Spring Sampler WIP

I'm still plugging away, hope to have this one finished this week.

Trip to my LNS

Boy did I have fun buying Little House and Country Cottage charts!These two are my favorites these days, but I am especially partial to CC. I just love that cottage look!
Here's my list from above, starting at the top left:
Flowershop~CC
Ladybugs and Bumblebees~CC
Fruit Thread pack~Watermelon~ LHN
A Rose in Morning~LHN
Blossoms and Blackbirds~LHN
I also bought the rest of what I neede to get "A Place We Call Home" kitted up. I am almost done with Spring Sampler, so I think I will do this one next. I LOVE the colors!

A finish and a WIP!

Here is LHN berries design finished into a needlbook!
And here is my start on the LHN/ crescent colors belle soie chartpack. I am loving these silks they are wonderful! So soft and pretty!

O.K. so this is supposed to be a stitching blog!

Here is a pic of the exchange I received from Jenny in the Legacy Quaker Quarterly Exchange. Isn't it cool! Thanks Jenny!

Great Weekend!

I had such a great weekend, though I didn't get much stitching done. My 8th grade son had the lead in the school play. It was called Groovy, and was kind of a musical about the 60's. It was really cute and he was so hysterical in it! He sang and acted his heart out and it was so funny!

He is 6'1, so he just towers over the rest of the kids in the play. Thats him in the middle with the goofy afro! The kids in the play were from 5th through 8th grade. This is a small school and a close knit community, so it was great fun to see kids you know who are shy or quiet come out and do such a great job. What a blast!

Then for Mother's Day I got the sweetest little notecard set made by Isabel, my 2nd grader. You know how endearing those sweet little handmade gifts are-I cherish them! My dh bought me a pink razor phone(A huge surprize to me!) and 2 of my kids got together and bought me the angel viser clip( behind my back when we were in the Catholic shop while I was shopping for a gift for my mother.) Sneaky! But SO sweet!! It was such a great weekend!

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope all the mothers out there who happen to see this blog have a truly wonderful Mother's Day!! May all of your kids be a blessing to you, I KNOW you love them as much as I do mine!

What's in a name?

I have really been pondering what to call my new business venture. I am terrible at making up names, which is how I got stuck with Annie Beez Folk Art for my doll business. My husband suggested it when we first got email, and I couldn't think of anything better for my business. Isn't that pathetic? It's not a horrible name by any means, and has a cetain catchiness which is good, but I have always thought it a little too cutesy and unimaginative.
So here are some thing I have come up with so far:

Anne Elizabeth Samplings- this is another play off of my name, and I thought I could shorten it to AnneE for emails and such. Also Anne is my patron saint and Elizabeth is my confirmation name. (my middle name is Marie, so with 3 famous bible mothers as my namesake is it any wonder I have so many children? LOL!)

Stolen Moments Needleart-this is just a sentiment of how I feel whenever I am stitching. I always feel like I should be doing something else. In a household this size there is an endless stream of things to be done-I'm sure you can all relate!

Mustard House - this is a nod to my primitive style, and my house is an old farmhouse painted mustard. Also the first sampler I ever designed myself was called Mustard house.

This is all I have so far, please ANY suggestions, comments, etc. are MOST welcome. I told you I'm not good at making up names!!!LOL!