Fabrics Giveaway and New Challenge…

Isn’t April the Giveaway month or what?! Daffycat is offering giveaways on fabrics she dyed herself!!!! You may enter until May 4th~~ Good luck everyone~~

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As for the challenge, well, I found this wonderful book in the library filled with many interesting 3D cross stitch projects!!!

I couldn’t resist to try making one of these beautiful houses, so I got all the material ready the other day.

 

I don’t think the stitching part will be very difficult, but am worrying a little bit about the assembling part. We’ll just have to see how it goes…. I’ll keep you all posted~~

The Mom Song…

Ok, I don’t know if any of you have seen this yet, but I just have to show you all. This is just hilarious, but it is so true~~~~~

And of course we can’t forget about the Dads….

Have a great weekend!!!!!!! ^^

For Emma~

A childhood friend of mine just had her first baby at the beginning of this month. I was soooo happy for her, and to celebrate this very special occasion, I made this little pillow for her daughter – Emma!!

Pattern: Plum Street Samplers "Hare’s Easter" Revised
Thread: DMC cotton floss
Fabric: 18ct oatmeal aida by Regency Mills
Stitched Size: 4.25" x 4.25"
Pillow Size: 8” x 12”
Finishing Date: 04-21-2009

When I first see this lovely design from Plum Street Samplers, I knew I had to stitch it!!! Although this design is for Easter, I thought it still would be suitable for this occasion, since Easter is all about life and birth~ So I left off the wording at the bottom and added Emma’s birthday to personalize it.

I actually finished stitching it a while ago, but was busy and didn’t have a chance to finish it until this Tuesday. I’m pretty sure my dear friend is super busy right now and won’t have time to check my blog, so I think it’s safe to show you all first~ I plan to mail it out with other goodies tomorrow so it can be there for Emma’s first month celebration~ I just love how it turned out, and I hope my friend will love it, too~~

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Valerie is celebrating her 4th blogaversary!!!! She is hosting a special giveaway of this event~~ Please visit her blog before May 1st to join!!! Good luck everyone~

Alicja’s Giveaway~

Ok, here is another wonderful giveaway!!! This time it’s from Alicja~ She makes such beautiful retro charms that I couldn’t resist to be a part with!!! You have to go check out her work at her Retro Charm Garden~~

If you would like to participate in this giveaway, simply leave a common here and tell everyone about this lovely giveaway on your blog~ You still have till end of the month to enter~

Good luck everyone~~

Scissors, Scissors…

Nina is having a scissors giveaway, and asked us to play with our scissors show our scissors collection~ Well, I don’t have a collection, in fact here is the pair of scissors I am using……

I know, I’m in need for a real pair of scissors!! It’s not that I don’t like scissors, in fact I have been looking for a while. It’s just that I want the first pair to be a very special one…. Well, if I’m lucky, this beauty from Nina might be that special one~

You should go check out Nina’s beautiful scissors collection!!! Come join the fun together~ We have till 4/30 to play with scissors~

Gourmet Garden

I have been working on this piece for a while, and although it didn’t seem much, it still took me more than 2 weeks to complete!!! I guess I’m just a very slow stitcher!! LOL

Pattern: Little House Needleworks "Gourmet Garden"
Thread: DMC cotton floss
Fabric: 28ct DMC linen
Size: 8" x 5"
Beginning Date: 03-16-2009
Completion Date: 04-02-2009

This one is just for me!! I love all the herb listed on this piece, and I do have some of them planted on my patio~ They smell so good every time I brushed against them!! I do wish someday I would be able to have a gourmet herb garden around my house just like the one in this design~

And here is the frame I picked out. It actually took me 2 tries until I’m satisfied with this one~ It’s very simple, but I think it fits very well!!

On to my next project!!!! Happy stitching~