A Patriotic Giveaway

Good Afternoon Everyone!

In honor of July 4th, I thought I would do a little

giveaway.  Between now and Tuesday night,

you must leave a comment on my Blog and 

become a follower, and like my Facebook page.
Unfortunately, these can only be shipped in
the U.S.

I know that is a lot to ask of you, but you 

have more than a few days.

You will receive the following ~

My

"Tin Pinkeep Box"

Description below

and my 

"Ewe Be Patriotic" 

Scissor Fob.

Description below

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If you are not the lucky one, but would like

to own either of these two "goodies",

the 

"Tin Pinkeep Box" 

is $16.00 (this includes the shipping).

I have one of these to sell.
***SOLD***

This is a painted tin box with hand embroidered cushion

and attached scissor case.  Measures 5 1/2" wide, 3 3/4" deep,

 and 7" tall (including the back.) Great for storing all

 of your stitching needs. (scissors not included.)

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The 

"Ewe Be Patriotic" scissor fob ~

$13.00 (this includes the shipping)
SOLD SOME, BUT
***STILL HAVE THESE***

This is a wooden scissor fob made to compliment my 

"Ewe Be Patriotic" Pin Keep cross stitch design. Of course, 

you don't have to make the pin keep to collect the scissor fob. 

It measures 1 2/3" X 1 1/2". The painting was done by me and

 a print of it is decoupaged on the wooded heart. It is distressed 

for an aged look and then sealed again for protection. A linen or

 cotton cording is added for attaching to your scissors. Scissors 

pictured are not included. 

Good Luck and Happy 4th!

Sandra

Trunk Show

Good Morning Everyone!

Just stopping by with a quick post this morning.

Have a million things to do today.  Got back

from Hollis' last night and was so tired, so

I didn't do any catching up on Homespun 

stuff.  So, you know what that means for

today.  Work, work, work!

Before I get started though, I wanted to

share with you a picture of my latest

Trunk Show at Country Cupboard in

Orland Park, Illinois.  If you are in that

area, please go by and take a look.  I always

appreciate so much any shoppe that will

feature my designs.  I know how much

work it is to set up a show and then  pack

it all up and send it back.  I hope it is

successful for them.

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Have a great day everyone!

Many Happy Stitches!

Sandra

HOMESPUN WEE ONES IS BORN

Good Afternoon Everyone!

OH MY GOSH is it HOT in

 VIRGINIA ~

Managed to water flowers this AM, but

forget anything else that has to do with yard

work.  I am already sick of VA humidity.

Everyone says ~ "you must get used to it".  

NEVER!

Been here all my life and as I get older it

is harder to take.  There are lots of things I

like about the olde days, but not having 

air conditioning was brutal.

I remember sleeping at the foot of my bed

in front of an open window at night.

Even miserable as a kid.  The only good

thing was that I could smell the honey

suckle growing in the field next to the house

and listen to the Whippoorwills sing.  We

never hear them anymore.  Whatever could

have happened to them?  Do you hear them

in your "neck of the woods"?

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"HOMESPUN WEE ONES"

IS  BORN

I don't know if you remember, but a few years

ago, my daughter, Hollis, ventured into

designing and had some really lovely things.

Many of which are still selling and I am getting

ready to do a composite of one of her

series, "The Littles", as they are about to be

"out of print" as single leaflets. 

Well, planning a wedding, getting married, working, 

having a baby, meant any thoughts of designing

were gone.  Fast forward and with the influence

of little Avery, baby designs are coming to mind.

We will be working on these together. We will 

collaborate on ideas, concepts, and designs,

but her expertise with color and presentation

being the most important part.

She knows what young women are looking for.

Being the "grammie", I am thinking traditional

stuff, and there will be a little of that too.

 "WHAT ARE BOYS?"

"WHAT ARE GIRLS?"

Please excuse the color.  I did these on the scanner, so

it is way off, but I think you can get the idea.  They are 

also not mounted yet, just stuffed in the frame.  I'm sure

you noticed ~ they are very crooked.

The frames are new too.  Our "Shabby but Sweet" line.

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Please let us know what you think.  We are very 

excited  about this new line for "Wee Ones".

"JUST FOR FUN"

is the next line of designs.

Very clever stuff for all ages ~

even me! 

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"Many Happy Stitches",

Sandra

Crow Patriotic Box

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Wanted to offer you my 

~~ Crow Patriotic ~~ 

Paper Mache Box.
SOLD FOUR ~ have some left!

