Lovely surprise!!

Today the mailman brought me a lovely surprise from none other than my sweet sis Joei. She never mentioned to me that there is something on the way, and so i was wondering what the package in the mailbox was. I took it inside, and I opened it, I saw a pattern!!! *blush* I have been wanting this design for a while. It's Becky's Garden by Whispered by the Wind. How thoughtful!! There was also a card and something wrapped nicely in red. =^-^=

Sure enough there is one of her very artsy creations. A beautiful pinkeep, with such bright lovely colors. I love it. Please forgive the photo capturing abilities of mine today, It had been cloudy/raining for the past week.

And a very heartwarming christmas card.

I too, sis, am glad...that I got to know you... Thank you... *^_^*

Just a quick post...

Gosh, I haven't updated in eons. I have been soooo busy during thanksgiving and now preparing for my visit to the Philippines next month. Things went topsy turvy for me...Long story short, I was so pissed off to know that our Hong Kong lay-over is only really good for those who are planning to shop 'till you drop... which is not what i wanted, I just want to get my ass at home and maybe hit the beach...ahh the tropics!!

I've already started cancelling FOTM's except for SMF which will commence by the month of my departure...




However, on stitchy news. I did manage to finish UTFT girls for my mom, she will be coming to see me in California 3 days before we leave for the Philippines, and this is my gift for her.






















Also, I started a new wip for my son, It's called La Balacoire by Nimue, so cute and adorable. Will post a wip later when i have time. I know i got boring but thanks for stopping by. =^_^=

Have a Happy Holidays!!!

Time for an Update!!

Hello all!! Hope you are all doing well. I haven't blogged for a while, and i admit I haven't really been stitching that much lately. However, I do have some updates and 2 framing HD's!!! Atleast I accomplished something while AWOL, aight?? hehe

First is the Spring Baby Butterfly by EMS, I picked up a ready to use frame at Michaels and surprisingly it fits although I used monaco fabric which is slightly thicker than most, even used the frame backing it came with, It's ready to go, for my god-daughter's birthday. It was very obvious that the baby was not centered, but I don't think it was that bad, I had to keep the child's name in the center after all...

This next one had been a framing HD for a while, I kept forgetting about it since i had to buy hooks to hang it. I purchased this super beautiful asian bamboo themed frame for $27 and it wasn't a standard size, it was 17x22 which was perfect for the piece, I bought it at this framing place in San Luis Obispo, they have ready made frames, hanging, you only need to purchase glass along with it, I saw this and i had to get it for the piece because it just fits, perfectly! I backed it with kraft paper (framing paper) and just added hooks for hanging it. Sorry this picture is washed out, today is very cloudy (probably from the wild fires) and the crap called "Vista" is not very user-friendly.

I'll need to catch up on reading your blogs, so please bear with me, I have been so busy lately, I had lost my 'wonder woman' touch LOL.

I'll end with trick or treat pictures...

Lord Vader getting ready to go..

Mommy all dressed up, finally got the chance to wear the yukata. woohoo!!

Trick or Treat!!

Here we are, going door to door (i got offered candy too LOL)

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!!!

Finally! Finally! Finally!!

Finally! After 48 years LOL I finished the spring butterfly baby.

I am so thrilled because i started to hate her. It's just one of those designs that you think will finish up quick, but not in my case esp. since i was in a slump too. It really took a while to get it done. By the way, she was originally standing in a circle/oval of green (grass supposedly) but I wasn't so crazy about it, I think it looks awful, so i omitted that part and only stitched the flowers around her. Much much better!!




I also had S.E.X. (stash enhancement experience) today. Woohoo! It's very pretty. I ordered this from when Lori had her spring sale. It's Enchanted Fabrics summer glade on opal lugana. It just make me so happy because I was able to order it at the last minute due to the fact that at the beggining of each month is rent week and hubby told me to write him a note of reminder to make sure he could order it for me on the last day of sale which was on October 12th, and not not not to miss it!! It arrived today! Yey!!

So here is what I have been busy with lately. I have been trying to twink my toon out. She's mostly wearing blue and purple gear now. I have also gotten couple of 1337 (elite) enchants & stuff for her like major spellpower, and runic spellthread etc.

I'm so proud of her. =^-^=


This is me next to the pumpkin with my minion Shaathun.

And here is another one of me riding a magic broom. It's for Happy Hallows End celebration.






Hope everybody is well and are having a grand time stitching!! Thanks for visiting!!

Spring Butterfly Baby

I have not abandoned my passion! No! no! no! Amids't the really bad slump, I tried to atleast keep myself afloat by doing this small design. As you can see, there is something wrong with this project!!! One should never force themselves to stitch when on a really bad bout of slump! LOL

The design did not stay in the center, can you see?? There is more space towards the right side. I started in the middle, crawling towards her head, but, God knows what happened, when i finished her head i realized that the stitches i did at the center (they were suppose to connect) had been an inch or two further than where they were supposed to be. I hope you know what i mean!!! So since her head was already finished, i went on and frogged those and moved the stitches that were supposed to be in the center (they aren't in the center anymore) Ugh!! malfunction! malfunction!!! O_o


I am hoping there will be enough space to the left for mounting and framing. That's my only wish..I will continue with her until she's done, and hope I did not succumbed myself into something where i would wish to rip it all apart. LOL

As to the fabbie, i dyed it myself, I am not so crazy about it. LOL (i'm not a pink or yellow/in the case yellow green person)And i had no hopes of dyeing another one. Hehe

Thank you for visiting. Have a lovely day!!

