Bring Home the Tree!!

Can you believe we are heading in July already?! That means we’re already half way through 2011, and so is my twelve month ornament stitch~~ For the half way mark, my I present – Bring Home the Tree!!! Isn’t the little doggie adorable?! I love that he is wearing socks~~

Pattern: Little House Needleworks "Bring Home the Tree"
Thread: DMC & Crescent Colors cotton floss
Fabric: 32ct  Coffee Dyed Linen 
Stitch Size: 3.75” x 3.75” 
Completion Date: 06-28-2011

For those who will be celebrating 4th of July, have you decided where to watch the fireworks yet?

Blueberries and Stash~

My hubby and I went blueberry picking this past weekend. We had a blast!!!! I think more berries ended up in my hubby’s stomach then in the bucket!!! There were so many berries on the branches you could almost mistaken them as a string of grapes~~

Since we were in the area, we stopped by Old Town Temecula to shop around the stores. This is a town with lots of characters, and a whole lot of antique shops!!!

But antique was not why I was there, craft stores are more my thing. The first one I hit was The Wool Lady!!! Her shop was just filled with wooly goods!!!! I couldn’t stop oohing and aahing every time I turned a corner.

These Blackworks by Lolita Newman really caught my eye, even my hubby said they were quite awesome. I couldn’t resist but had to bring 2 of them home, including a kit for the Chicken Coop Series~~

Next stop, Quilter’s Coop!!! This is one AWESOME quilt shop!!! It carries many fabric brands and the store is so big I could get lost in there forever!!!!

Seriously, I only intended to look around in the store and did not planned on buying anything. I even told my hubby that I will be quick. Well, almost an hour later, I came out with another bag. This time with some discounted fabric. To my defense they were 40% off, and I just couldn’t pass that up, could I?!

Finally, we arrived at Rooster Creek. This is a shop filled with all sorts of crafty goods. With the guilt from the last store, I didn’t get anything from this store. But those candles sure looked tempting!!!!!

Rooster Creek
42050 Main Street
Temecula, CA 92590
(951) 694-9918

My recent order from 123 Stitch.com also arrived last week. After seeing so many wonderful starts around the blogging world, I couldn’t resist and ordered Brenda Gervais’s Birds of a Feather Mystery Sampler!! I don’t know if I could start it anytime soon but it’s definitely on my to do list!!!

So that was my weekend. I hope you all had a wonderful time as well~~ Thanks for visiting!!!! Happy summer!!!!

Progress

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments from my last post~~ I have enjoyed reading each and every one of them!! Nothing too exciting happened since then. I have not been stitching much this past week. In fact, I have not been doing much of anything since my mom left. I am missing her already!!!

The only thing I can show you is the little progress on my next LHN ornament. Maybe this cute little design will pull me out of my misery….

Another thing that cheers me up a little bit is I now have fresh cut roses from my rose bush everyday~ And the sight of it makes me really happy~~

Have a wonderful weekend~~

Spotting Birds~

Is it really Friday already?! This week just seems to fly by so fast. Since my mom was here, I didn’t have too much time to stitch, but I still managed to start a new project. It is Wash Day by Carriage House Samplings~ I first saw it on Barbi’s blog and totally fell in love with it!!! This is where I’m at so far.

I’m also getting ready for my next LHN ornament stitch. I coffee dyed the fabric today but I’m thinking it is still too light to my liking. I will have to re-dye it tomorrow and hopefully it will get darker.

After coming back from the long weekend. I discovered the baby doves have hatched!!! I finally got a shot of them today when mother dove wasn’t sitting on top of them~~

My rose bush also bloomed over the weekend. I’m so happy to see this cause this is my first rose bush~~ I’m so glad I didn’t killed it!! Isn’t it just gorgeous?!

Thanks for visiting!!!