My sister has been saying how much she loved this ornament for many years, I finally managed to stitch one for her, I knew she would love it!
Mini cat cross stitch finishes
I have been stitching my free mini cat patterns this week and finishing them into flatfolds.
Freebie friday - Mini Cat in Christmas Stocking with holly
Hi everyone, here is my latest Christmas Cross Stitch freebie.....
Flat fold Christmas ornament and mini cat stitched
Partridge finished into a small pillow.............
Hi everyone, as you can see from my blog header I have finished the Partridge in a Pear Tree design into a small pillow ornament for my tree, just eleven more to go!
Friday Freebie - Christmas Mini Cat for 2014
It's Freebie Friday everyone and I have made a new Christmas mini cat cross stitch pattern with matching gift tags for you to download.
A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Hi everyone, here is my latest cross stitch finished, I just need to make it into a small pillow and trim it accordingly. I plan to make all Twelve of these ornaments to put on my tree next year.
Winner of labels giveaway
The winner of my digital personalised label giveaway is..............
Catherine from I love to stitch blog here
Congratulations Catherine, I will email you.
Thankyou for all of your comments.
Freebie Friday - Preserve gift tags with matching round labels.
Hi everyone, its Freebie Friday.....
We will remember them................
Today is a special day to remember all of the fallen in the world wars and recent conflicts too.
Freebie Friday Christmas Holiday Gift Tags
Hello everyone, Freebie Friday today! I have made these Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas tags for you to download, all you need to do is punch a hole and add ribbon or string.
A stitchery, some buttons and a new cross stitch.
Mini Quilt Exchange
Hi everyone, this is my last mini quilt that I made for Cheryll's Quilt Exchange for 2014.
Mirabilia progress, new greenhouse plants and bread.
Hello everyone, here is my progress on my Royal Holiday cross stitch by Mirabilia,
Freebie Friday - Christmas Gift Tags
Hi everyone, its Friday Freebie day!
Here are some christmas gift tags I have been making for you to download, just right click on the image and click save as to your computer.
I made these using the wonderful digital stamps available from Obsidian Dawn here, I love Dawns photoshop brushes they are so lovely and she has lots of others too, check them out!
Enjoy!
Mirabilia Royal Holiday progress
Hi everyone, here is my latest progress on Mirabilia Royal Holiday.
I have stitched her face and a little more on the next part of her cape, she is looking quite pretty, just need to get some beads stitched to her crown and she will look amazing!
I have also been designing some more digital christmas gift tags in a traditional red and white colour theme, if you pop back to my blog on Friday they will be available as a freebie.
Until next time........
Happy Stitching!
Mirabilia Christmas Queen progress
Ever since I started blogging I have picked up a very bad habit, well it is a bad habit for me and now drives me crazy, the absolute inability to resist starting too many projects at once, trust me, I never did this before, I only ever did one project at a time!
A random act of kindness
Hi everyone, here is my latest random act of kindness stitched for Gracie who is a member of the Random Act of Kindness blog.
Small ORT bag.
Hi everyone, here is my latest stitching for this week, it is a little ORT bag to place my old ragged threads into when I am stitching.
Friday Freebie - Gift bag topper with gift tags and Vintage Mother cross stitch
Hi everyone, its Friday Freebie time!
Summer stitching and crochet, plus mini quilt swap.
Mini Quilt Swap and Shrink Plastic Gift Tags
Hi Everyone, I am currently signed up for a mini quilt swap from Cherylls Blog over at Gone Stitching here this is the mini quilt I sent to my partner Sue over at The Jersey Scrapper Blog hereGift bag topper and update re Mother.
http://happinessiscrossstitching.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/mini-quilt-swap-and-shrink-plastic-gift.html
Hi everyone, this is my Freebie Friday post a few days late, I could not get access to my blog last week, hence the reason for the delay.
I have been making some shrink plastic gift tags for part of a mini swap, I then decided to wrap them in a small gift bag and designed this gift tag topper to finish off.
The tags can be downloaded for free, just right click and save to your computer, print off and fold on the white line and staple to your cellophane bags at the top.
In my next post I will show how I made the cute gift tags using shrink plastic, I can't show them now because it will spoil the surprise for my partner in the mini swap.
Edited : You can now see the tutorial for the shrink plastic gift tags in my next post here
Update re Mother's accident.
Thankyou so much for all of the kind comments left for Mother, they were all really appreciated.
She is finally coming home on Wednesday of this week, yay!!! We were quite worried at one point but she is now on the mend. Mother is camera shy but here is a photo of her fractured wrist including bruises! She is temporarily walking with a frame until her hip is properly mended and there will be carers looking after her for 6 weeks but at least she is coming home, which I am truly relieved about.
Stitching news.
