A few pictures to share

I went to Yankee Cross Stitch the other day and changed my display table from Christmas to flowers.
I have on display the Funky Flowers and a huge wool flower pin cushion that I made.

I also finished designing Stitch An Inch Spring and almost finished with Blueberry Hill. They should be available by the end of next week.

I will post peeks soon but for today I am sharing the photos from Yankee of the new display and the huge wool pin cushion.

Oh and yes my  Christmas Cactus is in bloom and Tobey posed for me so I could show how big he has gotten since Christmas :)

Have a wonderful day
donna

New Home For Funky Flowers over (1)

I finished the framing for the 5 Funky Flowers that were stitched over (1) with the frames from Old Colonial. I needed them to be all together so that I could send them on trunk shows and not get lost. I hope you like it.

My mother just happened to find this frame for me which had a small inspirational poster in it. I took the poster out and went to the paper store to find something special  that would go with the colors. I needed it plain so it would not take away from the stitched flowers. I found a green(Just the right shade) and a brown corrugated cardboard that matched the brown in the frames from Olde Colonial. I glued the framed pieces down and thought that the in between spaces were to plain. So I got out my handy friend "the Wool" and I cut some circles, gathered them, stuffed and added lines around them. I also cut out leaves and stitched lines for the veins and of course dots for the theme of all the Funky Flowers. Then I glued them down and I am happy with it.
So just an idea to spice up some framing.
donna

My classes are up and posted at Celebration Of Needlework site

We are waiting for our snow storm. We had snow before Halloween and then we have had no snow until tonight (so they say). Getting things from the store that we need and then I am getting ready to have a stitching fest. Yeah. But I have become addicted to a game on my Nook. I am making a zoo(I purchased the game on my Nook for my grandson but when he is not visiting he needs someone to take care of all of those animals, right ).  I need to stop :(
But here is the link to the site. CELEBRATION I would love to see you there
And dont forget this is the last day to use your coupon on Etsy. Last day of the month. AMAZING
donna

This made me smile this morning & a reprint of a freebie.

I received an email from Daniela and she shared with me her photo of a freebie that I gave away on my blog. She finished it as an Easter ornament. It looks so cute I had to share it with you. She did a great job.

Here is the chart again if any one would like to copy it.

PICS!!

Happy Saturday,
It was my B Day last weekend and I wanted to share what my daughter made for me.

I just love it. A picture of us from my sons wedding and all of the things that i love, like birds, leaves, flowers, and of course the color GREEN!! with a touch of mauve. And it is 3 dimensional.  It was the best present ever. I just love handmade.

Yesterday was mail day for me. I ordered some wool from an Etsy shop called "Quilting Acres". I just love her selection of wool. Just the right sizes and not priced to high.

And here are the 3 classes that I will teach at Celebration of Needlework

16th Century Ladies' Woollen Pocket

Funky Feathered Pin Cushion

Nantucket Blue

Have a wonderful day and I wish I had more time to catch up with everyone but I do take peeks at your blogs from day to day. And if you did  notice I changed the layout of this blog. I have a Link on the sidebar that says to click on the window and you will be directed to my blogoshere. I just had to many blogs that I love to check out so I made a blog just for those. I am always on a search for the interesting.

donna
Oh, one more thing. Yankee Cross Stitch is having a Leap Year Sale until Fen 29th. Check it out if you are in the area and take a peak at my models :)

Etsy Update

Just a quick note that I just updated Etsy with some specials and I will add more Funky Flowers tomorrow. I have to stitch now :)), Have a good night
donna
and dont forget the code AMAZING for your discount for the month of February  25%

Check your mailbox. The newsletter just went out :)

Still working on newsletter

Just want to tell you that I am still working on my newsletter. I always plan for a date and then fall short of time. But I am working on it along with the free Funky Flower for you and the winner of the 24 Funky Flowers is ...........
Opps you have to wait for the newsletter.
HAHA, it should be available tomorrow
donna,

And the winner is .........

