SMO finishes

The top two are the Smore's I made into a name tag. I love name tags cause they are just the cutest, smallest pictures you can wear.

The "Snow", snowman I made for a friend of mine and I put it in a 4" frame of white filigree. It turned out so cute if I do say so myself. She loved it!

The three goofy flakes I finished and I have a teal frame a little lighter than the flakes I plan to put them in. I loved these guys cause they look so goofy and you don't see snowmen very often with bucked teeth. In fact, I have not ever seen any. I love the designers sense of humor it's right up my ally. I will take another picture when I have it framed in the 5x7 teal frame with no mat.

Lastly I have "Swirl", another snowman. Go figure! I don't know what I am going to do with him maybe put him in that 4" frame I used for my friend.

So . . . here are my SMO finishes I hope someone looks at them.

Take care all and God Bless ~

Lenna

Rabbits and Birds. . .

being conducted by the snowman complete with baton and musical notes! I finished adding all the white to the snowman body and added white to scarf and birds hats. Backstitched one bird and did the musical notes and backstitched them.

I just have the rest of the snowman, scarf, rabbits, the other two birds and all of the snowflakes, in the sky, to be backstitched. Then I have to tie all the tassels on the scarf and I will be done at last. The biggest part I had left to do was the snowman's body and that is history!

YEA!!! Got the house cleaned and only have 3 rooms left to vacuum and one hallway.

I am off Sunday and Monday and with the house clean maybe I can get some stitching done. Need to stitch on the Seaside Sweethearts and Grand Canyon so I can get them done. Sorry still no picture.

I have about 6 or 8 finishes done and I need to post them.

Good Night and God Bless ~

Lenna

Rabbits and Birds

I don't have a picture but I found a piece I started years ago. I have just a little bit to do on it and it will be done. It is a darling snowman who is leading a choir of birds, sitting on a branch, in a tree. He is holding a baton to lead them with and they are all so cute. I used an over dyed thread to do his scarf. Hope I can find the rest of it so I can make the tassel ends.

I have to finish his body, put in the snowflakes, and do the back stitching. I got the first half of his body done in white tonight.

Next time I take some pictures I will include them. Who knows maybe I will be finished with it by then.

Take care and God Bless ~

It's off to bed I go ~~~

Lenna

The Eyes have it . . . . .

or do they? This is what not to do to a tiger! He gets really mad as my Grandson Gavin would say.

I worked on this piece at work and when I went to get my mat board someone had used it again. That is why I hid it. Got to find a better place next time!

So we found two pieces of mat I could use for the blue. I managed to screw both of them up. Then I thought this blue would look OK! When I took the picture I realized how WRONG I was. It overshadows the eyes, the focal point, and all you see is the blue. One of the girls in the shop said it look nice. I knew right then and there ~ IT DID NOT!!! So ~ change I will!!!

I ordered three more sheets, one of each color, and I will re cut the mats next Thursday. I will post the finished one when I get it done. His eyes are so striking that I don't want anything to take away from that effect.

Tell then keep stitching and God Bless ~

Lenna

Children, Grandchildren it just keeps going . . .

1) This is my favorite picture of Heather's Kids in the bath tub! Soon they will be in bed and the noise will stop for a little while. Olivia is 5, Elisha is 3 1/2 and Samuel is 7. 2) Here is Elisha after he found the peanut butter, it comes in a big tub in Cape Town, S. A. I don't think he ate much but boy was there a mess to clean up. 3)Samuel and Olivia in a tree, behind their house on our nature walk. Unfortunately, when we got home we found some ticks. We took care of them post haste! 4)Darren and Samuel waiting for the lamb chops and sausage to finish cooking on the grill. 5)Gary, my oldest modeling the shirt Heather brought me from S. A. that was too small. So . . . Gary would come into the room wearing it and just stand there listening to our conversation. Finally, one of us would notice him and we would all laugh. Then he would go take it off and then suddenly a little later he would be back. This is the last shot of him and he finally took it off for the night. I still can't wear it but it hangs in my closet. 6)That is Sweet Reagan sucking on her Binky she was cutting teeth and that helped with the pain. 7)That is a photo of the four generations. Heather, Lenna, Johnnie, my mom, and Reagan when she was small. When Heather comes in July we will take another picture of the four generations. 8)Gavin, the pistol, in the group. He is always talking and he doesn't care if you aren't listening he just keeps talking. He often say Daddy, I hear a dinosaur and it is always Rexy! 9)Reagan in her green dress with my shoes on. She even got up and walked in them. No small feat for her feet. 10)Gavin again acting silly. 11)Olivia in the swing at the park in Cape Town. We had fun that day playing in the park and climbing on the wooden platform we pretended was a pirate ship. We did a lot of Ahoy Matey!!! on the ship that day.

12)Gary again in the "shirt" see he just shows up! 13) Reagan when she was crawling now she is walking all over the place. 14)Tris, my youngest son. He is the one who is going to Cal. this summer to become an actor. He graduates from a college in D. C. this week with a Masters in Shakespearean Theatre. He is also going to be in 4 plays two of them he is the lead and does some fencing. 15)Maggie, Gary's wife and mother of Gavin and Reagan.

16)Heather, my only daughter, with Reagan, who is married to Darren, the sausage man in the next picture. She is mother to Samuel, Olivia and Elisha, peanut butter boy! 17)And finally, Gary and Heather at Samuel's birthday party before they went to Cape Town.

I love you all very much. I can't wait to see Heather, Darren, Samuel, Olivia, and Elisha when they get here July 8th. I do get to see Gary, Maggie and the kids pretty often. Tris, that is another story. I guess I will see him before he goes to Cal. I was hoping I was going to get to see him in the plays but that wasn't meant to be.

Well, I am going to bed!

God Bless ~

Lenna

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen ~~~

Here is a Celtic design I stitched for my kids for Christmas. I put this on top of a little bit bigger piece of wool felt.

At Christmas my youngest son, Tris, decided it was a coaster instead of an ornament. I told him it was not a coaster. Later on that day he said Mom tonight when Gary and I get home we are going to sit down and have a beer together. You know what we are going to put our beers on? (See where this is going?) Those nice little coasters you gave us for Christmas! They kept it up the rest of the day. This one is for my daughter and I have to finish it by the 8th of July! She is living in Cape Town, South Africa now and I did not get it done for last years tree. She is coming home with my three grandchildren and her husband for 6 weeks.

I try and make them a Christmas ornament every year. Sometimes they use them for coasters! Funny guys. I love them all. Now I guess it is time you met them.

Fellow bloggers ~

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Thanks for looking I appreciate it so much. Any tips would also be appreciated, you just don't know.

Take care, happy stitching and

As Always God Bless ~

Lenna

Such a tiny start . . .

but it will be grand when it is done! I have been working on the Mary Wigham Sampler, except tonight, Tuesday, when I feel asleep while watching NCIS! Here is my progress. YEAH! I am so excited I successfully uploaded this picture here and on the MW blog!!! Small steps.

I have learned a lot in a short time after starting these blogs. I have transfered the whole posts, all of them, to this blog site cause the other one didn't work. It was the address or something. Talk about starting OVER!

Hope this one works I don't want to do this again.

TTFN ~ ta ta for now.

God Bless ~

Lenna