Christmas In July

Managed to finish up another UFO from this year's list. Feels good to have another one done. Managed to get this one finished during a Law & Order: SVU marathon. Been on the couch since last night due to throwing my low back out. At least it gave me an excuse to lay on the couch and stitch, eh? ;)





At any rate, here's the finish:




Design: Merry Christmas from the Joyeux Noël design book


Designer: Blackbird Designs


Fabric: R and R Reproductions 30 count overdyed linen in Witches' Teeth


Fibers: Crescent Colours cotton flosses in Antique Lace, Clay Pot, Four Leaf Clover, Spinach, and Wild Berries

I am thinking about taking out the date on the right hand side. I think it make the design unbalanced, so to speak. I'll put it away for now and think about it some.

I've pulled out another one, and I hope to get it finished soon. For now, I need to get back to the couch and back to stitching. Hope everyone is having a great week! :)


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A Stitcher's Companion

Got some bad news about my only sibling's health the other day and knew that I needed to calm myself down and the best way to do that is with stitching. Unfortunately, my thoughts were too scattered to concentrate much, so I grabbed a one color mini sampler to stitch on, and so far it's worked.


Here's what I have so far:


Design: A Stitcher's Companion from the book Honeysuckle Manor (page 23)


Designer: Blackbird Designs


Fabric: 28 count Picture This Plus linen in Legacy


Fiber: Fibers: Crescent Colours Belle Soie silk in Old Crow

Not bad for only stitching on it two days :P. I got to go to my weekly stitch in at Stitcher's Paradise and that helped a great deal. I absolutely adore the ladies there and finally feel like I am making friends here. I can't wait for next Wednesday! :D


Well, I need to bolt for now. Got some stuff I need to do before I can stitch some more. Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! :)


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Merry Stitchmas!

Sorry for the lack of posting. Work has been busy and most nights I am too pooped to (cross stitch) party. It's been a long time since I had a physically active job, however, I love the work that I do and look forward to each new day.


Here is what I have so far:





Design: Merry Christmas from the Joyeux Noël design book


Designer: Blackbird Designs


Fabric: R& R Reproductions 30 count overdyed linen in Witches' Teeth


Fibers: Crescent Colours cotton flosses in Antique Lace, Clay Pot, Four Leaf Clover, Spinach, and Wild Berries

I'm taking this with me to Stitcher's Paradise tomorrow for the Wednesday stitch in. I look forward to this every week, as it's my true me time. I am looking forward to spending time with "The Girls" and stitching my little heart out!




Hope everyone is having a wonderful week and a very merry Stitchmas!


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Bling! Bling!

So, yea. Earlier today, my mother and I went to Caesar's Palace to wander around and see all the shops they have. It's all very 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous'. Lots of bling, lots of stuff I cannot and probably will not ever be able to afford, but fun to wander around and look at for an afternoon.

A word about where I live. Vegas isn't like most places where they REQUIRE that you have an appointment to show up and when you get there, you had better be dressed in something resembling your Sunday best. Shorts and t-shirts don't cut it. Fortunately for me, I live in a place where, if I had the available cash, I can purchase a pair of million dollar earrings or a half a million dollar automobile at 11 PM on a Sunday night and no one blinks twice. Go me. :D


Here are some of the pics that I took. I am hoping to get to take my mother to the Bellagio, where they have some really neat botanical gardens inside the hotel. Please enjoy! :)


This fountain area is really pretty. Caesar Augusts there is actual a marvel of animatronics. It's really weird to watch him 'singing' and seeing the 'minions' do the same. :O




Pete Rose in the house signing autographs. No, I didn't get one, because I think baseball sucks :P:





Reflecting pool/wishing well. Just about every casino in town takes the money they get out of the pools once a year and they donate it all to local charities. This is sometimes in the millions of dollars.




The Mecca that is Harry Winston. It has been a dream of mine to actually be able to go into one of these stores and today it came true. Harry Winston has outfitted Kings, Queens, actresses (Elizabeth Taylor!) and the just plain filthy rich for a long, long time now. He is a Master at jewelcrafting and if I ever get the chance to own a piece, even if it's just a tiny pendant, I would consider myself blessed.






