tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78663007225712883062024-03-14T14:21:46.090-04:00Examplars From The HeartVilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-31688697052276586512011-06-12T16:30:00.000-04:002011-06-12T16:30:26.650-04:00THANK YOU ALICE <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I would like to thank Alice from Paris, Madrid for sending me a picture of her finished sampler of "SHEPHARD AND SHEPHARDESS" she sent it to me a while back and I would like to opologize for posting it until now since I had a lot of things going on in my life at that time. Alice used DMC and Anchor threads to stitch her piece, she also did some color changes to her liking, which I love, since she likes stiff thicker materials to stitch on, she used 14 count Aida cloth. Since she was stitching during Xmas she added a wreath on the top window of the house and changed the verse to one that refers to Easter. Again Alice I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing a picture of your finished piece with me and look forward to another finished.<br />
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I have not been able to post as I would like, since summer is a very busy time of year for me, children, grandchildren who love to spend time at our house really keep me on my toes, but I love and enjoyed their time when they come over and we ride bikes and go swimming. I also like to spend time working in my garden and I been taking time also to stitch a bunch of my wips that I have been trying to finish since I had them in a basket for so many years.<br />
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I have had many request that I show some of my designs held by someone (I will ask my daughter) and post the pictures on my blog since they would like to see the size of them. I will try to do that this coming week, since today is my husbands birthday and my daughter had made plans to celebrate her fathers birthday spending time at the pool and with a cookout.<br />
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Enjoy your summer and many blessings, Vilma</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-55952981331499151192011-04-23T21:12:00.000-04:002011-04-23T21:12:32.886-04:00GOODIES, PICTURES AND WIP <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I started this wip from Sheepish Designs so many years ago, and since I made a decision to finish them one by one after so many years of having them put aside. I decided to put a simple border on it since I felt something was missing on it after I finished it and felt it looked good. I also put the initials under the ballon of Alex and Grant since there are two boys in the air ballon and under the crowns I put the initials of my daughter and my son-in-law. So I decided that they would love this sampler for their anniversary, so I am off the hook now since I will not have to go out and look for a present. I will take a picture and share it with you all when I get it back from the framer. I will be crossing my fingers that they like it since I personalized it just for them. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I also ordered these six graphs that I had my eyes on for quite a while, but I really want to finish all my wips first before I start on these, I still had some money left over and ordered some graphs and scissors from Pineberry Lane that I wanted. I will take pictures of them and show them on my next post. So there went my gifts certificates, but at least I spent it on something that I wanted.</span></strong></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Since I had received some gift certificates for my birthday and I never got to spend them since I really didn't see anything I wanted. But nosey me had to go and check out Anita's Little Stitches and saw all these new scissors and I went bananas with not just one or two of them, but nine of them, I know I should not have done that but the temptation was there, so I just ordered them and received them 2 days later, wow that was a quick delivery. I also had ordered the cross scissors since I love crosses and Anita was so sweet and sent it to me as a gift. Love, love the cross scissor it is so well crafted and beautifully made. Thank you Anita for your wonderful gift, I will treasure it always.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wishing you all a blessed Easter and hope all the mothers and grandmothers have a wonderful time with their children and grandchildren on their Easter egg hunt. God bless you all, Vilma </span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-39860174786791743872011-04-03T18:48:00.001-04:002011-04-03T18:50:33.719-04:00Birthday, News and Wip<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was finally able to finish the wip of The Little Fat Birds from Sheepish Designs that I started years and years ago. When I started stitching this design I used silk threads on 32 count Linsey-Woolsey that the Scarlet Letter use to carry years ago. I will take a picture when I get it framed and share it on my blog so you all can see what it looks like framed. I am working on another wip that I will share real soon. