Have to Have This

I just saw this beautiful piece from Midsummer Nights Designs and I have to have it! It has all the elements that I love: Bible verses, a mixture of pastels and deeper colors, angels, lambs, little people, not so dominant a border...etc.. And, it's a big project, which tends to draw me, as well, because I don't like to do anything in a small way, I suppose. Darn it!! :{

Brookes Books also is coming out with a darling new angel for the holidays. Here she is, "The Spirit of Christmas." Brooke hasn't named her officially, yet. She's accepting suggestions on her Board. She's a really fabulous person. And, she's working on another little belle, who will be "The Spirit of Snow." I just adore all of Brooke's girls!

Then, I want to express my deepest appreciation for the generosity of friends. This week, I was so delighted to receive from Nicole a bunch of the Whitman's tins!! Now I can make little stitching kits for my DD, and my granddaughter! Thank you so much, Nicole. And, she sent me a Hershey's tin in the shape of the famous "kiss," which I didn't know existed. I love it, too.

Deb in CT sent me a chart I have been wishing for for soooo long a time, and she always sends me things. We've been friends for some years now and I continue to cherish her friendship.

Then, Deb in MO, sent me a darling Shepherd's Bush chart which I've been wanting! Thank you so much, Deb!! You can't believe how that little sheep cheered me today! Shepherd's Bush is a company that has always touched my heart and reminds me of when my children were little people. I miss my little children, though I'm glad they're grown now...don't get me wrong!! LOL Deb, you are the greatest!! Thank you so much.

I've decided that stitching has kept me pulled together this summer along with stitching friends. It's really amazing. I was at a wonderful EGA meeting the other night, see details on Martha's ..."Gone Stitchin' Instead of Just a Wishin' " blog on the sideline... and it was so refreshing to be with other needleworking crazed women! I came home and told my DH, "Those women were really serious about stitching!" He said, "MmmHmmm, you all are!" It made me stop dead in my steps and think...he meant me...and I am. And so are you, my stitching friends. And, I'm so glad you are!

Happiness is to be found in the repetitve, soul-soothing motion of stitching a treasure which captures not only a verse or image we love, but a piece of our spirit, a slice of our life's segment in time, be it a peaceful or a hard time. It's a reflection and a memorykeeper for us just as surely as an image captured by a camera. The "beautiful, fragile moments" that only we can "see."

Sending many hugs, and love,
Deb