First Day....

Well my baby has finally made it to first grade.

Where in the world does the time go??

Retreat....

Oh boy where in the world do I begin???

We had our retreat this past weekend for our

Sampler Guild so I will warn you this

is a picture heavy blog update

How about if I start here?

This is the view I had from the window

of the room I stayed in for the weekend.

It is absolutely gorgeous - and so peaceful.

No phones, No TV, No distractions.

Allowed for a wonderful weekend spent

with my stitching friends.

I arrived early and helped set up when the

participants arrived they were welcomed

to tables loaded with bottles of

water, flowers and bookmark with

the design from last years project.

and then the ladies began to arrive

and before you knew it 30 women

with all of the required stitching paraphernalia

were set up and ready to go.

as you can see we are very serious when it comes to

stitching, chatting, eating and buying.

Friday night included time to shop!

what retreat isn't complete

without the ability to buy stitching supplies?

Show and Tell

We have some very talented ladies in our group!

Saturday was project day

The wonderful ladies who put the retreat

together continually amaze us with

the creativity of the projects they come

up with for us to work on while there.

I am happy to report I was able to complete both!!!

Project Number 1

The boxes were already painted with photos of

last years project decoupaged to the lid.

We had to cover the inside with the fabric and

then we made the tomato and attached the bead

and ribbon to our scissors to make a fob.

The ladies had completed all the prep work

we had to finish the items off.

Project Number 2

Sorry this photo is so blurry.

I tried several times but my

camera would not cooperate.

We had our choice of two designs.

I selected the pumpkin because fall is

right around the corner and I thought

this would be cute to have for Halloween.

As I said this was a photo heavy post

but I hope you enjoyed it.

It arrived today...

I received the beautiful blog giveaway today

from Faye. She packaged it up very

sweetly with a ribbon and card.

I love it - thank you so much Faye!

Here is a photo of the package.

I took this in front of an antique trunk

I have which seemed to set the

package off perfectly.

Here is a photo of the back, from this angle

you can see the linen and floss colors - gorgeous!

I love the two year planner included as well.

It includes quotes to remind us what

life is all about.

Once again Faye thank you so much!

It is so great to get to know other

stitchers through their blogs.

Just had to share this....

I usually do not post giveaways on my blog,

but I had to share this one.

For some reason the story of Marie Antoinette

has always enthralled me and the

creativity of this giveaway blew me

away just as much as the history

behind Marie Antoinette does.

Here is a link to her website with more

details on how she created the various

components of this giveaway and how

to enter if you are interested in entering.

http://www.happinessiscrossstitching.blogspot.com/

I won....

Imagine my surprise when I read that

I won a blog giveaway from Faye.

I never win anything so this is a real treat.

If you have a chance take a peek

http://carolinastitcher.blogspot.com/

I love this design - how exciting!!