Another Award!!!

Oh my!! I’ve received another award from Vinniey and Cath!!! Thank you both for thinking of me~

The rules of this award are:

1. Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
2. Pass the award to 12 bloggers.
3. Link the nominees within your post.
4. Let them know they received this award by
   commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to the person from
   whom you received the award.

So here are some of the blogs I read that brightens my everyday, and I hope they will brighten your day, too:

1. Edige - Apró örömök az életemben.
2. Annemarie – Orts and Ends
3. Jane – Miss Jane’s Stitching
4. Rachel D – Country and Cozy
5. Elisa – Old Ragged Threads
6. Melissa – Words and Blooms
7. Tatyana - Вечерние посиделки
8. Cathy B – With Needle and Thread
9. Lynn B – Happiness is Cross Stitching
10. Drea-Dear – Drea-Dear
11. Irene – Cross Stitch Happy
12. Nicole – Something for Me

On the first day of spring, DH and I went to see wildflowers in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Spring is the most beautiful season in the desert, and it is hard to imagine that deserts can be so lively, too~

Spring has defiantly arrived!!!

An Award and Awesome Show!!

Miss Jane has given me a Beautiful Blogger award!!! Thank you so much, Jane!!!! I am so honored!!

So now I have to write 7 things about myself… This is not easy!!! I don’t know where to start since I am not a very exciting person (my DH would agree with that…). Let me think……

1. I am a translator. I translate English books and articles into Chinese. My education background was not related to this at all. This is actually something I came across by accident.
2. I love deserts!!!!! I would do anything for sweet treats!!!!!!
3. I don’t like to cook. I would rather do the dishes then cook. Don’t get me wrong, I do know how to cook and do all the cooking around the house now, but cooking just doesn’t come natural to me…
4. I don’t like spicy hot food. I don’t know why, but I’m just very sensitive to the heat. My mom often tease me say I’m not her child cause she loves spicy food!!!!
5. I love to watch TV. Dramas, comedies, reality shows… you name it!!! In fact DH once told my sister I was very easy to please, just give me TV, internet and stitching then I can pretty much entertain myself, which is very true!!!
6. I don’t really enjoy driving. I do know how to drive, but I just can’t feel relax when I drive. Good thing DH is a very good driver~~
7. I’m kind of a shy person. I don’t know how to strike a conversation with strangers. But once I get to know someone, I would open up more.

I made it!!!! That wasn’t easy!!!! I hope you are not bored to death yet!!!

Now to pick only 7 person to pass this award on is also very difficult!!! There are so many beautiful blogs out there I enjoy so much!!! I’ve noticed many blogs that I often visit have already received this award, so I will pass it on to the ones I think haven’t receive this award yet. Here are seven beautiful blogs in no particular order:

1. Brigitte
2. Glenna
3. Zinaida
4. Vinniey
5. Carol
6. Karen
7. Patti

As for the awesome show, DH and I went to see Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza. It was amazing!!!!! We were so nervous for the performers when they are swinging and jumping on the wire or spinning wheels that’s like 3 stories above ground. The clowns are super funny, too!!! We couldn’t stop laughing!!!

I am still super busy with my work right now, so not much progress on my stitching yet. Hopefully I will have something to show you next time. Thank you for visiting, my friends!!!

Some Goodies~

How’s everyone’s weekend? Hope you’re all rested up for another week ahead!!!

I’ve received some goodies over the weekend~~ First, it was a package from Hungary!! Edige had a giveaway last month and I was the lucky winner!! She sent me this gorgeous pouch with a matching floss tag!!! It is perfectly finished and I love it so much~~ Now I can put all my stitching necessities in it while I travel~~ How wonderful!!!

I’ve also received a blog award from Natalija~~~ Thank you for considering me, I’m so flattered!! Now I’m suppose to pass this on to 8 people, but 8 is just not enough!!! So I’m giving this to all of you who comes to visit me, and hoping you all are having a wonderful day!!!

As on my stitching front, I didn’t make too much progress this past week. I only managed to finished the giraffe part of my baby gift. I have to say he is really cute~~~ It took me a while to get going on this piece, but once I saw his cute face taking place I can’t seem to put it down!! I do hope I can finish it this week…

Ok, back to stitching!! Talk to you all later~~~

A Biscornu and an Award

I heard that Rochelle has received the biscornu I made for her for the Tiny Treasures Exchange, and I'm so glad she likes it~~ After I mailed it out I remembered that I forgot to put down an e-mail or my blogger page in the note, and I hope I didn't cause Rochelle too much trouble to find a way to contact me...