Afterwards, my mother and I went to a local rock shop, Jewelry and Mineral of Las Vegas. I love to collect rocks and have quite a collection and I am always looking (and wanting!) to expand.






I hope everyone is having a good weekend!


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Midsummer in a Stitcher's Paradise

I managed to remember to take my camera today, and I managed to get a few snapshots of the goodness and perfection that is Stitcher's Paradise. Please grab a cup of tea and a few cookies (biscuits for my European folks! :D) and sit back and enjoy the show!

Stitcher's Paradise
2550 S Rainbow Blvd # E25
Las Vegas, NV 89146-5179
(702) 227-9735‎


Front of the store:

The infamous Wall 'o Specialty Floss. This wall actually starts with the Needle Necessities/Threadworkx and goes all the way back to the back of the store almost:

Some of the models up on the walls:

One section of charts and more floss. This is near the checkout counter near the back of the store:





The infamous Fabric Room. This room houses the most fabric I have ever seen, plus the DMC, Anchor, Access Commodities and several other thread lines that they could not fit in the Wall o' Floss area.

Right side of Room:

Fabric cutting table with my Betty Boop in Las Vegas purse! :D:

View from the cash register:

They also have a table where you can sit and stitch, however, today being Saturday, the table was quite full and I do not take pictures of folks without their permission. :)


Hope everyone is having a great weekend. DH is taking me to Dairy Queen for 'date night' and if I can remember, I will take pics, because the view we have is quite spectacular! :)


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A Change of Status

This is SOOOOOOOO not cross stitching related, but oh, well! It's my blog and I'll off topic if I want to! :P


I love ideas. And I can do so much with them. I can take one idea and bring the conversation of a roomful of people to a complete halt. :P

My last brain wave came in the form of suggesting to my FH (that's future husband) that we could in essence, have TWO weddings. A smaller, more private one, that would take the pressure off of getting married and also we wouldn't have to deal with waiting anymore. That way, we could relax and plan wedding number two, which would be a big huge blowout with lots of limos, parties, food, and CAKE. (to say that my FH runs on a pro cake platform is akin to calling Bill O'Reilly a little bit of a right wing Republican).

So, after much discussion between the two of us, last Tuesday, February 10, we went to the Chapel of the Flowers on the LV Strip and found a wedding package we really liked and then went to the Clark County Marriage License Bureau and got a marriage license. (In Clark County, there is no waiting period and no blood testing.) The Bureau was quiet, save for three other couples. And yes, it was about 8 PM approximately when we did this. We decided to go Tuesday, rather than later on in the week, because Las Vegas is the wedding capitol of the world and on Valentine's Day, all engaged couples come home.

On Saturday, February 14, 2009 at approximately 9:45 PM, me and my FH were officially married. :D (I suppose I now have to call him DH, Darling Husband, but Damn Husband when the situation calls for it. :P). Since he proposed to me last year on Valentine's Day, it seemed kind of fitting that we get married on that day.

In attendance was his mother and his best friend, who gave me away. We are still planning on the big wedding. (I didn't spend 800 bucks on a wedding dress for nothing!). Hopefully, we can have it this October, but we keep adding things to the bigger wedding (more photography, an actual reception, etc) it's sort of jacked the price up, so we will see.

We spent the night at the Mandalay Bay hotel, in a 750 square foot suite with a king sized bed, a sunken jet tub, and champagne waiting on us. God bless Las Vegas!


Hope everyone had as good a Valentine's Day as we did! :)

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Snow update

Finally got some accumulation:

It's getting wild and wooly out there! :)



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Snow in the desert

The weather folks here were calling for snow. At first I thought they were bs-ing, because I live in a section of the Mojave desert. Snow....in the desert. Well, at any rate here it is:

It's not the kind that sticks, but it's nice to see during the holiday season. :)






I still don't feel like stitching.....


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