A Little Bit Late

Valentine's Day is over for another year, but I finally got around to framing this cute little freebie that was designed by Jennifer over at Feathers in the Nest.

Stitched with variegated DMC #115, and framed by myself with a pretty little $4.00 frame from Winners.

Can't get much easier than that!

Tracey

Vintage Valentines

Happy Valentines Day and allow me to celebrate the good old fashioned way by sending a Valentine from the early 1900's.  It's a good thing I love vintage items because I have inherited quite a few from my Aunt's possessions. Some of the cards from this collection date back as far as 1902 and the stamps on them are one cent stamps.  One of my 'projects' is to carefully sort all these cards and put them in chronological order so I can include  them on the blog during the holidays throughout the year.  As you can see from the photos that they are pretty delicate.  I have found a photo album that has clear pictures so you can see both sides of the card without disturbing it from the album.  I wonder how long they will last and which one of my kids will be interested in inheriting this album someday???  Stay tuned for more and ...Enjoy.

 

Will You Be My Valentine?

The big day of Love is just around the corner, so time to bring out the pink and red decor to dress up the mantle.

Stitching Friends was a group gift to us all from Jody in December 2003, as was the little white shabby chic frame that I stitched the little heart for. The Happy Valentine's Day I did myself, and you can read about it here in a previous post.

The white heart ring bearer pillow belonged to my Aunt when she married in 1960. Some buttons from my Nana's button jar, along with some other treasures from Jody over the years. Love the angel picture my hubby gave to me for Christmas in 1997.

Enjoy your Valentine's Day with those you love.

Tracey

Would You Like Some Lint With Your Coffee?

First off, I'm not one of those people who collects lint or something strange like that, and the mug is sitting beside the pile for size comparison.

While doing my laundry the other day, I was cleaning the lint screen on my dryer before each load like I always do, and I got to thinking that it had been quite a while since I'd cleaned further down into the dryer vent. So I went to it and that's what came out. Here's a link to show you exactly what I mean (just so happens this is exactly what my dryer looks like too).

As gross as this is, it is also scary... scary in the sense that this could have been a fire waiting to happen. You always think it could never happen to you. Needless to say, I'll be doing this extra step from now on on a regular basis.

Have you cleaned your dryer vent lately?

Tracey

Now THAT's a Scrapbook !!

When my Aunt Peg passed away a few years ago,  we found this lovely scrapbook with her possessions.  I gasped when I saw it and noticed how old it was ... and then I was so excited to see all the old cards inside!  My Aunt Marion was delighted to see my excitement and she decided I should be the one to inherit it, as she knew the scrapbook had found a good home.  I didn't capture every page, but I would like to share some of the unique get well cards from Aunt Peg's hospital stay in December 1959. 

Displayed on my grandparent's antique piano.

Love the sparkles.  Sparkle Sparkle Sparkle.

5 cents and no postal code used to get your card to you!

Yes.  She saved EVERYTHING.  You should have seen the closets!

Outside of the card....

...inside of the card.

How Cute is THIS?

Nothing like a handwritten note huh?

 

 

 

 

 

 

(That's me in the tub...)

Hope you enjoyed your peek!

I would be curious to know if anyone out there has seen, or received any of these cards before.... talk about a memory flashback. 

Bonnie

TUSAL- Post # 2

I'm happy to say that this past month has been a pretty active one for stitching, and the evidence is in the TUSAL. I can't believe how fast the month has flown by... and like so many of you are experiencing, this newest month has started out with a major blast of winter!

Stay safe everyone!

Tracey

And The Winner Is...

First off, we'd like to apologize for the delay in announcing our 1st Bloggiversary winner. I was going to make the draw yesterday morning, but with the impending storm for Wed., we decided to switch our monthly cross stitch meeting to Mon. night. So with all of us together last night, we did the drawing then.

Secondly, we'd like to thank all those fellow bloggers who entered our draw and those people who sent out well wishes and congratulations to our 1 year of blogging. It has been a blast, and we hope to continue on for many more years to come!

We wrote down all of the entries for the draw on pieces of paper and literally put them in a hat (my hubby Paul's hat to be exact!) and we had Paul do the drawing too.

And the winner is: (Drum roll please)...

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... JAYNE!!! Congrats!!!

Drop us a line Jayne, to give us your mailing address so we can get your goodies sent out in the mail :^)

For those of you who are wondering the answers to the questions we asked for the extra chances, here you go:

#1. This month is our cross-stitch group anniversary. How many years will it be? 18 years

#2. What did Anita design without a pattern? A chicken

#3. What costume did Bonnie sew? Mrs. Beasley

#4. How many boys does Jody have? Three

#5. Why did Tracey bend her knife? So she wouldn't get chocolate/caramel on her hands

For those out there in the path of the storm... be safe!!

Tracey