23 December 2014

the Orts...


the Orts of 2014


snippets of thread left over after finishing embroidery


Merry!  Merry!

here comes 2015...




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!


09 December 2014

hostess gift...


roll, stuff, wrap…


heading to a holiday brunch with food in hand,


and a hostess gift too!




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



11 November 2014

Printwear Magazine...


Erich Campbell’s latest article in the November issue 

of Printwear magazine was just published.


it’s titled Get Creative 

Thanks Erich for including me!


you can read the online version 

by clicking --> here!








it's just embroidery, have fun with it!




04 November 2014

here an antler...



there an antler…


everywhere an antler...




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



28 October 2014

three blind mice...





three blind mice,


see how they run,


see how they run,


they all ran up to the farmer’s wife...





it's just embroidery, have fun with it!




21 October 2014

swirls of autumn...



swirls of colorful leaves


swirls of pumpkin colored monograms

pumpkin-colored sounds more festive than orange!




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



14 October 2014

24 September 2014

Vikings in the family tree...


one of my great, great, great…..grandfathers 

was quaintly named,


Thorfinn Skull Cleaver


he was the Earl of Orkney around the year 970

that was towards the end of the Viking era


we became civilized after that


Urnes Style Beast from the Viking era 

within the monogram C




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



18 September 2014

spooky fun settings...

a bit of #tbt 

(throwback Thursday)



This Halloween placemat set is still one of my favorites!




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



09 September 2014

coming or going...



with a new puppy in the house,

I have been seeing a lot more of the great outdoors


day


and

night


a lot of

---> out the front door

<--- in the front door

---> out the front door…..


don’t know if I’m coming or going!




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



02 September 2014

the keys to...


so many keys to doors unknown...


but set of cross keys is the perfect match 

for the family Croskey


and if you’re looking for the newest Croskey,

talk to the giraffe





it's just embroidery, have fun with it!




18 August 2014

sit!.....

sit


sit


sit

going to be saying that a lot around here


meet Ironweed Black Ice Storm

but you can just call me Bice

short for Black Ice, in keeping with the tradition of my predecessors Blizzard & Avalanche




it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



12 August 2014

variegated threads...


born in Brooklyn NY 92 years ago

doesn't own a microwave

brews coffee in the old-fashioned drip pot


plays solitaire with real cards

still cuts her own grass on the riding mower

and loves to knit


filling an embroidered tote with variegated yarns 


just because



it's just embroidery, have fun with it!