Styling your self!

I hope you & your family had a very happy & blessed Easter.  Ours was very quiet - didn't even open a door and the phone hasn't rang a single time.  That can be good sometimes, especially after a busy week! First I have to show you what my mom found for me at a yard sale a week ago - never thought when I told her to look for one that she'd actually find one for me - Yes!  It's an old printers tray & it's in great condition (though it needs a good dusting!).  She called & asked me if I wanted to pay $30 for it - I was like ummm, YES!  I already have plans for some of the openings - just have to find time to get busy stitching to fill it up.  :-)  If you haven't seen one - take a peek at the ones here - scroll down - http://virade.du.coeur.free.fr/index.php?General They are great aren't they?  I'm just thrilled to have one! Last Sunday my brother called & asked us if we wanted to come see the baby.  What a silly questio...

The next SC Stitching Day is planned for June 4th.... Come spend the day stitching in SC - we'll be at The French Hens in Manning from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 4th. The cost is $10 which includes lunch with beverage & dessert. Just bring your stitching & have a great day stitching & chatting. Email for more info - amycspals@yahoo.com   Looking forward to seeing you there!    

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This is "Summer Sachet" from Blackbird Designs "A Stitchers Journey" book.  I stitched it last Saturday (the 2nd) and finished it on Sunday a.m. I had planned to post it all week, but never got around to it. I used a little oval box and no, I didn't "paint" it, I liked it this color. Since it's for me, that's good, right? ;-) It was a quick stitch & an easy finish. I have other pieces from the book picked out to stitch & hope to pull the threads later today. It's small, but at least it's a finish & I like it! :-) We spent Friday & Saturday in NC.  We went to Rockingham to the Drag Races yesterday.  It was COLD!  The high was only in the 50's, it was windy & very cloudy & misted rain a little bit (and it felt like the 30's!).  It wouldn't have been so bad had we been prepared for the weather, but it was supposed to be in the 80's!  And today is supposed to be around 90 and it's maybe 60. Anyway...

First, before I talk about my day, I want to thank Merumo for this lovely Huswife she made & sent me! I won one of her "Second Chance" drawings for donating money for the victims in Japan. Isn't this just lovely? I adore it & thank you to sweet Merumo for such a lovely gift! And here it is open with one of my favorite pair of scissors, some floss I'm currently using and a needle. Isn't this handy - and so very pretty!? While perusing Merumo's lovely blog, I saw her talking about a book that I ended up NEEDING - and the pattern for the lovely Housewife/Huswife is in it. How neat is that?! I'll have to give it a try one of these days. The book is shown below - Remembering Adelia - with a couple of other books I had to add to my massive stash. The Blackbird Book has a gorgeous xs sampler and beautiful monograms in it as well. You can see pics of those by clicking here..... Today Nicole came for a visit & we went to Sumter to Five Guys for lunch ...