...moving house...

Well, I have finally gotten my new blog up and running, you can visit it here.

I will no longer be posting on this blog and hope you will find my new blog much more inspiring than this one has been.

Thanks to those who have visited.

...finding inspiration...

I have not been very faithful in keeping up my blog - not as a matter of disinterest, but once again, due to a lack of time.

I have however, not wasted my few free moments in totally neglecting my blog, rather, I have spent some time reviewing some very beautiful blogs of other people, and reading about blog etiquette. This has given me the inspiration to want to redo my blog to what I feel is more meaningful of what I really want to share, and as a reflection of the reason I started a blog in the first place.

So as the new year sets in, I hope to redo my blog, and with that, make a commitment to try to make a minimum of at least one post a week.

At this time I wish all who visit my blog Seasons Greetings, and hope you will return to visit my new blog in the New Year.

...wooly patches...

Fall is here and the cold winds are just around the corner, and you just can't help thinking of warm quilts, wooly sweaters and cozy fires .

I haven't had much time this summer to work on anything creative, but I did get a start on this little item which I plan to turn into a decorative cushion for a baby or toddler's bedroom... hmm, even a teenage girl could fall in love with the simplicity of this design, and how fitting is it for winter... woolly and quilt? VBG.

The sheep is hand embroidered with hundreds, (egad, did I say hundreds?) of french knots and a couple of boullion stitches thrown in for good measure. I didn't realize how long it would take to fill in this little guy with french knots, but let me tell you, it took a while, VBG.

The embroider has been completed upon 100% linen fabric, with the patchwork in pretty 100% cotton prints. It is so sweet all in shades of pink with just enough white to set it off.... the tiny popcorn pompom trim is so delicate and a perfect fit for the sheep.

I plan to make the back just as pretty as the front, hopefully I will get to completing it within the next couple of weeks.

Stay tuned for the finished product. Hugs everyone.

..spreading the love...

This weekend I was delightfully surprised to be nominated for two awards by dear Judy. I am assuming since she combined both the awards that she received, and then nominated her chosen blogs, that I am then awarded the two awards also. VBG. These nominations are truly appreciated.

For the "Kreativ Blogger" award the rules are as follows:
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

For the "I love your blog" award the rules are as follows:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog
2. Link the person you received your award from
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours
5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you’ve nominated


Since I am fairly new to blogging, I have not yet built up a list of favourite sites, and therefore in order to meet with the rules, I will post nominees as I come across them on an individual basis.

It is nice to know my blog and web site are being recognized and appreciated by others. VBG... Thanks Judy!

Make sure to stop by again in the next day or so as I will be uploading a pic of a little something I have been working on and which I hope to have finished in the very near future.

...reaching across the world...

Well, I finally made it into Inspirations, a beautiful magazine for needlework enthusiasts. It feels great!

What started out as a fun "letter" to a request by the magazine, and my response to them about the power of the internet, has led me to be featured in their magazine, and to receive a beautiful letter from another reader, Judy, who used to live in Australia and who now lives in the USA.... the power of the internet... it connects people all over the world.

Just when you think no one reads books/magazines anymore, we find other kindred spirits who find joy in both printed matter and digital media, and who are willing to share inspiration with each other. Add the bonus of their taking the time to touch your heart with kind words just makes everything you aspire to achieve all the more worthwhile.

It is Judy's letter that inspired me tonight to take the time to post to my blog, add to my web site, and respond to her letter.... every once in a while you have to be reminded to stop, sit back, and take a moment for yourself. Thanks Judy!

...on writing

Ok, so I have another passion... writing. All my life I have written on and off, but I have never really put much effort into it. I have decided to change that and I have enrolled in a course for "Writing for Children" and perhaps I will start taking it a little more seriously.

There are so many books I'd love to write, and of course, get published... fantasy, Arthurian Legend, picture books for children, and I'd love to take some of my poetry and put some of my own artwork with it too.

But alas, time is always at a premium... could I just sit and write and forget everything else... while this would be an ideal situation, it is not always practical... I suffer from TMIS (too many ideas syndrome) and I can't stick to any one thing long enough to make it my sole focus. But there is something to be said for TMIS, and that is that I am never bored and can reach towards any corner of my house, close my eyes and pick something to do for that day, lol!

My goal in life is to fulfill as many of my passions as I can... anything I have always wanted to do, I have been trying to do, and so far I have been doing pretty well at achieving most of the things that are within my own control and reach.

So, if you have a passion... go for it. Life is way too short to not to at least try and enjoy and use what talents you have been fortunate enough to have been given...

...when nothing works....

I decided to change the look of my website, because I wasn't happy with the way it looked previously... and so, I had,of course, to change my blog too. But wouldn't you know it...there are always more changes than you anticipate. For instance, pictures that I had put on there had a background color to match the old blog, and now with the new blog all pictures have to be changed. Well, that's really not so bad because I had to make all of those changes for my web site too. The problem is when you seem to do everything you are supposed to do, but Blogger is having its own issues.

I have had problems uploading new images, changing background colours, and I don't know what else.

So what do you do?...leave it and take a break for a while....go do something else, otherwise, you will drive yourself crazy.

Finally, after a short break, I went in and checked all the code and found that while it had accepted my changes under the "variables", it actually didn't change it in the code and I had to do it manually. Finally, it almost matches my web site....whew! I just thought I'd share this little tidbit of information in case anyone else runs into this issue.

Anyway, if you want to view the new look of my web site, here it is, and I'm finally off to work on something else. Till next post....