And the winner is Susan of Yellow Flower Meadow. Congratulations to Susan, I will be mailing out "Stitch An Inch Winter" to her this week. I have been having fun stitching but I will work on the newsletter because the drawing for the 24 Funky Flowers is just around the corner. Feb 14th is the day for someone to win the wonderful Valentines Day gift from me. Just make sure you are signed up for the newsletter to be included in the drawing.
Have a wonderful day and make time to stitch
donna

a couple of updates, a giveaway & a long post :)

First I want to say Thank You to everyone that said they would pray for my husband. It really means so much to us. I do believe in prayer and I am sure God has a plan. That is how I start each day by giving that day to God and knowing that He is guiding us in it. I will visit my hubby later with some good food and I will tell him about all of you that are praying for him. donna,   Thank you again and now for stitching news :)

I finished the "OWL" that is available with "Stitch An Inch Winter"

I fixed my mess. I changed the background  and dot colors for "FF Veronica"

I finally got my Stitching fever back. I have been fighting the winter blues  and today I feel better so I framed,  took pictures and I am finishing up on the final touches for some classes for Celebration Of Needlework.

Funky Flower Molly

 

Funky Flower Sisters Veronica & Judith


These are the last of the Funky Flowers. "Funky Flower Sisters Veronica & Judith" come with the bonus chart of the last Stitch An Inch Funky Flowers. There were 4 in all. Each Sister pack had a bonus.
Funky Flower Molly is the last flower and since she is special she will have a Free Funky Flower with her included in her chart pack. 
I do have one more Funky Flower to giveaway. It is a thank you to everyone that took this journey with me and the Funky Flowers. I will include it in my email newsletter (a chart for you to print) that will be released Feb 16th after the BIG GIVEAWAY drawing for all of the 24 flowers to one person. That will be on Feb 14th, so make sure you are all signed in for the newsletters. 
AND since I have been giving away a Stitch An Inch with every new release I have to do one for "Stitch An Inch Winter" 
So just leave me a message that you are interested and I will enter your name and draw on Saturday Feb 11th.

Have a good day and thanks for reading my post, smile spring is around the corner, yeah!!
donna

Just checking in

I have been busy with new ideas and hubby is still not doing well. He has been in the hospital 3 times since Christmas but we still have faith an answer is around the corner. Since I have no real stitching that I can share with you at the moment I thought I would share a picture of the guys that hang out with me at my computer. I just love miniatures and these are my buds. HAHA!!
Have a good night
donna

Time is flying by



Stitch An Inch Winter

Time is flying by. It's almost the end of January and it was 50 degrees today. Working on new projects and I wish so much that I could share them with you. I will soon. Well I am running downstairs to stitch. Have a good night
donna

Pic of SAI Winter

Hi, I just posted a picture of Stitch An Inch Winter on the sidebar.
Running out to go to the post office to mail them out to the distributors.
I will post more tomorrow

Oh What A Cold :(

Peek at Winter Owl - distorted

Peek at one of the scenes from SAI Winter - distorted

Sorry I have not been posting but I think it is the winter blues that caught me. I get spurts of energy, so many ideas, and I get so much work done. And then I poop out, procrastinate and my mind takes a break from work. But this time when it happened I caught that terrible cold that is going around. (so it just made my burned out season last longer) It is such an awful head cold, I could not breath for days and was so achy that it hurt to walk. And then Yesterday I could breath again YEAH!! So I am on the mend and I am sharing a couple of messed up photos of "Stitch An Inch Winter". The design will be ready by this weekend. It has 6 different scenes that fit into one long design if you want to stitch them together either over (1) or you can stitch bigger on Aida cloth. Its all up to you. It also has a bonus chart of a winter owl.
I do have to update my Etsy and the last of the Funky Flowers are due to be released next week.
Dont forget the big drawing on the 14th of Feb for all 24 Funky Flowers. Sign up for email to be entered.
Until tomorrow, I am off to catch up on all things I procrastinated with :) Have a good day
donna
more photos tomorrow of the winter design

Happy New Year.

Please be patient I am fixing my blog and getting organized. It is a bit messy :)

Look what I WON!!!

Happy Thursday to everyone. I had a nice surprise last week from the mailman. I attended a Doll & Bear show in Portsmouth NH and entered my name in the drawing. I was so surprised to see that I won, you see the most I have ever won is $30.00 on a scratch ticket. That was a Christmas gift from one of the parents at the daycare.

