Better now and stitching

Finally started to feel better and stitching... well I thought so anyway... Tried to get up a few minutes ago to ans telephone and my right leg gave way... Luckily I was still near bed and grabbed my computer desk... and walker... 

Mini stroke was what I suffered 3 weeks ago...not a virus like I thought... but much better now...
Can now talk and see our of my right eye without too much pain... listen I will get better I did it before.. I will do it again......
Hated to have missed so much stitching time... I wanted to have "witchie poo" DONE by now...
oh well... I will not stop until she is done.... ok now off to take a pic of my progress until I got sick.


ok here goes
not bad... I guess

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Been Sick

And have been stalled on my cross stitch project...
seem to have caught a bad virus... that left me so ill I could not even see straight or stand up for that matter...
been in bed for most of the last two weeks... I am hoping that tomorrow I will be clear headed and able to see my chart without getting dizzy....
then will be able to resume  my crafting...
wish me luck...

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Labor Day and Update on Witchie Poo and Her sisters

Labor Day around my house was exactly that LABOR....My daughter was able to get
for me the Expediate from Ikea...awesome...but that meant taking all my books and albums out of the old bookcase and that was no picnic...
I have craft books galore not including magazines... all kinds of crafts....
I now need to weed them out into...keep and ebay them or garage sale...
No pictures yet cause the room is a mess and the camera refuse to take them....lol
No sooner had I started to returned them to their place...then brain storm of the kids they wanted to get into the garage...sooo we stopped and began hauling boxes after boxes... Lots of things that I had not seen in ages... Needless to say lots of garbage well maybe not garbage exactly but goodwill will make a bundle...
Clothes, toys, boxes of books.. old crafts no longer wanted..remember macrame..yep I have a large box of cords...ugh.....painting supplies, photography supplies and photograph books and a heck of a lot more...everyone had at least a box of something there...but no one claimed them..."no no leave at mommy's house..she had big garage, we'll get it later..."
right!!! later never came... well too late now that I started fair warning it goes!!
Ever seen those hoarders show on TV my garage looked like that minus the rotting food and clothes scattered all around.. everything was in boxes and bags but tooo darn much..

My muscles ache and even those that I never hurt before! Today is rest day...
(and I still ended emptying a few boxes and set up the trash for tomorrow...)
If I was a drinking woman I would have be drunk now so I could numb the pain..

No working anymore today... playtime!
Every thing is done that I am willing to do... My dh was so special yesterday
He cooked extra dishes for today cause he knew I would not be able to make even soup..lol

Witchie Poo has the third sister 3/4 done, worked on the background but it's all black and boring, plus a lot of the back stitching that I hate to do..I figure if I finish an area that I will not touch again go for it..
my new philosophy... plan ahead... lol
I wonder why I did not do it before so much easier...

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Witchie Poo Continues

This is what I have been working on this week...My Halloween Sampler from 2008 that I stalled on by Xmas... I just had too many others to finish for xmas gifts and since Halloween was over for that year it went into my "WIP" pile.  I had made an error in  2nd witch's dress and became frustrated to do any defrogging sooooo it became a "to do later or better known as... "Work in progress" (WIP)

Ok now back to work...have a scrapbook swap coming soon for Halloween..some bookmarkers... yay Halloween means fall is up on us and cooler weather...
Can not wait...

I have redone the dress, added a pumpkin and one of the two cats...
Just started the 3rd witch between them...

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Witchie Poo comes out of the Closet

Goodness it has been so long that I have taken my cross stitching out, Witchie Poo and her sisters that they have really turned haggard and green...lol
I decided that I just had to finish her and maybe just maybe she will be ready for Halloween 2010...I feel so guilty since my friend Cindy from Texas sent me my missing "glow in the dark" thread and I have used so little of it...shameful
I have been doing lots of crafts lately since that is what my "Altered Divas" Club buddies always work on...but I really do miss cross stitching and my stitching friends...especially Cindy F...
I am not sure if I will go back to the "Let's stitch" site since it is on Fridays and that is when we craft but I will post my progress anyway here and hope you like...Here's crossing my fingers that I stick to it...

