Sweet June and Pics!

My sweet friend, June, had let me know back in April that there would be something coming for my birthday.  She gifted me with yet another one of her beautifully stitched and finished pieces.

Isn't it beautiful!  I will write more on a blog post as to why this piece touched me so!

And, I finally spent some time uploading pictures, so I can show you what Julie surprised me with the other week!

Thanks again to both of you for brightening my days!  When things settle down around here, I plan on passing along some smiles!

Happy Birthday dear June!

May all your dreams come true and all your wishes be granted.

Happy Birthday dear Dawn

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Dawn
Happy Birthday to You.

From good friends and true,
From old friends and new,
May good luck go with you,
And happiness too.

OMG, I was RAKed!!!

Thanks to Bianca my life got a little brighter today. In about a month I'm having a 'big' birthday and I am sooo depressed. Last time I was in that state of mind after I turned forty. It took me six months or so to get back to normal. Now almost twenty years later it hit me way before the big day... I have no idea why it's affecting me so much...

Look what dear Bianca send to me:

I'm so excited and already started to kit up this project. It should keep me 'out of trouble' for a while...

♥ Thank you, thank you, thank you ♥

Heaven and Earth Designs

I thought I'd try something new for my next RAK. I haven't seen anyone post about these yet on this group,  but I thought I'd give it a try anyhow.  Do you like to stitch Heaven and Earth Designs? Maybe you have never tried one, but you've wanted to try one of those huge but beautiful charts.  If this is you, leave a comment with the name of the chart you would like to stitch and it might end up in your inbox :)

Thank you!!!

More birthday goodness came my way with 2 RAKs!

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Huge thanks to Evalina for kindly gifting a $40 voucher at 123 Stitch.

I have ordered some cross stitch fabric (white & pewter) & a few threads (DMC) for my next project.

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Big thanks to Mouse for putting together a lovely envelope.

There was a cute card, some thread and a cross stitched pincushion.

Here is the picture.

I love everything!

Thank you so much for such kindness :)

Sending big hugs your way.

Happy Stitching,

Mii



Thank You, Julie!!!

When life has kept you running and away from your stitching and blogging, sometimes a gift at the right time brings a smile to your face and makes your day!

Thanks so much, Julie, for all the sweet goodies!  It was truly a surprise and made my day.  I have pictures on my phone of all the goodies and hope to get them uploaded and included in a much overdue blog post.  

Thanks again, Julie!!

Happy Birthday Dear Lisa

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Lisa

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday Dear Mii!

May all your dreams come true and all your wishes be granted!

More for Mii!

I'm back with more goodies!

I know, I only wrote a post last week and here I am again :)

My birthday is coming up this weekend.
I've received a lovely surprise from Kim,
a very generous $25 gift voucher from 123 Stitch!!!

Here is what I've treated myself to.
The LK 4 seasons series

Summer was RAKed by Justine earlier on

Thank you so so much Kim!
It was a wonderful surprise to receive the email from Cherie at 123 Stitch.
Service has been perfect, as always.

Big hugs to you sweetie,
Mii

Hello everyone.

Hello all,
I am Julie. C from My knit Sew Craft Corner I am happy to be here and look forward to new friendships and sharing our love of gift making. I have to say I am late with the introduction as I think I lost my link to be able to log in as a member on this blog and dear Evalina sent me another.
I am here now and I am also pleased my first parcel arrived safely.

Well a little about me I am a mother with 2 grown children and I have one Granddaugher  I Love knittting, crochet, cross stitch, embroidery, and a little patchwork(beginner) I have been knitting for over 40+ years now and taught myself to crochet in the last 2 years. I like to cross stitch and I embroider more at the moment I have always liked Jane Greenoff patterns and Lesley Teare, I adore the designs from The Little Stitcher and The Primitive Hare.
I have made a few of my own cross stitch motifs and I like to combine these with my knitting or crochet and make them into pin cushions or pin keeps. But that is enough of me now I am rambling on.
 Enjoy your week everyone.
Julie x

Lovely Surprise

Hello every one , I had a lovely surprise this afternoon I received this wonderful RAK by Julie C .
Thank you so very much Julie I love it all , thanks for your kindness it made my day hugs.

