batteries obtained

Well I have not posted
due to sheer procrastination on obtaining batteries for the camera,
but we are now in working order again.
(back up batteries too)
It requires lots of pics to get a non shaky one (I can really use up the energy)!
Frame 5x7 found for $5.86 at department store...

so that is complete and ready for christmas gifting

and knitting is progressing one useable washcloth in sink,

and washcloth #2 in progress....I know white....silly me

but I thought it would help to learn to knit with a solid.....live and learn

all righty, then a lovely surprise visit from DS and his girlfriend on Sat

they gifted me with these

and their lovely company!

This is what is currently in the hoop :

I plan to stitch the beard momentarily,

I am going to use wisper thread for the beard...we shall see how that transpires.

Then knitting class at 2pm at LNS...will also purchase a star button for Santa then, so he can be all jazzed up.

I am thinking I will try to knit a scarf next......wheeeeeee.

As per Sharons blog http://itsdaffycat.blogspot.com/

this is my first stitched item, I believe I was @ 8 years old.

My grandmother "Omi" lived in Germany, she mailed me a christmas gift of threads

and a stamped cloth as we had just been stationed back toTexas.

I was happy to have them,but recall thinking "I could go play",

esp when warmer weather came and my Mom said you really should get this done...

(spoken with her accent and well meaning direction)

so I did ...looks like completion and playtime were more important than neat stitches

but i still have and use this :

yikes...but i love it

smiles and cool weather happiness...........corinna

happy pumpkin to me!

I spied these lovely pumpkins made by Patti at http://windingvine.blogspot.com/.
Ordered them on Mon or Tues...they arrived in my mailbox yesterday.

There were 2 pumpkins, but we had guests, and it was like a mini fall fest opening the package together last night. I gifted the smaller pumpkin to her.

So even the package opening is a nice memory, and let me say it was packaged so beautifully,with an artisic card , bright orange tissue paper , lovely ribbon and autumnal trim....ahhhh

(of course i plowed right in without taking a photo
 beforehand)

here is a stitch from many halloweens ago...

My wish for you...spooky sweetness & no cavities

smiles, corinna

halloween covered tea tin

This is what our weekend guests will find hanging on their bedroom doorknob this weekend.

made it from cylindrical tea tin....i found the fabric at joanns a few weeks ago..."had to have some"...no reason at time of purchase....

chocolate filled fun!

Shepherds Bush Remake

Done with the Glad Tidings remake, I am pleased with the outcome.
Plus it fits in a 5x7 frame ....now to go shop for that....
I still plan to do the actual chart correctly one day...

I am still working on the photo taking , bear with me.

a halloween shout out
 from the goldfish
smiles
corinna














ps ...
spinister stitcher  http://spinsterstitcher.blogspot.com/  and anna at http://stitchbitch.blogspot.com/ ask whats in your stitch bag
nothing til I grab a grocery or zip lock bag and grab something from this pile to  take with me

everything is in an organized (to my way of thinking) area on the foot stool in front of my chair or in the basket beside it:

then in the basket charts to plan for, my boxes of thread, with the highly unorganized box of

non DMC threads:

 

oh and the never ending ...Big Zipper kit.....someday

that doesn't include the table next to the sofa........or the sewing room....oh yes!

I asked my hubby to place something in the sewing room once, he just laughed and said " Now which room would that be?"    SMART MOUTH

one goal attained

Completed  one weekend goal......halloween costume, will deliver to middle son and his girlfriend sometime midweek. She seemed delighted with photo, now crossing my fingers hoping it fits.

Off to jog a little and build up an appetite for chicken and apple sausages on the grill.
Happy Halloween week, here is a doormat I have had since the late 1980's ....remember when these were
a popular craft.....this one was made for my home by a friend.....I have always been amazed at how clean it has kept .

Have a  frightfully good week...........corinna

oh P.S..> go to Sharon's blog at  http://itsdaffycat.blogspot.com/ for

her blogiversary feline fun....but more    than that the great projects and finishes.

Hopeful weekend....

It looks to be a glorious weekend weatherwise here in central Texas

Lots of crafty irons in the fire , not much complete but here is an idea:

merry christmas may be paired with this red and white plaid to become a stocking or pillow,

then I must complete this costume for middle sons girlfriend, as they are attending renaissance festival on halloween night, the only handstitching going on there is some basting....just the vest left to go....it shall be complete by sunday evening.........

Also, I continue to attempt to learn to knit the same washcloth  over and over again......is this futile?
Perhaps, but wouldn't it be great to knit your own socks like Staci over at http://snippetsandstash.blogspot.com/ and Jill at http://purplepeacockjill.blogspot.com/.
Maybe I could make two washcloths and tie them on my feet......gotta have hope...   :0)

and a quick pic of a sampler finished early this year, January I think...sometimes a project is completed.

Best of all today at 8 am I went to see orthopedic doctor for plantar fasciitis and he injected my heel, and it feels like heaven to have the pain subside.
Hubby and I are signed up for a half marathon gallop in San Antonio the middle of next month...I just lope along no fast pace, but i would like to endure the course of the run....we shall see, I have hope..
Even if I walk the whole thing it will be good.
All the best, whatever your weekend plans, look forward to reading your blogs.
smiles   
c

la d da on chocolate linen

hooray for another small holiday stitching
from the JCS christmas issue
the ornament design by La D Da
only the colors were changed
due to this lovely chocolate brown linen

plan to finish it into a bag or perhaps pillow for the winter season

 2 new treats to think and plan for :         :0)

thanks and smiles

corinna

fall on the wall

just a quick pocket finish for the wall
easy & fun

delicious day

great morning find

delicious moist marble cake recipe here

 http://mennonitegirlscancook.blogspot.com/

had it baked before 11 am

coffee and cake this pm

tasty

also completed a small fall design from lizzie kate.

just random threads

on some old coffee stained aida cloth

now to be more productive and finish it into something proper......or stack it up in the pile of hopeful finishes.

i received this pattern last fall from e handcrafts

http://ehandcrafts.com/index.php

i really enjoy mary kathyrns blog it can be found on the same site

it was one of the first stitching blogs i ever read

thats where the little scissors on the blog header picture are from too,

they are my faves

i have been happily addicted to all the stitching blogs since....

smiles corinna

a little progress

a lovely day here
cooler temps
high i think in the upper 70's
perfect for windows open tea and stitching and perusing stitchy blogs
and for my dear friend sandie to come over and do needlwork
good company is always a gift

first we had a lovely lunch and tea with dessert at friar tucks down town
then we came back the windows were open and we stitched and shared our latest news and thoughts
i made a little more progress on the shepeherds bush remake- see photos
then at about 3pm (as i was on call for the hospital until that time)
we made some delicious progress on a chocolate orange and wine

contents almost all digested but some evidence in bottom photo

thanks for a wonderful time sandie
smiles
corinna

next time i will get pics of her handiwork
i just did not think of it at the time

too busy having fun

she is an amazing needleworker
quilt award winner
i could go on and on

best of all a great person