My Sweet Valentine

 Jim surprised me yesterday with these goodies. He also bought me a DVD with 10 movies on it but I already had it so he is going to exchange it for one we Dont have. The chocolates are made by a Christian company and in the white vellum on the box it has 1Corinthians 13:4. Inside are melt away chocolates half are dark and half milk chocolate....yummy:-) 

 Here is the card I made him for Valentines Day. He said he really loved it. It really blessed him. It was a kit that came from Shari and I still owe her a mug rug. Thank you Shari. I really am sorry I haven't gotten it to you. I promise I will this week plus some extras:-) 

And here is Jim's sweet smile after I gave it to him. I stitched on it all day and night.:-


1 Corinthians 13

The Way of Love

13:1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Travel down memory lane

 Thought you would all get a kick out of seeing what I looked like 15 yes ago. This was 9-6-97

 Dont you love this one. I love the way it looks with the bridesmaids flowers on my trai .

 Here we are lighting the unity candle. I can honestly say that day was the happiest in my life.:-)

Here is my best friend and sister in law , Pam. I had pastoral classes to go to that weekend in PA. So we drove down together. We really had a very nice time.

 This is back in 97-98 in Michigan on Lake Huron. Isn't the cabin Pam and I stayed at cute:-)

 It was a little drizzly that weekend but it was so very lovely. We even got to have a nice cozy fire.

 Here I am in Grand Rapids, MI at a flute conference. My favorite flutist, Paula Robinson gave master classes there. It was so exciting getting to meet her.

 There was a store by the cabin that we stayed in who always put out this life size Alf. So we thought we'd be cute and gibe him a kiss:-)

Oh Pam's too shy I guess she'll just hold hands with the old Alfmeister:-) 

Giveaway

Theresa is having a blogoversary for her first year. Please visit her blog

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Semis on Parade

My sister sent me these pictures. These are paint job on a flat semi. The illusions are amazing. I just am blown away by how cool these look. I Dont usually post about non stitching stuff but I just had to. Aren't these amazing! What is your favorite?

 This is one of my favorite ones. It looks like the beer bottle is sticking out and its going to whop the car in the next lane. He he he:-) ,

 Who's driving this truck anyways?

Here is my favorite. How did they  get that stuff to stay up there?

Stitching with the Flu

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Blog hop #15
Well when I get sick usually I Dont get a lot of stitching done. Out really depends based on how sick I am. If its just a head cold I might snuggle up in a blanket and stitch all day. But if its the nasty flu or pneumonia all I do is sleep so I can get better. And one thing I almost always do when sick is go through my old stitching magazines and Google and dream about what to stitch next. Thanks for stopping by this blog hop:-)

A scarf and a Ram.

 I finally finished the scarf I was making Jim. Its extra wide so it can double over or stay single .

 Here it is keeping his little head warm. Isn't he handsome.

 This needlepoint project I think is from the 80's. What I would like to do is stitch it with all those pretty specialized stitches instead of just continental but I Dont know how how to do it. I've seen some lovely needlepoint stuff lately. I have it easy with cross stitch. Everything is already designed I just have to follow the directions. Could someone who is good at needlepoint help me do this please:-)

Need Help

I need to find some shepherds bush chart freebies to make an ornament. There used to be some type of generator thing on the net that stored all the freebies offered by designers that were eventually taken off their web pages. This was able to find the old webpage and its like a whole filing cabinet by designer or company I can't remember it anymore. I'm sure one of my followers knows what I'm talking about

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The Pack and a Celebration.

 The kitties

Here is Lila's birthday celebration at obedience class.
Jan 9 2013

Baby its cold outside

 Here is my latest finish for the Halloween SAL. I used ribbon from my play stash run. I love how it makes the kitty pop. The design is from the JCS Halloween 2012 issue by JBW.

 Here I used a backing fabby I got with other Halloween fabrics 9 years ago. This is my first time doing ruching. I love it

 Marilyn from my stitching yahoo group RAK'ed me with these pretties.

  I love the bracelet. I wear it to remind myself I'm a daughter of the King. That's God of course. Inside the zipper I keep a bible verse to memorize. I put a new one in once I've memorized it:-)

 Here is a book I recently purchased at Half Price Books for one dollar. Below is the ornie I will make for the Christmas SAL.

  It uses a technique called Bargello. Isn't it adorable.

 That's all I have for today. It sure is cold outside! Brrrrr!

Meow

Halloween Ornament SAL 2013: Meow
Here is my finished Halloween ornie for the SAL:-)

Time and giveaway

15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Ephesians 5:15-21

Am I making the most out of the time I have for the kingdom of God?

