Happy Independence Day!

Hurrah its Independence Day, I just love this holiday, love all the flag waving, and firecrackering, its the best time. To me its not really summer until the 4th of July arrives. Last night near our home there was a big fireworks display. One of the nicest I have ever seen. They even managed to do fireworks in the shape of a smiley face and a heart. How they did that I have no idea but it was amazing. So what are you doing for Independence Day? We will be having a small family BBQ. We were originally expecting a lot of company this week and weekend but everyone changed plans since the weather has been so rainy and gloomy. The best thing about todays barbecue is that the guys are doing all the work. Whoohoo that makes it even a better holiday. Right now my DH is peeling potatoes for potato salad. So while both he and my son in law are working on our meal, I will take some time for me and sit down and stitch. I have been working rather slowly on my 7 Stars piece and I am loving how its coming out. Here it is so far:

I have seen so many pretty pieces Patriotic stitched items the past few days while blog visiting. So lovely. I have a few but would love to have lots more. I do have 2 small pieces that are stitched but I had planned on framing but now I think I am just going to make little ornies or pinkeeps out of them. A quick trip to the store yesterday and I found a few patriotic fabrics. Pickings were very slim but I did manage to find these 3 and got a 1/2 yard of each for just .61 cents. Pretty good huh. I wish they had more of a choice but I like to think that everyone has patriotic stitching plans too, so thats okay. I am happy with these 3 for now.

Have a safe and Happy Independence Day everybody, and if you can take a moment to remember what Independence Day is all about.

Terrible Loss

How sad that we lost 2 such great entertainers in one day. Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. The first time I think I saw Michael Jackson was either on Ed Sullivan or American Bandstand. I loved all the Jackson 5 music. I heard this amazing young man sing ABC with his brothers and I want you Back and I was hooked. After those songs there was one hit after another and each one was great. What fun I would have with my friends as a young girl singing along to his music and trying to immitate his dance moves. LOL I wonder if my friends are rememembering the same things today. I know he has had so many troubles in the past years but I like to remember him for his talent and how much fun he was to watch dance. Will there ever be another with his talent. I doubt it. And Farrah Fawcett, oh my goodness, how could it be, she was 62 years old. The years have flown by, what a beautiful woman she was. Poor thing, I wish she didn't suffer so much with cancer. My heart aches for her. I like to think that Heaven is very busy today celebrating the arrival of such wonderful talent. God rest your soul, Michael and Farrah.

SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER!!

I am so thrilled that school is out for the summer. Woohoo. I have one big week off before my summer job starts. I will be back working with most of the children I just left. LOL thats okay, summer is the best. We always have so much fun.

My granddaughter graduated from Kindergarten and it was a lovely ceremony. The children are always so cute. After the ceremony there was cake and juice for all. It was such a nice time. Most of the pictures I took did not come out very well so I am waiting to check out my daughters pictures that she took and hope she got some better shots then me.

Had to share this picture that I took on Father's day, we all went out for breakfast and Tori while eating a pancake lost her front tooth. She lost one the week before in school.

Thank you to all for the compliments on my Near Halloween Piece and of the Battledore. This is what I have been working on

I can't wait to see it complete so I can use it on my end table, I am stitching this design on a premade doily. It's called Seven Stars by Kathy Barrick of Carriage House Samplings. It reminds me of my visit to Pennslyvania with my sister friend Siobhan. There was a road named Seven Stars and the whole area was just so lovely.
I am so anxious to go back. We had such a good time.
Here is a hooked rug I purchased for my home, I just had to have it when I saw the little house and the pear trees. I just like it so much that I don't want to put it on the floor. LOL silly I know, I just don't want to see footprints and dog furries on it. LOL Isn't it pretty? Can you blame me.

Tis Finished

Yes, I finished Tis Near Halloween and I just love it. So cute. I stitched it on 32 ct Pear by Lakeside with only one thread.

A friend of mind sent me some pictures of something she made and I think it is just fabulous. It's called a Battledore. I love hornbooks and hornbook designs and this is very similar. I am just fascinated by it. I am anxious to make one of my own. I love finding different things like this that involve crosstitching. I wanted to share it with all of you and I have her permission. Thank you, Bonnie O.
Click on each picture for a closer look, its so interesting.




I wish Bonnie had a blog, she has stitched so many lovely things and I know everyone would love seeing them. She stitches so many beautiful things. Great job, Bonnie. Thanks for letting me share this.
School is coming to a close soon, today we have field day. It has been raining for days and the fields are soaked so I don't know how its going to work out. The sun is trying to peek through but I doubt it will be able to dry the fields up in time. I hope it will. The children have been looking forward to this for weeks. So have I. I even bought myself a field day shirt. LOL
My grandson Tyler had awards night the other night and I am happy to say he won 5 awards. A good citizenship medal, and an award for Math, Science and English. He also won an award for winning the regional spelling bee and got a poem published as well. Geesh he is a smarty pants. Glad he takes after me lol lol JUST KIDDING TYLER. Really he is just like his mama, I am so proud of him. He gets so embarrassed and didn't even want me to take this picture but I threatened him and said smiley picture or grandma will hug and kiss you in front of everyone and hold your hand all the way back to the car. LOL It worked!! Use to work on my children too.

I got some new stash and will share pics of that tomorrow. Have a great day everybody. xoxoxo

I couldn't let one more day go by without saying thank you to all of you for your kind notes, thoughts and prayers you have sent to my family. It means so much to all of us. My son in law is home and recuperating. It has been a very hard ordeal for him but he is on the mend, thank you God. Hopefully he will be feeling much better soon. Thank you all so much.

I have finished my 15 piece biscornu. I couldn't wait to share it with everyone.

