Vacation Stitching Part 2

Two more of my vacation stitching finishes. These were fun to stitch. Top one is a freebie from Lizzie Kate called Hello Spring. Bottom one is a Zipper Kit by Bent Creek called Summer. I didn't add the buttons when I took the picture.

Vacation Stitching Part 1

While I was in the mountains with no cell reception or internet service (I knew in advance) I had packed a bag of kitted projects to get some stitching done. I didn't want to being 1 big thing to stitch so I brought a bunch of little things that I could get finished up easily.

The top is a Lizzie Kate Freebie called Liberty. The bottom is from a Bent Creek leaflet titled Cold Snowman.

Wishing and Needing Fall-A Finish

So happy to get some stitching done. I was tired of looking at my stash and wondering why it seemed to be growing. It has been over 100 degrees here and the result has been some not so nice sun burns. I am waiting for fall to get here to sunny central FL so that it will maybe be in the 90's instead :0) This is Lizzie Kate's In All Things Give Thanks. Fun and fast stitching on 28ct evenweave using DMC threads.

A time to Relax....

Who wouldn't love a vacation to nature. Mountains, frogs and fresh air. These pictures were from our drive into the Great Smokey Mountains National Park up to Clingman's Dome. Was a very nice day and the kids thought it was cool. After our drive we happily went back to our cabin to enjoy eating popcorn on the front porch and watching the lightning bugs.

Whoo Whoooo...I am so loving my owls

Yet another thing I am loving right now is cutey owls. I liked this pattern so much I stitched it twice. I an thinking of stitching it again in bright colors to make some cards for next spring. I left the border off the second on because I didn't have a lot of fabric and wanted to see it without it. Freebie design from the net. I think I have the site info somewhere so will post when I find it to give credit!

Having Fun in My Craft Room!

Yeah another crafty finish for me. I have a box of frames I keep for whatever projects and since all it does is rain everyday now I decided I was going to get more than housework done. I painted the frame dark blue first then white and did a little gentile sanding to give it the worn look.
Printed the Subway Art from here:
http://www.simplecrafter.com/free-printable-summer-subway-art/

And added it to a shelf I found at the thrift store that I liked and ta da 1 more project done. I finished 3 more stitching projects which I will be adding sometime this weekend.

Bloom, Bloom, Bloom

Life is in bloom! New flowers are popping up all over my garden. The zinnia came from a seed I planted, the devils trumpet was a gift from my neighbor and the crepes are actually from the same plant but are blooming 2 different colors. I also picked off 2 more tomatoes off my plant yesterday too. Another tomorrow and we should have some nice salad this weekend.