!! I am stitching it on 36ct Barn Owl using WDW - I did start off with the conversion that is in the book for the WDW - but it was sooooo pink - I am not sure if it was the dye lots of the floss or just what, but I pulled out a lot of the very pink stuff and reworked sections in WDW colours I liked!!

There was also a bunch of flickers - but I have babbled on enough today.

Thanks for stopping by!!
Take care,
edgar

It's Thursday.....

I wanted to thank you all for the nice comments about the Mail Art that Marie made - it really is stupendous!! Like many of you in taking your Mail Art in I was also a little uneasy about what the post office might say or do when I brought mine in to be mailed - Since mine went international I was anticipating a big old stink - like many of you had - so the day I brought mine in I also brought in another piece of Mail Art that Jill had made for me. It still retained the stamps and the cancellations to prove that "YES" these are acceptable and "YES" they will go through the system. When I got up to the window the only comment I got was "This looks really nice , is it homemade?" - I said I had made it and he processed it and just stamped and hand cancelled it before putting it into the bin. So I had prepared myself for a big problem and then got none. It is amazing how reticent some folks can be just because they have not seen something - Now mine has been in transit for 2 weeks today - and not a word about its arrival........ I'll start to worry harder next week!!

Still stitching away on an exchange - so no snaps.

The flicker last night was "Another Time, Another Place" - 1958 - starring Lana Turner and a very young Sean Connery. A very interesting film - where the supporting cast was superior to the main stars who were very wooden and quite unbelievable in their respective roles. It seems that this was trying to be some sort of tear jerker, but was just a turkey that never got in one good gobble for 90 + mins!!! The same year Lana starred in the remake of "Imitation of Life" a far superior film and worth seeing - I wouldn't waste time on ATAP as there are so many other quality Lana films to see.... "The Bad and the Beautiful", "Madame X" and "Peyton Place."

Woo Hoo - tomorrow is Friday!!!! Thanks for stopping by today!

Take care,
edgar

I am Blessed by another super Mail day!!!

My cup continues to runneth over!!!! Yesterday the Mail guy brought me a gorgeous piece of Mail Art - from the HOE Mail Art Exchange - It came from Marie W - and all I could say is just WOW!!! Here are the snaps.....

The front -


The back -

AND lifting the flap reveals -

It is just perfectly finished and stitched - Thank you so much Marie!!! I am a lucky guy to have gotten so many lovelies over the past couple of days!!!!!

Last night my stitching was all on an exchange piece so no snaps yet.

The flicker for last night was "The Hiding Place" - 1975 - a true story about two sisters in WWII occupied Holland - and how they fought against the Nazi death machine, by doing what was right not what was easy the whole movie!!! - A very powerful story and a really nice movie - it is kind of long - but really worth seeing.

There you go kiddos - Thanks for stopping by!!
It is just pouring rain hear right now and do we need every drop of it - so pour baby pour!!!!!!!

Take care,
edgar