I have just sent a mini quilt for the mini swap,I am also working on a stitchery design at the moment to make a framed picture and I have been crocheting some squares for my first crochet cushion which should be finished soon.
Happy stitching,
until next time!
Take time to smell the roses.............
Hi everyone, thankyou so much for the lovely comments given to my Mother following her hip and wrist fracture, I passed them on and she cried when she read them, she says to pass on her heartfelt thanks to everyone for their kind words.
Terrible week for Mum.
Remember these photos when Mum was crafting? Well on Tuesday morning Mum and I went shopping, we were just leaving a store and she fell over with an almighty bang which resulted in a fractured hip and right wrist, she has had to have a hip replacement, her wrist is in plaster and she keeps fainting every time the nurses try to get her moving. We are all quite worried but I am sure with the fantastic nursing care she is receiving I am sure she will eventually be on her feet again.
So nothing to show you at the moment, I have managed to do a bit of crochet but I tend not to function very well when I am worried.
Hopefully Mum will soon be better and things will be back to normal.
Until next time.........
Happy Stitching.
Freebie Friday - American Independance Day Mini Cat Cross Stitch Pattern
Hi everyone, it's Freebie Friday again, so here is the latest mini cat freebie.
Freebie Friday - Seaside Mini Cat
Hi everyone, here is my latest mini cat design from my mini cat series of cross stitch pattern freebies, I do hope you like it! I am also currently designing a 4th of July Mini Cat that will be available soon,
now available here.
Flowers in my craft room and Summer cross stitch progress
Hi everyone, we were in a gardening mood this week, I cannot tell you how long I have wanted window boxes on my house but it must have been about thirty years in the making! Lol Since having my first house all those years ago I have always intended to have a window box or two but never got around to it, well today is the day......tah dah!!!!!
Cross stitching, recent stash buying and a pattern in progress.
Hi everyone, here is my latest stitching, it is a lovely pattern by the designer Cross Eyed Cricket here.
Gooseberry Pie Cross Stitch
Hi everyone, here is another finish from the Dale Burdett vintage cross stitch book, now that I have both finished I will take them to the framers this week.
Preserve With Love Finished
Hi everyone, here is the cross stitch I started last week, as you can see it stitched up pretty fast!
Exchange gift has arrived at the destination
Hi everyone, here is the gift I made for my partner Heike in a recent exchange on Ravelry.
A random act of kindness and other stitching..........
Hi everyone, I have been busy catching up on some cross stitch finishes, the first one being this altered design of Little House Neighborhood that I stitched for a lady who I only just met!
Easter Mini Quilt and swap on Ravelry.
Hi everyone, I signed up on Cherylls Blog to make three mini quilts this year and the first one was an Easter Swap for my partner Kerry, I made this mini quilt using this Easter sampler pattern from Red Brolly.
Freebie Friday - Gift Bag Toppers and more gift tags!
I have been playing around with Photoshop again, I have made these for a swap I am doing and thought
you may like them too!
Freebie Friday - Pastel shades gift tags
I thought I would make the same gift tags as last week but this time in pastel shades.
Until next time, happy stitching!
Friday Freebie - Hand made just for you gift tags!
It's freebie friday again!
I have made these Hand Made Gift Tags just for you to print, just punch a small hole in the top and thread ribbon or string and you are ready to attach them to your gifts.
I think you should be able to cut them out with a 2" punch.
Until next time - Happy Stitching!
Card making with mum and updated craft room photos
I thought it was about time I showed you more of my craft room as I know you have only seen one side of it, also mum visited recently and she showed me how to make beautful cards, I have made some in the past but really it is my mum that is the card maker in our family. We had three full days of card making, all we did was eat and craft all day long, it was wonderful!
RAK'S received and show and tell from readers.
.JPG "Gift to Valerie")
Hi everyone, two random acts of kindness were sent from my blog a couple of weeks ago and I am very pleased that they both reached their destinations safely.
Little red bag and sewing machine necklace finished with free pattern.
I have now moved away from my blue stitching for the moment and concentrated on a bit of red stitching, I designed this pretty little bag including the cross stitch design which is available as a freebie, I showed a sneak peak last week.I then decided to make a necklace with a mini sewing machine, so here it is!
Craft room and stitching
Quite a while ago I said that I would show you all my new craft room curtains and I have only just remembered!
Quilted wall hanging, Santas Village progress and Valentine Cat finished.
I finally managed to stitch another house on Santa's Village, only two more to go!
Santa's Village progress and new Valentine mini cat pattern.
Hi everyone, here is my latest progress on Santa's Village, I am hoping to get this cottage finished by the weekend.
An exchange has arrived and my Peacock Design stitched by Ann.
Ooooo look what arrived for me today!!!!!
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