I found more

of these square boxes in my stash,

so I'm doing some more of these popular

boxes.  I did another version of this

a few years ago, but this one is

different.  I decoupaged it with a print of 

one of my paintings.  The boxes are then

glazed for that "prim" look.  They measure

4" square and 2" deep.  There is a sweet

little scalloped border all around the top

edge of the box.

 ($15.50 ~ this includes the shipping)

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To place along side your box, wouldn't it

be neat to stitch my

"Crow Patriotic" Stitching Necessarie

and Scissor Fob

It is $7.50

If you should choose to order the publication, I may

have to add more shipping unfortunately.  I'll see,

haven't figured that out yet.

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I take Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, and checks.

If you email me with an order, please include

your shipping address.  If using Paypal, please

include the email that is connected with

your Paypal account.
Just email or call me
540~371~6377

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"Many Happy Stitches",

Sandra

A Few Things For You

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I spent the morning in my garden before it got

too hot.  Finally got most of my plants in

the ground.  Just a few more to go, then I 

can sit back and watch them grow.

Remember earlier in the spring when I told

you we were killing two over -grown

flower beds.  Well we did it.  I must

admit that Lehmer did most of the really

hard work.

Now I am having the fun of redesigning

these beds.  Never again will I cram dozens 

and dozens of plants together.  I have

vowed to leave enough room around any

and all plants so I can weed, fertilize, and

dead head without the fear of a copperhead

moccasin biting me.

The front bed is going to be my white bed

with a few large pink rose bushes 

as anchor plants.  I love white flowers, they

just glow at night.  Anyway, I'll post

some pictures soon.

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Now, for a few goodies.  Hopefully, you'll

find something you like.

Valdani # 8 Pearl Cotton.  

This was previously listed incorrectly

 as floss.  If you would like to have this set,

 it is ~

$25.50
SOLD!

Includes the shipping too!

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Candle Wrap Project Pack

I had these at the shoppe.  We sold those wonderful

waxed candles too, but they are long gone.

You will receive two cross stitch designs, the linen

banding (about a 27/28 count)

to make two and the cording to tie them on

 a 4" candle. All finishing instructions are included

$5.50

Includes the shipping too!

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"Necessary Room" Door Hanging

I have this hanging on my bathroom door.  It is

so cute.  A 4" wooden disk (painted brick red) 

hangs in the center of a grape vine wreath.  

It hangs from a jute cord.

$10.50

Includes the shipping too!

"Sheltering Tree" Bookmarks

This little bookmark was made from one of my

paintings.  A subsequent needlework design

was done based on the painting.  I'll show you 

that in a minute.

Anyway, I have some of these bookmarks.

They come in a set of 6 for ~

$4.50

Includes the shipping too!

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This is the stitched version.

"Sheltering Tree"
$10.00

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"Vintage Spools"

A wonderful set of three spools with great original

fibers.  They are approximately 9" long.

I have two sets.  Please refer to them by the #.

Set #1 ~ $16.00
SOLD

(includes the shipping too)

 Set #2 ~ $16.00
SOLD

(includes the shipping too)

Hope you see something you cannot live

without.  I take Paypal, Visa, Mastercard,

and checks.  If you order something using

Paypal, please send me your email

address used with your account.

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"Many Happy Stitches",

Sandra

Look What Is Coming

Good Afternoon!

I know there are many of you that like "marking

samplers" and I think this is the queen of "marking

samplers".  I know Marly of Samplers and Santas Blog 

loves them.  What do you think Marly?  

Faye (who works with me) found

this wonderful sampler and has allowed me

to reproduce it.  I don't know whether to thank her

or smack her.  This looked like an easy "repro" ~

NOT.  It is stitched on a tightly woven, nubby

cotton.  Very hard to count, stitched over two but

not counted correctly between letters, just a

nightmare.  But it will be so worth it.  I've been

working on this for a few months now and this

is all I have gotten stitched.  I have tried to stitch a few

letters or motifs every few night, but of course, I cannot

always get to it because all of my other 

stitching gets in the way.  

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My question to you is, 

"Would you like me to keep you 

informed of my progress

every few weeks?"  

If so, I plan to keep track of your

comments on the Blog (not Facebook, please, too

hard to keep track of).  

