I am supposed to be cleaning

Warning.....lots of pics.

Well I started the day with good intentions.  I got the pine sol out, the swiffers (love them) vaccum......I thought I would start with my second bedroom which is mine and Taylors craft room and his bedroom and my office all in a room 10 feet by 8ish.....bad idea.  I started and got sidetracked by organizing my "stuff".  You know you think I would learn, I happens to me all the time.  I am giving my daughter back her camera this week (I have kept it long enough and I will be buying my own next week)

So here is my craft room.....all my threads and wool and buttons and Krenik and charts.

Another shot of my 2 towers...can you tell i love my labeler!!!!!

My desk......that is Circque des Cercles by Ink Circles on the desk....I am playing around with it......trying some threads.

I also wanted to show you the way I kit up a project.....I put all the threads in those floss a way bags and put them in one of these containers (They had a sale at Canadian Tire on these and I scooped up tons of them....worked out really well)...I then put the chart and my photocopies (I know some designers don't like you doing that but I do however I will never, and I mean never make a copy and give it to someone....that is taking money out of the designers pocket and I will not do that.....I shred the copies when I am done with them) in a plastic envelope.  See...

I then put them in plastic totes.....see.......

Yes, this makes me feel so good.....Truly, I am not OCD...

And yes you can tell I am a Mirabilia addict.....I have one tote for Miries and one tote for other designers...(I think I will go out and get another tote for my Miries today).....Here are some pics of kits that are almost kitted. Yes, all Mirabilias.

Here is a fabric I was considering for Lady Alexandra but when it got here I realized i was too dark.....but isn't gorgeous......Twight by PTP.....I went with Stone by Crossed Wing....very nice.

Well I should be going....I still have to clean the rest of the apartment......

Oh yeah....this is a chart by Erica Michaels called America.  I kitted it up and realized that I would never do it....(after I realized how many Miries I had kitted, I had to make some difficult choices....LOL)

Does anyone want it?  I will send the chart, fabric and the threads.....just email me and give me your address and I will send it out Monday. 

Gosh, I need a coffee.

Have a great weekend y'all

Edited to add......Linda emailed me about the Erica Michael kit and it will be winging its way to her next week.
Sharon

Startitis and too many loves

Okay so I started another Mirabilia......I don't know why I love them so much.  Is it one half of my personality?  Do I deep down inside want to be a princess?  Yikes, can't believe I said that out loud.  I think Mirabilias evoke another time, a time that has always fascinated me. 
Yikes again, I think I am a romantic.......My favorite movie of all time is Lord of the Rings....also my fav book.  I started reading that back when I was 13 years old.  I love Tolkein.  I loved the dresses in that movie......
Whereas I love almost everything Nora does, I haven't done a mermaid....I have done a couple of fairys but mostly I love her ladies with the big skirts and all the bling (beads)
The other half of my personality is the samplers, I love Blackbird Designs and Plum Street Samplers.....love, love them both....their colors are just gorgeous.
Everytime I open Edgars blog, I just drool at his header.....Love them.

So I started Tree of Hope.....I have only been stitching for 2 or 3 days and it doesn't really look like much right now but I am seriously impressed on how fast it is going....here you go.....

Also, since I had a couple of queries about the highlighter....here is a pic of an individual one......the highlighter part is at one end and you can erase with the grey tip at the other end....I love them.

I do like blogging....every night I come home and log onto the computer right away and check out my blog.  I will have to start saying something interesting....LOL

Anyway, I won't keep you all as this has not been a very interesting post today. 

duh!!! and some stitching pics

I can be so slow, I just realized that I had 11 followers....wow I am so surprised.  I really didn't think anyone would want to do that.  I am not someone with a large self esteem so having 11 followers has left me speechless.

Thank you all for listening, I apreciate it. 

You know I used to read so many blogs where the author writes that they could not figure out the title for the post......I didn't get it then but now I do.....I think my titles will not be war and peace you know...LOL

I have been really sick for the past couple of days so I have not been on the net or my blog.  I had my computer music on yesterday and hence the link to my fav band from the 80's.  Music helps me to feel better.

Now to my stitching........I have been working on Sabrina from Mirabilia (big surprise there).....I started it on 32 Count Tinroof by Weeks Dye Works.  I thing it looks really good on that fabric but you all can be the judge of that.  All that white in the skirt is driving my bonkers

.....sometimes I just have to stop and do something else......and unfortunately I started something else Tree of Hope by Mirabilia.....I think it is going to be a quick stitch....it really is gorgeous.....I will take a pic tomorrow (it is getting late, I need to shower and go to bed)

But I wanted to share a pic of my most fav thing when I start a new project......a new highlighter (gosh I am such a nerd) but you have to understand they are erasable people.....I so love them....they even have a purple one ( I don't think the purple one will be good for charts but purple is my fav color)  Thank you all for listening tonight.

Sharon

Most favorite band ever......Split Enz

Check out this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw

Or this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar7DgREshAk&feature=related


I absolutely love this band

Edited to add.....I loved the 80's

Check it out.

Sharon

I have comments, I am so excited!!!!!

Wow, I got home from work tonight and I had 25 emails in my home email.....I figured it was from my Facebook account.  Some were but here is the best news......I HAVE COMMENTS.

I am so darn excited....I can't believe Edgar put me on his blog.  I have been following him for so long. His warmth and caring about the stitching and blog world is so amazing, I think he is just an angel.  Now to the really important stuff (just kidding) his stitching.  I look at his stitching and it just blows my mind, absolutely phenomenal stuff.
I am still so stoked about the comments....actually I think I am giggling.....a 50ish year old woman should not giggle....very scary...LOL
TMI....means too much information
A frozen shoulder is not much fun and to have it in both shoulders.....that is really, really tough Ariadne.....It has really cut into my stitching time ( I hate that)
I keep saying my doctor is going to kill me, when I first went to him, he never gave me any medication as I was going to physiotherapy, only when it wasn't getting any better and he referred me to another doctor, did that doctor give me some stuff to help and that is when my shoulder finally started moving....it is still not the greatest but it is moving slowly.

I should have told you all what the fabric is for Shakespeares Fairy....it is a fabric called Bayou by Crossed Wing...I almost hated working that chart....you realized that I said almost.  I would never hate anything Mirabilia ever did.....shudder!!! but oh those beads....drove me crazy, I think it is my favorite one I have ever did.
I do have more stitching pics but I don't want to share them all at once.  I am only borrowing the camera from my daughter....no one in my family knows that I have started a blog and I would like to keep it that way.
This blog is for me and me alone.

Thank you for your comments, it has meant the world to me.

I will leave you with a pic of Taylor and Jainna

My stitching

I found a camera in my storage room and tried to take some

pics....bad idea

awful camera.....I borrowed my daughters camera and until I buy my own, my posts may not be all that frequent.....I am hoping to have one by Xmas....just waiting for it to go on sale.
Anyway, I have taken pics of one of my most favorite Mirabilia, Shakespeares Fairys.......I almost hated it while I was stitching it but I absolutely love it now....those beads were crazy but it looks amazing.

Well, I can't figure out how to post the pics after I write my post...anyway here they are.....hope you like them.
Sharon

My son and his wife

 My son Jason and his wife Lucy.......okay I will stop now.  The Wizard of Oz is now on.  I will post more pics soon.

Sharon