tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33345513146663649042012-02-16T07:43:25.950-08:00\noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-76210253072537261882009-05-07T11:45:00.000-07:002011-02-12T07:58:20.374-08:00Please visit me <a href="http://bellcottagebaubles.blogspot.com/">here</a>. I was selling things for a while and started a new craft blog to include all those projects. Then another opportunity came my way and I decided to go back to school. It would be too difficult to keep up two crafty types of blogs so I am putting them together. My new place is called Bunny Crafts.<div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-8321907518562814781?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-7621025307253726188?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-30276674007733010332008-11-19T13:01:00.000-08:002011-02-12T07:58:20.365-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SSRU3GavmhI/AAAAAAAACZ8/8o627uoS15U/s1600-h/100_1905_edited.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;width:400px;height:396px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SSRU3GavmhI/AAAAAAAACZ8/8o627uoS15U/s400/100_1905_edited.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><div>Done! It's so nice to start and finish something in the same week! I didn't use the pretty little charm that goes with it but I think this butterfly looks pretty cute. Plus, it lays flat so I could still frame it behind glass. That is important to me because if it's not protected, it will get dirty and ruined.</div><div>My camera conked out after I framed it so this is the just washed and pressed view. The charm is in place but not attached.</div><div>On to Winter in the Square!</div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-725044200326605693?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-3027667400773301033?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-60499506045547648842008-11-07T14:03:00.000-08:002011-02-12T07:58:20.356-08:00<div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SRSR6M3Qw-I/AAAAAAAACZs/FiWG-1gGdF0/s1600-h/100_1896_edited.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;width:400px;height:266px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SRSR6M3Qw-I/AAAAAAAACZs/FiWG-1gGdF0/s400/100_1896_edited.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><div>I finally finished Be True which I started like six months ago. I didn't stitch for several months over the summer and that is typical for me. I just started Spring in the Square and have Summer waiting and I just ordered Autumn and Winter plus a couple more charts. </div><div></div><br /><div>I did a little more painting on this frame. I am learning how to do those cute rosebuds and vines and stuff. Ok, maybe only one rosebud turned out like I wanted but it's a start!<br /></div><div></div><br /><div><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;width:400px;height:340px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SRSR6QPgB7I/AAAAAAAACZ0/4opZnCFm9P0/s400/100_1887_edited.jpg" border="0"></div></div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-8526881044307723811?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-6049950604554764884?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-47044295545294759202008-10-03T15:23:00.000-07:002011-02-12T07:58:20.345-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SOZzF9bW6uI/AAAAAAAACZc/MpX4mZo8Qy8/s1600-h/100_1834_edited.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SOZzF9bW6uI/AAAAAAAACZc/MpX4mZo8Qy8/s400/100_1834_edited.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><div><div>It's scary how many pictures are scrapbook worthy and others that aren't that great but need a place for family record reasons. With grown kids how will I ever get to them all?</div><br /><div></div><div>Here are some oldies, babies just born.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SOZx_0HXT0I/AAAAAAAACY8/rmAA64f7KnU/s400/100_1831_edited.jpg" border="0"></div><br /><div></div><div>Geoff and Elizabeth - only twenty months apart. </div><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SOZyAPfn0QI/AAAAAAAACZE/RXCysZYcrEM/s400/100_1828_edited.jpg" border="0"><br /><div></div><div></div><div>And then the just-home-from-the-hospital pages.</div><div></div>This is Geoff within an hour of getting home. My hospital bracelet is still on. We were swarmed by family but I wouldn't let anyone hold him, why I don't know.<br /><br /><p></p><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SOZytpXyfnI/AAAAAAAACZM/HGTV5nh-i0I/s400/100_1830_edited.jpg" border="0"><br /><br /><p></p>Elizabeth was a fun baby. She was always smiling, even at 3 days old!<br /><p><br /></p><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SOZytgsEBYI/AAAAAAAACZU/MktIYKJYJOc/s400/100_1827_edited.jpg" border="0"><br /><div></div><div></div><div>And there are many more to come!</div></div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-7656713080898252706?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-4704429554529475920?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-11167424793268316052008-09-18T20:52:00.000-07:002011-02-12T07:58:20.337-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SNL4zaRvErI/AAAAAAAACY0/5hJ-dYPWZsk/s1600-h/100_1812_edited.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SNL4zaRvErI/AAAAAAAACY0/5hJ-dYPWZsk/s400/100_1812_edited.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><div>I decided to take some of my old pictures of the kids when they were small and do some scrapbook pages. This is Elizabeth (now almost 23!) when she was 10 months old. I think it needs a charm or something on the top so I will look for one this weekend at Michaels. </div><br /><div>Scrapbooking was non-existent back then and I am behind on my current lot of pics. But I want to preserve these old memories and now that I can enlarge them for a few dollars over at Walmart, it is easy to pick and choose the really special ones. There are some really nice scrapbook page kits and always leftovers for another project!