Halloween exchange for Kelly

Kelly received her Halloween exchange :) YAY! Now to wait on the international ones to arrive :)


Designer: Lizzie Kate
Design Size: 4.25 x 1.6
Fabric: 28ct. Natural
Fibers: DMC
Date Started:8-28-08
Date Finished: 8-29-08

Thank you so much for visiting :) I appreciate it so much!
hugs,
BeckySC

I received the first of my 12 return Halloween exchanges today...**EDITED**

Dear Barbara who we all know and love sent me this LOVELY ornament for my wooden ornament tree. It SMELLS delightful!! Isn't this a beauty?? I just love it and thank you so much my friend :) I have already hung it from my ornament tree. It's fabulous!!
The fabric color is much truer in this top pic...not as blue looking as in the bottom pic!



Please note I am not receiving 12 ornaments for my wooden tree...I don't have a clue what I am receiving from the other 11 ladies :) That's part of the fun of exchanging :) I am looking forward to whatever they have chosen for me :)

Thank you dear friends for your visits :) I appreciate you all so very much!
Hugs,
BeckySC

Halloween exchange for Sharon

Sharon has emailed to say her Halloween exchange arrived :) I had a friend that tried to take this one home :) I hope you will enjoy it, Sharon :)

Designer: Lizzie Kate
Design Size: 2.5 x 6.5
Fabric: 32ct. Natural
Fibers: DMC
Date Started:8-27-08
Date Finished: 8-27-08
Only one more exchange to hear from in the US and then the three that left the country :)

Have a great weekend all-thank you so much for your visits :) I appreciate them so very much!
hugs,
BeckySC

Halloween exchange for Mercy arrived :)

Mercy let me know she received her Halloween exchange :) I am so happy you like it, Mercy :)



Designer: Lizzie Kate
Design Size: 3.5 x 3.5
Fabric: 28ct. Natural
Fibers: DMC
Date Started: 8-29-08
Date Finished: 8-29-08

Have a great weekend and thanks so much for your visits :)
hugs,
BeckySC

Halloween Exchange for Joanie :)

Joanie has just let me know she received her Halloween exchange :) It was a pleasure dear Joanie :)


I chose not to line the inside of this one.

Designer: Heart in Hand
Design Size: 3 x 4.5
Fabric: 32ct. Dirty
Fibers: DMC
Date Started:8-14-08
Date Finished: 8-15-08

Thanks for visiting :) I appreciate you stopping by :) Thanks for bearing with me. I will be done showing pics of Halloween exchanges soon :)

hugs,
BeckySC

Wishes granted and another Halloween exchange

I heard that Su received her wish. She wished for a Christmas Ornament and I checked in with her dear sister Helen before deciding on my choice for her. Helen suggested one of the BN stockings from the JCS issues stitched over 2. I LOVED stitching this one and doing the finish :) Thank you so much for your email, Su :)

Designer: Brightneedle
Design Size:4.56 x 2.93
Fabric: 32ct. Antique White
Fibers: DMC & GAST
Date Started:9-7-08
Date Finished: 9-8-08
Kathy A wished for a biscornu :) I chose to stitch Feb. Quaker on 28ct to make it a bit larger :) I LOVE this one and it sounds like Kathy does as well :)


Designer: The Work Basket
Design Size: 4.35 x 4.35
Fabric: 28ct. Ant. White
Fibers: DMC Variagated 115
Date Started:9-1-08
Date Finished: 9-2-08
And Paula C received her Halloween exchange from me today as well :) So glad you like it, Paula :) It was a pleasure :)



Designer: the Trilogy
Design Size:5.5 x 5.5
Fabric: 32ct. Natural
Fibers: DMC
Date Started:8-21-08
Date Finished: 8-24-08

Have a fabulous day :) I have a great deal of email in my box.....will get to them as quickly as I can :)

Thanks for visiting with me :) It's always such a joy to hear from you :)
hugs,
BeckySC

Halloween exchange for Carol :)

I just keep getting the good news that my exchanges have arrived at their destinations :) Carol receieved hers as well :)



Designer: The Prairie Schooler
Design Size: 4 5/8 x 4 5/8
Fabric: 32ct. Lambswool
Fibers: DMC
Date Started:8-16-08
Date Finished: 8-20-08

Thank you for stopping by for a visit :) And HEY Missy!! I wondered what happened to you :) Thanks for stopping by-I hope you are doing OK :)
hugs,

BeckySC :)

Me again :)

Yes, you guessed it-I just heard from another one of my Halloween exchange recipients that her exchange arrived :) This time for Jan (do you have a blog Jan??) She sent a sweet email and said she loves it :) I hope so-I hope each of my recipients will like their exchanges-it was hard deciding on 12 designs :)
Anyway-here's what I sent to Jan :) (I stitched this one for myself some time back-but I like the backing fabric for Jan's much better :))



