Hi thanks for dropping by it was my birthday on the 26th and I had a lovely present from my friend Angela in Canada, she is so thoughtful and sent me lots of goodies!. I also got a book, the new one from Joan Elliott called "Bewitching Cross Stitch" also some other charts which I'm waiting for, I'll put a photo on later when they arrive. i also got lots of thread and cards from the birthday group exchange I'm in, so all in all I had a lovely day.
Eileen

TWO MORE PHOTOS

Today I received the first exchange from Tiny treasures, its a lovely scissor fob the chart is from Prairie Schooler, one of my fav. designers. The second Picture, is one I've just framed it was a Round robin the chart from the Cross Country Stitching Magazine, I shall hang it in my hall for all to see!!!! I have just finished my part of the next Round Robin I'm in (with the same ladies as the new framed PIC) Its A Little House Needleworks chart called Pine Top lodge, I shall get a Photo on here soon. SO now its back to the Native American, hopefully it will be finished this year. I also got my birthday present today a bit early but I ordered it expecting it to take 14 days but it only took 3!!! my husband is buying it for me its Joan Elliots new book Bewitching cross stitch, so I had to have a look at it (to make sure it was ok!!!!) and now its been put away till the end of the month. I'm also getting some more charts from my son (he doesn't know yet!!) but shall order them later on.
I'll try not to leave it so long before I up date next time.
Thank you for dropping by
Eileen

A TREE AT LAST!!!!

Hi all as you can see I have added some photos, I have only just found the time to put my tree up, and it was lovely to get out the ornaments I've stitched and had sent to me (I have more but didn't want to put to many on the blog) I have a bad cold and cough at the moment so I'm just hopeing that I'll be ok for the holidays, good job i have most of my shopping done.
Thanks for visiting
Eileen

Hi all, finally I have time to write a bit here and update my blog.
Last week i took my grandaughter to London (Regent ST. and Oxford St.) to see the christmas lights, it was very cold but we had a nice time.
On the stitching side I have just completed a floss tag (my first) I am doing an exchange with my stitching friend Angela, it is her first one also. I have also finished an ornament for a stitcher in my group, we start to exchange in Jan. As both of these will be a surprise I can't put any photos on here yet. I have also joined the Tiny Treasures group and I'm looking forward to exchangeing next year.
thats all for now
Eileen

KALVIN

Hi All, I thought I'd tell you a bit about the photo of Kalvin (our bird) he is a Harris Hawk, we've had him for 25 odd years now and he is about 23 years old.
My husbands friend went abroad and asked him to look after Kalvin, and he never came back!!! so we agreed to give him a permanent home. He comes indoors some times but lives mostly in the garden in a large aviary, my husband flies him every day so he gets a lot of excercise.
Well thats all for now.
Eileen

Hi I've just joined "The Tiny Treasures Exchange" and have to stitch a scissor fob to be mailed in January. At the moment I'm stitching a floss tag (first one ever) to exchange with my stitching friend Angela.
My Yahoo group is now running well, we are doing exchanges every month and a few RR's. I hope to start up some games when the Christmas holidays are over and we are all back to normal.
I did some more Christmas shopping today so am nearly finished! hoo ray!!!
more tomorrow
Eileen

Hi I've been trying to add more to my blog, so far just another photo of some of my cross stitch.