A not so cross-stitch entry!

Another birthday approaching. A friend's daughter is turning 2 in November, and i had thoughtof stitching for her Spring Butterfly Baby by EMS. My friend told me her daughter's bedroom decors are butterflies, so I think I would stitch her that and put her b-day and stuff, like a birth announcement. Thought of doing the first version which is Butterfly Baby, but not so fond of how she look like. I think I like the spring one better. Will need to gather the materials first! *^_^*

I haven't stitched anything lately. I may have been in a slump because of those flowers, been playing World of Warcraft however, so I will just let my mood rule over for now, until i get my stitching mojo back...

I want to put pictures here LOL And what better pics to show you, i have...Pictures of my son, Connor a week or so back, went with his daddy to mcdonalds and wore his daddy's shirt! hahaha

Little'st Jedi





America's Next Top Male Model






Contemplating...




Roman Times...Roman God






Pray without Ceasing...

Last, but not the least Who's your idol???

...Like Godmother...Like Goddaughter!!! hahahaha

Hope you had some good laugh!!

Me gotta package! Me gotta package..hey hey!!

I received a package from a very nice lady who is from the U.K. Honestly i don't know where to get this Uk Cross Stitcher magazines in this side of our mountain. Yep, that's my home address, big heart (no cholesterol attached) USA haha. Nah, i can't really reveal it, I am not very fond of paparazzi's!! LOLOL

I have been searching for this even on ebay. I saw a page auctioned of the "Snow Princess" a long time ago and I just thought she was soo beautiful, a must have! I posted on one of the bb's i visit and the nice lady, her name is Eileen-responded to me by saying she would give me the magazine, I just received it today and Boy! was I ecstatic!!! I am running around with joy. This is the January 2005 issue, so you can really tell that it's quite old. One you can hardly find on ebay!

This is a picture of a finished piece, I don't know who owns this, but I hope they don't mind. She's so lovely and dainty...She is designed by Joan Elliott.

Wooohooo...Happy dance!! Happy dance!! By the way, I'd like to thank everyone who doesn't tire of visiting my blog and leaving me comments. I love 'em so please keep visiting!!! *^_^*

Proud Mommy moment & Pictures galore!!

Finally got Connor's b-day party pictures from MIL's camera yesterday. Like i always say...probably every year since he turned 1, "i can't believe I survived my 2nd year of motherhood." LOL

Birthday boy, trying to lick his cake, before we even started...




















Mommy and Connor, picture perfect!!!






















The creators and the creation. wehehehehe





















Also had S.E.X. today, God! I love this new fabby, it's from Enchanted Fabrics called "Fall Foliage" isn't it just lovely?? I saw it before on the newsletter and never really paid close attention, about couple of weeks ago, I showed it to hubby and he said, you should order it because he thinks it's also pretty...So he ordered it for me. He's such a sweetheart... =^_^=

























And more flowers to show you, I have been feeling this is more work/obligation, so I am trying my best to work as much on the flowers as i can, so I can get over them soon enough! It's really pretty though...Did i mention that somewhere in those pinks, i stitched the wrong color, but I am so glad they were so close instead of 761 i stitched 3716 by mistake, so i did not bother frogging it because i don't even remember how far it had gone before i realized it..bummer! I'll leave it the way it is... I did stitch on the fairy wings the other night, just to save my sanity =)



















Thank you for visiting and taking a peek. Hope everyone is well...

Love in the mail!!!!

I received a lovely gift from sis Joei late yesterday afternoon, It came so beautifully wrapped, i didn't want to open it!!!

And when i did, I saw two of the most beautifully done stitcher's stuffs.

A close up of the needlebook (is it what you call this?) You open the flap and you can stick needles inside...Now, I have been cross stitching for a long time, but I have never made anything like this...It's so beautiful!!! I am so inlove with it!!

And my very first look/feel of what a biscornu is... Amazing!!! It almost seemed to me like those pillows you put princess/queen tiara's/crown's at, except in a smaller version...

And the back view of the biscornu...Super lovely!!!!

Sis Joy, Thank you so much!!! You really made my cloudy day yesterday, as i was sick and did not want to even bother getting out of the couch. I haven't been able to send you an email even, but I will be doing that now!!! My butt feels so heavy, I needed a forklift to even come to the computer. LOL But of course, i couldn't resist showing off what you have made for me...Thank you so so very much from the bottom my heart!!! They are very special, I even put them back in the box and wrapped them again, placed it on top of the printer, away from the good hands of Connor. (even then you can see in the last pic that he wanted it--hand alert!) LOL. Maraming salamat po!!! *^_^*

Updates...A WIP and a finish.

After a little wait, I finally finished my "Connor" name tree. I used VC dragon hoard overdyed thread and stab and stash summer reflections on 40 count. A few days ago my hair braider from IGIA arrived and I was sooo having fun doing the braiding on this one. I used a yarn that i bought from Michaels that says "clouds" and I really love how it came out...It's cute, although not christmas'y but cute...and I think it will stay this way..Hubby likes it as well..

























Here is also my progress on Once Upon A Time by Passione Ricamo. Stitched on SMF Impressionism. This has been my focused wip for a few days/weeks now...I am working on those flowers and I just realized I hate stitching flowers LOL. But i think it is getting there, so I am going to try work on the flowers some more next time, the faster I stitch, the better, too many color changes and there is so many isolated stitches on them (i really hate those.) =)



















Have a lovely day everyone!!