Her name is Kristen,(she is so pretty)  and she came from Collins Gifts in Rye NH. They have a web site and a blog so check them out. Off to stitch and you have a good night
donna

Discount on Etsy for 2 days only

Happy day to all of you. I made a 25% disc coupon on Etsy for all things that are listed there. I need to work this weekend and add new things so this is my end of year sale. Remember it is for 2 days only.
Have a great day
donna

Merry Christmas From Our Home To Yours

Just a quick note to say to everyone "Merry Christmas".
We are waiting for my son and his wife and the 2 grandchildren to get here. The ham is cooking and appetizers are ready and the Celtics are on. But later I get the TV and  we are watching a special movie that my mothers loves called "The Gathering".

This is our new addition to the family. His name is "Toby" and Meagan is so happy. He is so loving!!

This is Bailey and loving the wrapping paper

Our "Precious Moments Nativity". I have had it for sooo long. A tradition.



This is our fire place that we only use candles in, and our tree is in a bucket on top of my potty chair


I will get back to you all tomorrow with more pictures and updates of my stitching.
Have a glorious day and I wish you all peace this day for you and your familys.
God Bless
donna

Bailey says Merry Christmas

Bailey has been jumping in the wreaths that I do not have hanging yet. Maybe I will leave one for her. Have a good day

Mom has been so busy knitting hats

I think it will be a long winter. Mom has been very busy making hats. I just added a few and I will add the rest tomorrow to the Etsy site for "Wool N Whimsy Delights". Until tomorrow :)
donna

Sharing a photo from a fellow stitcher.

This is a picture from Mark who has been stitching for 20 years.
He made it for his wife for their anniversary.
Lucky lady!!

Hi everyone, it is getting so cold here. I have a picture to share with you from Mark. Who I am sure made his wife so happy on their anniversary with this gift. See men can stitch too.
I also have a couple of photos of the Drive Through Nativity that we had at church.

There were quit a few scenes and all of the actors did a wonderful job. Especially the children!!
I am going to cuddle on the couch with my stitching. Sounds like fun!!
Have a good night
donna

Sign Up For Email and be entered into a BIG giveaway!!

I have been trying to update myself into all of this social networking stuff. I am really trying :).
So I am having a big giveaway to celebrate all of my Funky Flowers being finished. (I just have 3 more to be released and it will be in January.)
All you have to do is sign up for my email and you will be added to the list. If you already signed up for my email you are automatically added in the list but if you have not yet then please do sign up. I am running this giveaway until Feb 14th. The lucky person will win all of my 24 Funky Flower Cross Stitch designs. That is sure a HUGE giveaway. ALL 24!! So sign up now and wait until Feb 14th to see who the winner will be. What a lovely Valentines Day gift. :)))))
Have a good night
donna

I messed up :(

Good afternoon to everyone. I want to say thank you for your comments, they really mean a lot to me. I do check out other blogs and try my best to answer emails but things have been very busy lately. My hubby has been going to the hospital everyday for the past 2 weeks for a treatment and it takes about 3-4 hours by the time we get back home and then he has another appointment every afternoon also that takes about an hour. They are still not sure what is exactly wrong with his system but are trying new things. So I have been driving and waiting and driving. But tomorrow should be the last day and I can get back to work.

I have April helping me with stitching.She finished one of the Funky Flowers over (1), and then I was picking the background over dyed color and stitching it myself. (April did a great job, it was just me choosing the wrong background color)

I thought this over dyed would look great but NO!!!
It looks horrible, you cant even see the pink dots, It looks like I dropped ashes on it. I DON'T LIKE IT!!

So I am stitching it again and changing a color or 2 to make it work and I chose another over dyed for the background.  That will teach me to be more careful with the background colors!! I will keep you updated on how it looks but I just hate it when it is finished and I don't like it :(


Funky Flower Patricia

 On another note I have 3 Funky Flowers ready to go to the printer.

Funky Flower Sisters Andrea & Heather

Patricia was suppose to have her sister with her "Veronica" but she is the one that needs a new background so Patricia is making her debut all alone.