The perfect RAK for Mii!

I've been RAK-ED!!

Thank you Justine, you're a star :)

Why??

Well, Justine thought I deserved these... just because really

- Cutting a story short here -

But who am I to argue with you?

An envelope arrived with a sweet note,

an adorable little mouse stitched by Justine & finished off as a little cushion,

a LK chart with beautiful threads,

cute little wooden pegs and

yummy smelling candles (especially the pink dragon fruit one)

Heaven!

Thank you so much for your kind gesture Justine,

I will treasure your gifts.

Hugs,

Mii Stitch

Lovely Gifts

     What lovely surprise gifts you dear ladies send out.  I'm admiring all and glad to be here for sure.  Have a wonderful weekend ya'll, and "don't forget to feel the colors".

Thank you Heather

I had a lovely surprise when I opened the door to the postman on Tuesday, there was something there for me and it wasn't a bill. When I opened the envelope and saw that it was a RAK from Heather I was even more surprised so thank you Heather for making my day it was really kind of you.

Heather's gift was a LHN threadpack Blueberries and a CCN Morning Song as well as some needles, so thank you once again Heather I can't wait to get started.

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone, my name is Lynn, some of you will know me from my blog Happiness Is Cross Stitching,
I am so glad to be here and looking forward to sending a surprise or two out to an unsuspecting member.

I have been cross stitching for over 25 years now and I just love it, I don't think there is ever a day goes by where I do not have needle and thread in hand.

I know quite a few of you from reading blogs, however I must admit I am very lazy at commenting so I like to give back to readers by doing giveaways occasionally and I also thought it would be nice to do a RAK or two, (or three or four!)  for someone on this blog.  

My latest finish is this gorgeous design that I stitched for my sister many years ago and only just got around to stitching it for myself, the pattern will be vintage now and I know it is out of print but I never tired of looking at it on my sisters wall,  I can't believe it was in the 90's when I first stitched this.

I love Little House Needlework, Country Cottage Needleworks, Mirabillia and Sue Hillis Designs, Victoria Sampler and The Sweetheart Tree. My favourite colour is pink and I also love pastel shades of lilac, green and blue but I also love bright colours too, particularly in kitchen designs like the one below.

Better get my thinking cap on for a RAK, hopefully I will have the time to send one out soon! 

Lynn B 

       

Thank you Deborah

Hi Deborah,
Just wanted to let you know that the kit I won in your giveaway has arrived.
Thank you
LISA V

Pictures of my RAK from Deborah

As promised, here is a picture of the lovely RAK I received from Deborah ..

the little pin cushion is lovely ... I do love red!  and coffee :)  Can't wait to bead that coffee ornament.

Thanks again Deborah for all the lovely goodies!

Hugs, Michele

And the winner for my little Giveaway is...

Lisa V.

There were a few participants so I just tossed the names into a hat and had my son pick out a name.  The winner for my first giveaway is Lisa V. I will be shipping this to you on Monday morning, and Thanks to all who participated.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

RAK from Deborah

I just received the sweetest RAK from Deborah today ... it's just wonderful and I'll post pictures as soon as I can ... but I love everything!

I apologize, I can't seem to find my list of addresses .. could someone send me a new one please?  michele11wa@yahoo.com

Thanks!

Buttons, beads and lace oh my....

Look what arrived in the mail for me yesterday...

A wonderful assortment of goodies...thank you Deborah. When Deborah posted her pin pillows she recently made, I thought, what a sweet tulip pillow...now it is mine!

A little Giveaway

There is much going on at this time in April, the Full Moon will be the first total lunar eclipse for 2014, Passover is underway, Easter is closing in fast soon to be followed by Earth Day, so in light of all these events I am offering for RAK members of this blog the little giveaway pictured below:

This is a Periwinkle Promises Pansy Sampler kit from the Accent series II The Year in Flowers.  The kit features Silk & Linen.

If you would like to be part of the giveaway just leave a comment on this post by Friday Noon eastern time (April 18th) when I will pick a lucky winner.

Close up

Wishing you all a wonderful day.