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wow did we get a big hail storm the other week, with strong winds and lots of rain, lots of roofs in the Greenville are got damaged, ours included so thank goodness for house insurance because we are having a new roof installed in our house, but it was nice to see it from inside the house. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last but not least, I want to say a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful and wonderful daughter Jeannette, her birthday is tomorro April 4th. happy birthday daughter, you are the best, love mom.</span><br />
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</tbody></table> Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-900716231634090592011-02-09T08:22:00.001-05:002011-02-27T13:34:49.037-05:00THIS &THAT AND NEW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is "REMEMBER US" which was stitched on my 38 count hand-dyed linen using 15 colors of WDW hand dyed threads. The designs is 136wX222h. Model was stitched by Tracy Yandle from North Carolina, thank you so much Tracy for the wonderful job you did in stitching this model. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is my model daughter holding the new design of "REMEMBER US" as always Ingrid helps me choose the best frames for my new releases. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the other new design "BEHOLD MY WORK" it is a band sampler that was stitched on 34 count hand-dyed linen with 3 colors of Florimell Silk Floss by Gloriana. The design took 40 yards of each color to stitch. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is a picture of my daughter holding the framed new design of "BEHOLD MY WORK" so you can all see how big it turned out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My wonderful husband had my finished sampler of Ann Kirby framed, since I had picked out that frame one day and I guess he remembered and surprised me with my sampler all framed up and ready to hang on the wall, so what better present for a stitcher to receive. That is my son-in-law Stephen holding the framed sampler while I took a picture so you can all see the the size of sampler. So even though I was sick, it really made my day special receiving these wonderful gifts on my birthday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was showing my daughter this beautiful scissor fob on Tracys blog that I loved because it was made with turquoises (my favorite stone) and I loved that it had coral, turquoise and silver rondels, and loved the tail detail that she did on the horse, so my daughter bought it so my grandchildren could give it to me on my birthday, love it, love it and it is a very long and heavy scissor fob, there is no way that I would ever misplace my scissors on this scissor fob. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My daughter brought me a beautiful vase with two dozen of roses for my birthday with a beautiful hand painted card, also DH gave me a beautiful card and since I had been sick in bed with a bad bronquitis we were not able to go out for dinner, but I really enjoyed their surprised visit with the grandchildren who brought me a delicious chocolate fudge cake with chocolate butter cream frosting.<br />
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My many thanks to Faye, Tracy, Susan, Natalia, Alice, April Mechelle, blueladie, tender rose for your wonderful and kind comments, and also Alma Allen :) yes Alma I am really enjoying my ipad, downloading books, music and games like crazy. Hope you are enjoying yours also. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my daughter Jeannette holding her precious Christmas gift that she received, his name is DJ and he is a Pekingese, she was so happy since this is what she wanted and my son-in-law was going crazy going to every animal shelter in Greenville looking for a Pekingese dog and he finally found DJ(this was the name he had when he was adopted so she decided to keep the name he responded to) poor DJ was so nerveous after being in a cage and finally having a loving home with my daughter, he is 3 years old.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of my other best Christmas gift that I received this year and it is a 12x14 picture of my other two grandchildren that live in Texas, Haven is 12 and Trinity is 8 WOW how times goes by. Since they were not able to come for the Holidays, my son Harold sends us a picture of the grandchildren every year so that I can frame and hang in the family picture wall going up the stairs. It is so amazing how fast children grow. My other best Christmas gift was spending Christmas with my daughter and son-in-law and my other two grandchildren Alex and Grant. We feel so blessed by God to for these beautiful gift he has given us. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-75550370640121814132010-12-20T17:48:00.000-05:002010-12-20T17:48:10.387-05:00WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOINGWhat has been happening and what I have been up to. With Christmas so close and being so busy doing so many things to have everything ready for the holidays, I have not had time for anything else but getting ready for the holidays. But thank goodness I can now relax since I have finished with outside and inside decorations, packing all the gifts to put under the tree, sending out Christmas cards, grocery shopping since it is my turn to do the cooking and baking, so now I am ready for Christmas.<br />
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I had to do alot myself since my husband went out of the country for 10 days (not very nice of him) and<br />
left me to do alot on my own. So I have not had any time to relax or even do some stitching and that is sad :( but I do have my new releases for Feb. 2011 framed, and that is good. <br />
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It has been really cold and windy down here and kind of kept me inside for a couple of days, but lucky me I came down with a bad cold which left me with no energy but to stay in bed. Until today I had a little time to post something and let you all now what I have been up to and what is going on in my life. Thank goodness my husband came home last night because I was ready to cry, yes cry out of desperation since with all the days of strong winds my phone went dead, the alarm system went crazy in the house scarring me to death and having to deal with everything else, I was ready to run out of the house. Thank goodness my son-in-law took care of the problems, thank goodness for son-in-laws when husbands are<br />
not available.<br />
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Hope everybody is ready for Christmas, especially those with small children how are so anxious for that special day when they can open all those presents and see their big and happy smiles on their faces.<br />
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I posted these pictures of two of my grandchildren that I took pictures of when they came over for holloween and loaded up on lots of candy and seeing them have a great time and their big smiles on their happy faces. <br />
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Many blessings to all of you, Vilma<br />
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</tbody></table>Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-70846985217928505562010-11-20T19:24:00.000-05:002010-11-20T19:24:30.220-05:00WHAT I HAVE BEEN UP TO LATELY.I received an early Xmas gift from my wonderful husband that was on my Xmas list, well the thruth is I had to force him to give it to me since I did not want to wait until Xmas, so he gave in and I am so happy, happy since I have wanted a iPad since they first came out. In the box was a generous gift certificate from Amzon and Barnes and Nobles so I can download the BIG LIST of books I wanted. The<br />
other gift on my wishlist is a Tablet computer from HP, where the screen rotates and can also lay flat. I know he has gotten it for me but the problem is I have not been able to convince him to hand it over, yes that is the way I phrase it to him but I am having trouble in getting it, so I guess I will have to look at all the hidding places in the house, because I do not have the patience to wait until Christmas :( :( I know patiance is a virtue I do not have.<br />
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I have also been so busy with Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays coming and trying to get my list of Christmas finished since I like to do my shopping early and not get caught in the rush, when everybody is going crazy and you cannot even walk in the mall or find a parking space. That is the only thing that drives me bananas during the holidays. But thank goodness I am almost finish. <br />
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So with all this going on, I have not been able to do anything involving needlework :( :( but then I also <br />
needed a break and do other things that were a priority right now.<br />
