OK, can’t believe as a Canadian here in Canada, I forgot to wish all my Canadian friends a HAPPY JULY 1.
I blame it on the fact, that my mind was taking advantage of the day off!
However, today, July 4th, I’d like to take a minute to wish all of my American family, friends & readers a HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!
My intro says that this blog is about writing and other things that interest me. Well, one of my favorite hobbies is cross-stitch.
About 25 years ago, I ordered something (not cross-stitch) from a craft store, and with it came a small kit for a cross-stich magnet. One of my work associates was quite the crafter and I offered the kit to her. Cross-stich…also written as x-stitch…is simply bunch of x’s made on a canvas using various colours of thread.
“Do it,” she said. “It’s easy.”
Suffice to say, I should send her a bill for all the kits, threads and framing that have resulted from me doing that one tiny magnet. I could take a vacation!
My most recent accomplishment is one of my absolute favorites. It is a photo my husband took of our girls about eleven years ago. I sent the photo away (to the same dangerous craft store referenced above) and they sent me back a pattern chart. Black, white and six shades of grey, the beautiful result is shown here:
Because working in 6 shades of grey wasn’t challenging enough, here is a photo of the pattern chart for my next project. Notice the relative size of the project to my hand (and trust me, I do not have tiny hands!)
Hope you take time for yourself and do something YOU love!
I’m honored to be published with such a wonderful group of authors.
Check out these new releases from The Wild Rose Press:
A CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A CRUMPET can change a life forever by Fleeta Cunningham at http://buff.ly/R29E4q
Creating a dynasty can be as elusive as shadows of love. SHADOWS OF LOVE by Gail MacMillan at http://buff.ly/1ghrxYW
What was doomed to be an uneventful event, to her pleasant surprise could be – BETTER THAN A PRESENT by Cynthia Moore at http://buff.ly/R2bToq
A SMUDGE of blood involves a woman on the hunt for a mob killer. SMUDGE by J. D. Webb at http://buff.ly/1ghroVl
A superhero has met a guardian of the fairy world…bad guys better watch out. NIGHT ANGEL by Annette Miller at http://buff.ly/1ghrnkn
He wanted to end his fate. She wanted was a new beginning. STONE GUARDIAN by Maeve Greyson at http://buff.ly/R2a8Yn
Two males…two friends…a competition for the right to claim the heart of the pack. THE MATING GAME by Melissa Snark at http://buff.ly/UsJ7j9
Charlotte Copper... 