No stitching pictures to show you today. I part-stitched another ornament last night which now needs embellishing with beads and a charm so I now have 3 ornaments to be finished. I also need to stitch the models for Sew Winter, Sew in Love and Sew Spring. A big thank you to all who have purchased Sew Noel. I very much appreciate your support in my new venture.

It's raining heavily today and it's very dark and gloomy. I do hope that my friend's journey across the English channel on Eurostar goes well and that the rain stops at some point during her visit.

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Today I received a wonderful package from Karen K in Australia for the HOE Halloween exchange. It was beautifully wrapped in orange and brown tissue paper and inside were ric rac braid and threads in different shades of orange and brown all tied up with ribbon, some orange finishing fabric and some BOO buttons. Her Just Nan piece is so pretty - 3 little ghosts and finished in a sweet little frame with a scary spider in the corner. A lovely Halloween package - thank you Karen.

As you can see from the above picture I have been playing around with Photoshop Elements! It's fun but very time consuming. On Fridays I like to clean the house from top to bottom so I can relax over the weekend so this morning, so I would not be tempted to sit at the computer and 'play', I turned the computer off and would not allow myself to turn it on again until my jobs were finished. How sad is that?

I didn't get any stitching at all done yesterday as I watched a movie in the afternoon and we went to Nicola's house for dinner last night. I have decided on the fabric and floss to use for my private SAL with Yuko - 36ct flax Edinburgh linen with Au Ver a Soie silks in 1424 (deep blue), 4624 (burgandy red) and creme. We are stitching Midnight Stitching's Quaker Faith Hope Love and I will post a photo as soon as I make a start. I am looking forward to stitching this beautiful piece with a beautiful lady!

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I heard from Marjean that she received the HOE Halloween exchange that I did for her. I stitched a pinkeep called "Witches Welcome" by Helga Mandl Designs on 36ct lambswool linen using DMC threads. I do not normally stitch Halloween patterns but I did enjoy this one - I just love the boots with their curled-up toes! Marjean has a photo on her blog of the extras that I sent her. 

I have been playing around with my new Photoshop Elements program as you can see from the above picture! Today I received a book that I ordered through Amazon called "Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual" so hopefully I will now be able to do more with it in the future! 

It's extremely dull and dismal here today - I think that Summer has past and there's only the long Winter ahead. Will the sun ever shine again? Will I ever be able to sit in the garden again? I'm SAD.

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