Well this weeks sermon was based on Eph 5:1-21. Our pastor challenged us to reexamine our schedules to see if and how we are honoring God with the time he's given us. He gave us a chart to fill out our schedule so we could evaluate our week. Do I honor him in my relationships? Do I spend time seeking to know Him. Where am I wasting time. Are there things in my schedule that are unnessesary. Am I taking care of my body because my body is the temple. That makes me think twice about the next piece of something sweet I take:-)

The message made me think and I know one way I honor God with my time is when I share His love with my blogging friends.. Or when I do something nice for one of them. I'm going to make a list of each person who follows my blog and start to daily pray for you. If you have a request or just need a friends caring ear I am here:-) I'm going yo pray for 60 days specifically for you to come to know Gods love ...for you to feel Christ's love thru me . If you don't have him in your life I'm going to pray you will want him in your life and understand how very much he loves you. I want to be a good friend and hope to gain your friendship as well as I stitch and share my love of crafts. And I'm going to ask you to pray for me too.

Oh..and guess what..its my birthday. So I will be offering a special giveaway of goodies. It will be a surprise so no pictures...but you will love it. You Dont have to be a follower to win. The only requirement is this.

Tell me one thing or more if you want that I can pray for you about in your comments. That's it..easy peasy:-)

Can you guess how old I am? If you can there will be an extra giveaway for the winner.

Also plese include a link to your blog in your comment. Thanks

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First Tusal

Here is January's TUSAL

Spoiled Rotten:-)

 Jim decided to spoil me rotten the other day by taking me to hobby lobby to get a few things. Somehow my $30 bucket turned into $130! Lol...I know you all have been there. I was just telling Jim that I had plant of patterns and kits. What I really needed was trim, floss, and fabric. Well they were having a 50% off sale on trim. I thought to myself... I'll just have a look and get a few.Ha! I really went crazy. The trim above is green, pink, and red gingham ruffled along with another pink ruffle and some brighter ones. Dont you just love the cupcake ribbon:-)

The brown, cream, and black have beads on them. The dk teal ruffle looks do amazing. Its very shimmery.

 The orange on left is like the teal above. Both will look awesome on an ornament. Next is a bright multicolored followed by a thin bright orange, another multicolored in a different shade, and a pretty yellow.

 A month ago I had lost my favorite pair of embroidery sheers. I had bought them at Needle Fever in Indianapolis which closed its doors recently after 35 years in service. This economy is rough on quilt and needlework stores. Anyhow hobby lobby had the same pair in blue just like the other. I was so happy to have another pair:-)  This tatting yarn in blue multicolor is for my needle masters sal. Yes I'm going to try tatting. Wish me luck everyone. The thread is 20 wright. Hope that's a good weight to start on.

 More trim all white with beads.

 Here is the sparklly trim. Iridescent, silver, gold, red, and green.

 These are beaded blue-violet, black plain, black iridescent, broken, tan.

 Another shot of the sparkly stuff....

 Does anyone remember the old Knit-Wit? The picture to the right that is yellow is an old advertisement from the 80s. Here is something very similar by Clover. Can't wait to make a flower Afghan. I would love to find an original knit-wit . Does anyone want to part with their old one or have experience with either it or the one I just bought. I would love to talk to you if you do. Leave me a comment below please.

  And I have always wanted to knit my own socks....but I'm too intimidated to try.... I can barely knit and purl on one set of needles let alone five...so when I saw this loom with DVD instructions I had to have it.:-) Haven't tried it yet but I will soon.

New Year

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This is my hope for all of you as well. Please click on the link to this blog to read my thoughts. Also if you enjoy cooking this blog has the best recipes ever. The cranberry chicken is amazing! :-)

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Creative Pay it Forward 2013

I think giving back is a wonderful thing and I love brightening folks days. Prime by the water is doing this and since I was the first commenter I volunteered to do this . Prime post hot involved when she saw Mandy's post here:
www.bittersweetfolkartprimitives.blogspot.com
I just wanted to jo

2013 Creative Pay It Forward.... 

I will still do my random giveaways throughout 2013,
but this is exclusively designed
for the first 5 folks who comment to this post,
stating that they would 
"Like to join in on the fun"!

These 5 folks will receive something specia
from me sometime this year.

Since this will be a random surprise for only the first five,
remember ladies and gen
I'm a pretty creative and crafty person.
I can promise you it will be something that I would want to receive too!

Of course there are rules to this...

1. Those folks must make the same offer on their own blog 
and follow through with the giving.

2. This is only open to USA  bloggers.
Sorry but the cost to ship International is out of my price range.

3. Remember when you comment you must say you want to join in on the

Pay It Forward 2013 to be counted.

4. I will comment back to the five for your emails and then you can
post the "Pay It Forward 2013" to your own blog.

So what do you say?

Do you have the time to give a little bit to someone else this year?

Do you want to receive some gifts yourself?

If you said yes to these questions,

then hurry and join in on the fun!

Can't wait to see who comments first.