Another Bin O Shame Finish!

I finished this up moments ago. Another one that was started then set aside from the Bin O Shame. This makes the third one this year. Go me! Now I don't feel so bad about starting Maleficent, haha! 


Well, at any rate, here it is! 

Design: Adeline Ogier 1873 (Collection Privee)

Designer:  GiGi R

Fabric: unknown 32 count cream linen

Fiber Used: Thread Gatherer's Silk n' Colors  #194 Aged Plum

Stitcher's Notes: Part of the charity event Ricami Amo per l'Emilia in 2012. Stitched only part of the design as I truly did not feel like stitching either the border or the alphabet. :)

In other news, if rumor be true, tomorrow my favorite hockey player of all time, Martin Brodeur , will be announcing his retirement. I was hoping to see him play one more time before he hung up his skates for good, but alas, this is not to be. I wish him well and thank him for all that he has contributed to the sport I love so dearly. 

Well, I best be off. Need to clean up the area and find something for lunch. Hope everyone is having a fantastic week! :)

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NJ Devils Playoffs Finish

Hooray! My beloved my beloved New Jersey Devils have made the playoffs again this year. Since the division's creation in 1993, the Devils have won the Atlantic Division season title nine times, most recently in the 2009–10 season. The first game of the playoffs is this Friday against the Florida Panthers. I'm wishing and praying for another Stanley Cup . If the Devils win the Stanley Cup this year, that will make the fourth time in the club's history, and the fourth Cup for Martin Brodeur , the best goaltender in the history of the game. Let's go Devils , let's go! :D


To celebrate the Devils getting into the playoffs, I stitched up this little wee cutie from Nomis. It was completed in about 4 days and DH has already requested one for his Toronto Maple Leafs who unfortunately didn't make it into the playoffs this year :(.


At any rate, here's my finish:


Design: NJ Devils logo


Designer: Nomis for the NHL (an OOP book)


Fabric: 28 count white Monaco


Fibers: DMC Cotton Embroidery Floss (Article 117) in B5200, 310 and 321.

The great big honking pink bunny Peep you see in the background is actually a treat that the Easter Bunny left me for Easter. It's a coin bank. I am a Peep fanatic and I just adore it. I's love to have one in the chick form in yellow. Maybe next year! :)


Well, I'm off like a dirty shirt. Got tons to do before tomorrow. Hope everyone's having a great week! :)


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Tiny finish and some hockey talk :)

Just got finished stitching my only finish for the month just a few moments ago. Well, at least I have a finish, so that counts, yea? At any rate, here's a pic and some related stitchy notes. :)



Design: Miniature Heirloom Series Kit Independence Hall (PC-806).


Designer: Posy Collection


Floss: DMC White, 500, 927, 3064, and 3777.


Fabric: Charles Craft 14 count aida in what looks like either a mushroom or dark khaki color


Errata: Kit purchased in a shop in Philadelphia near Independence Hall, November 2008. Beginning stitches were stitched sitting on a bench in front of the Hall. It was really neat to do that and I hope I get the opportunity to do that again soon! :)








I love the way it turned out, although, I wrote myself a note that when I stitch it again, I will stitch the border in either DMC 310, 336, 823, 317 or 413. I will have to floss toss, but I think it would look good with any of those colors, really.


I pulled out Country Cottage Needlework's Bee Pinkeep to work on after this one. It's another one from the Land of Started and Never Finished Projects. Shouldn't take long at all, but it does need to be done. I've woefully neglected stitching up what I have started already and really do need to put a sizable dent in it before I start working and The Hubmeister's map.




Now for some hockey chat! Big Congrats to Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabers for taking the Vezina Trophy Wednesday night here in Vegas. (The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's goaltender who is "adjudged to be the best at this position". At the end of each season, the 30 General Managers of the teams in the National Hockey League vote to determine the goaltender who was the most valuable to his team during the regular season. Before 1981, it was awarded to the goaltender(s) of the team allowing the fewest number of goals during the regular season; now, the William M. Jennings Trophy is awarded under the aforementioned definition.). Quite frankly, I think he more than deserved it, even if it meant Mr. Brodeur walking away without the hardware. (For the record, Mr. Brodeur has four Vezinas so it's not like he's hurting any! :P). Anyway, congrats, Mr. Miller! You did the USA proud during the Olympics and for what it's worth, you made a major fan out of me!









Well, I best be off. I need to clean up my work area before I go downstairs to make dinner. Hope everyone is having a great day!



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Numbers 552 and 702 with a bunneh

Here is my latest update on the Easter Chocolate Box. I am not sure if I want to continue stitching the white, but I may as well, since I cannot seem to find another suitable color for the trellis. (Although a pale yellow may show up better.)


Design: Easter Chocolate Boxes

Designer: Erica Michaels

Fabric: 28 count hand painted by MrsDeb from the SMO boards. I like to call it 'Spring'.