LindaLee's New Blog

     Just wanted to let ya'll know that I couldn't get into my "nearly" four year old blog, "Cross'N My Stitches".  I tried a number of things and then finally, abandoned it.  My biggest regret is that I had so many dear friends and followers, and I hated letting them down.  I'm hoping that they will all find me and join my new blog site.  My new one is, "Love'N My Stitches" and can be found at
http://lovenmystitches.blogspot.com/.  Please come and join me.

     I am getting some things together and once I have a pretty box all full, I'll be drawing another name to send it out to.  I know I haven't been here long, but I do love you ladies and enjoy making someone's day.

     Want to see some spring? You know how I love colors.  I really do believe that if you love colors, you can feel them! A picture to leave you with.

     Until next time, be safe and well and don't forget to "Feel the colors".

Hello everyone

Hello everyone and thank you Evalina for allowing me to join your blog.  I recently had a giveaway on my blog Justine's Cross Stitch and enjoyed putting the prize together very much.  I was pleased to come across this group and am looking forward to sending out some RAKs soon!

I've been stitching since I was 16 (I'm 42 now) but only discovered blogs last year.  I really enjoy having other stitchers who "get it" to share with, and love being inspired by what everyone else is working on.  I think this is a lovely idea and a great way of spreading happiness!

I think I "know" quite a few of you through blogging, and look forward to making new blogging friends.

Justine

Hello from Heather

Hello to you all!

I'm delighted to be here ... I love and really enjoy 'things' like this xxxx  So I thought I would come on and tell you a little bit about myself :)

I am 42 years old, 43 this July.  Im a single mum to 7 children, well 2 are adults now and the the other 5 are from aged 10 to 3 years old!!  There is a photo of us all on my blog Heather's Stitching Story  I have been stitching since 1999 and I have gone through a fair few charts haha

At the moment I am stitching Summer Fairy by Joan Elliott for my youngest daughter Cara.  My aim to complete this very soon!!

I don't really know what else to tell you lol  Lots about me is on my blog!!

My wish list is on my blog but I just love receiving things that have been sent for me!!  Little things,big things, anything ... its the thought that counts and the idea behind it :)

I am really looking forward to getting to know you all very well :)

Happy stitching and crafting

Love me
xxxxxx

Wish list

RAKs Are Ready To Go...

My first  RAKs for 2014 are ready for mailing and will be on way to two unsuspecting members  I hope you enjoy receiving them as much as I enjoyed putting it all together.

I'm not going to post a photo of everything but here's a little peek at some of the things I have put together. A little stitching does go a long way.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

♥Thank you June ♥

The Royal Mail brought me a wonderful package from June. It came couple of weeks ago or so and I'm really sorry I'm posting so late. To make a long story short - my life stopped for a while, thankfully I'm almost back to normal... here are the goodies from June

 Thank you so much dear June, I love absolutely everything!

So long my friends,
Evalina

~* Thank you Miss Linda Lee ~*

"Carry out a random act of kindness, 

with no expectation of reward, 

safe in the knowledge that 

one day someone might do the same for you.

                                        "(Diana Spencer)

Good happy morning dear Miss Linda and all my friends ,,

         It's a beautiful day here ...I woke up with a huge smile :)

   And I saw this sweet surprise mail from 123 stitch that I received a gift certificate of $20

From our dear friend Linda lee ..

My dear it's such a great surprise...first I couldn't believe on my eyes ...

I was reading and reading it again...lol

     It's truly a very sweet surprise linda and a very sweet RAK.

I am feeling so blessed :)

       You are a sweet friend.

Thank you for making my smile more bigger and making my morning more sweeter...

     Aww happy morning here :)

Love u and huge thank you.

      Big Beary hugs

             Cucki x

My Wish List

     My wish list can be seen on my blog page and you can also see it over at 123Stitch.com if you use my email address.  Address is MissLindaLee@ec.rr.com.

Posting A Label

     Good morning everyone! It's chilly and rainy here in eastern NC this morning, but it's a beautiful day anyway.  I'm looking forward to stitching a good part of the day on my "Quaker Diamonds" piece.  I love working on it and love all the colors.
 