I choose a traditional Bulgarian motif I found on the web to stitch for the biscornu, and choose blue and greed threads for the main part cause I know that's Rochelle's favorite colors, and added a punch of orange for the flowers. I also stitched our initials and year on the back. It took me a while to find a perfect button, but I think this one really goes with the whole design~

Pattern: Traditional Bulgarian Motif
Thread: DMC cotton floss
Fabric: 28ct antique white evenweave fabric
Size: 2.5" x 2.5"
Finishing Date: 03-05-2009

This is my very first try making a biscornu, and I have to say I was a bit nervous when I first started it. But at the end it was so much fun and I was really happy when I saw the finished product~ Even my DH Dr. Sam was quite impressed with this little one!! I can see many more biscornus to come in the future~

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Patti awarded me for the Kreativ Blogger Award! Thank you sooo much!! I don't know if I truly deserve this because I find there are so many of you that are way more creative then I am!!!! For this reason, I'm giving this award to all of you who are always an inspiration to me!!! Keep on being creative~~

Such a Wonderful Day~

Oh my!! Another award!!! This time is from Valerie!! It is the Special Friends Award and "Love" Pendant~~ Thank you so much!!

The description for this award reads "These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these kind of writers. When you pass this award along please include these guidelines. I am to choose eight friends to share this with"

My blogging history wasn't very long, but I have met so many lovely people over this short period of time. I've seen many of you have already received this award, so I won't be nominating anyone here. You all are my inspiration and my "go-to" people when I have any question about stitching, and I'm so grateful being able to meet all of you through the cyber space~

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I went to a wonderful nursery today to pick out some plants for my patio, since I gave all of my plants away before I moved and can't bear leaving my patio so empty.... It was a little out of my way but I heard it was pretty nice, so I decided to pay it a visit. And I'm so glad I did, cause boy I had so much fun there!!! They had so many different kinds of plants to choose from, and being indecisive as I am, this just made it harder from me to pick something out. I took my time at the nursery checking out all their plants and wished I had a garden so I can take more plants home...... They even had a mini train area which was sooo cute!!! I can just imagine people bring their kids here and having a wonderful time together!!

After being at the nursery for 2 hours I finally picked out some perennials, a rosemary, a mint, and a lovely lavender to take home with me. I'm so psyched about the lavender cause I always wanted one but the weather was not permitted before. My car smelled so good on my way home!! I can't wait till it flowers so I can dry them out and make sachet out of them~

When I came home today I found a package sitting in front of my door, and I knew that is the package from JoAnn Fabrics with my Q-snap frame!!! And can I order just one thing from JoAnn's? Of course not!!!! So I also got this Holly Hobbie kit and two canvas tote bags which were on sale~~ I'm going to try out the Q-snap frame tonight and I have a feeling I'm going to love it!!

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This has nothing to do with the topic but I've recently discovered the wonderful use of DVR and I'm loving it!!!! Now I can program all the shows I want to watch for the whole season and watch it anytime I want!!! No more crappy VHS tapes!! Oh Yeah!!!!!

I've seen that a few of you have trouble commenting on my blog, in fact I've encountered the same problem on some blogs as well. I think it was a Google blogger problem, maybe they were working on their system at that time or something.... I hope it didn't cause you guys too much trouble, and thank you for commenting on my blog. I love reading them, so keep them coming!!! Cheers!!

An Award!!!

Wow!! I never thought I would receive an award!! Thank you Michelle at Little Rabbit Miniatures for my first ever award (There seems to be a lot of first to me lately~~)!! I think the rule is that I have to name 5 things I am addicted to and then pass the award on to 5 other bloggers.

 

Well, my five additions are:

• Cross stitch - obviously.....
• Read blogs - this is my new found addition, just take a look at my long list of blog lists.....
• Drink tea - got to have a cup everyday or it just don't feel right....
• My pet fish - I can stare at them for hours!!! Looking at them makes me happy~~
• Traveling - haven't been doing this much lately, but I've been discovering new places around my new home, which is quite fun~

It is so difficult to just pick 5 blogs to pass along this award, since I think all your blogs are FABULOUS!!!!! But here are some blogs that I thought are great if you haven't visited them yet:

• Tapestry of Dreams
• The Scarlett House
• Olenka's Stitches Blog
• Eye of the Needle
• Fog City Dweller

Enjoy~~