Girls' Day Out

Hey Blog Buddies,
Yesterday I met my GF Joyce (who lives 60 miles away) at a new (to both of us) needlework shop:  Tomorrow's Heirlooms.  My "excuse" for visiting the shop was to pick up some kitting supplies for a couple of classes I will be taking at my needlepoint guild, which I did.  I guess Joyce's excuse was when I said "Let's meet at Tomorrow's Heirlooms before we have lunch."  While I was there, I decided to kit up a chart I've had for about a year now, Rosewood Manor's A Tree by Itself:

The fabric (on the right) is 36-count lambswool linen.

About 2/3 of the called-for floss is shown.

I had the other 1/3 in my stash.

I can hardly wait to start on this beauty.

It's a BAP:  300 x 270 stitches!

I was also looking for a very specific frame

for the piece I started on January 1st

and which is now almost finished.

The frame had to be approximately 5" x 6"

and I strongly preferred white.

How often do you actually find that kind of specific item?

Never, in my experience.

But lo and behold, after looking through a few of their frames,

I found this:

Now this might not be a very exciting photo,

but I was beside myself with glee

when this little frame jumped into my hands.

My last purchase was--dare I say it--an impulse buy:

Two Lizzie*Kate Snippets

which I will simply have to make time

to stitch this year.

I am particularly fond of

Good Things.

While we were having lunch,

I gave Joyce a little ornie I had made

and which I can now share with you:

This is Little House Needleworks' Baked Goods

stitched on 40-count Abercedarian linen.

I had finished stitching the ornament back in early December,

but put off actually making it into an ornie

until Monday of this week!

I grumbled so much about finish-finishing it

that DH suggested I just give it to her as a kit.

I thought that was a splendid idea!

But I bit the bullet, and she got a finished ornament.

Yes, she likes it--she bakes quite a bit.

Here is the back.

The cording was purchased at JoAnn's.

Since the finishing of this ornament

straddles both 2012 and 2013,

I have arbitrarily decided that

this will be a 2013 finish.

That's it from here.

Hope you have a groovy weekend,

and thanks for visiting!