I will have more things to share tomorrow as I am working on my new releases and I cant wait for "Winter Whites" with all of that wool!!!!!

OH!!, one more thing, I had a great time at Yankee Cross Stitch last Saturday. Our Wool Feather Tree class had 10 wonderful people and most of them finished the tree during the class. We have one more class scheduled for this Saturday at 1:30 if anyone is interested. Give Erica A Call @ 603-964-9434 to see if there are any spots left.

Off to put together directions for the new charts. Have a great day and it is getting cold here. Brrrr......

donna

New Venture "Wool N Whimsy Delights"

Good day
Just a quick note to tell you that I started a new Etsy shop. I just love to crochet and my mother loves to knit. She just had her birthday on Saturday and turned 77.

Mom and Liam singing Happy Birthday

 She was over for the weekend and has been knitting baby hats and I thought I would add a little to them and make some crochet flowers. We all know how much I love flowers.(And speaking of flowers...the Funky Flowers are almost done. I have 4 to release and the last 2 are being stitched) :)))yeah!!!)
Back to the Etsy Etsyshop.......I added the hats that she hand knitted with the flowers that I crocheted and turned into pins so you can use them either on the hat or on something else.
We only have 6 up at the moment but working on more.
So check it out if you have a chance and I am working on the background of a Funky Flower over one.
talk again soon
donna

Pin Cushions on Etsy

Happy Monday
I just listed some of the Cork Pin Cushion kits and some of the finished ones that I have in stock.
A great idea to use up those corks you have been saving!!
Here are a couple of pictures of the Holiday sale at YCS and a special thanks to everyone that signed up for the first Wool Feather Tree Class it is full and the next one is planned for Dec 10th from 1:30 to 4:30 so if you can join us then it will be the last class until after the Holidays for the trees.

have a good day
donna

Busy Day Sale @ YCS

Hello Just a quick note that YCS is having a Holiday Open House today from 10-5.
Stop by if you can or if you are in the area. Directions are on my side bar.
Have a great Saturday. Dont forget to shop for small business' today.
donna

This is the Make It Take It today at Yankee Cross Stitch

Winners, flowers, & hungry birds!!

Good evening, I picked a name for the free chart and frame, and then I said oh its Christmas time so one more and then I kept going. So I have the giveaway for 3 people. And the winners are Giovannas Stitches,

Kielrains Stitches, and Cat Tails and Needles. I will send them a note this evening and get those charts and frames out to them.

I also have a peek at Funky Flowers "Andria & Heather"

Today I looked outside and here is a pic of what we saw. We had left the pumpkin in the middle of the yard for the squirrels and chipmunks but the crows had a better idea!!:)

A Give Away

           I have a give away for someone special.

 A Stitch an Inch Christmas chart and a frame.

Just leave me a message and I will have a drawing on Friday night. 

Good luck and I hope to hear from you

donna 

Just updated Etsy with All Thing Winter & Christmas

Good morning everyone. Just a quick note that I just updated the Etsy shop with all Winter and Christmas charts that I designed. And I have a new Etsy shop coming soon too. I will keep this one for all By The Bay things but my other shop will be for wool, and other things. My mom has been knitting things for the new shop and I am crocheting things and felting them. Busy busy busy!!!
Watch for more news coming soon
donna

Class schedule Wool Trees and Long Legged Birds

I have some info for the class at Yankee Cross Stitch. The "Wool Feather Tree" will be on Saturday December 3rd from 12:30 to 3:30. The cost is $35.00 and is limited to 8 students. Also I will be having a workshop for some long legged birds made with wool, felt, and a little whimsy. That will be one the same day in the morning from 9:00 to 12:00. The cost for the workshop is $30.00.
(I will get some more pictures soon, the models are at her shop)
So I guess that day will be class day!!!  :)))
If anyone is in the area and would like to join and make some friends and Holiday gifts please call Yankee @ 603-964-9434. Class space is limited.
Have a great day and I am off to make more birds for samples
Also a quick note that I started a page up above under the header that is called "All Things Stunpwork". This will be a page that I can update with my stumpwork projects to share with you!!
 donna