The people who comment on each of my blog

posts will be put in a drawing, and you will

receive a copy of this wonderful sampler plus

something else wonderful.

~~~PROGRESS SO FAR~~~

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My newest designs, 

"Americans Care About Each Other"

and

"Wicked Fancy Boot" 

from my

Halloween Year II

have been shipped to distributors and my AUTOS,

and put in my ETSY Shoppe.  Hope you love them.

I think they turned out well.

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I'll be back soon with some more great things for your

shopping pleasure.  I still have some of my

"CELEBRATE THE USA" Ltd. Ed. kits.

$21.00 ~ this includes the frame and the shipping.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Father's Day

Good Evening Everyone!

Hope all of the Fathers out there had a wonderful

day.  Cameron, Hollis and I had a great time planning for

Lehmer's special day and I think he had a

great day.  Lots of his favorite foods and fun.

Avery, of course, added to the fun, even though

he has a bad summer cold. 

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This is a short post, but I have to get ready to

go to Richmond in the morning.  Be back in 

touch with you soon.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

New Designs

Good Evening Everyone!

I want to present my two new designs.

"AMERICANS CARE ABOUT 

EACH OTHER"

and

A Halloween Year II - April

"A Wicked Fancy Boot"

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Both of these will be shipped to my AUTOS

and distributors next week.

I hope you like them.  Please let me know what 

you think.

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Now I want to thank all of you for the orders

for my 

"CELEBRATE THE USA"

Ltd. Ed. Kit

I still have some left, so it isn't too late.

Just think what a wonderful Christmas gift it

would make for a stitching friend ~

 stitched or unstitched.

$21.00 including shipping!

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I'm  happy to report that we escaped any problems

from the horrific storm that went through our

area this afternoon.  We did have to go to the

basement because the TV actually named our

subdivision for a possible tornado.  There were

likely tornados in our area, but not in our

neighborhood.  Someone was looking out for us.

As much as I hate snow and ice, I think I prefer

that to this kind of fear. 

Thanks for visiting with me for a while.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Celebrate USA

Good Evening Everyone!

I found a number of these wonderful little

blue frames in my storage unit and decided

I needed to do something patriotic for

them.  I don't have enough to offer all

the shoppes out there, but enough to

offer all of my Blog, Facebook, and Etsy

friends.  I hope these few kits will find

good homes.  Spread the word if you

know someone else who might like one.

CELEBRATE THE USA

~~Complete Kit for $21.00~~

You will get everything - 

 Design

Frame

28 count linen

 DMC floss

 Tiny brass "star" charm.  

The frame measures 3 1/2" High X 4" Wide.

You will get everything - the design, frame,

28 count linen, DMC floss, and the tiny brass

"star" charm.  

All of this for 

$21.00 

which includes the shipping. (Shipping in the USA -

more out of the country)

I hope you love it.  I think it is really cute.  Sheep

and flags ~ what more can you ask for.

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If you want one of these, I take Paypal, Visa,

Master Card, and check.  If using Paypal, I need

the email address connected to your account.  If

you want to use a credit card, please call us or

email your info in two emails for security.

Payment information must be given for me

to hold one of these for you.  

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STORM ALERT ~ AGAIN

Once again we are on storm alert starting

around 9:30 tonight through tomorrow

evening, with a little break during the day.

Oh great, something else to send my stress

level through the roof.  Boy do I wish we had

never built a house in the middle of the woods.

We've been paying for that decision for

30+ years.  Wish us luck and all the other

areas in the country that will be affected by

this huge storm.

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I'll be back tomorrow with some more news.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Exasperation!

Hi Everyone!

I wonder if any of you out there in Blog land

get as frustrated with computers and all the

confusion that goes along with having to live

in a "technical" world.  Well, I hate them

and only do it because I have to.  Not a week

goes by that I wouldn't like to throw them out

of a window and never look back.  If it

wasn't for my son, Cameron, helping me all

of the time, I would have given up long ago.

Well, I want to share a picture with you

that I think will bring a smile to your face.

Avery staring at a computer screen with

a look of "exasperation".   Truly though

he probably knows more about computers 

at 22 months than I do.  I certainly know that

he likes them more than I do.

ENJOY! 

~ SUCCESS AT LAST~

He was looking at a Fisher Price program about

learning the alphabet.  Such concentration.

So cute.  

Believe me I don't look cute when I am glaring

at the computer screen.

Back soon!

Sandra

Storage Unit Find

Good Afternoon!

Found something else in the Storage Unit that

I thought someone might like.  I hand-painted this

