Heaven and Earth Designs Sale - GIveaway

So its the Annual 4th of July Sale at Heaven and Earth Designs.  AND 4th of July is the 2nd most important Celebration of the year for the Forbes Family - and this blog is Family Business.  AND because I have recently made a vow I would not purchase any more charts for myself until I have a finish, but the urge to purchase is killing me. SO,  I am going to RAK someone a chart. 
AND even if you do not celebrate the 4th of July, there are freedoms you must hold dear to you, even if you are not an American. 

And in order for you to win
1.  If you are not a follower, please follow my blog.

2.  Please comment on this post with a quick post about freedoms and equality, before 7/2 - and I will use an application to randomly select a winner.  I will not select a winner based on your response - but please do not respond with an ANTI American response, because this is a 4th of July gift and I think that would just be an incorrect way to win.  Oh there is one other little glitch - you must include the chart name (original value $19.00 or less) you would like in your response and explain why it reprsents Freedom to you.

I am proud of my roots. 
Red, White and Blue.

Friday Cross Stitch Update

 QS Yesterdays Gone.  This is a wonderful chart t stitch and you really can't tell the colors from this picture.  I think I have to start to take pictures with a camera and not my phone.  But I really enjoyed my stitching this week.  It is 22 ct hardanger 1 over 1 full cross.  I love this chart. 

I switched on Wednesday this week so worked two days on my Halloween picture.  When I look at this I must remember every stitch brings me closer to the finish, else I would go nuts as this is just an easy stitch for me, how come it still takes me so long to make my x's.

This was the week of my birthday, and I did not do well with it.  However, I am much better now that it is over.  School is over for my grandkids finally - Little League is in playoffs, Basketball is over for the summer - only softball left for now.  Planning our Big 4th of July Family Event. There is only one holiday greater than this one in our family and that would be Thanksgiving.  Not taking away from Christmas, but we seriously do BIG things on Thanksgiving and 4th of July. 

This week coming up I will continue to work on my Halloween project, seriously people, I want to try to get a few more stitches in until I give up on it for good.

The themed SAL at HAED BB is Wings, so I will be working on Fairy Foal Hatching.  I am in the mood for Orange and Browns - which will be the same colors as Thanksgiving.

Enjoy the weekend, and thanks for Listening.

Friday Cross Stitch Update

Unspoken 2012_06_14

Stitching big blocks of the same color helps me to complete my stitching goals for the week.  I was happy to put in 1000 stitches this week, I focus on completed, and not what is left -- I hope some day to be able to get that close to finishing an HAED design it will become my focus.  This was all 939 and 823 I do wish the coverage was a little better, can still see the fabric, but it will be okay for me.  This is a Jule Fain chart, HAED has retired. 

Santa Stocking NON HAED 2012_06_14

And My non HAED - I finished his sleeve and almost another finger... I am very happy.  One day this week I worked on Santa.



This upcoming week - my birthday week - off three days Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - doing a little camping to celebrate my birthday - so not sure how much stitching will get done, but I will be working on a new start - my Winning Chart from Fabulous Frogger's giveaway - and yes I am still talking about it - This is a new start, so no pictures yet - will be starting in the top left hand corner - please see completed chart picture down the left hand side of blog - or in last post before this one.

And for my NON HAED this week, I will be working on.  This will be a quick one I hope - with no back stitching and no half stitches I think, so it will keep me in the flow. 

Have an amazing week -

New Start - Fabulous Frogger Giveaway

I was so lucky to win Fabulous Froggers Giveaway, a brand new HAED,with fabric and floss.  SO SERIOUS....  This is QS Yesterday's Gone - Molly Harrison.  I have received floss, fabric, and chart, and have everything almost ready to go.  Will do a little gridding and plan on starting this upcoming Friday.  I am so very excited.  This in not only a most beautiful chart, but think about it Yesterday's Gone.  For real.  PAY ATTENTION MINDY-- you have Today... Live it, and make a memory.

Friday Cross Stitch Update

SK Forbidden Doorway
June 2012

So here is the update of Forbidden Doorway.  As you can see my goal of finishing pg 1 did not happen.  But I am not one who will ever live or die by my goals.  I always keep the goal, but extended the date.  It has worked well for me, but I have never been a rigid goal setter - which has helped minimize the stress in my life.

Unspoken Julie Fain

This upcoming week I am going to spend my HAED stitching time on Unspoken. The BB SAL this week, is the SWIP (slow WIP) and I have chosen this to work on.  I messed up setting my 2012 goals on the HAED BB.  I tried to pick fewer  WIPs and set large stitching goals, and I don't know why, because that so goes opposite of how I think. Because I am a serial WIP Stitcher.   And I have to learn how to be true to myself, and not try to follow too many others routines, because I am just going to be me, and I am too old to change.  Besides I really don't want to.  Am I rambling.  Yes.  But also clearing my mind.

I also am going to spend a little time working on my Santa.  Because it is just too close to being finished to be ignored any longer.  I still have not located my Winter from two weeks ago, and my son has not found it at his home.  As soon as I can find it, I will posted updated picture.

I am sure it must be in the house somewhere.  Now that it is Summer, and warm, I spend much less time stitching.  So we will see how the week goes.

Enjoy

I am a WINNER

Seriously me, I am a winner.. Thank you Thank you Thank you Fabulous Frogger you are so generous. And I am so lucky.

I will be starting this before end of month. This is my birthday month, I was planning a new start, and now I know the perfect one.

When you are really so happy, why does Thank you just not sound good enough... As the kids say it sounds sort of lame.  But this is a 5 star event for sure.

Also the concert this weekend was slammin!!!!!!

It is rainy here for my day off, perfect day for Spring Cleaning - but that is not happening, I have decided to treat myself to a movie Snow White and the Huntsman to celebrate my winning....

Finished Game of Thrones Book 2 Clash of Kings this weekend, downloaded to Nook Storm of Swords  But seriously I have to get away from those Seven Kingdoms.  I am to addicted, and each book seems to draw me in more and more...

Just going to be a great day......

Friday Cross Stitch Update

This is where I finished off the week with Fancy Dancing.  So excited because I reached and past the half way point of the top row, which doesn't mean a whole lot, but heck , you got to celebrate each milestone, no matter how small - baby steps or big steps, doesn't matter which - I will still get there.

I left my other project at the grandkids house, Winter, so I do not have a picture, but will post.  As it was MIA all week, did about 100 stitches on the weekend.  Once again Baby Steps are cool.

This week I am working again on Forbidden Door, and will only be working on this chart, unless I finish pg 1.  If I am successful at that, will share early, and my new wip.

This weekend great concert planned, Lady Antebellum with Darius Rucker and Thompson Square.  And we all know it is Darius I am off to see - at least once a year I am lucky enough to go to one of his tickets.  Please cross your fingers he finishes with Purple Rain.

Monday off for Spring Cleaning.....

Happy Weekend.