Happy New Year....

Happy Happy New Year....
I'm wishing you the very
best for the new year....


Holy cow if has been crazy around here...I don't now how all of you wonderful bloggers out there in blog land do it....Through this busy holiday season you manage to keep your blogs up dated and full of great pictures and new project... With my limited computer skills, I'm tell you it take me longer to post that it dose to cross stitch my projects ( just kidding) ....But I am really slow at getting everything together....



Here are a couple of the project I have been working on...I'm listing these on Early Work Mercantile tonight....If you have the time I would love it if you could stop by....



We have had a great holiday season around here....Full of my favorite people and tons of yummy treats....But now my house needs a little TLC and the Christmas decorations need to come down...But I still have Katie at home so I can't think about that until she leaves there is still more fun to be had and treats to be eating...(that is if I could possible eat one more treat)...Thanks for stopping by and for the all the nice comments you make my day...My New years resolution is to post more often and to leave more comments on all of your blogs out there because you have all been so kind to me....Enjoy the New Year and thanks so much for all the kindness you have sent my way, Nancy

Christmas is fast approching.....

Wow... Christmas is fast approaching....And as usual I feel like I'm light year behind...But that's OK I guess that is half the fun...I'm posting a few items I just listed on TDIPT...And I think this is the last of my Christmas stitching...I do have a couple of gifts to finish then I guess I can say I'm done....I always find just one more thing I would like to stitch for the holidays....But my family is looking around the kitchen for Christmas goodies and right know there is none to be found...So if I don't want the lose my happy home I better leave my sewing room for a while and start baking...LOL...I must say I probably like the treats more than they do...Jaxon, Mckenna and I will start with cinnamon rolls and freeze them for Christmas morning....This task will take all day and the grand kids love making their own rolls and taking them home to their folks....There will be dough, cinnamon and sugar everywhere and this is my favorite Christmas tradition I have done this ever since my kids were little and I hope there will be kids here forever so I never have to stop making Christmas rolls with the kids...



I hope all your shopping, baking and planning is going well and you are enjoying the season...Thanks so much for stopping by and for the kind comments, they make my day...
Take care, Nancy

How Do You Do It.....

Good morning all....Wow... I don't know how all you great blogger out there in blog land find the time to post as often as you do this time of year...I feel like a slacker...I though I would post a couple of the thing I have been working on...
For some reason the last couple of thing I have stitch have turned out to be stocking....I packed up a bunch of them last night to mail today and of course forgot to take pictures...But this one is staying home until tomorrow....Then it is off to it's new home...


And then a snowman with his friends...This guy was designed by Kentucky primitives....I love her stuff...Thanks so much for sharing all of your wonderful work on your blogs ...It's so nice when I'm tired and uninspired to look at all the wonderful thing you have created for a pick me up....And as always thanks for the kind comments they are the best pick me up of all....
Until later....enjoy your holidays, Nancy

Ho..Ho..Ho..Christmas ornaments for Early work Mercantile...

The season is upon us and I don't think a person can ever have enough Christmas tree ornaments...I like to have a new ornament to remember every year...Also tree ornaments are my favorite gift to give...
Our family has a very kind Uncle, Uncle Bob who every year since the kids were born he has given them a Christmas ornament... Which they watch to come in the mail right after Thanksgiving, I know it is one of their favorite tradition....They always have fun hanging their ornaments and comparing them with the one for years gone by...







These are a few of the thing I'm offering on Early work Mercantile tonight...If you have a chance I would love it if you could stop by....I hope your holiday season is going well and full of all the fun and family you need....
Thanks a bunch for stopping by, Nancy

Colonial Christmas from TDIPT......

Please take a look at the Colonial Christmas open house from TDIPT.....New listing are going up tonight with lots of new holiday treats...To find out how to sign up for the fun give away check out...http://todwellinprimitivethymes.blogspot.com I'm sure you will be glad you did...
Have a great Sunday and thanks for stopping by, Nancy

I Can't Get Enough Snowmen....

Wow.. It has been busy around here...I have been sewing and then sewing some more..Thank-you for all the orders and the kind comments on my blog ...You all make me feel so good....
As you can tell I love snowmen...After the holidays are over and life go back to normal
I have a lot of winter left before I can plant flowers...Then I love snowmen even more...During the winter my house is full of them, big ones, fat one, skinny one, one that are punched, crossed stitched ones and one that are stuffed...They all make me happy...So around here snowmen are around all winter....My neighbors love to kid me when the daffodils are blooming and I still have a lingering snowman on the front porch...



Here a few of my latest snowmen....The cross stitches pocket snowman is a design from County Stitches....I have said this before, I love every thing Brenda designs...



I am also a firm believer that girl can never have to many holiday pillows .....These are a couple of my latest pillows....
Make sure you check out the Christmas fair at TDIPT we are having a huge give away....
I'm offering the Merry drum I posted on October 28th...I can't wait to see which one of you nice people out there in blog land wins it...
I'm off to do a little more stitching in my comfy chair while my cute husband flips the T.V.
channels...
Take care and thanks for stopping by, Nancy

Eary Work Mercantile.....

I just finished posting for my first month on Early work Mercantile....I have had a ton of fun getting ready to post on this new site...If you have the time take a look at the items I have been working on ...I would truly appreciate it...(earlyworkmercantile.com)



The cross stitch Noel on my double pin keep is from a pattern by Blackbird designs...