     I was wondering how to post under labels.  Is this something that Evalina does for us or is it something I can do myself?

     Ya'll have a wonderful week and don't forget, "If you love color you can feel it".   Here are some little hands that can literally feel them!

Until next time, stay warm, safe and well.

     Nearly forgot! I sent out my very first RAK today and I'm excited for the recipient! Check your email everyone!
     

I'm back and I have received a wonderful RAK.

Hello Everyone, I'm Deborah and I have rejoined the site after several months away, I didn't expect to be gone for so long but I am happy to be back.

A few days ago I received a wonderful surprise in the mail from Jacquie M. my first ever RAK, I can tell you I was so thrilled to open the package and find spring stitchery items inside.

This first photo shows everything that was packed into my box

The Friendship Grows box is just lovely and tucked inside were some tasty chocolates and you can guess I did munch one while I was snapping photos.

cross stitch box

Chocolates 

The Easter Wishes Egg makes me wish that someday my stitching will be half as good. I'll and the egg to my Easter Centerpiece basket.

Also in the box were these lovely pastel buttons, I have loved and collected buttons since I was a child and these will work out nicely for a project I have on my drawing board.

The tin dove was tucked into the Friendship Grows box and is now hanging from the arm of my reading lamp.

Dove

The handcrafted giving Bunny is so adorable and I was planning to make a few of them myself to send off to friends and leave a few anonymously here and there. Here is the link for the Giving Bunny project http://www.urbanthreads.com/tutorials.aspx?t=The+Giving+Bunny+Project 

The teapot and the floral frame pattern are so me, and the little sketchbook with the window frame just waiting for a small cross stitch piece will come in handy.

patterns and candy

sketchbook

There are strips of ribbon, a scented candle and a copy of Cross Stitch Crazy magazine pieces of pink and yellow aida cloth, ribbons and embroidery floss all which will be used in future projects.

Thank you Jacquie for the lovely RAK it certainly brightened my day.

Hello Everyone!

     I'm finally officially a member of RAK and I'm very excited about it.  I love putting little gifts together and sending them out to brighten someone's day.  I'm LindaLee from Cross'N My Stitches, and have been blogging for about three years. Love meeting people and making friends.  Here's a picture of me and my dear hubby, Bill.

     I love to cross stitch and I actually do nearly any kind of needlework.  My mother taught me to knit when I was five.  I'll never forget looking at the little swatch I was working on and seeing holes here and there in it.  I'd drop a stitch and my mom would put it back on the needle.  Good memories.

     Bill and I live in eastern North Carolina.  Both transplants from New Hampshire and we do love the warmer climate here.  There will always be things that we miss from back home though.

     I have a surprise gift ready to go, but do not have the receiver's address.  Are the member's address posted somewhere here on RAK? Any help would be appreciated.

     

     Stop by my blog sometime for a visit and see what I might be working on at the time.  I love meeting people.  My wish list is posted there also. 

     Color? If you love it you can feel it! 

     

I have finally posted it!

(Borrowed from Google Images)

Hello stitchy friends,..

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for being patient with me ... I hear you all say "What for??" Well I have been a member of the group for a little while now and only just managed to get my RAK out!  

I really did enjoy putting the RAK together but I have to tell you it did cause me some stress wondering who to send it to.  In the end after taking a little advice form a fellow stitcher I put names in a hat and my husband pulled the ticket out with the person's name!  So it was totally done at random!  

I noticed that some of you have wish lists... I have now joined in on this!  I was worried about doing a wish list but then thought its only somewhere to put everything I like and love and hope to buy one day to stitch!  Some of your wish lists are amazing and I wish I was a lottery winner so I could buy you each something.  :)

So the main reason for this post was really to say I have done it and its gone and apparently it will or should arrive at its destination hopefully soon!!  This is the very first RAK I have sent out so naturally I am anxious... hopefully the next one I send out will be less stressful!

I love to give and hope that the person I have sent it to likes it...

Happy stitching everyone :)

03/04/2014
Hello from Aurora, Colorado!  My name is Michele Stravato and I am new to the group.  I tried to post a couple of days ago without much luck, so hopefully this one will work.

