Almost Finished and Some Flowers

I just finished stitching this Piece. It will be a pincushion,with a lace border,filled with walnut shells.. Now I need to put it together. Its a BlackBird Design called

Basket Of Memories. Done on 32 ct bone linen using Gentle Arts Aged Pewter threads.
(with some of my Lily of the Valley)

And these are some of my Flowers Blooming right now in my Gardens..

Lavender and White Lilacs

and the last Plant my Dad Gave to me before he passed away. He was a Florist and Grew Beautiful

Plants..this is a Lavender Azalea...with very large blooms...

Hope you enjoyed these. I think this is my favorite time of the year,and its so beautiful

around my neighborhood because the homes are all older and the flowering plants

are mature and so beautiful. So much color..it makes you happy to be alive just looking at them all

Have a Great evening

Marilyn

Happy Easter My Friends!

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter day.

Smiles and Blessings

Marilyn

We have a Winner for our Springtime Giveaway...

We have a Winner for our Bunny Drawing! With 323 entries!Sometimes being the last one does work lol
After using Random Org to draw the winning number our winner for the
drawing is :

Are you ready??

Wanna see??

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Danielle is our winner! Congratulations Danielle on the Drawing!

Danielle said:Oh I hope I am not too late to enter. I just found this beautiful bunny. I love bunnies and I love cross stitch,so she is perfect! We
spend our Easter with family. Its a joyous time!
I love your blog,and thank you so much for the chance to enter this drawing! I do not have a blog but you can reach me at
Blessings
Danielle

**Please send my your addy so I can mail your sweet bunny right out to you!**

a Special Thanks to all my Blogging friends that entered,and for all the nice comments about the giveaway! Your the Best!
I will be having another drawing soon so check back!

Smiles and Blessings
Marilyn

Vintage Bunny Egg Finish

Just finished this...I may list it on Etsy...not sure yet. Its another wonderful design by
Brenda Gervais

..(With Thy Needle and Tread).Its done on 32 count Platinum Linen,with DMC floss...Linen cross sttches all around the border of the egg..with aged Vintage seam binding tie and lavender sprigs...Its so pretty in person! Also in the picture are my New Cross Scissors from
Anita's Little Stitches

She has so many beautiful scissors on her site!

So sad.....and some new silk floss n things

Remember my Beautiful Just Nan enamel Owl box..with the mouse to put in its tummy? I sat him on the top shelf of my puter desk and made sure he was back so he would not fall. My grand daughter came to visit and was on my puter...and I guess she must have knocked it down,it broke,and then she got rid of the broken branch..and set it back on the shelf with only two legs...and needless to say soon as I sat at the puter it came tumbling down.(I could not understand why...cause I was so careful of where I put him) I thought I did it...til I tore my puter room apart looking for the missing branch that broke off..and then it hit me.Hubby said she must have been afraid to tell me...but....at least I could have tried to fix it. I even went through the trash thinking she threw it there ...no branch...So there went $65.00 down the drain.Not to mention the fact of the hours I wasted tearing everything apart looking for the missing piece...I ordered another one,but it makes me  upset that she felt the need to hide the fact it was broke...accidents happen...I would have been frustrated,but It would not have been the end of the world....GRRRRRR New ground rules for her in this room from now on...:-(

On a Happier note...got some new silk floss,My "Flowers" by NIcoletta Farrauto came,as well as my charts for the little House needle book that goes with the pincushion set

I also purchased this beautiful Mother of Pearl Thread Winder from Italy

at Silver Needle.com

And New Vintage Reproduction Silver Witch Scissors for my Halloween Stitching

At least these pretties arrived to lift my spirits...I am finishing a large order

from my website...and then I plan on doing nothing but stitching for the next week...Orders are nice and I am glad I am busy..but I need stitching time

just for me...

Have a wonderful Evening

Smiles n Blessings

Marilyn

Prim Bunny Finish And Giveaway!!

©With thy Needle and Thread Design

I finished this sweet Prim Bunny today and decided I wanted to give one away

as a Spring Giveaway!He is a mere 8" high when sitting..so darn sweet.  I have listed one in My Fanciful Stitches Shoppe as well.

To enter the Giveaway all you need to is leave a comment...If you want extra entries you can earn them by

1. Visiting my shoppe and telling me what your favorite item is
2. Become a follower of this blog
3. Add the drawing to your facebook page
4. Tell me how you Spend Easter Sunday
5. Post this drawing on your Blog

By doing them all you will have Six entries into the drawing.This is going to be a pretty quick drawing so I can get it out to you before Easter.

Remember to leave me an email addy if you do not have a blog so I may contact you .If you are already a follower...you automatically have one entry..

♥Drawing will be held 19th♥

Good Luck Everyone!

Smiles

Marilyn