HAPPY DANCE AND HAPPY SPRING

 First for the Happy Dance--

I did take some time this week and figured out to download my photos from my regular hand held camera to my photos page--so now I can crop--turn things in the right direction again and highlight the photos--Whoo Hoo!!!!

And of course we had a major happening on the Calendar this past week--

something-- that so many many people have been looking forward too!!!

I kept busy all week that is for sure--though when you check the whole week in a summary of photos and such--it's like--is this all I got done--what else did I do with my time???

I was patiently waiting for  the new pattern from--

to come in the mail with the Aida cloth to start it--and it did come--only--I did not like how dark the cloth was--and this project is long--have to have fabric that is at least 24" long--though it is only 4" wide!!!  So went on line to my cross stitch company--123stitch and looked around found '2' I hope I like in the right length--only now I have to wait till the first of April to order it!!!( no $$$'s right now!!)

So --I decided to work on a couple small ones in the mean time--

When I was putting my thread away from the last project I found a cute small Robin bird that I wanted to do--sooo--

and this is how the pattern had finished him off--so  I got out my jar of old buttons and the pink fabric tote and here he is---!!

I also worked on my embroidery last Sunday for --slow stitching sunday--while watching my Nascar race--

the jar is done--and I have the tea tag and bow done and the tea spoon done--have started on the rim of the jar-

Evenings I have worked on the Hexie's project some more--

here is how each section is put together--

and here is how they all look lined up--

I also have been hand quilting on Big Blue evenings--I have 6 rows all done--just 4 more to go!!

And back to doing a bit of knitting late late evening--and finished one--

and have another on the needles--

Other wise--I have been back to doing some finishing of all my counted cross stitch projects--

one I did not make myself--but was a gift from a friend in NJ a couple years back or more--I decided to also turn it into a small pillow--

Two more smalls were framed--

the humming bird one I did not do myself--both of these have never been framed before!!

And I have some that are odd sizes--but I got them backed on boards (I use cake boards for them)

Zippy has never been displayed and I did this one a few years ago--

This one is a really old one--I had taken off the buttons when I washed it--so needed to get my novelty button boxes out for another one--also --and found some buttons for this one--can you find the little bunny???

And this one needed buttons--this has never been framed or displayed either--

I now need to decide how to finish them off????

I did get things made for the little area by the elevator that I now decorate--

There is window clings on the window--bunnies and chicks--

here is close up of the basket--I painted the large carrots and the yellow chicks--first time I have painted on wood in a very long time and it was fun!!!

and after I got them painted I decided I wanted something to make the chicks more 3-D--so got online and ordered some feathers--that came the next day--300 feathers even--all colors--just so I could use about 9 feathers on the chicks!!!!!

I had, also, from another company-ordered more 'rub on' stencils and here is how I used some of them--

we have this biggg--electrical box on our wall as you walk into the apartment and we are not allowed to cover them--so this is what I did--

this is not as bright as I would like--that box is such a dark color--???

and on the wall under it I did this--

this nice bright cheery colors!!!!Can you tell I love Bunnies????

Oh and one other project I did--

found this frame with the string and clothespins on it at the Dollar Tree and brought it home and used it to display my 2 little hangers with very old cross stitches on it--I did these back in the early 90's--when my parents camped for the winter in an RV park over on the West Coast of Florida--and I would work on little cross stitches while visiting with my mom--the bow at the top and little crate of flowers are small rub-on's I got in the order yesterday--

There is 50 here in this pile--and boy are they 'hard' to pull off the backing to use!!!!!! But so pretty once you get it off---

Well--that is basically my week--this week we have mandatory apartment inspections--on Tues and Wed--so Monday will be basic house work to get ready for them along with the Van trip to Aldi's and JoAnns--talking about JoAnn's-- where am I gonna go to find my novelty buttons for my baby sweaters--I have to see the size to know if they will fit on the sweaters????  And what about the Dollar Tree raising their prices to $1.75 on some items--how soon before all the items are $1.75????

ENJOY THE CHANGE OF SEASONS--EITHER TO SPRING OR TO FALL--DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE--BE SAFE--AND HAVE FUN--

HUGS, DI