I am married with two teen-age, soccer playing boys, so yes, I am busy.  Luckily my husband does all the cooking and grocery shopping. He also works from home, which helps with the boys crazy schedules.  Besides soccer, the boys are also  participating in their high school robotics program. The district competition is April 3-5 and assuming they do not make it to the national competition, our lives will slow down slightly after April 5.

I first learned cross stitching in high school and try and find time every day for at least a little stitching.  I love to  read trashy paranormal romance stories on my Nook and I was into vampires looooooooong before they became trendy or sparkled.

My hair is strawberry blonde, my favorite color is purple and I am very excited to join this group!

Michele

Fairies anyone?

 The below booklet is one that I would love to pass along to another stitcher.  It  has the three charts shown in the picture. I have already stitched the one I bought the booklet for and would much rather send it to someone who would like it than for it to sit in a drawer.  If you are interested please leave a comment and if there is more than one I will use the random number generator to choose. I am more than happy to send anywhere!

A little about Mii...

 

Hello!

I'm the latest member & have been advised to introduce myself to you all :)

My name is Ingrid & I am a stitch-holic.

I am a French national living in UK for the past 17 years.

I discovered cross stitch when I first arrived in UK and have been hooked ever since.

I am married & have a little boy (aka Tadpole) too.

Hubby is Lego-holic and has a blog called Adventure Into Lego

I have a blog too called Mii Stitch.

I love LK & Tralala designers most & am in love with cute little owls (fake & real) :)

 

Thank you for kindly accepting me in the group,

I can't wait to start sending little random goodies

By the way, I'm currently organizing a Easter Surprise Giveaway,
Hop along if you haven't done so yet!!

 

Mii x

 



Happy Birthday Michele S.

 

 

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Michele
Happy Birthday to You.

From good friends and true,
From old friends and new,
May good luck go with you,
And happiness too.

Hello from Gillie!

Well, having sent off my first RAK, suppose I had better introduce myself!  Though looking at the list I know most, if not all of you, through blogs, groups and even face to face!

I'm Gillie, wife to the World Traveller, who doesn't quite as much now, thank goodness and mostly now in the US.  We live on a small lake in south west Michigan which right now is giving me fits as it has been frozen and covered with the white stuff for about five weeks. that coupled with the sun gives me migraines.....

We have three children living in Wyoming, Pittsburgh and DC with grandchildren (four and a "borrowed" one) so we accumulate a lot of air miles and I can tell you where the Starbucks are in quite a few airports!  We are British but the US kindly gave us citizenship a couple of years ago. 

I fell into the blogging world via The Cross Stitch Guild forum where I saw that someone living in Gloucestershire had a blog.  A blog? What's that, for goodness sake?  Well, I took the plunge and began a blog and five or six years later here I still am, I blog at Random Thoughts from Abroad, please pop over and say hi!

Thanks, Gillie!

I'm popping in quick to say thank you to Gillie for brightening what has been a very long week due to the ice storms our area suffered earlier in the week.  I was so surprised to find an envelope in my mailbox containing the sweetest little ornament finish that I had admired on her blog, Random Thoughts from Abroad.  I was giddy like a schoolgirl!!  I hope to post on my blog soon and will show a picture there.  

Thanks again, Gillie....it was truly a random act and a complete surprise!  

Would Like to introduce myself...

Hello every one :)

My name is Jacquie and I am 42 years old.  I have complex learning difficulties.... dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia but I dont let them hold me back!

I love learning new things and challenging myself.  I have been doing counted cross stitch for years now...I forget how many!  I am self taught so always open to advice and tips.  I love cross stitching its taught me lots of things....patience for one!  Up until recently I only ever stitched on Aida..various counts.  I thought for 2014 I would challenge myself to try to stitch on linen.  I bought a chart and sourced all the threads and then I started on linen...