</div><br /><div>More to come!</div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-3457787879899708668?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-1116742479326831605?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-61505237845707665802008-05-09T15:50:00.000-07:002011-02-12T07:58:20.328-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SCSu1AyTf-I/AAAAAAAABac/M6RoYZBxNdU/s1600-h/gallery_c17323arrgb%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SCSu1AyTf-I/AAAAAAAABac/M6RoYZBxNdU/s400/gallery_c17323arrgb%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><div>"Nothing's so bad as parting with one's children. One seems so forlorn without them."</div><div></div><br /><div>- Jane Austen<br />Pride and Prejudice</div><br /><br /><div></div><div>It's hard when they leave home.</div><div>We'll miss you this year Elizabeth! </div><div></div><br /><div>Have a wonderful Mother's Day everyone!.</div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-770948062190399887?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-6150523784570766580?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-76928731777232505872008-05-07T21:59:00.000-07:002011-02-12T07:58:20.318-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SCJgaZeq2ZI/AAAAAAAABXs/2h-RAgaM6Gw/s1600-h/100_1494_edited.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SCJgaZeq2ZI/AAAAAAAABXs/2h-RAgaM6Gw/s400/100_1494_edited.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><div><div>Elizabeth finally started her own blog to share her hobbies, including cross stitch projects and finishes. She started stitching when still a young girl and is quite talented. Here is a picture of her first project. I think I shared it a while back and she put it on her own blog as well. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/SCJfZ5eq2XI/AAAAAAAABXc/NXjfq5EoJLs/s400/100_0650_edited.jpg" border="0"></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div>Elizabeth was so small when she was a baby that we called her "Little Bit" and so she named her blog <a href="http://www.littlebitscollections.blogspot.com/">Little Bit's Collections</a>.<br /><br />Please go and check it out. Hopefully I will be back soon with some finishes under my belt.<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/"><img style="border-right:medium none;border-top:medium none;background:none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%;border-left:medium none;border-bottom:medium none" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/53/408635D8356A0A822695EA3E9029082B.png"></a> </div></div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-7636389264254669806?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-7692873177723250587?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-79459496889598318862008-04-15T21:33:00.000-07:002011-02-12T07:58:20.309-08:00<div><div style="width:400px;text-align:left"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;at=un&amp;id=2089670227108489458&amp;map=1"><img src="http://widget-f2.slide.com/p1/2089670227108489458/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;at=un&amp;id=2089670227108489458&amp;map=2"><img src="http://widget-f2.slide.com/p2/2089670227108489458/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap></a></div></div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-3790491736541604167?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-7945949688959831886?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-24066344552460395122008-03-26T10:01:00.000-07:002011-02-12T07:58:20.300-08:00<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/R-pX5_KUi8I/AAAAAAAABJ4/Gj70dL0XaJw/s1600-h/100_1380_edited.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/R-pX5_KUi8I/AAAAAAAABJ4/Gj70dL0XaJw/s400/100_1380_edited.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><div>I haven't been doing much recently by way of stitching. I got over the flu, was feeling great for a few days, went out of town for and came back with bacterial pnemonia that later turned into bronchitis. That one really did me in. </div><br /><div>So for a few weeks, all I did was read and sleep. I started this in those few days that I was feeling good because I had just returned from the Pajaro Valley Quilt Show and was very inspired. </div><div></div><br /><br /><div><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/R-pX6_KUi9I/AAAAAAAABKA/uVV5S2CULRM/s400/100_1379_edited.jpg" border="0"></div><br /><div></div><div>This is an applique but I thought it would be fun to do a blanket stitch around the flowers for a more folk-y look. </div><br /><div></div><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/R-paSvKUi-I/AAAAAAAABKI/rPD_S-hdn-w/s400/100_1419_edited.jpg" border="0"><br /><div></div><div></div><div>It's actually not as crooked as it looks. I took this picture on an angle. </div></div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-1618498720324417204?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-2406634455246039512?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334551314666364904.post-48627376978554464952008-03-23T10:31:00.000-07:002011-02-12T07:58:20.286-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/R-ZqSfKUixI/AAAAAAAABIg/XLQC73Slvw4/s1600-h/100_1398.jpg"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pO5eLTt7ww/R-ZqSfKUixI/AAAAAAAABIg/XLQC73Slvw4/s400/100_1398.jpg" border="0"></a><br /><div>He is risen!</div><br /><div>Have a joyous and blessed Easter season!</div><div><img width="1" height="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4352280917172543345-700343638848204169?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3334551314666364904-4862737697855446495?l=lavenderandlacestitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>\noreply@blogger.com0