Happy June

On the first day of the month, in addition to changing the page on the calendar I try to rotate my monthly decorations.  Here are the things I've changed out for June.

On the wall in the kitchen.  Monthly Mania by  Heart in Hand.  

 

Hung on the knob on  the corner cupboard in the dining room.  Hearts of the Month by  Leisure Arts.

On an end table in the living room.  Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer.

My teapot and tea cup for June designed by Sam Sarah Designs and sitting on the counter in my kitchen.

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

Keep on Stitching!



Monday, Monday

Back to work today.

A thank you to those of you who have visited for the first time today after a mention on Lake Stitcher's blog today.    Thank you to Lee for mentioning my blog.  And thank you as well for the nice comments.  I do read and appreciate every one.  I feel like I am making new friends.

Stitching updates

My latest progress on An Open Heart by The Drawn Thread.  

My newest lunchtime stitch - Count Your Blessings by Shakespeare's Peddler.  Seems appropriate for this month.

 November Decorating:

Monthly Mania - November by Heart in Hand  -this guy hangs in my kitchen.

Heart of the Month for November by Leisure Arts on the knob of  the corner cupboard in my dining room.

Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer on an end table in my living room.

And Sheepy with his November blankie by Homespun Elegance in my stitching room.

What a difference a week makes.  Last week we were without electricity, phone, cable, and internet.  This week things are back to normal for most of us.  There are still some that do not have power.  The number of power companies and trucks on the road has been amazing.   Those men and women deserve every penny that they earn.  I have noticed there are still some branches dangling over the roads and I'm not sure who is responsible for those.  I just hold my breath and hope they don't land on me.

Have a great evening.

Keep On Stitching!

Big Update

I think this will be a long one.  I've got lots of pictures to share. 

First up are some more storm pictures.  We wound up with 9 inches of snow when it was all over.  We lost power on Saturday afternoon and had it restored on Wednesday afternoon.  Thankfully we have a generator so we were able to keep our food cold, our house warm, and the well pump running.  Many people weren't as lucky.  As far as I know there are still many people who are still waiting to have their power restored.

This was the first casualty early in the storm  - a branch from our neighbor's walnut tree.

This is another neighbor's tree that kind of split in half and took our power lines with it.    You can see them dangling from the pole on his side of the road.

These are pictures from the day after the storm.  It was a beautiful sunny day with great blue skies.  Hard to believe after the day before. The second picture shows just how heavy the snow was, bending a branch on our Japanese Maple down to the ground.  Normally a person can walk under that branch without having to bend over.  I am amazed at how resilient some of the trees are.  Once the snow fell off the branches many of them bounced right back.  The other pictures from around our house and neighboring properties.

Ok, so I never showed the pictures for the monthly decorations for October.  Without further ado they are ..

October Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer.

Monthly Mania - October by Heart in Hand.

Sheepy with his October blanket designed by Homespun Elegance.

And my October heart of the month from a Leisure Arts book.

A little fall decorating is shown in the following pictures.

Moonlit Garden by Blackbird Designs, part of the Loose Feather series.

Awesome Autumn by M Designs.

An Autumn piece by Lizzie Kate.

A couple of Bent Creek or Heart in Hand pieces that I put out for Autumn.  The piece in on the top in the center was a Twisted Threads piece that was published in one of the magazines years ago. That was my first over one piece.  I'm not sure who designed the Sunflower Sampler on the second shelf, perhaps Sunflower Samplings.  And I think the heart and sunflower was from a Leisure Arts book.

The shelf in my dining room with Autumn Silhouette by Blackbird Designs and I think a piece called Autumn House by Bent Creek or Heart in Hand.  I'm not sure which.  But if you know, I'd be happy to correct my entry.

Then a few Halloween things.

I'm pretty sure that the pillow on the left is from The Cricket Collection and the one on the right is by Trail Creek Farms.

A little door knob pillow by either Heart in Hand or Bent Creek.

And a framed piece by Carriage House Samplings called Ravens and Pumpkins and Cats, Oh My!
I stitched that last year.

And a view of our entertainment center done  for Autumn and Halloween.

I will post some stitching updates later tonight or tomorrow.  Enjoy your Saturday!

I have learned from this post that I need to keep better track of what I've stitched and the designer.  It's hard to remember all this stuff!

Keep On Stitching!

Happy September!

I'm think I'm coming back to blogging. 

Today I'd like to share some pictures of things I put out this morning which I call my monthly decorations.  I have a bunch of these that I rotate every month.

I have a collection of these Santas of the Month.  They were designed by Curtis Boehringer.  They are all done in flower thread.  I place these on a table in living room.

I also have a collection of these little hearts.  They came from a Leisure Arts book years ago.

This lives in my kitchen.  I think it's by Bent Creek.  I swap the picture out every month and use the frame again and again.

Sorry for the blurry picture of Sheepy.  He lives in my stitching room.

Have a great first day of September.