Two views

I made this card a couple of days,

then realized it would make a 

great card for a guy if it was in

different colours.  I happen to

have a guy birthday coming up so

I used brown and red for the 

second one.

It took me a while to figure out how

to stitch this.  Sometimes the

patterns aren't very clear especially

when they are very detailed as this

is.  So I slept on it.  The old adage

is true.  I woke up the next morning and 

all of a sudden I understood how to

stitch it.  I love how they both turned out.

 

I saw this on Facebook and thought 

it was worth sharing:

 

I don't know about you, but I forget

this quite often.  Recently I've been 

dealing with something that is

pretty much an aggravation but seems

a big deal to me.  I  need to learn to

put things into perspective, for one

thing, but I need to remember to lean

on God and let HIM handle the day

to day aggravations-and worse-

because He sees the big picture and I

don't.  In the end it all turns 

out OK usually, but I don't think that

far ahead.  He knows what's going on

and the whys and wherefore's. I know 

I should trust Him more but sometimes

it's hard not to take things into my 

own hands-or at least try!  So I pray

frequently that he strengthens my faith.

 

Happy Wednesday!

 

 

Sweet teddy

This is one of the patterns 

from my book:

Isn't he adorable?!  It would make

a cute baby card or announcement,

I think.  I  had to fiddle around with

the pattern to get it to fit on a 

standard sized card.  There was 

another border on the left side

which I could have added but that

would  have required more 

fiddling and I wasn't in the

mood, LOL.  Maybe if I ever

make it again I'll add it.  It's not

playing with the pattern before

you print it, you actually have

to move the card  around while

you are piercing the holes.   That's

a little tricky to get everything

lined up just right.  Sometimes

it's a little off...  although I think this

one is lined up fairly well.

 

I am glad I'm not in the East!  I hear

they are really getting pounded with

snow.  They can keep it, too!

 

I took B'Elanna to the vet yesterday.

She is usually very blustery but

when she got in the room and 

realized this was something she

didn't think she was going to like

she started shaking!  Poor girl.

She was a trouper, though, even

when they had to stick her twice

for blood.  The vet had a syringe

filled with peanut butter.  That she

liked VERY much!!  They gave me

a toothbrush and sample of

(eww) chicken flavoured toothpaste

and said she needs to have her 

teeth brushed a few times a week.

I can go online and get the tooth

paste if all works out well.  I'm hoping

she will go along with the program.

 

 

 

Happy Tuesday!

 

Sun, moon and earth

I've had these peel-off stickers

for a very long time and wasn't sure

what to do with them.  I saw something

similar to this on pinterest (naturally)

and decided to give it a try with 

what I have in my stash.

I like  how it turned out.  I have

no idea what you would use the 

card for.  It's not exactly a birthday

card or any other occasion.  Just a

regular notecard, I guess, which is

what I usually make.  The mesh is

dry wall tape.  It has a sticky side,

so I used that, sprinkled embossing

powder on it and embossed (heated).  

Then I used the eyelets to attach it to the

card.  I got the top ones a little high.  

I should have cut the mesh down a

so I could see what I was doing.  But

no matter.  It still looks OK. 

 

B"Elanna has an appointment with

the vet in two hours and I was 

able to make an appointment with

the dentist for tomorrow!  I didn't even

have to call, just go online.  And...

you can even download and print the

new patient forms and fill them out

right at home.  How convenient!  

How did we ever live without

the internet??

 

Expect to see more stitched cards.

Cody brought over the scans from

the book I have.  There are some

really cute patterns in it.

 

Happy Monday!

 

Cute little puffin

We saw puffins like this in Alaska 

 the  wild when my dad and I

went in 2006.  They are  so cute

When I saw the pattern I decided

to  get it.  I think I'll send the

card to my dad!

For some unknown reason the

mats are wrong, crooked, or something,

but my dad won't look at that, LOL.

 

Here is your laugh for the day:

A Dominican newspaper used the

SNL depiction of Trump by Alec

Baldwin instead of a real picture

of Trump!  I got quite a giggle

out of that and I'm sure they got

some red faces.  Someone might

even have gotten fired over the

incident.  If....If it was indeed

an "accident" as they claim!

 

I woke up to rain earlier this morning. 

I was hoping to hear some thunder, too,

but none so far.  I don't think it's supposed

to rain any more today.   It's pretty mild

for the 12th of February.  The first day

of Spring is March 20, only a little

more than a month away.  It has been

my experience, however, that

Mother Nature doesn't always check the

calendar before letting the snow fly.

How insolent of her.

 

Happy Sunday!

 

Basket 'O flowers

I like how this card turned out.

But what I  like even more...

Yesterday I had to kill a little

time so I ran over to hobby lobby

intending to buy nothing.  And

I would have gotten  nothing, but

I saw a package of stamps that

had things like "Made with love"

"hand made" etc.  The reason I

bought it was this:

 

Isn't that cool?!  I made some stickers

like that after looking all over the net

for the stamp.  Now I finally found one!

I was in 7th heaven.  Which was a good

thing because my day was about to

get REALLY bad.  I ended up with a

dental issue which I hope I can 

rectify very, very soon.  Not a 

good ending to the day.  There is a

prime example of trusting Jesus

when things happen that you don't

expect.  I have to admit I wasn't

very trusting and got pretty darned

upset, but I'm trusting now that He's

going to fix this problem quickly.

 

It's warm outside!  Well, not warm

exactly, but not bitterly cold with an

icy wind.  It's chilly. Maybe a late fall

day type of chilly.  I'll take it.  B'Elanna

likes it because I don't rush her and

she can sniff around the yard to make

sure no intruders have invaded her

space.  If she can see it (street included)

it's her space.  Her world.  You'd

better not intrude on her world.  Her post

is on the chair looking out the window.

I have tried to explain to her that people

are allowed to walk along the street/

sidewalk but she's having none of it.

I hope she's that vigilant if someone

tries to break into the house.

 

Happy Saturday!

 

 

Whooooo!

I texted  a picture of this card to

my friend and right away she said

she wanted to buy it to send to her

daughter.  I guess their sorority

mascot is an owl.

I LOVE how he turned out!  It's

one of the cutest patterns I have.

I didn't follow the colour scheme 

they had in the pattern because I

thought the variegated thread

would look better and I was right!

Aren't his little feet just the cutest thing?!

 

It's supposed to get warmer today

although I'm not sure what their

definition of warmer is.  Right

now it's chilly-not necessarily

cold-but breezy.  If the breeze/

wind would cease and desist it

might not be quite so bad.

 

I have big plans today.

Plans to do NOTHING

at all!  I've been running around

all week and I'm ready to just sit

under a blanket and watch TV

all day long.  It sounds like

a good plan to me.

 

Happy Friday!

 

We dodged the bullet!

All that nasty weather went

south of us and I'm not complaining

a bit!  We got a very light dusting

of snow.  It is pretty darned cold

and windy out, but no snow, so

I am celebrating.  I'm just doing

it in the warmth of my own home!

I ordered this a while back and

had the holes pricked and everything

but got distracted by one of my games.

I go in moods.  Anyway, I made this

one in purple for a friend who

loves that colour.  I hope you are

ready to see more stitching because

I ordered three more patterns just

now.  They are so cheap and I don't

go out to movies or anything, so 

it's my entertainment.

 

Although I am going out to lunch

today...  My other form of entertainment.

I do that way too much.  It's no wonder

I can't lose any weight.    But I enjoy

spending time with my friends.  

 

Happy Thursday!