First day of what?

Good day to you!  I was hoping this latest storm would miss us, but a very fine, wet, heavy bunch of white crap is falling.  I don't know how long it will last, but I am printing the mailing labels and going to the post office today.  Thanks to everyone for your orders!  My oval boxes came in Friday and I purchased 60 of them.  Hopefully, I will be painting them soon and have them ready for labels.  Starting over is not something I look forward to.

I wanted to show you some finished pear designs.  First one isn't even a pear.  Daniela in Finland made this as an exchange for Pokua in Australia. 

She moved a few letters that resulted in this sweet pincushion.  

Plumbrod's sweet finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

A bowl of pears from Jubama. 

And the latest is something different. Dorothée made this wonderful pinkeep - take a look at the back!

Well, after having to start completely over with downloading these photos and signing in again over ten times, this laptop may see the white crap up close and personal.  My old Vista with the new hard drive is 20 times slower than before, and now this new one is giving me fits by logging me out of Blogger, Pinterest, Ebay and others every few minutes. 

So the tags will be mailed today, I charted the next pear last night, and will stitch it this evening.  I'm sure there will be changes in colors as I go along.

Have a great week - stay safe - thank you for visiting!

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Tags

Hi everyone.  My ground is white, my thermometer is 20, and there is no sign of spring!  I sent emails to all those that requested tags.  If I missed you, please let me know.   I have two Karens, a Kathy L, Lori, and backporchcarver, that are all no-reply so I can't contact you.  If you are still interested, please send an email (not through Blogger) so I can reply.  I am listing the designs on the Box/Tag page, and will probably be selling the beginning of April.  More wood needs to be cut and stained first.  Thank you so much for the response. 
I did a little scissor tag for myself to match my Ghoul.  I only have a few cuts of this size and don't plan on any more so they won't be offered.  Just wanted to make you jealous.

This is my progress on Lori's free chart after removing the house start.  It is charted for 611 but I love the colors it printed, and decided to change it to 3011.  Looks better on the mystery linen color.

And I found a solution to my little girl's ivory necklace.  What a putz.  All I have to do is add more beads or chain!  The double string is accessible through the screw clasp so I can change the entire piece with different beads or just add the chain to the back.  I used my Dremel (LOVE that thing) stone to grind down the bright yellow flower centers.  All these years of searching for a little girl to give it to and I could have been wearing it.

I think a cup of hot chocolate is in my immediate future and the thought of elderberry pie popped into my head this afternoon.  I still have some in the freezer along with the dough for crust.  Oh my.

Have a great evening, stay warm and safe, enjoy the sunshine if you have it, rain if your land is thirsty, and curse the white crap.

Thanks for visiting!

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Stick a fork in me

Please!  I'm done!  I can't keep playing like this when I have so many other things needing attention.  But this is me.  Thirty years ago when I was working and the company was changing over to computers, we worked morning to night.  Well, I did.  Just couldn't stop because I was never satisfied and couldn't leave things for the next day.  I wouldn't leave my desk, didn't eat, just smoked, until my tampon weighed 48 pounds.  My world has done a 180 because I became procrastinator extraordinaire.  Anyway, in answer to emails (Kathy and Kathy L- you are no-reply so I can't), I will list all of the tags with numbers for your final choice.  Anyone who has already requested Clare w/wo others, I have it.  When I email you about payment, you can change anything then, and let me know your final order in your reply.  Then I will list all of them, probably on the blog under a page for now.  These are yesterday's and today's, (so much easier to tone with blue houses instead of red), and I will choose who will stay and who will go.  Dancing with the tags. 

 I think the Ghoul tag looks best the way Paulette designed it don't you?

All done.  Taking a break and I will start varnishing and emailing those of you that have ordered tomorrow evening, after I show them all with their numbers (and a better photo).  That will give me the weekend to cut, sand, stain, glue, and finish.

Thanks everyone!

A few more.....

Hi everyone.  Just a quick post to let you know I'm working on the St. Clare for you and also a few others.  I'm trying to get them available to make sure you have all the choices before I send them.  And I'm really excited that Miss Paulette of Plum Street Samplers has generously granted me permission to use her Ghoul design for a tag!  I changed a few things around instead of the work Ghoul but either can be made.  I love it!  In addition, there are two more houses since it seems most of you prefer that type.  Myself, I'm a sampler girl and prefer the letters.  Each label takes me about four or more hours of work and I may stop for a while at this point, so these will probably be the last designs, making a total of twelve plus Clare.

