Styling your self!

What a busy week I've had (not complaining - just saying......).  Spending almost a week at a stitching retreat at the beach IS truly WONDERFUL, but catching up from being away for almost a week is hard to do!  Anyway, here I am back with more pics from the Pals Fall Fling....  these are from the exchanges we did. Below are 2 pics of my "grab bag" from this year.  Thanks to Susan & Charlene for both taking pics of it & sending them to me.  :-)  (I didn't get any pics this year, as I think I said in the last post).  I decided to do a " bolt of fabric" and the bolt had "stash" in it.  Ray took the end off, cut the bolt down, filled it with the stash & put the end back on.  Then we folded the 3 yards of this lovely Moda fabric into 1/3's & rolled it onto the bolt.  It was fairly popular - it came in 3rd for being "stolen" the most - not bad out of 60+ grab bags!   Yvonne ended up with it & I sure...

I'm back from a week at the beach & the 13th annual Cross Stitch Pals Fall Fling!   That's part of why I haven't posted in so long - I've been SUPER busy.  I had a great time & enjoyed seeing all my "old" friends & meeting MANY new friends.  I didn't get to stitch much but I stayed plenty busy!  The new location was FANTASTIC & the dates are planned for 2011 - Oct. 19-23, you'll have to join us! :-)  I have lots of pics to share of stitching & goodies, but I will split it up into several days....  and here's the "first installment"..... MY stitching for the fling.... These are my "Halloween" exchanges for Thursday night - Wicked & Spooky - This is a picture of the 6 of the ornaments I took for the Christmas Ornament exchange on Friday night - The top/right 3 are from Zweigarts Christmas Redwork, the botton is a Poppy Kreations design, the left is a Lizzie Kate and the center is a Renato Parolin design....

The next SC Stitch-in is set for Dec. 4th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $10 & includes lunch (at the French Hens - payable to them, don't send me $$!) and beverages. We are going to do a small Christmas Gift Exchange - a stitched/finished Christmas Ornament and something stitching related (gadgets, threads, fabrics, etc. valued at $10) included in the gift bag. You don't have to do the exchange if you'd rather not - you can just come for the day to stitch & have fun. I WILL need a head count, so if you are coming or planning to come, please let me know. amycspals@yahoo.com For those who can't make the drive in one day, there are 5 nice hotels within 2 miles or less from the location, so you can spend the night if you'd like.