Birthday gifts from Mary ºÜº

This week I received a birthday gift from Mary, who was my partner on the Stitching Bloggers Birthday Club, my birthday is on Thursday but as soon as I got the package I couldn't wait to open and see what she had made for me :). Look at this beautiful pinkeep, so perfectly stitched and finished...I love it!! She included lots of goodies, fabric, silk floss, charts from my wish list, ribbon, buttons, tea and Altoid mints.

Thank you so much Mary for this wonderful birthday gift!!

Esta semana recibí un regalo de cumpleaños de parte de Mary, quien fue mi compañera en el blog Stitching Bloggers Birthday Club. Mi cumpleaños es el jueves pero no pude esperar hasta ese día para abrir el regalo que me envio :) Miren el lindo "pinkeep" que hizo para mí, perfectamente bordado y terminado...esta precioso, me encanta! En su paquete incluyó muchas cositas, telas, hilo de seda, gráficos de LHN, cinta, botones, té y mentas Altoid. Todo super lindo...muchas gracias Mary por este maravilloso regalo de cumpleaños!!

I also wanted to thank, Lynda , Margie and J Rae for awarding me the "I love your blog" award. Thanks for this award ladies :) !!!

Some Halloween stitching

After seeing Halloween projects on many of the blogs I read, I kind of felt the need to stitch something halloweenie :) . Started Halloween Fairy (a.k.a. Trick or Treat Fairy by Nora Corbett, as soon as I saw pic of her online I knew I wanted to stitch her. This is the first time I stitch a Nora Corbett design, so I'm pretty excited about it :) . I'm using a hand-dyed fabric called London Fog by Silweaver, not sure if I chose the right color though but I'm not going to change it, it doesn't look bad but I feel it doesn't not stand out like I'd like to.

Después de ver proyectos de Halloween en muchos de los blogs que leo, me entraron las ganas de hacer uno a mi también :) Comencé "Halloween Fairy" de Nora Corbett, ni bien ví una foto de ella en Internet me encanto y supe que queria bordarla. Es la primera vez que realizo un diseño de Nora Corbett así que estoy muy entusiasmada por ello :) Estoy usando una tela de Silveawer llamada London Fog, no estoy muy segura si elegi la tela adecuada pero ni modo no la pienso cambiar ya que creo que se vea mal simplemente no destaca como me hubiera gustado.

Here's a small finish I had on Saturday, Spooky Sheep...I wanted something fast and cute to finish and this was what I chose. Changed a little bits the "o" in BOO, I made them rounder. I'm not sure how I'm going to finish it, so you'll have to wait and see. I picked up "Living with Charm" from the framer last week, I think it turned out really nice...I'll share a picture with you next week as it's Carol b-day gift and she hasn't seen it in person yet :)

Aqui les muestro los que termine el sabado, Spooky Sheep de Shepherd's Bush...queria algo rapido que bordar y esta fue mi eleccion. Hice las "o" de BOO un poquito mas redondas, el resto lo bordé tal cual lo indica el grafico. No estoy segura de como lo quiero terminar asi que tendran que esperar un poquito para ver que se me ocurre. La semana pasada recogi del enmarcador "Living with Charm", me parece que ha quedado muy bonito...les enseñare una foto de el la proxima semana pues es mi regalo de cumpleaños para Carol y ella aun no lo ha visto :)

Design: Spooky Sheep by Shepherd's Bush
Stitched on 32ct Sand Linen with Thread Gatherer Silks
Stitching time: 4 hours
Started/Finished: 16.August.2008

Yay a HD!!

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a lovely weekend :) Mine was very nice...slept a lot, ate way too much and had a happy dance!!

Last night I put my final stitch on Living with Charm, it's the first time I do one of L*K's series and I've really enjoyed working on it...next in line is her new Christmas series (Christmas Spirit) which I'm going to start next month, right now I'm in a Halloween stitching mood ;)

On Saturday, I'm taking this piece to the framer...I'll show you pic of it when I have it back (I'll try to take better pics of it then, the one I took today doesn't show the true colors of the piece).

Holas!! Que tal el fin de semana? :)El mio super bien...domi mucho, comi demasiado y termine un proyecto!! Anoche puse la puntada final en "Living with Charm", es la primera vez que hago una de las series de L*K y me ha encantado...el proximo sera la nueva serie de Navidad ("Christmas Spirit") el cual empezare el proximo mes pues por el momento tengo ganas de bordar temas de Halloween ;)

El sabado lo llevare a enmarcar, cuando lo tenga de regreso le tomare mejores fotos...las que tome hoy no muestra bien los colores.

Design: Living wirh Charm by Lizzie*Kate

Stitched on 32ct Lambwool Linen with WDW, GAST and DMC

Stitch count: 375h x 75w

Started: 24. January. 2008

Finished: 03. August. 2008

Goals

July has been a really good month for me stitching wise :), my goals were:
1. Stitch and finish my piece for the SBEBB Biscornu exchange ~ Yes!!
2. Stitch "Care", "Encourage" and "Laugh" (L*K Living with Charm series) ~ Yes!!
3. Stitch at least 15 hours on The Guardian ~ Yes!!
4. Finish Back on the Road Again ~ Yes!!! Took me six month but it's finally finished :)
5. Stitch and finish a scissors pocket/keeper/sheath for the Monthly Finishing Challenge blog ~ Nope
And also:
- Finished and mailed a personal exchange
- Stitched and finished 2 secret projects :)

Julio ha sido un buen mes en cuanto a mis labores, mis metas fueron:
1. Bordar y terminar un biscornu para el intercambio de biscornu del foro SBEBB ~ Si!!
2. Bordar "Care", "Encourage" y "Laugh" de la serie Living with Charm de Lizzie*Kate ~ Si!!!
3. Bordar al menos 15 horas en The Guardian ~ Sip!
4. Terminar Back on the Road Again ~ Si!!! Me llevó seis meses pero finalmente lo terminé :)
5. Bordar y terminar un "guarda-tijeras" para el reto de este mes en el blog Monthly Finishing Challenge ~ Nop
Y tambien:
- Terminé y envié un intercambio personal
- Borde y termine 2 proyectos que por el momento permaneceran secretos :)

And now my goals for August are:
1. Mail out the SBEBB Biscornu exchange
2. Stitch and finish a needleroll for the HoE Needleroll exchange
3. Finish and take to the framer L*K's Living with Charm
4. Stitch at least 15 hours on The Guardian
5. Start a Halloween design
6. Stitch and finish a scissor for the Monthly Finishing Challenge blog

Las metas para agosto son:
1. Enviar el biscornu para el intercambio del foro SBEBB
2. Bordar y terminar un needleroll para un intercambio del foro HoE
3. Terminar y llevar a enmarcar "Living with Charm" de Lizzie Kate
4. Bordar al menos 15 horas en The Guardian
5. Empezar un proyecto para Halloween
6. Bordar y terminar un "scissor fob" para el reto de este mes en el blog Monthly Finishing Challenge