Desperation

OK, so boxing up my stash was a really dumb move. We are so organised I actually have time to stitch, and I was getting cranky having nothing to work on.

So last night I ripped into a box or two looking for something to stitch. It was getting a bit difficult as there are rather a lot of boxes marked 'craft room'. LOL.

Eventually I was able to lay my hands on this cute kit 'There's no such thing as too much chocolate'. It comes with a cute mounting with mice foot prints on it.



I guess I'll need to go retape those boxes up now!

Quaker RR Finish

Thanks for all your comments on Their Song and wishing us well for our house move.

As promised, here is a photo of my piece on Valerie's RR. I stitched the three motifs in the bottom left-hand corner. I loved Valerie's fabric and thread choice, they were great to work with. (Some of you may notice that I accidentally stitched my old initials before I caught myself on!)



I'm not sure what I'll pick up next, it depends what I can lay my hands on - all my stash is boxed up ready for the move.

Hope your week is off to a great start!

A finish

Since I last posted two weeks ago, I finished 'Their Song' by Blackbird Designs. I love it.



I have been working on Valerie's QFRR and I am about half way through it. I love her fabric and threads, they are so nice to work with. I will share a photo soon. I won't be sad to see this RR finish, because of the troubles with this RR I feel like I have been stitching this chart forever (and the quality of the chart is very shoddy which does not help!).

We move house next Friday, so there may be another gap in my posts.

My sister's baby might be making an early arrival too - she's not due until 17 April, but baby has headed for the exit and things have started moving. Apparently BIL can't sleep he's so excited. LOL. I hope to share a photo or two when he/she arrives.

Have a relaxing weekend!

Just checking in...

I'm hoping to get Their Song finished this weekend. This seems to be a favourite design amongst stitchers. I love the colours in it and the verse.



There are some more wedding photos in my Flickr album for anyone who is interested. People (online and offline) have been so kind with all their comments and best wishes, it's very heart-warming! :-)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Normality resumes (for a little while at least)...

We have just said goodbye to the last of the wedding guests this afternoon, so normality is starting to resume.

Thanks again for all your sweet comments, I intend printing them out and putting them in my wedding box (when I find a pretty one) with all my other mementoes.

As mentioned in my last post I have made some progress on Their Song. I adore the colours in this piece and it grows quite quickly too. This weekend has been icky weather-wise and it is expected to continue, so I hope to make a lot more progress before it's over.



I see other people have been having trouble with the word verification feature when trying to make comments on people's blogs, so I have turned it off on my blog too.

Hope you are having a good weekend!

Thank you

...for all your wonderful comments and best wishes on our recent nuptials. Here are a few more photos from our big day.



The day started off with rain and fog, but by mid-morning the sun was starting to peek through. In the end we got our ceremony and photos in the garden, and that made us two very happy campers.

It was a mad rush of a day - setting up our function room, collecting flowers, spending three hours at the beauty salon and then rushing home to get dressed before the photographer arrived at 4pm.

I nearly cried when Ronnie came in, he looked so smashing! So we had some photos together in our upstairs room against our red feature wall, and then we all trotted off to Kaitoke for more photos in the gardens.

We did things a little untraditionally because of the late ceremony (6pm) - such as photos first and greeting the guests as they arrived. However, this worked wonders for my nerves... as I had no chance to be nervous and had a ball of a time!

The ceremony was lovely, and the only person to fluff their lines slightly was the celebrant - she called me Ronnie! (Some of my Kiwi readers might recognise the celebrant from this weeks Woman's Day magazine, as her daughter - a local personality - got married the week before).

After the ceremony we had a few more photos before heading off to the reception. We had speeches, then a carvery dinner and followed that up with the cutting of the cake, and a DJ. It was a great night, and we eventually arrived home about 12.30am.

We aren't going on a honeymoon at this stage because of our fledgling business, but hopefully we might get away later in the year. We did go and see the Monet and the Impressionists exhibition in Wellington on Monday (I'm not a great art fan, but it was a brilliant exhibition), and yesterday we went to the golf driving range to hit balls about. Today DH is back at work, and I'm trying to take it easy until I go back to work next Monday.

I have made some progress on Their Song, so will be back soon for a stitching update.

The big day...

...was a very, very wonderful day!



More later!

A gift for Suzanne

Last year Suzanne was let down in a birthday exchange. We all know (or can imagine) what it's like to be let down in an RR or exchange, so I was only too happy to help out when Edgar asked if I would like to be a replacement stitcher.

I stitched Lizzie Kate's - Good Things Come To Those Who Stitch and finished it into a small cushion (I'm severely lacking in the finishing skills department!), and included some fabric, ribbon, pins etc.

I received a nice email from Suzanne tonight letting me know she loved what she had received. I was glad to be able to stitch for you Suzanne, and I hope you enjoy your new goodies.

Thank you Nicola

I came home from work today to find a piece of mail for me (I love mail!), I opened it up and found this very beautiful card from Nicola. Thank you so much Nicola, I am very touched that you took the time to stitch a card to wish us well on our big day.

Of course someone had to get in on the action...



The wedding is only a few days away now, and the rain is pouring down. We are getting married outside, so I am getting disheartened. February is usually hot and dry, and we did not consider Plan B until last week when the rain started. Oh well, fingers crossed.

We've been trying to take it easy in the lead up to the big day, so I got a bit of stitching in over the weekend. I am loving stitching this. I was jumping around a lot with my projects, but I think I'll stick with this.



Thanks for all the comments and your friendship, it means a lot to me! :-)

Have a wonderful week.

A new start

One that doesn't involve a winter theme (that some of you have picked up on... lol). It is Their Song by Blackbird Designs.



This week has been so sad with what has been happening in Australia. As well as the devastation to lives and homes, there is also the wildlife that has suffered.

So in honour of the amazing wildlife Australia has, I thought I would put together a mosaic of some of my Aussie wildlife photos.



Better still, in Australia you can actually get hands on with some of the wildlife!







If you want to help in some way the Red Cross, Salvation Army and Wildlife Victoria are collecting donations.

Also, the lovely Karen from The Stitching Post is collecting donations of fat quarters and skeins of DMC to help the crafters who have lost everything.

Have a great weekend!