This is Harriette and her friend Stella they are making their first appearance tonight....
Thanks so much for stopping by. I really appreciate all the support from my friends in blog land, Nancy

Thank-you-...Thank-you...

Thank-you Thank-you for all the kind comments from all of you nice people out in blog land....Your comments are all so up lifting on a dark rainy day... I can't believe it has been two weeks since I last posted....I have been busy filling order for TDIPT from my October offerings and trying to get ready for the 15 of November...And then there are the Halloween costumes I have been making for my grand kids all in all It has been crazy around here...Then I thought....I'm having so much fun with TDIPT why not join another site and offer my guilty pleasures on the first of every month. So I joined Early Works Mercantile.Com...Now I get to spend even more time in my sewing room...I'm a little over whelmed right now but I love ever minute of it...
I just finished Santa and his friend this morning...I love his old wool coat and pants and he looks so kind holding his reindeer...I have one more Santa all ready to put together I'm just trying to decide what his clothes should look like....Santa is from a pattern I found from Pineberry lane...




I have been cross stitching like crazy...I have a pile of thing that need to be put together...This little bird and flower are made into a double pin-keep with old buttons and rosemary stuck in the middle...I just love how rosemary smells...



And last of all is my merry drum...I really like making these ....I think I will try a couple more....Well I'm off to try and decide what kind of clothes would look great on my naked Santa...
Thanks so much for stopping by and I really appreciate all the nice comments...
Happy stitching, Nancy

A Million Pictures.......

After being gone for one whole week there are about a ton of things that need to be done around here...But, I sure had a good time, my folks are doing great and so is the rest of my family and I have to say my favorite thing is that my hair look absolutely beautiful if I do say so myself it has nothing to do with me my sister Angie is a genies with a pair of scissors..Now I feel much better about myself...

One of my tasks when I got home was to finish sewing my offering for TDIPT web site for the 15 of October which made me really happy to get home from a week of fun and have an excuse to spend time in my sewing room....I have been sewing like crazy but now my problem is I have take about a million pictures of my offering and can't decide which ones to use... I'm having trouble because I can only use six pictures....

I have done a few autumn thing but this pillow I would leave out all year.....I don't think I can ever be too thankful for all the thing around me...



I think this is the last pumpkin I'm going to make for fall this year......You know I have said that before....Who knows I may be thinking of a few more pumpkins that are just waiting to be made ...



I started cross stitching Christmas thing a couple of week ago.....But this is my first angel of the season...She is primitive but I love details...Her wings are made out of an old quilt, her petticoat has vintage lace and decorative embroidery stitches, her eyes are old bone buttons and she is taking care of a little bird and his nest.....And of coarse she is time worn with lots of love.. I have a couple more angels I'm working on I'll post them as soon as there are done....I have a weakness for angels and snowmen during the winter season...





Sad but true I really need to do some laundry...So I'm off to the laundry room...So no more sewing for me today.....After laundry it is on to the grocery store.....
I hope all of you fun people out in blog land are having a great day, Nancy

I'm Of To Visit My Folks........

I'm off for a week to give my folks a little TLC...And hoping to find lots of warm sunny weather....One of my favorite people in the whole world, Angie ( my little sister) Is going to make me beautiful with a hair cut and color...this pumpkin guy is for her as a little thank-you for a day of beauty...she really deserve about a million pumpkin guys nothing can repay how great I feel when she is done making me pretty.....
If you look up in the left hand corner of the picture you will see a ball of fluff.....And that is another one of my favorite thing, Reilly my stitch en dog...I can't believe I haven't posted a picture of him yet....He is always two step behind me right now he is asleep on the floor under the computer...



When I sew he is asleep under my sewing machine. When I stitch his is asleep on the couch right beside me if I stitch something small he is on my lap....I really think he sleeps 20 hours a day the other 4 hours he spend following me up and down the stairs. I know when he looks up at me sometimes he is thinking can't you just stay in one room I am just getting comfortable...But he just keeps coming I never find myself in a room with out him...You have to love that...



I know in my last post I said I was done making pumpkins....Not so I found I still needed to make a larger spooky and a few more small pumpkins which made me happy just another excuse to spend the day in my sewing room......


Then last I though I would share the cat I just finished I absolutely love him....The pattern is from Country Stitches I love all of Brenda's designs I have been sewing and stitching her creations for years....And of course I have a ton of her designs stashed to work on later.....But don't tell my husband after all these years he still doesn't under stand a girl can nerve have enough project to work on...(just kidding)
Keep stitching, Nancy

One More Pumpkin.....

I have been filling orders for pumpkins and when I think I am almost done I find a reasons to make one more pumpkin...This is my latest pumpkin a white pumpkin with a spooky patch.... I used the same patch that I used on spooky the cat...The last couple of pumpkins have been a bit smaller...





Then I thought it might be fun to have an autumn pumpkin....Tied with a silk ribbon...I must say I love silk ribbon you can find the greatest colors and I love the texture...


Now I really have to stop with all the orange and black and move on to Christmas or I'm going to be terribly behind....I have a ton of fun Christmas ideas that I can't wait to get started on....
Thanks so much for stopping by and for all the kind comments I truly appreciate every one, Nancy