Saturday, January 14, 2012

A stitching update

Hi!!! Sorry I kind of just fell off the blogosphere for a while! ;o) My mom came for Thanksgiving and brought a lovely cold with her. ;o) So we spent most of December recovering from that and then all that comes with Christmas. Then I found out I am having abdominal surgery again on Monday at 7. It will be my 4th abdominal surgery in 18 months so I have been having me a pity party! ;o) But, I have snapped out of it and I wanted to get on here and update before I take another break to recover from surgery! In my last post I showed my Peppermint Lane before framing. Here she is in all her beautiful glory~ ;o)


Peppermint Lane by Country Cottage Needleworks

This is where she lived during December and the first part of January! ;o) I started on the January Cottage by CCN but I didn't get very far before I started on February last night! ;o) This is what I got finished. I hope to finish February and then finish January before March comes!;o)

Here are two more Christmas ornaments that I stitched in early December. They didn't get finished. Sigh! Well I am determined once I recover to make them up. I am also hoping this year to stitch an ornament a month. We will see how that goes. ;o)


January 5th was our 24th anniversary, so to celebrate we headed to Phoenix for the weekend with our family. We had a great time and I got to visit Attic Needlework in Mesa for the first time!! It was so lovely. The ladies were so helpful and friendly!! I could have spent all day there and I will some day in the future! ;o) These next two pictures are what I came home with. I was trying to be good, so I didn't get to much! ;o) I was so excited to find a frame for my CCN Cottages of the Month!



Well I started on the February cottage last night, I almost have all of the pink on the house done. Hopefully once I am not too drugged I will be able to finish it quickly! ;o)

Happy stitching,
~Heather

9 comments:

~*Sharee*~ said...

Hope your surgery goes well hun, love the pink cottage also; I haven't started mine yet. And your peppermint lane is beautiful; it's on my "to do list". :)

Hugs, Shar

Nicola said...

I am sorry to hear that you have to have surgery especially for a fourth time.

I love your framed finished, the colours are so fresh, it is exceptionally pretty.

Mouse said...

ohhh sorry to hear you ahve to have another op ... but well done on the stash haul and your stitching too .. love the frame you got as well ... I'm doing mine all on one piece :) love mouse xxxx

Denise SA said...

Hope your surgery goes well and you are back to stitching soon. Love all the finishes

Carol said...

Will be thinking of you, Heather, and hoping your surgery goes well and your recovery is swift...

Your Peppermint Lane finish is so cute and looks lovely on display with your other "pink" themed Christmas things :)

I'm sure you'll be successful and stitching and finishing an ornament a month--looking forward to following your progress!

Denise said...

Hopefully your surgery goes well and you don't have to go thru it again. All of your stitching looks great and I love the frames.
Have a great week!
Happy Stitching
Denise

Siobhán said...

Love the framing! Your stitching looks great.

I hope the surgery goes well and that you are back on your feet and raring to go in no time. Thinking of you!

Catherine said...

Sending good thoughts and prayers to you for your surgery.
All of your stitchy projects and finishes are great!

Sally said...

I hope your surgery goes well. Sending you lots of positive thoughts.

Love your Peppermint Lane finish and your cottage is looking gorgeous.

Beautiful ornaments and lovely new stash!