A Chook from New Zealand

I knew I had something coming from Margaret in New Zealand since I recently sent a crazy exchange to her, so when a box arrived from New Zealand last night I was rather anxious to tear into it and see what was in it.

About all I could get out was "oh my God" I was speechless. The stitching is absolutely amazing...as you can see...I took alot of pics because I wanted to show off Margaret's beautiful stitching, the beading and her impeccable finishing as well. I just really love it very much.

The chook will proudly be perched permanently on my cedar chest in the entry way to our home.

Thanks again Margaret for the wonderful exchange!

Hugs,
Wendy Jo

Fair & Square Round #8

Lesley in the UK and I were matched up as partners for Round #8 on the Fair & Square Blog.

I stitched Lesley Cottage Garden by Country Cottage Needleworks from the Just Cross Stitch August 2006 issue. Lesley likes greens and purples and CCN so this pattern worked very well.

Lesley stitched me a quaker freebie from Gencat in my favorite color..red. I love it and I think I will make it into a floss tag! (Those of you that read my blog pretty regularly probably are shocked that I didn't say pinkeep....that's okay..I am shocked myself! LOL)

Here are the pics:

My first biscournu!

I haven't added much to my blog lately as I have been very busy working on exchanges. I have 5 exchanges in the works on the Fair & Square board and 2 on the HoE board. I am really enjoying them alot and it really keeps me busy and its my passion.

I did, however, manage to make something for me a few weeks ago and thought I would share. Its a freebie from Barbara Ana's June newsletter called Good Luck.

I must say I am rather happy with the way it turned out. I see many more of these in my future!

Here's a pic:

My Quaker Exchange is here!!

Over the weekend my Quaker exchange from the HoE exchange blog arrived and boy oh boy is it ever gorgeous! Sandra M. who lives in Barbados had my name.

Here is a pic of the whole package and a pic of the pillow she made. The design is called A Quaker Seasonal - Summer, done in my favorite color...red. I absolutely love it.

Thanks again Sandra!

A gift and exchange have found their homes.

My friend Carol S. had a birthday last week so I stitched her a LK freebie called Bloom and made into a floss ring tag.

I recently learned how to make these thanks to the great tutorial that Staci has and I am hooked! Granted making pinkeeps remain my all time favorite why to finish...but these come in as a close 2nd favorite plus they are super easy to make! If you haven't tried it...please do...you will love it too!

Here's a pic of Carol's birthday gift:


We have some new members in our Crazy Exchange group and I wanted to stitch something up for one of our new members, Margaret in New Zealand. She is fond of quakers and likes the color blue. So I decide to stitch Quaker Time by Gencat using wavy navy by Crescent Colors and finish it as a floss key tag.

Here is a pic of Margaret's package she received:

I have been awarded!!

My friend Carol R. has nominated me for the award shown above! Thanks much Carol!!

Here are the rules:

1 The winner may put the logo on her blog.
2 Put a link to the person you got the award from.
3 Nominate 5 blogs.
4 Put links to the blogs.
5 Leave a message for your nominees.

I did find 5 people to choose so here we go!

Kath

Margaret

Janaina

Carol S.

Carol R.

Hooked on Exchange Quaker Exchange I sent

This exchange went to Edgar Mathews for the Quaker exchange on the Hooked on Exchanging blog. I stitched him a freebie by The Workbasket called Quaker Flower using lavender NPS. I also stitched Edgar another freebie by The Workbasket using a motif from Sunflower House and made it into a floss tag. I am really starting to like these floss tags. While pinkeeps remain my all time favorite way of finishing..floss tags come in a very close 2nd!

Here are a couple of pics of the pin keep and floss tag and goodies I sent Edgar. I am so pleased he liked his exchange. Since mail date isn't until August 1st, my exchange should be arriving soon.

2 exchanges in the mail today! WAHOO!

When I went to pick up mail today I had 2 lovely exchanges waiting for me and just made my Monday bright and happy! The first one I opened was from Janien in Belgium. Janien and I are both in the Crazy Exchange group and I had stitched an exchange for her recently so I knew something was forthcoming. Boy...what a wonderful package to receive today from Janien. She stitched me a lovely pillow with a butterfly in a flower and sent a bunch of goodies to boot, I think my favorite thing (outside of the pillow, is the CD she sent that is a song about where she lives - how cool is that?!)

Here is a pic of the pillow and of the goodies. Was I spoiled or was I spoiled...YES I was!!

Thanks so very much Janien, I love everything! The package is going to stitch group tomorrow to I can show the girls what I got!! They love seeing my exchanges.





Then the second package was from Georgie in Australia. Georgie and I are both in the HoE (Hooked on Exchanging group) and participated in the Littlehouse Needlework exchange and George had my name to stitch for. She stitched me a lovely little pocket and put on little thread rings and tucked inside the pocket was an adorable little pair of scissors! I have a "few" pairs of scissors but nothing this small and I just love them! I plan to try them out at stitch group tomorrow!

Thank you so very much Georgie, I just love my new little pocket and scissors...I can't wait to take it to stitch group and show the girls tomorrow.

Here are a couple of pics of my package:

Crazy exchange from Caroline in The Netherlands

Caroline's package had finally arrived in my mailbox today after making a very long journey that had us both worried it may have gotten lost. We are both so happy it didn't and boy what a wonderful package to open! I am so overjoyed!

Caroline posted on the crazy exchange board only telling me to watch my mailbox for something that will be red (my favorite color) and summer. Well...she made me 4 lovely strawberries (red and summery fruit) and...Caroline's father made me a journal (its has butterflies and summertime bugs on it)! I just love it so much and feel so lucky to receive such a lovely handmade journal.

Caroline, please tell your father his workmanship on the journal is beautiful and I will treasure it very much. The whole package is fabulous. The strawberries are going to find a home in my basket on my table.

Thanks so much.

Hugs,
Wendy Jo

Here is a pic of what Caroline sent me:

Brigitte in Germany receives LHN exchange!

I participated in the Littlehouse Needlework Exchange on the HoE blog. I sent to Brigitte in Germany. I decided to stitch up part of the pattern "Daisy" for her and I stitched her name on it. I also purchased a Just Cross Stitch magazine for her as she had that on her wishlist and included some overdyed threads as well.

Here are a couple of pics: