More than just Cross Stitchin': faces

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Monday, February 3, 2014

Face the Day

I wanted to share a picture of one of my "faces" that I took over the holidays.

I trudged through the snow in the backyard out to the compost bin, and when I was emptying the pail, I saw this little guy staring up at me...

Tracey

Thursday, March 22, 2012

For those of you who are not familiar with Cinnabon's, it's a chain of stores throughout malls that serves the most delicious cinnamon rolls smothered in icing. A couple of days ago, my sister asked me if I had tried 'Cinnabon' bread yet. And I said, "No, I hadn't heard of such a thing" She said, "OMG, it tastes just like the Cinnabon's" So the next time I was at the grocery store, I decided to pick some up and when I got home I realized... hmmmm, I'm sure there is left over butter icing in my fridge, I'm going to try some of that on the bread. Hmmmm, shall I toast it or just eat it plain. I've had it toasted and just out of the bag, and OH dear, it was just TOO delicious. I like it best just fresh out of the bag, after all, we don't really eat toasted cinnamon rolls huh?

I'm afraid I'm going to have to force myself not to buy this bread anymore!

So I said to my co-worker Lisa, "I'm bringing you a treat tomorrow" and I told her about the bread and I said, "I have to bring it to work and share it because if I leave it at home, I'm afraid I'll eat the entire loaf." (...now, I'm sure Jayne is saying ... well if you weren't planning on eating the whole loaf, What WERE you going to do with it...?)

At any rate... I was getting ready today and I grabbed a couple of pieces to take to work and I set the bread on the plate to put the icing on before I packaged it up... and I burst right out laughing.

What a good start to my day ...someone smiling at me!!

I wonder how many of you will make it a point to go pick up a loaf and try it.... ??? Do let me know.

Bonnie

Friday, October 7, 2011

Face The Day

It's been a while since I've posted a new face, and now I have 2 to share!

While at work last week (I've recently started babysitting 2 little boys), I was unloading the dishwasher at their house. Since I'm still learning what dish goes in what cupboard, I sometimes just leave certain items sitting on the counter. I had set a few things down, and when I glanced over I noticed I had (unintentionally) done this:

My hubby said he wants to get in on the search too, so he has been on the lookout for faces (do you think maybe he feels a little left out when it comes to the blog?? LOL) The other night I passed by the laundry room and saw this on the top of the dryer:

I did a double take, and then burst right out laughing!! I guess Paul figures if he can't find a face out there, he will just make one on his own! :^)

If you could see my face today (well maybe not right this second- no make-up on yet...), you would definitely see a big smile. We are having another gorgeous, warm, fall day and it sounds like the same for the next 3 days!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Tracey

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Face The Day

You never know what you are going to find at the bottom of your cereal bowl after you tip the bowl up and drink that last bit of milk...

Tracey

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Face The Day

Bonnie and I have a thing for faces.

When we are cross stitching a design that has a person in it, we like to stitch the face before anything else. That way we have someone to look at while working on the rest of the picture. When I see a figurine of something, say a fairy or an angel I'd like to put out in my garden, I have to look at face of each and every one on the shelf. It just seems like each one has it's own personality- each one is just a little bit different than the next.

So, it probably won't surprise you (or maybe it will!) that I see faces in lots of everyday, ordinary things in different places that I go... patterns on tiles, on wood floors, on rocks etc...

Three years ago for our anniversary, my hubby Paul gave me an outdoor clock to put out on our deck. We found the perfect spot to hang it, but since it won't withstand our cold winters outside, we bring it in every year in the fall. (Now mind you we have hung it in the same spot every year since we got it and we have taken it inside every year.) Once we know the warm weather has finally arrived to stay, we anxiously unwrap the clock to bring it outside once again. Funny how it wasn't until this year that I noticed for the first time the face in the exact spot where the clock hangs.

By looking at it you'd almost think that we purposely chose that spot to put the screw to make it look like a nose... not true! What a coincidence!

Bonnie and I have a thing for food too! :^) So the day that my hubby and I ordered pizza from our favourite pizza place (which just so happens to be managed by our son Mitchell) I took my first piece and before having a bite I saw this face-

Does Mitchell know about my love of faces and decided to arrange the ingredients to resemble one? I don't think so... purely another coincidence.

I've even got Paul looking for faces now where ever he goes. While hiking out in BC after our daughter's wedding, he took this picture for me-

(OK, now I have to admit I really had to squint to find the face on this tree, but hey- I love him for trying!)