Fibers: Anchor 382 for the Bunneh, Kreinik Blending Filament 092 and #4 Very Fine Braid #3214, DMC B5200, 605, 954 and 910.

Began: Monday, March 2, 2009.

I haven't stitched much the last 2 days as I seem to be getting sick. I think it's seasonal allergies, but /shrug. Who knows?



In other news, Martin Brodeur received his 552 career win Tuesday night and Patrick Elias scored his 702nd goal. Grats to both men on a job well done!

Stats for Marty:

Except as noted, these records include performance through the end of the 2007-08 season. Statistics for the current (2008–09) season will be updated upon its completion.

* Most regular season wins (achieved in 2008-09 season)
* 2nd place, Most shutouts (96)
* Most combined shutouts (118, both regular season and playoffs)
* Most overtime wins (45)
* Most consecutive 30-win seasons (12)
* Most consecutive 35-win seasons (11)
* Most 40-win seasons (7)
* Only NHL goalie to score a game-winning goal
* One of two NHL goalies (Ron Hextall) to score a goal in both the regular season and the playoffs

Regular season

* Most wins in a single season (48, in 2006–07)
* Most minutes played in a single season (4697, in 2006–07)

Playoffs

* Most shutouts in a playoff (7, in 2002–03)
* 2nd place: 22 Shutouts
* Most shutouts in a Stanley Cup final (3, in 2002–03)

Tied with Toronto Maple Leafs' Frank McCool.

* 2nd place: 94 Wins
* 3rd goaltender to win the Stanley Cup with a Game-7 shutout in 2002–03.
* 1st goaltender in history to have 3 shutouts in two different playoff series. (1995 against Boston in the Conference Quarterfinals, 2003 against Anaheim in the Stanley Cup final.)

Awards

* Calder Memorial Trophy — 1994
* NHL 1st All-Star Team — 2003, 2004, 2007
* NHL 2nd All-Star Team — 1997, 1998, 2006, 2008
* NHL All-Rookie Team — 1994
* NHL All-Star Game — 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
* Olympic gold medal — 2002
* Primus World'Stars Challenge Bowl — 2004
* QMJHL 2nd All-Star Team — 1992
* QMJHL All-Rookie Team — 1990
* Stanley Cup — 1995, 2000, 2003
* Vezina Trophy — 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
* William M. Jennings Trophy — 1997 (with Mike Dunham), 1998, 2003 (tied Roman Čechmánek & Robert Esche), 2004
* World Cup of Hockey championship — 2004



Stats for Patrick:



Awards

* 1997–98: NHL All-Rookie team
* 1999–00: Stanley Cup champion, New Jersey Devils
* 1999–00: NHL All-Star Game participant
* 2000–01: NHL First All-Star team
* 2000–01: NHL Bud Light Plus/Minus Award (shared with Joe Sakic)
* 2001–02: NHL All-Star Game participant
* 2002–03: Stanley Cup champion, New Jersey Devils
* 2006: Olympic Bronze medal, Czech Republic

Records

* Eliáš is the only NHL player to be awarded two penalty shots in overtime. Both occurred in separate games versus the New York Islanders, and in both cases, Eliáš missed the penalty shot.
* Most Overtime Goals in a season, 4.
* Most Overtime Winners, 15 (tied with Mats Sundin and Jaromír Jágr)
* New Jersey Devils record for most points in one season, 96.
* New Jersey Devils record for most points in a playoff season, 23.
* New Jersey Devils all-time leader in playoff goals (39), assists (71), and points (110).
* New Jersey Devils record for hat tricks, 6 (tied with John MacLean).
* New Jersey Devils record for all time assists, 365.
* New Jersey Devils record for all-time scoring in goals (293) and total points (702), ahead of John MacLean
* New Jersey Devils record for game winning goals (60).


Annnnnd.... to cap things off...here is Ushi being, well...Ushi again. :)





Hope everyone is having a good day! :)


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C'est magnifique!

Congrats to my all time favorite hockey player, Martin Brodeur, for the Devils winning 3-1 last night over the Habs, in Montreal. The win gave him 551 career wins, making him the second goalie to do so. (Patrick Roy being the first.).

Congrats also to Patrick Elias on tying John MacLean as the franchise's all-time scoring leader with 701 points last night. With all the hubub over Marty, I don't want to forget and make light of that accomplishment (and he's a cute little bugger to boot! :P). Congrats, Patrick!

551 and 701 is one hell of a birthday present! :D

I still haven't stitched anything in a while, but I will hopefully get to stitch some today. We shall see! :P

Had a birthday yesterday, and didn't do a whole lot. Went out to dinner at Memphis Championship BBQ, then DH and I went to the Red Rock Hotel and Casino for a few drinks and some light gambling. We were on the guest list to go see Paul Oakenfold play at Rain last night, but bypassed it, because he had worked all day and I was getting tired.


Sucks to be getting old. :P


Hope everyone is having a good weekend.


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