little lamp and the shade.  Perfect for a small spot

of light.  Uses a 40 Watt bulb only and puts off

soft light as you can see from the picture.

DIMENSIONS

Shade is 10" in diameter at bottom and 4 1/2" 

diameter at top.  The lamp is 15" tall including

the shade.  The base is 4 1/2" in diameter.

It uses a 40 watt bulb.

 $50.00 + shipping

(can only ship in the USA)

I take Paypal, Visa, and Mastercard.  If you use

Paypal please send me your email used with your

account.  For everyone, I need your address to

figure the shipping.  Please call with Credit Card

information for security.

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra

Sale Stuff

Hi Everyone!

THANK YOU EVERYONE on this Blog

and FACEBOOK for all of your sweet comments

about our little Avery and his new haircut.

I complained to Hollis that he gets more

comments than my needlework does.  She said

"Sorry Mom", but I secretly think she was

tickled and so was I.  

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In continuing my big "clean out" I found a bunch

of Krenik Au Ver A soie that was used in the

kitting of the Ann Simms Reproduction

Sampler.  We do not kit the sampler anymore

so I have no need to hold on to it.  
**ALL SOLD**
**IMPORTANT**
this is not a complete set for
Ann Simms, just miscellaneous
skeins left over ~ there are duplicates
in each set.

I am offering them in sets of 8 skeins for $8.00.

If you want all of them, you can have the whole

batch (40 skeins) for $38.00.  The shipping for

each batch is $1.50 and $3.00 for the 

whole batch.  Shipping will be more outside
of the USA.

When ordering, please order by the number

under the picture

NOTE:

I have many, many more FRAMES to sell.  I will be

putting these on ETSY as soon as possible.  Because

there are so many it is just easier to let ETSY do

the work of accepting the orders.  This way it is

truly first come/first serve.

**ALL SOLD**

~~AU VER A SOIE~~

 #1 BLACKS ETC.

 #2 BLUES

 #3 GREENS

 #4 GREENS

#5 RUSTS/SALMON

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Hope you see something you can't live without!

If you decide to order please include your email

if you are paying with Paypal.  Also, please include

your address.  I take Visa and Mastercard as well.

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MANY HAPPY STITCHES AND 

HAPPY WEEKEND,

Sandra

Avery's Curls

Good Evening Everyone!

Hope this finds everyone OK.  We have been blessed

with a beautiful Spring in Virginia, but it looks like

we might have a tropical storm heading our way

in a few days.  No complaints here though.  We have

been so lucky when so much of the country has had

such a horrible time.  Don't you wish there was

something that could be done to stop all the 

horrible things happening in our country?

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When things are so gloomy, I consider myself

lucky that I can look at our little grandson, Avery, and 

feel so blessed to have this little guy to cheer us up.

He is so adorable and so much fun.

I know all of you who follow the Blog have seen

his wonderful curls.  Well, Hollis and Paul decided

that his hair needed to be cut.  I can't tell you how

many times people said something about him 

being a little girl, even though he was dressed

as a boy.  I think that was the deciding factor.

It broke my heart, but I knew it was coming.

Let me show you some before and after

pictures.  Hollis was afraid his hair

would be straight when it was cut, but that

didn't happen.  

BEFORE

It was below his shoulders!

 AFTER

Now, it's above his collar.

He really looks like a little boy now!

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Thanks for indulging a proud

"Grammie",

Sandra

A Little Glimpse

Good Evening Everyone!

Well, it is the end of another weekend.  I always

 think I am going to get so much done and usually

I am very disappointed.  Well, I am proud to

say that Lehmer and I got a lot on our list

accomplished.  As I have talked about before,

we have been paying rent on a storage unit

for four years.  It is full of stuff left from the

shoppe.  Well, we made a dent in it.  Moved

quite a lot of stuff home to the upstairs of our

garage.  Still have to get rid of what we moved

but at least it is home and not there.  Still have

 a ways to go.  Lots of antique and vintage

props and furniture that I guess we will be

putting on Craig's List.  Wish all of you lived

closer, I would certainly have a Homespun

Elegance Yard Sale.  That would be so

much fun.

Found lots of boxes filled with more frames,

fabric, fibers, etc.  Hope to get all of that

on the blog or Etsy in the near future.

Also, got out and picked up some flowers

for my garden.  Still have to get everything

planted, but that will wait until next week.

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This is what I have to share with you ~

"Americans Care About Each Other" ~

my newest design.

I had showed you a few other designs, but I think

I want to get this one finished in time for July 4th.

Just seems more appropriate and I think it is so

true of Americans.  We do care about each.

Hope you like this "little glimpse".

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I'll be leaving in the morning to take care of Avery

Monday and Tuesday.  Hope to have more to

share when I return and more to offer you from

the storage unit.

Thank you so much for all of your orders this

past week.  

Many Happy Stitches,

Sandra