This is where I am right now.... its been a real joy stitching so far.  The chart is called Sampler Game Board by The Drawn Thread and I am very proud of myself for attempting this.  I do hope to have it finished soon.  As for other things I have stitched... I am on Google + and have a folder where I put all my work... feel free to take a peek HERE.  I dont really have a particular taste when it comes to stitching... I just stitch what makes me happy.  I love all the American charts, they just all seem so cute.  I subscribe to Just Cross Stitch (American Magazine) via digital subscription as there is nothing like it in England.  As far as English magazines I subscribe to The World Of Cross Stitching, Cross Stitch Crazy and Cross Stitch Gold... never have too many magazines!

Recently I was in Cross Stitch Crazy... issue 185

And The World Of Cross Stitching... issue 213

I live at home with my husband who I now care for due to an accident he had at work during 2010.  I also have an 18 nearly 19 year old daughter who is at college studying art and design.  Here is a photo of my daughter and I ..

I live in Southern England, returned in 2010 as my parents live here ... I class myself as being continental as I have grown up in Germany and worked and lived in France too.  I love to travel and see new places.... I would love to visit the USA and Canada at some point just to see it and experience it for myself.  

I do have a blog, I blog daily as I am on a mission.... I have been blogging for just over a year now to help me lose weight.  I photograph everything I eat.  I chat about what goes on in my daily life... and cross stitch!  Its been a really valuable tool for me as I can look at how far I  have come.  I am healthier and actually slimmer too.... still have more weight to lose but its about nearly 5 stone now... around 70 pounds.  I feel better and am loving how I am changing.  One last photo to share and that is of my changing face... this is the one that shocks me the most and the one that drives me forward to lose more weight..

HERE is the link to my blog :)

That is me!! 

:)

Happy birthday Gracie!

May all your dreams come true and all your wishes be granted! Happy birthday dear Gracie!

Giveaway winner and new members announcement!

Yesterday I asked my MIL to draw a name of my giveaway winner and she picked Butterfly (June). What a coincidence - I was a winner of her giveaway just a day before! Well, I thought about it and thought some little more and ask her to draw a second name... This time she picked Catherine. I decided to send not one but two giveaways, both ladies will receive a surprise package from me. Congratulations to both of you!

And we have three new members. Tricia, Jacquie and Gillie decided to join our little group - here is a big hug to all of you! Shortly I will email to each member an updated mailing list. Please let me know if you did not receive it, maybe I'm missing your email address. The list will go out in the next thirty minutes.

It would be lovely if our newest members can introduce themselves by making a post on this blog.

I was also thinking about a welcome package to our new members. Does anybody has any ideas? Your input is precious!

So long my friends,
Evalina

Winner

Hello dear friends , I have a WINNER and the name out of the hat is EVALINA congratulations if you could confirm your address please so I can post your chart next week.
Thank you every one who entered , I also have the February one to giveaway for February .
So watch this space I will be back very soon so if you did not win this time you could win the next one.
Have a wonderful day my friends .
                                  

Happy Birthday dear mouse!

Jungle Baby

I would be happy to send this chart to a new home. I stitched it as a gift for a first time mom of twins and am now hoping someone else will enjoy it.  It was such a fun stitch.  Don't know anyone that's expecting???  Each square would look great stitched separately as an ornie or just take off the bottom band for the name. I  am willing to ship anywhere!  Please leave a comment if you are interested.  If more than one stitcher is interested,  I'll do a random draw :)

I'm behind showing you my wonderful RAK from Evalina ...

Here's the lovely RAK I received from Evalina before Christmas .. love the pattern and the threads!

Thanks so much Evalina!

Hugs, Michele

Happy Birthday Sarah Beth!

May all your dreams come true and all your wishes be granted. Happy birthday dear Sarah Beth!

Happy belated birthday!

I just noticed that we had already three four birthdays this year. Happy belated birthday to Anne, Michele,  Lesleyanne and Sue!

Giveaway

Hi every one  Happy New Year  , lets start off the New Year with another Giveaway , I know the last few months we have all been so busy with  family life and Christmas there is always so much to do at this time of the year.
And I also agree that the cost of postage is so much money now, but if we keep the giveaways small  I am sure we can still have fun.
So here is just the chart of Mill Hill " Welcome Home " this is the Calender series January .
So if you would like to stitch this design I think we could start a rolling chart so when you have stitched it put it back on the this site for someone else to stitch , but because we are all so busy there is no time limit, I will enclose a card and we can write down our name when we have stitched it but like I say no rush , just enjoy stitching it when you can.
There is a little bead work but you can leave them out and just stitch , so you will only get the chart and I will send you also one of my Butterfly ribbon holders with ribbon .
You have to be a member of this site and just leave a comment , I will leave it open until the end of the month then I will let you know the winner.

