What I got in the mail

I won of Gina's giveaways. Love the Old Time Crochet she also sent me some beads and thread.

Thanks Gina

Clyde I am so very sorry I didn't get this posted a long time ago. I won one of Clyde's giveaway back in Aug. and forgot to scan it the last time I posted.

I have been so busy trying to get everything done outside before the weather gets cold. I am almost done I hope. Going to try and post more often.

Snowflakes & flowers

This is Dlinga from Jon Yusoff book of Elegant Tatting Gems. For some reason this one drove me crazy when I got to the last. I know how it should go but took me forever to get it right. Still have not had time to tuck in the ends yet. I this one is done with one of Yarnplayers hand dyed threads.

Mustika from Jon book

Baiduri This one is done in Lady Shuttle Makers- Hand Dyed Faeries.

Almas Lizabth thread

This is the pattern from Jon Yusoff blog.

Strawberries flower not sure what site I found it at. I am not sure where I put the information at for it.

These are Linda S. Davies Bluebell's . I did tat the leaves but I think the one cat took off with them so I half to tat them over again.

The butterfly's are from More Critters on the Block by Martha Ess. The half one I did so I could empty my shuttles, but I like the way it turned out.

Tatted Treasures Is haveing a giveaway

Tatted Treasures - Ancient Lace in A Modern Age is having a giveaway.

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I know it has been a while, but have been trying to get all the outside work done and everything sealed up before winter gets here.

Everyone have a great day.

What have I been doing.

Look what came in the mail yesterday. Three workbasket from Teresa Fox and I won one of Diane Shuttles. Thanks two both I love them. I have been tatting but it all needs to be blocked and on some the ends need worked in.

I am still around. First there was getting everything put just in my name. That is after I got my self alive again. They had me dead instead of him. So they canceled my SS, my insurance ect. Which I had to make a trip to the SS office to get myself back to the living.

I have been trying to catch up on the last two and a half years work. I have been painting, had the rest of the drive replaced, and then there is all of the little repairs that had to be done. I do most of them. Also have cleaned and caulked a dozen windows and still have at least three more to do.

Then there is all of the yard work. I have been pulling weed everyday when it is not to hot to be out or raining. I have more then one flower bed, One is very large, today it is in the 90 with a heat index of 100. And it is going to be hotter then that for almost all of next week.

I have also put in about 30 years of genealogy. Which was started before all of us had computers. Think of a stack of papers about three and a half feet tall. I only have a few pages left to do. All of it goes in the recycle ben. Enough of that.

I am going to try and post more often.

Look What I Found

I was cleaning out a some old things that had belonged to my husband mother that I just put away and never got back too. When I put this away I never even looked into it till the other day. I figured it had old letter or card that belonged his his grandmother. Look at what was in the box.

A tatting book and two shuttles which had to belong to his grandmother because his mother did any kind of craft at all.

Then there are some patterns that she had cut out .

More patterns she had in the box.

Good News for A Change

The funeral was today but we also got a new Great Granddaughter today Jaden Beth Ann Bennett. Going to go and do some tatting.

Up Date on DH.

Stan passed away on Aug. 11, 2010. I half to look at it as a blessing. He was so sick and it was time to go. He will be miss but he is also in a better place. I am hoping to get back to some kind on normal around here.