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I wish everyone of you a blessed Thanksgiving, may God bless you all and your family in such a wonderful holiday and give thanks to God for all his blessings, even though for me everyday I get up is a blessing which I thank God for. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This has also been another project I have been doing at home. I bought this comforter with the ruffle and pillow shams because I fell in love with the color. The color is like when you slice a sweet and ripe dark watermelon inside, but it is not red, well I went to Home Depot and see if they could do a paint match of the comforter and they did a wonderful color match, so I have just gone bananas redecorating this guest bedroom and love the way it turned out. I also used three diferent kind of materials with the same color scheme, they blended wonderful so I had the sofa redone in a antique gold, the cushions in diferent patterns, but most of all I love the two oil paintings above the bed and the two angel figurines that I fell in love with as soon as I saw them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So now I am busy redoing the other guest room, but more in a Victorian style, I fell in love with a beautiful paint color that kind of resembles DMC 930 and I want to do the compliments in the color white. When I finish I will take some pictures and share them and see what you all think. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKMB14BvUaO7_1Y5dhQSx3ujNW6yer0WK1jDkjfcAlpHg7lo_42XZ9xb77y0h_lxbe3hlhNZdEu6iC9KovBqJXfYKqeMCUszQ7hf19P68hXPYTpAGqoPoTQn2CrZtj_P5oNzkX6wCefUg/s1600/100_1183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; height: 299px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 400px;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKMB14BvUaO7_1Y5dhQSx3ujNW6yer0WK1jDkjfcAlpHg7lo_42XZ9xb77y0h_lxbe3hlhNZdEu6iC9KovBqJXfYKqeMCUszQ7hf19P68hXPYTpAGqoPoTQn2CrZtj_P5oNzkX6wCefUg/s400/100_1183.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDaBwE-E3LTk0DNoXydUrf6HGLlX_JGK6cDJKI2t3zi-B06hlGZYXUORGw_t0ML_ys9JiXleYDPTlpHL3eg4hyphenhyphenbbvh0kf6TU3gKtOWdiaDY5SDvTtIrn3LwapR8PTsVZPoV6TQjZNNzVf/s1600/100_1193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwDaBwE-E3LTk0DNoXydUrf6HGLlX_JGK6cDJKI2t3zi-B06hlGZYXUORGw_t0ML_ys9JiXleYDPTlpHL3eg4hyphenhyphenbbvh0kf6TU3gKtOWdiaDY5SDvTtIrn3LwapR8PTsVZPoV6TQjZNNzVf/s400/100_1193.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnsuZRevsWoXYdNUyCU32EuZTXlucRF0iACkHlEDW-d1wB65CvwXZ8uN6BPLVgn6qNvvh7fmD9ReFluruMvL3Zl9sMgXMA9jxiTcIdyAaaeGxbkf5E7XR7Dy0VUyV2rN41I8gkhuXBcPn/s1600/100_1181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnsuZRevsWoXYdNUyCU32EuZTXlucRF0iACkHlEDW-d1wB65CvwXZ8uN6BPLVgn6qNvvh7fmD9ReFluruMvL3Zl9sMgXMA9jxiTcIdyAaaeGxbkf5E7XR7Dy0VUyV2rN41I8gkhuXBcPn/s400/100_1181.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Rdx0IJH2w2U5GRNHuNNG2ucq1kg9110SN9k8V7ww_fYGPLQ_FTHIV93zNiti6nJBo2r7E_Rmek2vzXqSLX1vEajRqB6bjGDjZaaNqtBIDF6gmiXowMsgM1oAGwZmMdAymv9UIflDMYQe/s1600/100_1180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Rdx0IJH2w2U5GRNHuNNG2ucq1kg9110SN9k8V7ww_fYGPLQ_FTHIV93zNiti6nJBo2r7E_Rmek2vzXqSLX1vEajRqB6bjGDjZaaNqtBIDF6gmiXowMsgM1oAGwZmMdAymv9UIflDMYQe/s400/100_1180.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-25104436347405825242010-10-22T14:56:00.000-04:002010-10-22T14:56:49.599-04:00SHARING HARRIET'S "FRIENDS"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want to thank Harriet for sharing some pictures of her finished piece of "FRIENDS" that she stitched for her friend Lorrie, who chose a beautiful way to display it, in a tray. Harriet said that when she first saw the design of "FRIENDS" she knew she wanted to stitch it for her dear friend Lorrie. that the inclusion of the cup just seemed like such a universal symbol of friendship and relaxation, yet you seldom see it in a sampler. Lorrie and Harriet often stitch together and have a cup of chai tea. They are also part of a wonderful group that gathers twice a month so she included the words "Friends Count" which is the name of the group, and the first initials of the stitchers. She used fabric and floss colors that she knew her friend Lorrie liked. Also she stitched the letter "K" in the small heart in the bottom right corner as Lorrie's son is an unofficial member of their stitch group. Harriet said it was fun to stitch this sampler and personalize it for her wonderful friend Lorrie. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had two new designs to release for St. Charles but due to circumstances I was not able to. One is a band sampler called "BEHOLD MY WORK" and the other ones is a A&E called "REMEMBER US" if I cannot release them this year, I will release them in February of next year, will see how certain things turn out, as I said umpleasant issues are hard to deal with but then we have to move on, that is what life is about. Wishing everyone a happy and blessed weekend. Vilma</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We did a small celebration on Grant's birthday at his house, since we could not do his birthday party since he and my daughter were sick, so I decided to have a cake made for him (yes monkeys, he loves monkeys and his best buddy is is stuffed monkey who sleeps with him every night, he gets very upset when he cannot find his monkey) he was so happy when my husband and I showed up unexpectedly with his cake and his birthday gifts. We ordered two delicious Italian pizzas, sang him happy birthday twice and then he cut his cake and shared it with all of us.<br />
