A few more days to go to be finished :)

I should be finished with the kits in a few more days, working on the shops at the moment........the postage has gone up for priority mailing...it was $5.75 and is now $6.45....so if you live in the US and did not pay the Paypal invoice I sent , you will have to email me for a new invoice.......I will hold the kits until Feb 18th....Everyone in the US has been billed that was eligible and I still have some Internationals to bill and mail. 

When they are all out then I can concentrate on some new designs and I am still going to have the free monthly "Affirmations".....but be patient with me..haha...the older I get the harder it is to multitask. 

My daughter has started her own Etsy shop...she is making Dream Catchers.....she has no interest in stitching but she does like to create, yeah!!!  Here is a link to her shop  .She cleans out my craft supply stash, goes to her friends and comes home with her creations. Check them out.....she will be adding more things as time goes on.

It is very cold here and we are waiting for a snow storm this weekend...great time to start a new stitching project....we will see what I can come up with.

Have a good day

donna   

Meagan and Toby (when he was a kitten)

He wants to travel!!

Kit Update

So sorry I have not posted in a few weeks. I hope you all had a Blessed Christmas, and I hope you all have a Peaceful New Year. 

I want to thank you for being my stitching friends and online family, I wish I could meet everyone in person but emails will have to work for now........and yes I am slow on email reply's ....so sorry...I will work on that...... :)

I am sending invoices out today for the rest of the people that have signed up with me....so if you do not receive a invoice request by Friday evening then send me an email and I will check into it for you but at least give me until Friday evening. 

As soon as those invoices are paid the kits will go out, so you should see them next week.

And for the people that signed up with shops I will be sending those out by the end of next week to the shops.........now this is all God willing :)......I have learned not to make promises because things always change.....like losing electric, a bad snow storm...the internet goes down.....you know the drill!!

I am working on a freebie for every month........Affirmations for the new year.....but more about that this weekend.

Have a good day and look for more news coming soon.

donna 

Kit info

Good Day “Serenity Harbor” Stitchers

This is a copy of a email that I sent out yesterday but some people are confused so I am trying to explain it again. If you signed up got Serenity Harbor by April 15th then you are able to receive the FREE KIT that I made special for you, I sent out emails and requested names , addresses and preferences for the kit. The only thing is that these are free kits but I am charging for the shipping. So I am starting to send out PayPal invoices for the shipping and your kits will go out after payment ...

COPY OF THE EMAIL BELOW!!

I am ready to start shipping some kits out…they will be mailed starting with the first group that have signed up……I will send out the PayPal invoices for the shipping, they will be mailed out USP Priority mail and will cost $5.75 for continental US and other countries will be determined at the post office.

Please check the blog for any updates and "Serenity Harbor" Stitching Book Instructions" with color photos can be found here 

If you have signed up with a shop those will be mailed out as soon as I can…..and the shipping cost it up to the shop…….I am not sure what they can work out to go along with their regular shops shipping policies. 

I want to thank all of you for participating in this SAL and I hope you enjoy your “Stitching Book”

Please check your email for the PayPal shipping invoice and as soon as they are processed the kits will go out…..if you are a customer that has made another payment arrangement please email me and I will delete the PayPal invoice, 

Merry Christmas

Donna 

Fist Pics of "Serenity Harbor" Stitching Project Book finished :)

Serenity Harbor Stitching Book Kit by By The Bay Needleart

Here is a picture of the finished Project Book. Please be patient because I just ordered the pictures and they will not be available until Dec 16th, so I guess we are certainly in the Holiday rush season. I will post "How To Finish" photos on a special Page on this blog for you and still working on printed directions to go along with the kits, and much more.....so please be patient but I just had to share this photo with you, The book size is 8.5 x 5.5 .

Have a great Tuesday

donna   

Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas

Click here for PDF download 

I gave this design away long ago and I am re-gifting it again, HAHA

I would like to say "Happy Hanukkah " and Merry Christmas to all my blog followers, and friends. 

Since Hanukkah is the festival of lights I have changed the candle to blue, it would also be beautiful stitched in a red or white against a colored fabric. With so much violence in the world I think we need to all remember to let our little light shine, if there are enough little lights glowing in the world it will certainly make a huge radiant glow. Have a wonderful and blessed week, I am still working on kits and will share a few pictures and "How To Finish" directions on line by Thursday, 

donna 

Serenity Harbor Update and a peek at a new kit project :)

I want to keep you up to date and I am almost finished with the kits. I am hoping to have them in the mail the first week in December. Mom is going to be here for Thanksgiving and a few days after so she will be helping me. Oh happy day, thanks mom :) 

Hubby has not been feeling very well lately and that means I fall a bit behind in my work but it will be done!!

Also a reminder that Section #12 for the Serenity Harbor will be shipped to the shops on the 23rd of November but with it being a Holiday week they might arrive a bit late and then the shops will get them to you so please do not be disappointed if you do not receive them on time.

 I just finished today with the alternative bottom sections.....symbols all changed to match the original, all printed and just waiting to be scanned and sent to the hosting site . I will post those on the 3rd of December and they will be on the first Serenity Harbor blog. I just posted for Barbara because she is not able to do it herself and here is a link to that blog. 

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Here is a little peek of some thing I have been working on, kits coming soon but first things first and the Serenity Harbor thank you kits have to get out before I can work more on these.:)

"Noble Leap Of Faith" printed onto fabric, embellished with crewel wool and quilted
to make a side pocket for my "Yazzii" bag

"Noble Leap Of Faith" printed onto fabric with crewel wool for kits

"Noble Leap of Faith" printed onto fabric with crewel stitching to embellish

have a good day

donna 

A treat in the mail :)

I have ordered some needful things :)

and I just love it when the mail arrives , this treat was from "The Old Tattered Flag" Since green is my favorite color I am sure I can find something for the wool and I just love "pennies" especially when they are pre-cut!!

check out her shop......so much wool and a blog here . 

 I will add this shop to my shop hop bucket list !!

Have a great day 

donna 

Thanksgiving Song - Mary Chapin Carpenter

I have noticed so many stores going right into Christmas and rushing life by.....so I wanted to share a video for Thanksgiving.....take time to slow down, enjoy family and friends.....life is to short to not have any blessed memories..........seek your "Serenity".....and lets be "Thankful" .

I am thankful for all of you!!!!!

Blessings 

donna  

Free chart "You were born for such a time.....

Click here for free chart

Good day to all of you, I stitched this piece up about a month ago and wanted to share it with you.

As we look around in the world we have to admit that things are not gong so well for many and reading the last book of the Bible it appears that things will not get any better.........I love the story of Queen Esther and what her cousin Mordecai said to her.." ...who knows whether or not that

 "You were born for such a time as this"

I believe this applies to all of us, especially in this time........I stitched this piece to remind my family that we are all special, we were born for a purpose, we have something to contribute.

So please stitch this for your home or to share with a friend or even your church could use some words of inspiration.

If you would like to read more about Queen Esther it can be found in a Bible under the "Book Of Esther" or in the Jewish Tanakh.

Enjoy your stitching....... because I do.........:)

donna

Serenity Harbor update

I just updated the Serenity Harbor blogs with a little info about the large leaves in sections #8 and #9. The long stitches did not line up between the 2 sections so I have downloaded a copy of these sections together for you to print . But in the mean time here is a photo of Wendys work seen on Blog #1. I am so thankful for everyone that is sharing their work and I have a couple to share also for some other stitchers.....coming soon 

check out the Harbor blogs for the new info. Links are above in the top bars

donna