A Little Wintery RAK

Gentle Friends, the mail over the weekend brought a sweet gift from a dear friend....

...  and it's because of this Blog that I met and have gotten to know her over the past 10 or so years... we all know her as The Twisted Stitcher and I know as Sweet Vonna.  I was lucky enough this Fall to meet up with her and her family here in the City for lunch and what a fun afternoon that was!! 

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There you go sports fans a lovely token of frinedship from a really lovley stitcher!!

Take care,

edgar

RAK'd and an Estate Sale

Gentle Friends the other day the mail brought a lovely RAK from Grace over at Needles Pins and Dragonflies.  We exchanged- emails about chocolate and jelly and she sent me....

..... some Prickly Pear Cactus Jelly, "Holly Band" kit from Charland Designs and some great charms.  Now I have an excuse to make some biscuits this weekend with this treat!!   The "Holly Band" piece will be a challenge as it incorporates many stitches I have never tried!  Thanks so much Grace!!!

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Last weekend we made the rounds to the different shops and as I said  before it was a total bust - as it can be - with there being next to nothing I wanted/needed/or could rationalize buying.  But there was an Estate Sale that was really super - tons of stuff and I found a little pile of things to add to my heap of things.....

... from l to r.... I can barely resist ( alright I can never resist) yellow ware and this bowl was in a stack of them - I eliminated the others as they were either cracked or chipped and this one was perfect, the large silver tray was in a pile of silver and although I could have swooped in on all of it I decided to pick out the piece I really liked, and this beautifully engraved tray was perfect, and the little silver piece...

... is a really, heavy, old Victorian card tray with very little bleed ( were the silver has worn through) due to the fact that good 19th century silver plate is thick and beautiful... and how could I pass on this since it is covered in lovely foliage decoration....  and the book  "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris" was just dumb luck.  I remember the TV movie back in 1992 of the same name but did not know that was an adaption of this book, so when I saw the book I snapped it up also.  It was a really good Sale and I love the things I found.

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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Great Mail Day!! and a Film

Gentle Friends nothing warms the heart so much as getting fun mail from Stitching Buddies!!  - and - my cup runneth over yesterday as I received two super packages....  I waited until I got home to open them and get some snaps...  

One of the packages was a super sweet RAK and the other was an HOE Exchange Piece...   

I had been forewarned that the RAK was on its way from Catherine and it arrived yesterday...

..... and the package contained the pattern by LHN "Robin Hood," a skein of some lovely green floss from Nancy over at Victorian Motto, a lovely piece of sparkly linen and in a a great WIP zipper bag, thank you so very much Catherine!!!
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The Exchange piece was part of the Summer 2013 Exchange - and was from Marie, the Exchange was to stitch something of Summer.... and I received....

... a super Candle Mat, designed by Prairie Grove Peddlers called "Lighthouses."  Now, I need to go get a great Summer inspired candle to put on it!!  Thank you so much Marie for such a beautifully stitched a finished piece for the Season!!!

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I also saw an most interesting film last night.  When I plopped it on my Netflix Queue after reading some of the reviews, I thought I would only have to give 30 to 45 minutes then pop out of the player.....  however  it turned out much differently.  The film is an independent film called "Cloud Atlas" - 2012 - starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry...

... and consists of 6 interconnected stories, that take place spanning different time periods,  from the South Pacific of 1849 forward and across time to the year 2321, 106 winters after the Fall.  I was totally fascinated by this film and enjoyed it immensely.  You really have to pay attention to everything and everyone as it jumps back and forth in the narrative.  I will certainly see it again and will probably buy a copy at some point, I enjoyed it that much.  I can see it might not be for every one, and it is about 3 hours long, but I think it is well done and worth a look.  The story was taken from the 2004 novel of the same name written by, David Mitchell.

That's about it for today sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A REALLY Super Mail Day

Gentle Readers and Dear Friends I loved all the comments about yesterdays Post - thank you all very much!!  It really warmed up this cold, drizzly morning!!!

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I am always happy about this Blog, and all the friends I have made through it.  I really enjoy the community kindness out in the Blog-o-sphere.  Although we may all be scattered across the globe this little world of Blogging brings us together with visible and invisible connections!!  I will have my 5 year Anniversary coming up on May 9th and of course I want to have a Gift-a-way Drawing... and I have some ideas percolating, so stay tuned.

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Keeping with the theme of Blog Friendships I was totally overwhelmed yesterday by the Mail Guy - as he brought me some wonderful mail!!!!  In no particular order....  my wonderful RAK's .......

British Crown Jewels - from l to r  - State Crown made for Queen Mary - 1911, Imperial State Crown designed for Queen Victoria in 1838, reset in 1937 for King George VI, The Exter Salt, given by the the city of Exter to Charles II - 1660, The Ampulla - 14th Century and Anointing Spoon - 12th Century.  In Front  - Table Fountain, given by the City of Plymouth to Charles II - 1660, St Edwards crown - made for King Charles II - 1661

Bronny from over at Bronny's Bits sent me these great post cards from Australia.  She knows how I really enjoy royalty and especially the British Royal family and all the trappings!!

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The next RAK is from Shirlee from over at The Easily Influenced Stitcher - she sent me a wonderful Kit I had seen but never got - 

- from The Primitive Needle - a great needle minder kit called "Thy Needle."  It is an all inclusive kit with a great piece of WDW "Tin Roof" linen, one of my favorite colours they do.  Designed by the late Lisa Roswell and in her great grave yard style!!  What a fun piece!

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 From my new "Quaker" Friend Loraine from over at Sew Be it! - she sent me a great package...

....with a super piece of 32ct Vintage Mocha linen, some Kodiak Silk from HDF and some really nice cream - my hands get so dry that this Udderly Fabulous stuff really did the trick last night!!

I am really blessed to have made such nice friends and there so many others out there!! 

 Thank you all so much!!!!

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My out of control stashing has hit again - once I get to looking on the evil Bay I find way too many thing I must have, need to have, can't do with out??  Oh, well, another little package came yesterday..

from l to r Merrily beams "Rules of Conduct," Hinzeit "Seasonal Birds," Sisters "Autumn Thanks" and Prairie Moon "Missing YoU"

I saw these cute charts and totally talked myself into getting them!!  I was really drawn to the "Rules of Conduct."  I have seen other versions out there, but really liked this one and the others just sort of followed.

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There you go sports fans.  Thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar