Hey, It's a Giveaway!!

Bet you thought I was giving something away--fooled ya!! Check out Robin's blog she is celebrating her third Blogoversary with a terrific giveaway. She is offering up some great stash so you better take a peek ASAP.

See ya!!

CJ

Biscornu, Biscornu, Biscornu!!!

I have four Biscornu to share with you. One I stitched and three others I received in swaps. They are all so cute and fun to make.


First is a Halloween Biscornu I made for a Swap-Bot swap. I used hand dyed fabric from my friend Meari, Carrie's Threads and a free pattern.

This Biscornu was the first I ever received, so beautifully stitched by Libby from the UK. This was the Anything Summer Biscornu swap on Swap-Bot.

This little Biscornu is from Doreen, she is the organizer of all the Swap-Bot Biscornu exchanges. The theme was to stitch summer flowers. Very sweet.

Lastly, I have a great Halloween Biscornu from Peggy. It is the biggest Biscornu, measuring 4 x 4 inches, I have so far. I am just showing the front view in this picture. The back is black aida with Happy Halloween stitched in orange. Cute!!

Thanks for stopping by. If you want to learn more about Swap-Bot and our little Biscornu group just drop me a line at texdelch@sbcglobal.net. Some folks asked about the pattern for the biscornu I stitched in this blog entry it is from Kristen Schmidt, but I can no longer access it on line at the website on my pattern.

See ya!!

CJ

Book Reading Challenge Update

I have finished Murder Unleashed, started What Happens When Women Walk in Faith and A Tisket, a Tasket, a fancy Sotlen Casket--very funny. I removed the Luanne Rice from my list and added another Fran Rizer book. I am really liking these little who-dunit murder mysteries. Best of all I have found most of the books on Paperbackswap.com.

1) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling-Finished
2) A Tisket, a Tasket, a Fancy Stolen Casket, Fran Rizer - Reading
3) Murder Unleashed, Elaine Viets - Finished
4) Murder with Reservations, Elaine Viets
5) Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone, J. K. Rowling
6) a mercy, Toni Morrison
7) Hey Diddle, Diddle the Corpse and the Fiddle, Fran Rizer
8) What Happens When Women Walk in Faith, Lysa Terkurst - Reading
9) The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
10) Accessory to Murder, Elaine Viets

See ya!!

CJ

PIF Results

The PIF results are in and EVERYONE WINS!!!!

When I was selected for this PIF, I was so excited because I had been wanting to do another. I decided that since this was is so easy--no sewing involved--and spread out over a year that I would send 10 packets. Well, I had nine comments so all of you will be getting a packet from me within the next 365 days as long as you commit to do the same for at least two other people.

You must fulfill your end of the bargain and link back to me in the PIF entry on your blog. I will only send a packet to those of you that are truly committed to this. If you know you are not going to be able to do this let me know now before I start shopping. I will be contacting each of you soon for your snail mail. So now the fun begins.

Here are the rules again as a reminder:

1. I'll send no less than 5 stitching related items per person within the next 365 days.
2. Items can be DMC, other threads, stitching needles, straight pins, buttons, scissors, ribbons, etc. - a combination of items such as 3 threads, 1 pack of straight pins and 1 pack of stitching needles or just 5 threads.
3. The items must be new and not used.
4. If you win, you must be willing to post this PIF on your blog and do the same for at least 2 people.

Congrats!!!

CJ

Biscornu and Book Challenge

Good Morning!!

During the summer I joined a swap-bot biscornu group. So far I have made and swapped two biscornus, while my first one did not turn out so great I was very happy with the second and I have a few photos to share. I stitched on hand-dyed 14ct aida from Enchanted Fabrics and floss from Carries Creation Thread.




Book Challenge Update

So far I have read one book, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", and I am almost finished with a second. I have also edited my list a bit removing a book that I read before the challenge got started--couldn't help myself-- and added Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" and another by Elaine Viets.

What Else am I Stitching

I am ashamed to say that I have too many stitching projects going at once. I need to get them re-organized and put them in a rotation, then force my self to spend at least one solid hour per week on each or I may never have them finished. I have a Bent Creek Snapper, Gazette 94 SAL, Mausiemom SAL, BRD SAL and one Halloween Biscornu in the works. With the kids in school and hubby at work, I should be able to make this work. Just can't let my card making get in the way.

Speaking of card Making

Here are a few finished that I want to share with all of you. The first is a card I made for one of the CSE moderators birthday. It is a matchbook style card with a pocket inside. I got the idea from another card maker, but I can't remember her name or blog. The image is made with a technique called pulling pastels. You cover a piece of card stock with chalk and them stamp the image using a clear type of ink called Versamark. I put a little sparkle in the center of the flowers which is not showing up in the picture. Inside the card pocket I wrote a note and added some floss.


I used the same technique to make this butterfly card for a swap-bot exchange.

That is enough for today. Time for another cup of tea. Don't forget about my giveaway there is still a few days left to enter my PIF, if you are interested leave me a comment in that post.

See ya!

CJ

PIF--Come on, join me!!!

It's about time I posted about the PIF (Pay It Forward). A few months back Pirjo posted that she had a PIF going and was looking for people to join in. Lucky me, I was one of the three selected to participate. Now it is time for me to offer to PIF some of you. I love these type of exchanges, it is always more fun to give than to receive. If you want to participate please see the instructions below and leave a comment on this post no later than 30 September, I will announce names on 1 October. Be sure to leave an e-mail or link to your blog so I can contact you.

Here are the rules:

1. I'll send no less than 5 stitching related items per person within the next 365 days.
2. Items can be DMC, other threads, stitching needles, straight pins, buttons, scissors, ribbons, etc. - a combination of items such as 3 threads, 1 pack of straight pins and 1 pack of stitching needles or just 5 threads.
3. The items must be new and not used.
4. If you win, you must be willing to post this PIF on your blog and do the same for at least 2 people.

This PIF is very simple and easy to do I hope you will join me.

See ya!!

CJ

Book Reading Challenge

I have always enjoyed reading a good book, I especially love to read at night before I go to sleep. Vickie thought it would be fun to do a book challenge and I have joined her challenge. Checkout her blog for the details but do it quick the deadline to sign up is Sept. 15. I am not sure if I can finish 10 books by the end of the year but I am going to try. Here is my list in no particular order:

1) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling-Finished
2) A Tisket, a Tasket, a Fancy Stolen Casket, Fran Rizer
3) Murder Unleashed, Elaine Viets - Reading
4) Murder with Reservations, Elaine Viets
5) Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone, J. K. Rowling
6) a mercy, Toni Morrison
7) Firefly Beach, Luanne Rice
8) What Happens When Women Walk in Faith, Lysa Terkurst
9) The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
10) Accessory to Murder, Elaine Viets

That is my list for now.
See ya!!

CJ