I can hardly believe it is done. Good Lord it made me crazy, so many times I just wanted to throw it out the window. My husband saw it when it was done and said THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING? Yes, DH that was what I was mumbling and cursing about these past days. It is kind of cute isn't it? My biggest problem was not really putting it together it was a few spots that the threads were starting to fray and made it even more trickier, so if I ever make another I know I have to cut bigger squares.

Here are pics I took of a little visitor. I have a little bird feeder right outside the window near my computer. I love to see the birds eating there. While reading some mail I saw this little chipmunk peeking at me while he was eating the bird food. Too cute. I am so glad my camera was near by. He didn't even seem to mind his picture being taken.


Good night all! xoxoxo

Thank you all so very much for all your wonderful comments and emails that I got about Ellen Birdseye. I was so thrilled that everyone liked her so much. She is pretty and I have not had her framed yet but hopefully soon.

Once again, I have been so busy and every day thinking I need to update my blog but somehow I just don't get the chance. This weekend I spent time catching up with email and now that I have a moment will catch up with my little blog here too.

Lots of family things going on, including a very ill son in law Shawn who has been in the hospital. He has been ill for awhile and finally a little over a week ago had some major surgery. He is still very ill but getting a little stronger every day. Thank you God. He is my daughter Jennifers husband and more like a son to me then a son in law. I love him dearly. I hope he gets well and comes home soon.

and me I have just a small complaint... another lousy cold. UGH!! I hate colds summer, winter anytime. I hate being stuffed up and coughing all the time. People look at you like you are "Typhoid Mary" and can't say I blame them. LOL Since I work with children all the time I thought by now I would build up some immunity but guess not.

No new stash to speak of but I have been working on 2 things that I have been wanting to do for some time. One is a Halloween design by Lisa from Primitive Needle called Near Halloween. I am so forgetful but I think I won this chart as a door prize last year from Lisa. Thank you again, Lisa. I love it. I haven't gotten too much of it done but I just love that moon. I am stitching it with only one thread over 32 ct pear. It looks much better in person, I like the way the one thread looks. Looks even more primitive to me.

Isn't that moon a dandy? I just love it.
I read lots about a 15 sided biscornu and you guys know how much I love them, so I decided to try my hand at one. I started stitching the design that I found free on the internet at STITCH-CREATIONS. I am sorry that is not a link I have been trying to make one and for some reason Blogger is not cooperating this morning.
This is just a few of the squares I have done so far. I need to make 15 of them before I can put them together and I am really anxious to get them done. Aren't they pretty?

So look for an update soon on them. I can't wait. I think biscornus are the neatest little things.
The week after Mother's day we had a little luau. My 4 children came home and it was very nice to have them all here. We had lots of fun. I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked to, too many pina coladas & Bahama mamas I think. LOL But it was sooo much fun.
Here is my little Hula girl Victoria

No you won't see a pic of me in a grass skirt, HAHA. Not enough grass around here for that. LOL It was lots of fun though.
Here is my Jaime who has her little flowers in her hair.

and here is Raymond, my youngest with his nephew Anthony. He has been away at school working on his masters in Theatre and this is the first time he got to meet Anthony in person. They had so much fun together too. Anthony looks lots like Ray when he was a baby.

Here is Katie (Anthony"s mama) who will probably kill me when she finds I posted a pic of her. LOL Sorry Katie but you are just too cute.

The rest of the clan must have been running and hiding from me.
I just have to close this post with a new picture of my grandson. He is such a ham. The moment he sees a camera he smiles. LOL he is truly my grandson, all my kids did the same when they were babies too. LOL HAMS ALL OF THEM.

Have a great Sunday everyone, hey its the last day of May. Summer is almost here. xoxox love to all.

Miss Ellen Birdseye

Here she is. I am so thrilled that I am finished with Miss Birdseye here.
I couldn't wait to share her with all of you.

xoxoxo Sharon

Couldn't let another day go by without updating my blog, especially on such a wonderful day as Mother's Day! Hope all of you have a wonderful day.
It has been so long since I posted and I didn't realize how many days had passed.
Yesterday we lost a dear family member. My daughter's cat Moses, who we call Mosey most of the time. What a love bug he was. He was 15 years old and our Katie's cat. When Katie got married she took him to her new married home with her DH Tony. He has been ill for the past months and going through a lot. Finally he passed away yesterday and my little Katie is absolutely devastated. We all are very sad to lose him. We have had him since he was a 5 week old ball of fur. They brought him home here to be buried on our property where he played for many years, chasing birds and sitting on the roof guarding us like he was a mountain lion. Mosey has been through proms, boyfriends, weddings, births and deaths, I like to think that he is up in heaven with my sister, who loved him too. We are all going to miss you so very much, Mosey.

I have not had much time for stitching lately, been really busy with work and family stuff. Not to mention I should make the Guiness World Records for having the worse cold in American History. They should bottle some of my germs and use them instead of ammunition in Wars, but I don't think I would wish this cold on an enemy. I just can't get rid of it. UGHH!!
Last Sunday, our little baby Anthony was christened. He is getting so big already. He is now 5 months old and such a sweetie. He laughs and chuckles nonstop. So much fun. Here he is with his parents. Katie & Tony.

and here he is playing jet-pack boy yesterday. LOL

hahaha check out that bib, it says CHICKS DIG ME! Too funny!

I need to take an updated picture of Ellen Birdseye. I have just about finished with her. She is lovely. I just need to stitch two little buds on it that somehow I missed. In my excitement of thinking that I finished it I was admiring it and found the two bare buds. DARN IT! Have to dig out that color again. I never was so happy to see a piece done. I really loved it and its so very pretty but seemed to go on forever.

Have a Happy Mother's Day dear friends. xoxox