My start of Chatelaine's Swan Lake aka Mystery 14. I'm stitching as charted (so far) on 28ct. Light Blue jobelan. And loving it.
I think the fabric color is truest in the first picture, threads truest in the third. There is a crystal for the center but I am considering substituting a mother of pearl button with a swan painted on it. I would lose the pulled eyelets because of the size of the button, but I don't think I really care.
Quick stitch, quick finish!
by Shepherd's Bush, stitched as charted (except for the mistake I added and wasn't in the mood to frog). It's inserted into the recommended box, and the finishing was dead simple. Really, anyone can do this. The only skills needed are tracing a circle and cutting it out.
I've started on Chatelaine's Swan Lake but only posted a quick & dirty picture to Twitter. Once I have something worth showing I'll get it posted here.
I also finish on occasion!
Letter L by Mirabilia stitched as charted on 28ct. African Daisy jobelan. Took me about 20 hours to stitch and went off to Jill Rensel for framing today. Stitched for my cousin's brand new little baby girl Leah.
My dear friend l continued my happy birthday with a surprise.
Blackbird's Loose Feathers #20 and a gorgeous pair of Elena Gingher's. Awesome. I have the best stitching friends in the world. 
I've also started stitching on. I bought myself the chart/kit and the box for my birthday. I'm hoping to post a finish in a day or two.
My kit for Chatelaine's Swan Lake (the 2011 mystery) arrived, the fabric is 28ct. Light Blue joblean. (yes I have a jobelan fetish) I need to get started on this and get back to the long neglected CaHRH <- which I promised to my Mother for Christmas '11.
The 3 (awesome!) Downside Ghosts books by Stacia Kane are going to....
10. Ash!
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December 27th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
I have a brand new Kindle, so YAY! My favorite book series of 201o is The Disillusionist Trilogy by Carolyn Crane. I’ve heard nothing but awesomness about The Downside Ghost series. Thanks for the opportunity!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
The pile o' vintage goodies and Blackbird calendar is going to live with...
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December 27th, 2010 at 10:49 am e
Happy Blogoversary and Happy Birthday to You (and to us as well!)
My home would be perfect for your stuff!!!
Congrats to Ash & Staci! Be on the lookout for emails from me.
Let me tell you all, I opened this package from Monday morning and for the next 10 minutes the only words that came out of my mouth were "oh my goodness".
Seriously. Yeah, my jaw is still kinda dropping. Kathy made this for me. I told her, I think the only thing I have that's nice enough to keep in this is the Christening gown my Grandmother crocheted for me. This is so beautiful in person... The design is Memory Keeper by The Workbasket stitched on 32ct Mushroom Lugana with a combination of overdyed cottons. And lots of bunnies. Bunnies! This gives me a serious happy. See that bunny in the second photo, upper right corner? He's my FAVORITE. And then of course the rabbit thread drops - which I love. I've almost run through my first supply of these. Bunny scissors. OMG, love. Thank you 1000 times Kathy! This is an extraordinarily wonderful gift and I will TREASURE it forever.
But you know what happened next? dropped a kindness bomb on me! I open up my Gmail and what's there? I gift certificate for Amazon! My birthday was bookended in wonderful thanks to Gabi & Kathy. Thank you so much Gabi for a perfect ending to my day.
Thank you to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday here and on Facebook. 
I'll get the winners for the two giveaways up shortly.
