We can make these!

That's what I said to my daughter yesterday

when we were wedding shoe shopping!

Aren't they adorable!

I don't think she wants such big flowers on her's as it might interfere

under her long dress...but a smaller flower would be sweet!

They are slightly stitched on and hot glued!

If she doesn't wear it.... her momma will!

I mean...after my foot surgery I'll be all about

some fun shoes!

Right?

Time Marches On...

Look what I got in the mail on Saturday!

Anna made this for me...

a little stitchery made into a pillow

in remembrance of Charley.

Isn't that the sweetest!

Anna is a dear friend that moved far away,

but we are able to stay in close touch because we rock the internet!

I know you are waiting to see the March fragments

that Virginia and I exchanged.....

First up is the piece she made for me...... so sweet ....

What you really need to remember about Virginia

is she never just makes one.

She makes one for me and one for herself.

I do well to make one of anything.... below is what I made for her.

I saw it here!

Daffodils

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~Margaret Atwood

*****

Do you?????

Spring Inchies

I feel like my blog is turning into an embroidery blog!

So just so ya know it's not.....

I'm hosting a Spring Inchie Swap

on the Christian Paper Artists Yahoo Group

and they are starting to arrive at my house!

Those sweet ones above are by Virginia, who we all know does not have a blog!

The little birds are stamped shrinky dinks!

Below is a wonderful envelope that brought some spring inchies from Beth Ellicott,

who also does not have a blog!

What are you making for spring?

Bartering is Good!

What did you do while you watched The Oscars last night?

I stitched a couple of trees!

And I stitched a gumball machine..

but upon looking at it this morning,

it needs a couple more stitches before it's "blog worthy"!!!

I also finished a stitchery for my swap with Virginia.

I'm now three ahead!

One month from today I'm having foot surgery!

I have a Morton's Neuroma

and he will also fix my bunion at the same time.

I will be so glad to have this done!

But I have so much to get finished before then!!!

A friend asked me to make one of those felt flower pins for her to give to someone.

So I dropped that off to her the other day.

I wouldn't let her pay me... I told her to bring me a flower cutting.

She's a Master Gardener and works at a local nursery.

Instead she gave me a begonia... first new flower of the season in my yard...

Bartering is good!

Crocheted Dress

I have had this little doll dress as long as I can remember.

My mother made it.... I dressed dolls up in it.... I'm guessing the 60's but could've been in the 50's now that I'm writing this.

My sister claimed it after me.... but I retrieved it from a box at her house last year.

Michael's has frames and shadowboxes on sale right now....

so today I placed this little jewel in one!

Well, for now I'll stick with the 60's.... makes me feel younger that way! I stitched one of my mother's crochet needles in there, too!

Weekend Stitches

Did some embroidery this weekend...

thought I'd show you sneak peeks of things I've been working on.

Below is a glimpse of something I added

to my large cloth embroidery...

this is from Teresa's Free Style Embroidery Ezine!

On Saturday we met the future bride, her fiance and his parents.... no, not in LONDON....

the city that will most likely be chosen

as the Host City

for the

Rehearsal Dinner

and

housing of out of town guests...

Below is a glimpse of the

hotel I want to stay at..

The Marriott in the middle

of great shopping

and restaurants!

And Stephen F. Austin

just happened to be

rescuing a horse

from a pond

at the time.

What did you do this weekend?