Not fun!

Not doing any stitching yet today as George has been off school with an ear infection.
However, I did spot this on folksy earlier - how nice is this? I love Clarice Cliff and so this design is tempting me.

Talented hubby!

My hubby always said he was never creative at all. He wanted to be but never found his 'thing'.
However last year I was watching a Kirstie Allsop programme and there was a bit about mosaicing. Well that caught his eye and do for his 40th birthday I booked a day long course for him with a professional artist and since then he has been hooked and I have been seriously impressed.
Here is the latest design which he finished today - all done in plum colours to match our new bedrooms.
The picture doesn't do it justice and I have to say its amazing!!!!

No Likey Saturday!

Hmmm been at work today and it was pants. Not really busy as such but was still late leaving and I just wished I was at home with my chaps.

Anyway last night I did manage to finish one design with the new threads I received the other day. Yes it's another christmas one but oh well!

Tomorrow, weather dependant, we will be watching George play rugby - brrrr think it will be a cold one. However my afternoon is free so guess what I will be doing - that's right stitching .......bliss! X

Seeing it on paper can be hard

Now this post is not strictly crafty today but it is all about my daily life and do here we go.
Today has been a funny old day - not great to be fair but hey what doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
I spoke with my mum today and she had a hospital appointment yesterday which has thrown everything up in the air again. She is currently being treated for liver failure, blood clot, and a fractured back (in three places no less!). Unfortunately her blood tests have come back and it appears that her liver is failing more than last time. This now means she is going to be reassessed for a liver transplant.
After all that has gone on the last 5 or six months I was hoping for a lull in any appointments or treatments but no it appears not so.

So that was the first kick in the teeth of the day and now for the second .......
Harry is currently being assessed by the child psychologist at school and a little while ago Aspergers was suggested.
Now I have always had that niggling at the back of my mind about this since he was about 6 or 7 but it has all become a little real lately.
Anyway today I have received a copy of a letter from the psychologist to a paediatrician and he is suggesting that Aspergers is likely.
Now I know I have had my thoughts but to see it written down - wow it certainly takes the wind out of your sails!
So not sure where we are going next but we will do everything we can for my handsome, talented, happy and slightly eccentric boy.

Phew rant over. Tonight I will be chilling with some unfinished projects and a glass of something nice - I think I need it!

At last!

I placed an order for some threads on 20th Nov and today (finally) I received the last bit of that order.
Now don't get me wrong sometimes delays happen but it does bug me when shops don't show stock as out of stock on their websites - arghhhhh!

Right rant over!

So this evening I am going to make a start on finishing some designs which have been awaiting the threads and they are christmas cards - late or early ones take your pick!

No pic for today - hopefully some tomorrow x x

Stitching!

Am loving the fact I am stitching again. It's certainly relaxing me and I am enjoying creating again.
The designs I am stitching at the moment are small - mainly for cards but I do have a couple of big designs which I want to start on soon.
Last night I finished the pattern for steve's valentine card - simple but I like it.
Again I haven't mounted this one yet as I just wanted to get the important bit done first.
The lizzie Kate design I won from eBay arrived today - just need to sort out the threads I need.

I 'need' to stitch this!

Harry (actually we as a family) is addicted to The Big Bang Theory and so when I was randomly surfing on the net last night I found the pattern shown below.
So guess what H will be getting for his birthday?