Giveaway for Members of this Blog- Edited

 Sorry: I wasn't very clear, so have added some bits for clarity.

Phew...well, thank goodness that is cleared up!  Thank you Evalina for taking over management of the blog and thank you Mouse for offering as well: two heads are better than one so it is nice to know someone else is prepared to help should the need arise.

Caroline, please look after yourself and for everyone suffering at the moment with health issues, you are in my prayers.

I recently had a giveaway on my blog and sent it this week...OMgoodness, the postage costs!  It cost almost as much as the items in the parcel!
And I know how much more it is for our friends in the USA...a country we normally associate low costs with has actually managed to get something more expensive than Ireland...are rare feat!  Such a shame for businesses though who rely on international trade..but I digress.

I am still not working as I still have lots of hospital appointments and yet I really wanted to offer an RAK.  What to do?  I was talking to my craft group about it last night and they come up with what I hope is a great suggestion!

I am quite new to designing charts and really do it for fun and therapy but I have a few now with more in the pipeline.  So for members of this blog (and you have to be a member) I would like to RAK gift you any single chart of your choice.  You can see them all along the top bar of my blog.
Simply leave a comment saying which chart you would like (if any: I won't be offended if you don't want one lol) and an email address and I will send you a pdf version!  

THIS IS NOT A DRAW: YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR FAVOURITE CHART.  ;-)
...one of each member who wants one so please leave contact details, an email address pref. and the title of the chart you would like.  If you go along the top bar of my blog you will see the different categories and the charts I have available to date.  Please leave your information on this post only, not my blog! This is only open to members of our RAK community xx

Oh, and don't forget to check out the previous post by Evalina who is also offering a giveaway!

So that is my contribution for now: Have a very Happy New Year and if you are in an area affected by snow/sun or floods, please keep safe!
xx

Gaynor (Stitchers Anon)

New host and a giveaway

Happy New Year everyone!

I will be your new host for this blog. If there are any questions you have regarding anything please send me an email. I am looking forward to getting to know each and everyone of you. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I hope we can do many fun things together.

I want to give a big "Thank You" to Carolyn  for keeping this blog and allowing me the opportunity to continue. If there are any questions that I can't answer she has graciously offered her service if needed. I hope I can fill her shoes.

I would like to start off with a surprise giveaway. To be eligible for the draw you must be a member of this blog. Click here (or the upper tab) for more info about joining. There will be some stash and some chocolates and maybe even some stitched by me item... Interested? Leave a comment and a good luck! The draw will be on Saturday, February 1st.

So long my friends,
Evalina
this and that...

Happy New Year! Is anyone interested in this Blog?

Hello to all of you,

I hope everyone's New Year is going well. For the last few weeks I have been rolling this over and over in my head regarding this blog. I had every intention of doing a great job and being there for everyone. Last year my family and I were busy with moving into a new house. We are settled in but still things aren't quite there. I think moving takes more then one year to get everything in order. We have more stuff then I ever realized. Anyway on with what I'm really here for.

Last year some time I developed a health issue. Well now it seems I have two. I won't go into them as I'm sure you all have your own things going on. One of the health issues will include surgery and I'm not sure when as of yet. I will be seeing a surgeon on the 16th. I am hoping this issue can help clear up the other issue. I am really hoping and praying.

So with that in mind. I don't think I should be counted on as far as this blog goes. I think someone needs to be here for questions and keeping the blog, stitchers addresses and everything else current. It isn't like you have to be right on top of it.

I personally don't know what to do at this point. If anyone has suggestions please, please, let me know. So I want to step down and need someone to step into my place. It would be a big help to me at this point. I want to get my health back to normal so I can get on with it.

Hugs, Carolyn

2014?

Just wanted to check, are we keeping this blog going over 2014??