Designer: Heart in Hand
Design Size: 2.75 x 5
Fabric: 32ct, Summer Khaki
Fibers: WDW
Date Started:8-14-08
Date Finished: 8-14-08

Thank you so much for visiting :) And not getting tired of me :)
hugs,
BeckySC

Another Halloween exchange received :)

I just heard that Natasha received her Halloween exchange yesterday :) I decided on a tin finish for her :) I hope you will enjoy it, Natasha :)



Designer: Shepherd's Bush
Design Size: 2.5 x 3.85
Fabric: 28ct. Natural
Fibers: DMC
Date Started:8-27-08
Date Finished: 8-27-08

Thanks for stopping by....I appreciate your visits :)
hugs and I will be back with more Halloween exchanges as I sent out 12 :):)
BeckySC

Halloween exchange for Amy M

I heard from Amy that she received her Halloween exchange from me today. She was one of the 12 personal exchanges I did for Halloween :) Amy says she really likes my choice for her :)
Peek-a-Boo finished as a Flatfold :)



Designer: 4 My Boys
Design Size: 6 x 3 3/4
Fabric: 28ct. Natural
Fibers: GAST
Date Started:8-13-08
Date Finished: 8-13-08

Thank you all so much for visiting :) I SO appreciate your comments and emails :) You're all very kind!

hugs,
BeckySC

Friends please forgive this post (I never go off like this and I apologize ahead of time)

OMGOSH! NO, I am not trying to show off...this is for those pathetic people out there that emailed me about trying to outdo others with my stash...WHAT????????? I was merely trying to share in a post about how important it is for me to find something that works to allow me to stitch some of the stash I have (yes I may have too much-but that's my business and besides..MANY people asked for pictures!!!!!!)-I am sure there are many others out there that have just as much or more stash than I. I was NOT trying to show off and the fact that you had to email me shows how PATHETIC you are. When have I gotten in your business or tried to tell you what to buy, when to buy it or what to do with YOUR money???? When you have to financially support me, maybe, just maybe then you can email me and tell me what to do in my life-until then-why don't you all get a life and leave us friendly/caring people alone. You are a SAD, SAD people that have nothing better to do than look to make trouble!! AND, you obviously don't know me as I would do most anything for anyone!!

Please know this is ONLY meant for the idiots that judged me and felt the need to email me-this was not meant to offend any of my readers or friends.

I may have a solution...

I had a pretty sleepless night-no, not because I was feeling bad (I have had a good week this past week-the best week I have had in long while-a lot of that has to do with my sweet, sweet husband) but because my brain was going round and round on WHAT and HOW I want to stitch so that I don't have to give up stitching SMALLS and will be able to make a dent in my larger and medium designs as well. I think I have a solution that will work for me. Hubby is taking me out to lunch today and I am not going to pass that up as you all know it's been awhile since I have felt like really going out and it gives me the opportunity to purchase a couple of items I need to help with the task at hand. I believe in the adage of "out of sight, out of mind" which has been the case in my large designs as well as many of my other designs as they are all filed away neatly in file cabinets. When I want to stitch something I have to go through them in the file cabinets to choose a design. I plan to make them more accessible by storing them in OPEN plastic totes. They will still be neatly kept-but a lot more accessible to me. I am also going to divide them into 3sizes. Small, Medium and large-and will choose one of each to work on at a time. This will give me the instant sense of gratitude of finishing Smalls and still afford me the time/projects for exchanges while at the same time I will be finishing medium and large pieces.
SO, stay tuned for an "edit" of this post later today with my new system in place. I have so many charts to go through and pull out the ones I want to stitch and do away with the ones I no longer have an interest it. That in itself will be a task-but one I look forward to.
I am excited about it and with any luck it will be easy for me to stick with :)

hugs,
BeckySC

Bless Our Home

I stitched this one back earlier this summer and decided today to finish it as a pillow. I cannot get a decent picture of this one.


Designer: Country Cottage Needleworks
Design Size: 7 7/8 x 6
Fabric: 28ct. Country French Cafe Mocha
Fibers: DMC & CC
Date Started:6-16-08
Date Finished: 6-18-08

I did the finishing on the last of the 12 Halloween exchanges last night and will be mailing them all out this coming week. I hope the recipients will like what I have chosen for each of them. I had a wonderful time stitching/finishing them and it was a welcomed distraction from health issues :)

Thank you for stopping by and for your comments on my latest exchanges/gifts :) I appreciate it so much!

hugs,
BeckySC

Make A Wish for CathyB

I heard from Cathy this evening that she received her wish. Cathy wished for a tin on the Make a Wish BB and I granted her wish. I love this one and enjoyed stitching it very much!



