Some Stitching ...

August already and summer is definately here. After our record breaking temperature last Wednesday (officially it was 103, but there were a lot of cities claiming 107!), our weather has steadied at a very comfortable high 80's/low 90's, with the evenings cooling off and letting us all sleep a good nights sleep.

I did get one more 4th of July design stitched last week ... I'll blame this one on Staci ... ever since I saw this design finished on her blog I knew I had to stitch it for next year ... here's Bent Creek's Celebrate Freedom Snapper ... I think I'll have a fun group of new pinkeeps next 4th of July :)

Back in April when I went to Arizona with the Grand Canyon Girls Club I took Karen some things to finish for me ... remember, I hate finishing! Karen loves it ... so I took about 10 projects to hand off to her. Since they are all for me, there wasn't any hurry in when she finished them and got them back to me. Last week I received a few of them back ... and all I can say is woo hoo! They are lovely! I took pictures of 3 of them before my battery died ... may I present to you ...

Lizzie Kate's Chicky Easter as a floss tag ... adorable isn't it :)

Last year Jennifer stitched two lovely squares for me when we were paired up for a Fair and Square round ... Jennifer knew I loved Sunflowers and red and I was sooo pleased when I received the squares from her ... but you have no idea how excited I was when I saw the pincushion Karen made out of the squares ... too pretty to use??

the back ...

and the side ... look at those stithces ... perfect!

This no-sew cube was made from squares Amy stitched for me a couple of years ago ... I think it was my first Fair and Square exchange ... turned out pretty sweet didn't it ...

and here's the back ...

I took a picture of the bow cause I thought it was sooo nice, but didn't seen the tiny bow peeking out until after I'd taken the picture ... how cute is that!

I'll post the other finishing she sent me in my next post. Allow me a minute to plug Karen's new business ... Finely Finished ... Back in June, Karen decided to leap into the world of cross stitch finishing. Check out her services, I know you won't be disappointed.

I've been stitching a lot on Kindered Spirits so I thought I needed a colorful summery change of pace so I dug out MDesign's Earth Speaks. I started it sometime last year. I thought I'd stitched more than two of the flowers ... funny how sometimes I think I'm futher along on a wip than I really am. I forgot how much I enjoy these flowers. I think I'm going to start a rotation again so I can schedule stitching one flower a week. I'd like to get it done before Christmas ... I've decided it's going to be a Christmas present.

Time for me to rotate the laundry ... lol

I hope you find your joy in your stitches ...

I'm grateful for flowers ...