I started stitching Lori's free chart and can't wait to have it finished.  I fell in love with it immediately and it doesn't make sense to not be stitching something while wasting time choosing a sampler.  I wasted some money today by buying another brand of dark chocolate that was on sale instead of my Dove.   I'll take the bags to my new McDonald's and give it to the kids that pour my coffee.  I don't know if the new equipment makes the difference but the coffee is so good, and better than any other that I've been to.

That's it!  Light snow and lots of wind has made it a very cold day here.  Uh-oh.  I just remembered I let the cats in to warm up a while ago!!  I better go find them!

Stay safe and thank you for visiting!!

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A day without sunshine-but everything else

Greetings from Pennsylvania's official day of all forecasts.  Started with snow, then ice, then icy snow, then freezing rain, then rain, a little more snow, possibly a storm later, and a high wind warning - everything except sunshine!  I can't believe how the wind is howling and whipping the ice into the windows.  Needless to say, I'm not venturing out.  So instead of making decisions and lining up material lists to complete the mess in the house, I'm browsing charts.  I hate this.  Really.  The last several choices kind of fell into my lap with timing and I accepted gladly.  This time, just chart after chart of choices.  They are all from this and this post. 

 I also started Eliza Pumroy a while back and had "issues" with her.  The colors are very bright and I dyed the floss with a tiny touch of Rit's pearl gray.  Where are they?  Maybe this is why I can only stitch one project at a time, fearing I would never locate the other starts.  Well, in a pile of linen I don't care for, and loads of unfiled charts, I came across Eliza again.  That's an indicator that she should be next and to stop wasting time browsing.  I'll think about it.  Little Dorothy Allen from R&R is calling to me and a very quick stitch.  Lori's free chart is too. 

I really like the display of a long sampler with the fringed bottom like my Mary Oldfield and Eliza is even bigger.

 

I'll probably do one of the smalls and then try to reunite with Eliza. 

When searching for other photos of the R&R charts, Google led me to their blog.  Why didn't I find this before? 

 

Now the tags.  Thank you for the Clare requests, I'll make more today and search for mailers on EBay which will give the varnish a few days to dry completely. I will email you with payment options and you can let me know then if you would like any of these included.  I still haven't decided if Etsy is needed or using my other blog or page only for sales would work.  I doubt I will sell that many so probably not necessary.

Thanks for the kind words about my sister.  Yes, it's getting unnerving.  She will have an aortic valve replacement within a few years and now her coronary calcium levels are over 900.  Yep.  Over 900.  Strange (as usual), she was told the levels were fine after the first part of the test and they proceeded to administer the Lopressor to continue with the scan, because with the heart beating too fast results would not be clear.  She waited hours there with additional meds and the rate never calmed down so they sent her home.  The phone call this morning was for the cardiac MRI scheduling and she was told that her levels were over 900 and they could not have proceeded with the first scan because of that.  Well then why was she made to sit and wait and loaded with meds if they couldn't scan?  Who has the wrong results?  The doc administering the scan that claims the numbers were fine, or the doctor's office claiming they are alarmingly high?  She has an appointment today but her house sets on a steep hill with a curved driveway conducive to luge sledding in this type of weather.   I think she'll reschedule. 

I'm sorry I have not been keeping up with blogs and emails.   So much on my mind lately and my menomoods have changed into anxiety!  Never felt this before but I think that's what is happening. 

Thanks for visiting - hope your weather is good, your needle sharp, and your chocolate dark.

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Starting over

Good evening.  Hope your weekend was peaceful and safe, or exciting and fun depending on what you prefer.  I'm long past exciting.  My sister's cardiac CT scan was a failure after 6 doses of Lopressor couldn't bring her heart rate down and excitement was the last thing we needed! 

  I've received comments and emails requesting the Clare tag, so instead of offering the dozen I have ready, I'm thinking that taking requests would give me an idea of how many to make before I use them for the other labels.  Please let me know if you want one and then I can make sure I have enough tags.  Is that OK?  They will be $8.00 including the small snap ring, and shipping will be $2.50 for up to 4 tags.  If you want a Clare but would be interested in other designs too, I can hold it until the others are ready and all can be shipped at once. 

I ordered five dozen of the tall oval boxes and planned on making those too.  Well guess what?  My second crash took out everything I saved after the first crash and I forgot that fact.  Damn.  I have to start over and sizing and cutting and pasting takes forever.  Anyway, one that fits these boxes and I have permission to use is this.

When I use the entire sampler without changes, there will be a label on the back stating the sampler name and where you can find it.

So I have a lot of work to do and I really don't know where to start.   It's too late to change my order and I guess the boxes can be stored in the attic for a while.  This design will be available on the 5.5" wide and 4" tall oval soon.

No new chart chosen yet and my laptop battery is ready to die so I'm outta here!

Thanks for visiting!