Have a beautiful day!

I ran over to Hobby Lobby yesterday

after having lunch with Dianne.  It IS

right there, seems a shame not to at least

visit...anyway, I got a new stamp.  It's

only a small one, so not much, but I also

had a 40% off coupon.  Gotta love the 

smart phones.  You don't have to worry

about forgetting your coupon!

I think next time I order some patterns

I'm going to get Christmas ones (Karen,

not a word out of you!)  It does take a

little time to stitch them and I usually send

quite a few just because I like to make the

cards.  I still have some left from the

last time I ordered, though.

I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep.  

Tomorrow I'm going to church to help

with people coming in to have their

pictures taken for the church directory.

I scheduled mine, I think, for next week.

Whatever day it is, it's a Saturday so

I can just stay after class and not make

another trip.   I'm helping again 

in October.  I'm really glad I have a car

I can depend on-that I need to get the

oil changed in soon!

Next week I'm going to the fair in

Auburn with Judy!  I've never been

there and am really looking forward

to it and spending time with you, Judy,

since we don't get that much time together!

Happy Wednesday! 

Christmas candles

I think this has got to be my 

favourite so far just because of

the image.  I think it's beautiful.  

I also figured out that if I tilt my

phone it doesn't glare.  of course 

the picture is at a weird angle, but

at least you can see it.

I really like the colours, too.

Saturday's class was....challenging.  A very

young mother (maybe 22) brought her 

3 month old baby because she "wanted

her to learn sign".  She's barely learning

how to hold her rattle.  I was annoyed because

the baby was fussing and then she 

proceeded to nurse.  In class.  Now, I'm

not against that, but this is a class, not

a nursery.  Bring the kid back when

she's 7 or 8 months old.  Better yet find

a class that teaches BABY signs, not "my 

name is".  Then she informs us that her

friend is coming next week with HER baby.

Well, I'm going to be out of town this weekend,

so I guess I don't care, but I don't think this

teaching stuff is for me.  I have no patience

for things like this.  Tomorrow Pam and

I are going to a small group Pastor is leading

on how to lead a small group.  Question

one?  How to deal with this type of situation.

Next topic, because it gets me so aggravated.

Yesterday turned out pretty good and I was

happy with how I signed.  Pam was VERY happy

which is saying a lot because she doesn't

usually give us much-if any-feedback.  I think

she thinks we might view it as criticism.  I

want the feedback.  Especially if I've signed

something wrong.  I need to know immediately

so I don't get used to signing something

incorrectly.

I've got a super busy week ahead and

Thursday I leave for my weekend at

The Great Banquet.  So I probably won't

make another post until next week.

Have a great week, everyone!

Note card initials

I got this initial pattern singly rather

than buy the entire alphabet-Who is 

going to use an 'X"?  Ok, maybe 

Xavier, or Xander...  But since I

don't know anyone that has those

names I thought it made more sense

to order just one.  This will be a

set of 6 when I am finished with it.

I was pretty pleased with how it came out.

 

I know I showed this pattern before, 

but I messed it up the first time and 

thought I hadn't redone it.  I looked at

 earlier posts but missed it. So here's 

another version of the same pattern.

 

I just can't get a good picture without

glare.  

 

Today for sure, I am going to attempt

to sign the announcements.  No communion

this morning.  There are no deaf people 

right now, so I don't have to worry about

giving out wrong information, so it's

a good place to practice and learn.  I'm

going to the early service and get a heads

up on what will be announced and practice

that and the prayer.  I'm doing 4 songs, just

not the first one because I don't think 

I've ever signed it, so Pam is going to

do it.  I think she misses signing the

songs anyway!  I feel very strongly that

this is what the Lord wants me to do so

I'm expecting Him to take my hands 

and use them for His purposes and glory.

 

Yesterday I observed, no teaching,

but I don't think this is going to

work out for me.  I'm not a teacher.

 

Happy Sunday!

 

 

Meanwhile, back in Holland...

I LOVE how this card turned

out!  I don't know if  you can 

see it well, but I made two score 

lines to the right of the stitching.

It's a little hard to see because when

I finish a stitching I use tape to secure

the entire piece.  You might see sparkles

sometimes from the flash catching the

tape underneath through the holes.

Anyway, scoring through the thick 

packing tape is a little hard.  it looks 

better in person.

We got some rain during the night and

for some reason lost power somewhere

along the line.  I didn't hear any storms,

so I'm not sure why.  It probably just

blinked which is enough to set

everything off.  When I got up at around

6 am, the stove said it was 2 am and that

didn't seem right.  It was kind of dark

but it just didn't feel like it was that

early in the morning.  That's when I

noticed the stove light flashing.  I'm 

hoping it will be rainy all day long

but I don't think it's supposed to be.

Happy Friday!!

 

Tip toe through the tulips

Dianne asked me to make a birthday

card for her sister in law.  She

was hoping for some day lilies

but all I had were tulips, etc.  So

she went for tulips.

I like how this came out but I wish

I had put the tulips closer to the design.

I had a nice visit with my mom today.

She is getting herself around in the
wheelchair now, with her feet and

using her hands.  I think she got

tired of waiting for someone to come

get her.  I see lots of the ladies doing that.

Tomorrow she and my dad are going

 to the senior center for a "picnic".

It's going to be held indoors.  Which is

a good thing considering this wonderful 

weather we're having.   It's not horrible,

but it's not warm either.  

Shout out to my friends and family in 

Florida-BE SAFE!! 

Happy Thursday!

Half done!

Since these books are very little

(3 1/4 x 4 1/2 ) They don't take

much time to make, and I'm doing

them assembly line style, so that

makes it even quicker.  I made

40 yesterday and then got tired

of it so I went back to stitching.

Isn't this a cool pattern?  Sorry I got

the gloss on the rose, I have trouble

photographing these because they

are shiny.

B'Elanna is getting all prettied up at

the groomers this morning and she

looks forward to that.  Mostly the

car ride.  She loves the car.   I'm

having lunch with Dianne after, so I'm

looking forward to that.

Classes start up next Monday so I need

to brush up on my 3rd level words.  I have 

to admit, with the exception of church,

I have been very lazy this summer and

not worked on signing much.  I'm

not a particularly self disciplined person.

I know it.  I own it.  I try to change...

So far it hasn't worked well!  :)

Happy Tuesday!

Beautiful rose

I LOVE this design!  I did it in the

shiny thread.  Not so easy to work with

but well worth the effort.  It looks better

in person.  This time I decided to

do the border and use beads, something

I've never done before.  I'm not sure

If I  like it or not.

This is what 70 mini composition books

look  like.  I cleaned out Walmart and  

pretty much cleaned out our dollar

store here in town.  Then....I realize I

am still one short!    Naturally.

 

This is what the finished version will

look like except that I redid the

labels and it will have a captial B on

the word book.  so if I don't show

up for a day or two

that's why.   They are for the

"Great Banquet" weekend.   I'm

starting to get excited, although I

think my sponsor is way more excited

than I am at this point, but she's 

already been through it.  Pam H.

also has and she said it was really

a wonderful experience.

 

I must go get blood sucked out

of me now to find out how my 

thyroid is doing.  

 

Happy  Labour day!!