Girl's Night!

I haven't had a chance to stitch today, though I'm hoping I might have a chance before I go to bed...but I do know that I won't get a chance to post again as I'm going to bring my kids over to see my siblings while they're in town and then me, my younger sister, my mom, my three aunts (Mom's sisters), my oldest female cousin and my grandmother are all getting together for a girl's night..my youngest aunt is only 9 years older than me, so she's more my big sister, and most of my younger cousins think I'm an aunt because of our age difference. We're a close knit family and I'm looking forward to getting all the girls together!

But because I did promise a drawing today for Tribal Penguin, I wanted to make sure I posted before I was taken away for the day! And the winner is....

Linda from Stitchin with my Furbabies!

Congrats, Linda! Can't wait to see your progress!

Oh, I did take advantage of the HAED Thanksgiving sale and bought the last Birthstone Fairy I needed for our family's birthstones - Citrine for my husband (whose birthday was yesterday!)

Citrine Birthstone Fairy by Rachel Anderson

 Any pictures of any stitching I get done today will be posted tomorrow. And I'm excited that I'll be back to European Bistro starting next week - it's been awhile!

Until next time!
~Katy

Who Can Resist A Sale?

Especially a 50% off sale at Heaven and Earth Designs?? I certainly can't...and my stash grew by five charts today!

Atlantis - Linda Ravenscroft

Lancelot and Guenevere - Selina Fenech

Pearl Birthstone Fairy - Rachel Anderson

Sistine Chapel Ceiling - Michelangelo

Christine - Aimee Stewart

All of these have special meanings to me or call to me for some reason.

I'm really loving the individual figures by Linda Ravenscroft, and Atlantis is not the first in this style from her I've gotten (as evidenced here, here and here and several selections on my HAED wishlist).

Lancelot and Guenevere was actually the first HAED pattern I ever saw on a blog that got me hooked up with the site in the first place and I am a huge fan of Arthurian legend.

Pearl is my daughter's birthstone - I already have Emerald for me and my son, just need to get Citrine for my husband to round out the collection!

The Sistine Chapel Ceiling is absolutely stunning in person. I've had the pleasure of seeing it twice in person and it's taken my breath away both times. I have a poster of this we got when my husband and I were last in Rome, but I would love to stitch it. I also want to get the sister piece, The Last Judgement, which is in the Sistine Chapel as well.

Christine is part of a Phantom of the Opera mask series from Aimee Stewart and Phantom of the Opera is tied with Les Miserables for my favorite musical of all time. I want to also get Think of Me to go along with it, even if that means I now have that song in my head...Think of me...Think of me fondly when we say goodbye....ahem, anyway...

Will I ever get all of these plus what I have in my stash plus what I still have on my wishlist ever done? Who knows...but part of the fun of this hobby is collecting beautiful things to have to choose from when the urge strikes, and I love all of my new pretty pieces! Now, I just need to stay off of the website until the sale passes to resist the urge to buy more! Ha ha!

Tonight's stitching was minimal...it was a long day (week) at work, and we had Girl Scouts tonight, which takes up most of my time and energy on meeting days. I did get a little bit done, though, and I plan on getting more done tomorrow before putting it down for a week.

As of 11/2/12

I do have a one hour phone "personality test" interview tomorrow for the job I'm applying for...and a four hour mega interview this coming Thursday with other directors, senior leadership and medical leadership...all good signs, but please keep the good thoughts coming!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Until next time!
~Katy

Be Our Guest!

Okay, so I have a strange feeling that my blog titles this week are going to all be references to songs from Beauty and the Beast....ha!

I made some more progress on Beauty and the Beast tonight!

As of 9/10/12

 Because I'm not one that likes to do just one or two stitches of a color before I put it away and would rather use an entire length of floss, I did do a bit of cross-country stitching tonight with a few colors, but I'm liking my progress so far! I'm really enjoying stitching this!

I also purchased two new charts from Heaven and Earth Designs tonight as part of HAED Appreciation Week. I am going to purchase a couple more at the end of the week too, but I haven't decided which ones yet. The ones tonight were easy, though!

Chakra Fae by Linda Ravenscroft

Chakra Fae  was a piece I had seen on someone else's blog that helped push me to explore HAED. The pattern is just beautiful and I absolutely love it!

Emerald Birthstone Fairy by Rachel Anderson

Emerald Birthstone Fairy is part of a stunning set of birthstone fairies by Rachel Anderson that I just love. Emerald is my birthstone as well as my son's. Eventually, I will get my husband and daughter's fairies, though truly, I love the whole set and would be thrilled to have them all!

Until next time!
~Katy