Thursday, October 9, 2008

100

More than two months without stitching... Can you believe it?! Two months without blogging as well, although I have tried to keep up with all of your blogs!!

I am so behind, I hardly know where to begin... Many weeks ago I received a surprise gift from Deborah (Florida/no blog) who picked one of the charts of my wish list to surprise me... Thank you so much, Deborah!!!!
This one makes me smile. Don't tell me you never feel like that!! The amount of stitches I have put in, as you can tell, is rather pathetic, but hey, it's a start.

Unfortunately as a result of my slumpiness I owe Piko and Laurie an apology for not thanking them properly for awarding my little ol' blog with an 'I Love Your Blog' Award!! Thank you both VERY much!! Before the coming of the slumps, though, I managed to finish the floss ring tag exchange that Annemarie invited me for!!

elements from When Witches Go Riding
The Prairie Schooler

stitched on 32ct Country Mocha (Zweigart)

... and a matching scissors fob.



And THESE little beauties are the floss ring tag and scissors fob she stitched for me!!
(check out those adorable kitties at Tamara's Etsy Shop... They are TOO CUTE!!!)

Not only that, she gave both Erik and I this very very special gift!


And finally a little housewarming gift for Margaret that I finished quite a while ago:

freebie Blessed Be
Plum Pudding Needleart

Does this mean I'm back...??? Will there be a 101st??? I guess we'll find out... In the meantime be sure that I will be hanging around, lurking and enjoying your stitchings and ramblings!!

24 reacties:

Lili said...

I love all the stitching here!
I sure hope you'll celebrate post number 200, even if in three or four years. Lol!
Take care!
Lili

Annemarie said...

Joepie! Weer een updeet! Mooie dingetjes allemaal, en fijn dat je even verteld hebt waar men de poezen kan vinden. Die vinden ze mooier dan mijn fobjes - terecht :O)))
Lief cadeautje voor Margaret. Had je die soms al af?

Giovanna said...

Lovely stuff! Glad to see you blogging again.

Ulla said...

Welcome back! I love everything but especially that "When witches go Riding" floss ring tag.

Vonna said...

Everything is looking great :))) Hey my little mojo boost should be there soon too...I don't think I ever told you that it was on its way....read in good health and take some vitamins so that maybe your mojo can get back on track.
I love what you stitched for An...absolutely and TOTALLY!!!
AND I love, love, love what An stitched for you both the floss tag and fob, but the Dear Friends sampler...gorgeous. Your right those little kitties are the sweetest!
Hang in there :o)
HUGS!

Lizzy said...

Wooo Hoooo! A stitchy-filled Harmien post! :-) What a brilliant start to my long weekend off work... :-) Lovely, lovely stitching Sweety, as always! I love *I Have to Scream*... and I can so relate! lol Can't wait to see what you do with it! :-) And I just TOTALLY adore the When Witches Go Riding fob and floss tag you stitched for Annemarie! Gorgeous Honey, just gorgeous as is the Blessed Be you stitched for Margaret!!! I LOVE it!

And Annemarie's fob and floss ring tag are perfect gifts!!! I love them and I love how she combined elements of Stacy Nash and The Drawn Thread! :-) And what a beautiful and thoughtful gift for you and Erik... what a treasure and it's just gorgeous!!!

All this Halloweeny stitching makes me want to drop what I'm doing and pick up The Giving Sisters or Toil and Trouble, or When Witches Go Riding and start them... like yesterday! lol Why aren't there more hours in the day? Or why can't I just go without sleep and stitch the night away? lol

Oh and those kitties are adorably precious... I've already moseyed over to her Etsy Shoppe and had a peek at them... You shouldn't have enabled me, as now I'll have to have a couple of them! ;-)

Thanks so much for the wonderful Inspiration, Honey... {stitching and otherwise} and I'm sending you back some of the mojo you so freely give to others... use it wisely my dear... ;-) And may the stitching Muse be with you always... :-)

Good grief... I didn't mean to write a novella here...

Tootles for now, Hun and lots and lots of Love and {{{Hugs}}} and smiles and laughter zooming your way... ;-)

Oh, and I'll be watching closely for post 101... ;-)

Jennifer/OH said...

So glad to see you back...missed you. I totally understand the slump; I am experiencing one myself lately. Hope you are back to normal soon. But what is NORMAL for any of us stitchers!!!!

Julie said...

Don't dispair, we're all there from time to time. Lovely stitching! I hope you're over the hump soon!

Julie said...

Wonderful stitching both received and sent, its nice to see you back posting again. Your new start looks a nice one, hope it encourages you to put a few more stitches in when you have time.

Stephanie said...

Well done and congratulations on 100!! I'm sure we'll see 101 and beyond :)

I love the Hallowe'en floss tags and scissors fobs that you and An stitched for each other, and the gift she stitched for you and Erik is superb.

Love those kitties!

Sally said...

Lots of lovely stitching both sent and received. Good to see you back.

Carol said...

Nice to see you again! Great little finishes!!

Hazel said...

Glad to see you back. Your posts are missed. xx

Cindy said...

It is good to see you back :)

The floss rings are so wonderful!!

Linen Stitcher said...

You do know how to make a comeback, don't you, Harmien? I mean, if you're not going to blog for two months, at least you've made up for it with this lovely stitch-filled update.

Sending admiring glances at all of those amazing projects that you've just featured . . .

(P.S. Try not to stay away so long next time!!)

Barbara said...

Ah, the source of the mystery kitties!

Hey, it's always great to hear from you - hope you work your way into a few more stitches. :D

Andrea said...

Glad to see you back. Some great finishes too.

Pumpkin said...

You're back, you're back! And wow, look at the adorable floss tags!!!!

Those are some lovely exchange gifts. Stitching friends are so special :o)

Sharon said...

Hi Harmien, those are some beauties you received from Annemarie! As long as you don't disappear completely-were good with the lurking-LOL

stitcherw said...

What fun pieces all of them, you really had a picnic for the eyes with all the goodies to look at in this post.
Sue

Cheryl said...

Love all the pictures here!
Im the same with stitching and blogging at the moment!

Margaret said...

Great to see you back Harmien - even more special now that I have met you in person.

Lots of lovely stitching but my favorite is of course the one you stitched for me.

Hopefully by next week we'll far enough with our settling in for me to post and show your gift on my blog.

Hope to see you again soon.

Hazel said...

Good to see you back blogging! Great stitching. x

Sachiko said...

Glad to see you back!!
Looking gorgeous!!