Well off to take a picture of Witchie and gather all and get my chair ready...it maybe old but so comfy...lol

One note I did do a major rehauling of my craft room with my daughter's extensive help...she designed it with a little input from me as to what I have that is fixed (shelves and tables my dh build in) and with existing materials as much as possible can't afford those lovely white stackables that Michael's is famous for or the Ikea expediate that seems to be everywhere...we did it with lots of bins donated from my daughter (she redid hers too)... just the basics of clearing out the junk that seemed to accumulate with time.. it was turning into a storage area and I couldn't even sit in it anymore... One thing I love is that I finally got my huge wired paper racks up the way they should have been (they came from a scrap book store that went out of business a few years ago)...awesome...now to fill them up...lol no no just kidding they just need organizing..color scheme and maker...like humm I love Basic Gray, K&C, Bazzill etc... well I just love paper.
Organizing is still in early stages but there seems to be a place for everything... especially the MACHINES!! I just hated having to take each one out or down whatever the case was and now I have one spot for all of them.. yep..cricut, sizzix, embosser, the cinch binder (this one I just got for my birthday on Aug 16th), sewing machine etc...lots of machines courtesy of mostly daughter at xmas, birthday, mother's day etc... she just knows what I want...lol
when I take pics u will see what I mean...I just need to finish or just getting better organized...doing a few bins at a time... then having dh buiid 2 more small shelves...I want to be able to display some of the things I have done and put up the cork and blackboards...

opps sorry did not realize I just went on and on...see what happens when you are alone all day and have a place to write...though no one may read I feel maybe some one will...

ok now I will go have lunch, finish washing clothes and get out Witchie Poo
Here's to a creative evening...

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Pictures Pictures Pictures

Ok, yes it has taken me long enough...sorry
here are the pictures promised of what I have been up to..
Hope you like...
1st pic: is of "Twinchies" that is 2x2 inch little works of arts
like the ATC but of course 2" (I believe the craze started with "Inches") ... yep
that is 1x1"..oh my a little harder to find things to put on that size...for me anyway..

2nd pic: is of a memories keepsake box..painted in a (I tried) weathered washed tone..center is filled with sea motif pic and micro-beads with a few small pearls..decorated per choice then inside are a few memories/secrets I keep.. :)

3rd pic: these are flags...they go stringed on a ribbon (I punched small holes
on each and threaded a thin ribbon and they now are hanging from my mini blind in my craft room (had to do something with that plain window..now it houses my art...:)

4th pic: these are 6 ATC's with butterfly children using the Arch design.. they were for a swap that were sent out last week...can't wait to see what I get.. :)

5th pic: I just had to make one for me...I always feel a little sad when I see the
things I make leave but then I brighten up knowing (hoping anyway) that they will be appreciated..









Well there has been plenty more things that I have done but I won't put them all down here now... I even made a "toilet paper roll" album..lololol
I thought that was crazy when I first heard about it but take some pretty paper, some die cuts, flowers, beads whatever and you have a cute quick album..they hold tags that you can add pics..whatever you want...
Well friends loved sharing with you hope you enjoyed...should you have any questions about the crafts feel free to ask away.

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Nana

I am Back!

Hi everyone
Been a very long time since I have done any blogging and I am sorry for those that did follow me...
I have mostly done lots of scrap booking and have for the last few weeks been redoing my craft room... Boy the junk that I have gotten rid of... yes I did... I made several piles and gotten rid of just one..now I have the other two that are just not my favorites crafts and will pass them on to friends. I am keeping the cross stitching of course, the scrap booking.... and the beading... Will be taking new pictures of my progress in the next day or so..
I am writing from another computer so I don't have my pic folders and the goodies I can show you..

Well had a few good times and feeling average...lololol
Thank you for listening