So now I will be going everywhere with my camera close at hand to capture more of these faces to add to my collection. I bet now you might even be on the look-out for some too!

Tracey

Charlie Brown

Growing up, I had a pet monkey named Charlie Brown. Actually, he belonged to my sister and he came to live with us in 1966. You were actually allowed to have monkeys as pets then and if you can beleive it, he was ordered from an ad in the back of a magazine. Charlie Brown was a squirrel monkey (just like the ones in the Telus commericials).

Everyone in school loved when it was my turn for 'show and tell'. You will see in some of the photos (if the slide show downloads for me...) that he used to wear diapers. Eventually, he learned how to take them off. We had a rope strung across the kitchen from end to the other. We kept a piece of papertowel on the floor at the end of one rope and that's where he did his business. His rope provided many hours of entertainment. At bedtime, if mom and dad were not home when it was bedtime, he would sit on his roap and cry out until they returned.

If I was crying, Dad would put him up to my face to lick away my tears. He would dangle from my hair and lick from one eye to the next. It alwyays made me stop crying. He would play outside and every once in awhile he would swing from tree to tree and end up down the street at the neighbours.

Often you would find the monkey lying in the cast iron pan on the stove. The pilot light from the gas stove provided him a warm and comfy spot. He would also sit on top of the lamp shade for warmth, and if you ever heard a 'pop' - you knew he peed on the lightbulb. It happens...

Charlie Brown used to sit on the wall phone.... until it rang. That was always funny. He brought many years of amusement to us all and I miss him and his antics.

Bonnie

Warm hearts ... and warm toes!

Well since we are talking winter, let's talk about warm hearts ... and warm toes.

A few years ago at Christmas we had a gift exchange. Ironically, both Anita and myself had the exact same idea for a present. We always open our gift bags at the same time, and it was really hard for me to keep a straight face when I saw that Anita had had the same gift idea as me and while she explained that she thought slippers would be a good idea, that way we could carry them in our bag with us at all times. Anita had knit slipppers for everyone and made a little draw-string pouch, with our names embroidered on it, to keep the socks in.

Then they all opened my gift bag and we burst out laughing. I knew how much everyone loved snowmen, so I had stitched faces on white slippers and added a carrot button for the nose. Well we weren't finished with the laughter because I thought we should get a picture with our slippers on. So then we were all sitting on the floor trying to get different positions in order to get everyone in the picture at the same time. We tried sitting up against the wall and taking the picture of our toes all pointing up to the ceiling and then I said, nooooo - that will show the snowman's face upside down. Someone said... (and I won't say who...) "Good point, let's think of something else. What if we lay on our back with our feet in the air - you know... like if our feet were ON the ceiling"

Well then the faces would still be upside down wouldn't they. Spontanious Laughter.

We had to think of something else. It was decided that we would just stand toe to toe in a huddle and we would take the picture from above in order to get everyone in the picture. Sounded like a good plan right?

Well... not if you have a protruding belly and/or big boobs. After the inital light-headedness subsided from sucking in our bellies, we had to deal with the shadow from the boobs.

So we stood in our huddle, adjusting, wiggling and laughing with our arms around each other while we tried not to tip over. It was about that moment when Anita's daughter walked in on us, which of course added to the laughter when we saw the look on her face.

Finally the photo was taken and our toes are doubly warm.

Bonnie

It all started with a tea towel...

Quite some time ago when I was perusing the Dollarama, I came across the cutest autumn tea towel with a teddy bear dressed up like a scarecrow. It immediately reminded me of Jody and I thought 'I'm going to get that for her', and then I thought... why not get one for everybody? And so I did and it was a hit.

From that point on, it's no surprise to any of us if there just happens to be an occasional 'mini gift' exchange on Cross Stitch night. Once when Jody hosted in February, she gave us all a tiny picture frame with a 1" x 1" opening. I had no idea what to do with mine, but Tracey knew immediately. Because it was Valentines day, Tracey stitched a heart.

Mine sat for a good number of months before I could figure out what I could stitch in such a tiny area and not copy Tracey's idea. And then one day it hit me; Jody loves snowmen. I would do a snowman in the frame that Jody gave me. But.... do they make snowman patterns for less than 1" x 1"? I couldn't be bothered looking, so I winged it. And voila! A happy smiley snowman face. I think it took longer to write this posting than it did to stitch that happy face.

We'll have to get a picture of Tracey's heart posted after her renovations are complete as I expect it's packed away for now.

p.s. I wasn't allowed to Blog today unless I cleaned my house. It's half cleaned; consider this half a blog.
Bonnie