My Treasured Needles Await Within
Designer: With My Needle
Design Size:
Fabric: 32ct. Natural
Fibers: DMC
Date Started:9-3-08
Date Finished: 9-3-08

Thanks for visiting. I appreciate it.
hugs,
BeckySC

Redwork Tasseled Pin Pillow for Joan

I stitched this for Joan. I am so glad you like it, Joan! I love the way it turned out.


Redwork Pin Pillow
Designer: CCS Magazine
Design Size: 4.1 x 4.1
Fabric: 36ct. Cream
Fibers: Gloriana Silk Poinsettia
Date Started:9-8-08
Date Finished: 9-10-08

Thanks for visiting with me! I appreciate it.
hugs,
BeckySC

AOK for Jill

Just a little gift I sent to Jill. I am so happy you like it, Jill :) Jill I forgot to take a pic so I hope you don't mind that I "borrowed" yours.

Designer:Papillion Creations "The Peacock" (finished as a Trinket Box)
Fabric: 32ct. Natural linen
Fibers: DMC and Crescent Colors
Date Stitched: 9-14-08


Thanks for stopping by for a visit :)I appreciate it!
BeckySC

Gift of Peace progress

I wanted to post a pic so that dear Jamie would know I am still working on our SAL...not as fast or as much as I would like, but I continue to plug along :)
Here is my progress as of today.


Gift of Peace
Designer: Lavender and Lace
Design Size: 8 x 12
Fabric: 32 ct. Chestnut
Fibers: DMC
Date Started:5-18-08
Date Finished:

I apologize that I didn't answer a question I had from Teresa.
I use recycled Altoids tins-I don't care for Altoids myself, but my hubby and DD do-I also have a group of ladies from church that save their tins for me. I have a huge collection of all sizes and shapes of tins :) Also, Teresa, you have me confused as I am not in the Crazy Exchange :)

I would also like to say a BIG thank you to Dianne C for the wonderful Bee related gifts she sent to me :) I just love them all! Sorry I kept forgetting to post the pic! My apologies, Dianne!


OOOH, I did forget -Thank you to Julianne for a LOVELY hornbook that I can't wait to stitch something to fit on :) Julianne is such a dear sweet gentle soul and I loves her :) :) You already know I love it-but thank you so much again :)


I hope I haven't forgotten anything or anybody-if so, please know it is not intentional :)


Thanks for stopping by.
hugs,
BeckySC

Christmas Ornament for Vonna

Vonna was the recipient of this months ornaments. I chose this cute snowman to stitch for her. I hope you will enjoy it, Vonna!


Designer: The Prairie Schooler
Design Size: 3 1/4 x 2 5/8
Fabric: 32ct. Summer Khaki
Fibers: DMC
Date Started: 9-4-08
Date Finished: 9-6-08

Thanks for stopping by and for all your sweet emails to check on me. I appreciate it so very much. As I told Vonna, I have resolved myself to make the best of things though and hopefully in time I will get back to normal or to some place I can live with!
hugs,
BeckySC

Pink Giveaway for October

Next month is dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness and prevention. And as we all know the universal color is PINK. I am giving away this lovely pink tin for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I have been wanting to try one of the narrow Altoid Gum tins for awhile now and this was the perfect choice of design. This is in remembrance of my SWEET, SWEET friend June that lost her life a few months back. She fought a hard battle with Breast Cancer and lived every minute she had to the fullest. She has been on my mind so much lately. I miss her dearly. If you would like a chance to win this tin-please leave a comment on this post and I will draw a name in October. Everyone welcome to enter. Sorry I couldn't get better pic..this is really very lovely IRL!



Designer: Taken from a larger design from the Reader's Digest Big Book of Cross Stitch
Fibers: DMC
Fabric: 32ct: Summer Khaki
Date Started: 9-11-08
Date Finished: 9-11-08
Finished as a tin

Thank you for stopping by. I have received some email today about my "quietness"...thank you for your concern. I do appreciate it. It's nothing anyone has done. I am still just not feeling like myself-there's just something wrong and until they can find out what it is, I don't think I will get back to normal. I am throwing myself into my stitching as it takes my mind off of health related issues. I hope to soon feel like reading/visiting blogs again.

Stay safe friends in the path of Hurricane Ike. I will keep you close in thought and prayer.
hugs,
BeckySC

Halloween Scissors Fob

Designer: The Drawn Thread (taken from a larger design)
Fabric: 40ct. solo
Fibers: DMC
Date Started:9-11-08
Date Finished: 9-11-08

Thanks so much for stopping by.
hugs,
BeckySC

Halloween Biscornu

Designer: Barbara Ana
Design Size: 4.1 x 4.1
Fabric: 28ct. Country French Cappucino
Fibers: DMC and Dmc Variations
Date Started:9-6-08
Date Finished: 9-7-08
What a fun stitch!!

Thanks for stopping by-sorry I am just not feeling great and that means I am not very chatty. I am sure in time I will be back to my normal chatty self.

hugs and have a great week!
BeckySC