Juliet at Competition

As many of you already know, my daughter Juliet is a dancer. This past weekend we went to Phoenix as a part of her studio's competition dance team. This is a picture that was taken during one of her dances. She did so well, and I was such a proud mama!

Simply Vintage

The second of our new releases this month is Simply Vintage. It is stitched in just four shades of DMC, and feels like a must have for all the Shabby Chic/Flea Market style lovers out there (like me!). It will also be shipping to distributors in about a week. You can go to my website around that time to find the complete materials lists for both this design and April Showers.

April Showers

With spring just around the corner, I thought this would be a perfect time to show you all my newest design, April Showers. It will be shipping to distributors in a little over a week. And be sure to check back here on Monday, as I will be previewing my other new release, Simply Vintage. Until then, take care and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Juliet's Blue Birthday Party!

It's Juliet's birthday today! And to celebrate my little girl turning 9 we had a party for her this weekend. We called it the Blue Party, since as you can see, everything was blue! In case you hadn't guessed, it is her favorite color :)

A picture of me with the birthday girl.

Blue pompoms hung above the cake table. She had a cake with blue roses, but her special request was that I make blueberry muffins.

We had lots of blue candy, which of course she enjoyed :)

Bunny Hop

As promised, here is the picture of the second design that we will be shipping in mid-January, Bunny Hop. It's another cute, springy design filled with hopping bunnies, carrots and rolling hills of green grass. Look for the details on my website towards the end of next week.

Sheep in the Meadow

To kick off the new year, I thought I'd give you all a picture of my newest design! It is entitled Sheep in the Meadow and will be shipping to distributors mid January. All of the design details will be available on my website around the same time. This is a very sweet, springy design - perhaps the perfect thing to stitch when it's very cold and you're wishing for a preview of spring! You can also check back here in a couple of days when I will also be posting a picture of my other design I will be releasing, Bunny Hop.

Sean's Star Wars Party

As I had mentioned in my previous post, Sean's birthday was the kickoff to a very busy month for us. So I am just now getting around to sharing some pictures with you. Sean is a huge Star Wars fan, and so for his 7th birthday we decided to have a Lego Star Wars Party. I borrowed some really cool ideas from people off the internet and we came up with some stuff ourselves. We made Yoda Soda (green punch), Wookie Cookies, Death Star Donuts, and Pretzel Lightsabers (pictured above). The party turned out wonderfully and the kids had a blast! Derrick created the R2-D2 out of a trash can and some foam - pretty cool huh?

This is a picture of the kids in their costumes. Don't you just love baby Andrew as Yoda?!

Derrick created very large Luke and Darth Vader Lego characters. He's very artistic, that hubby of mine.

Derrick also made the Death Star Pinata and Lightsaber pinata stick.

Here are Sean, Juliet and Luke (with his lightsaber!) in the landspeeder that Derrick constructed.

The Nutcracker

Hello everyone! I admit that I have been a bad blogger as of late. I hope that you all have had a wonderful holiday. It has been such a busy month for our family. My son Sean's birthday was in late November followed by Thanksgiving. And then December was packed with all the usual holiday activities, including Juliet's participation in her ballet company's production of the Nutcracker. This year she was a Party Girl, Arabian dancer, and Candy Cane. She adores the Nutcracker and it is truly a joy for us as a family to watch her.

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake will be the first released in the Cottage Cakes series, so I wanted you all to have a little closer look at it :)

Country Cottage Cakes

We are proud to introduce our newest line of Thread Packs with Crescent Colours called Country Cottage Cakes. Each cake is approximately 7" square and comes with 5 skeins of Crescent Colours cotton thread in the pack. These are the largest size Thread Packs that we have done to date, which means you are getting a very nice sized finished design.

You can stitch just one cake or several together - it's completely up to you! You can look on my website on the Thread Packs page for more details about these upcoming designs.

Snowflake Serenade

I'm so excited to show you all this new design! It is called Snowflake Serenade and is the last of the holiday themed designs from CCN this year. It also happens to be my personal favorite! I just love decorating with blues and greens and whites during the holidays. And the snowflake frame from The Family Tree is such a perfect match for the piece. The complete information for this design will be on my website in about a week, right around the time the patterns ship out to the distributors, so be sure to check in!

Joy * Love * Peace

As promised, here is the second of our two new holiday themed designs. This one is entitled Joy * Love * Peace and is similar in theme and coloring to our ornament Merry & Bright that is appearing in the Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue this year. I just love pinks and greens in holiday decorating, and I know that some of you do too! So I hope that you'll enjoy this one. It is shipping at the same time as Christmas Carols. All the details about both designs will be available on my website later next week.