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After that he opened his birthday presents all excited and we played with him, that got a big smile out of him even though he was not feeling well, then his big brother Alex entertained us with his guitar, playing a couple of songs for us. There is a gap of 8 years between Alex and Grant. Grant tends to look up to his big brother, he loves his big brother.<br />
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So that was our Saturday evening gathering with the family and my husband and I were very blessed and happy to celebrate another birthday with a another grandchild, Thank you God.<br />
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Ted and Brenda are stationed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, and he is a Air Force Chaplain there, they are the proud parents of two beautiful children. When "Resurrection" was released Ted fell in love with the design and of course Brenda his beautiful wife wanted to surprise him and stitched it for him. Ted and Brenda are originally from Knoxville, TN and were college sweathearts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brenda being a homemaker and having two small children keeps her very busy, but she has always loves to cross stitch and her family is a huge supporter of her needlework. I really loved what she said when she was stitching this design, since it took her a year to finish it. She felt close to God and her husband Ted while working on it, so this piece has so many prayers invested into it while she was working on it. It kept her company and occupied so much while her husband Ted was deployed to the AF. Now if pictures could talk, these do since you can see the big happy smile on Ted while holding his sampler with his beautiful wife Brenda beside him, also very happy and proud of her finished piece and making her husband very happy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brenda stitched her piece on 32 count Lambswool with silk fibers. So thank you so much again for sharing these pictures with me so I can share them here. God bless you both and your beautiful children and hoping to see you back in the States next year. Brenda's best friend has suggested to her to stitch "And The Sinned" so she can hang it next to "Resurrection" so Brenda is thinking about it as a future proyect. Brenda has promised to share a picture of Resurrection when she has it framed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On my side I wanted to say that my model hangs in my bedroon on a side wall by my bed and there is not a day that goes by that I do not take some time to read the verse and thank God everyday for all his blessings and our health. After reading it every morning I feel good and ready to start and face another day in my life. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">God bless you all, Vilma <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKB5PrccBMpwIZbOUAI5ciB_oti2vYZ6uMp3Q1PhwP94ODWwhtjc_sp09RoHvy89ZD6y4-CP4oEPOpxmWsMXnG0z2ykhQLjaOfMphEvD4Oum2mx6Nv_NPBlSfyldpIXXwe2npIViI8ui8/s1600/Ted%2520&%2520Brenda%2520holding%2520Resurrection%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKB5PrccBMpwIZbOUAI5ciB_oti2vYZ6uMp3Q1PhwP94ODWwhtjc_sp09RoHvy89ZD6y4-CP4oEPOpxmWsMXnG0z2ykhQLjaOfMphEvD4Oum2mx6Nv_NPBlSfyldpIXXwe2npIViI8ui8/s400/Ted%2520&%2520Brenda%2520holding%2520Resurrection%5B1%5D.jpg" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZTFTqLzBvKCBz0RzUkY7Rh2yxuSPysAxRLc5wIoNTfo4-4eYTlzh-QgXkTWXl8aen-IShEERSoJPN-ChA6jo_r4DzbEcSeIWcPVQrXjerXdBRSZggy-wsrsAtrGkwfblSvdjUSzPyr26/s1600/Ted+holding+Resurrection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZTFTqLzBvKCBz0RzUkY7Rh2yxuSPysAxRLc5wIoNTfo4-4eYTlzh-QgXkTWXl8aen-IShEERSoJPN-ChA6jo_r4DzbEcSeIWcPVQrXjerXdBRSZggy-wsrsAtrGkwfblSvdjUSzPyr26/s400/Ted+holding+Resurrection.jpg" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMvc3OGOMchwP1jcLWsWe6Y4ZNq750FXMHEQrkpxVVu1c0XaN8rYYZtYtzXuvutwFy1A3x8phBkb4sBqMhjSWHyncTV2WkWfhwnvz6Hz3mF3j6zA0cWLVlSpkAzj4Q3RCPPqOGCRmAgEh/s1600/Resurrection+completed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMvc3OGOMchwP1jcLWsWe6Y4ZNq750FXMHEQrkpxVVu1c0XaN8rYYZtYtzXuvutwFy1A3x8phBkb4sBqMhjSWHyncTV2WkWfhwnvz6Hz3mF3j6zA0cWLVlSpkAzj4Q3RCPPqOGCRmAgEh/s400/Resurrection+completed.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-37862007687187962802010-08-18T22:55:00.000-04:002010-08-18T22:55:56.082-04:00CANNOT BELIEVE I WON SOMETHING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMi04vMVBmATDaRjWGS8h4dr8KRVi4dIsygGZg3JGeL_Ing2T5PBC44oaLekPjExs-wLP7OiYIGQf2DB2gIzPiuoK5HT7P0YyGZbvoH-G2fxinAH-HnoYc7CGqDurOhATjuBFCQG2hWMYO/s1600/100_1052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMi04vMVBmATDaRjWGS8h4dr8KRVi4dIsygGZg3JGeL_Ing2T5PBC44oaLekPjExs-wLP7OiYIGQf2DB2gIzPiuoK5HT7P0YyGZbvoH-G2fxinAH-HnoYc7CGqDurOhATjuBFCQG2hWMYO/s400/100_1052.JPG" width="282" /></a></div>I was in shock when Wawanna P. from <a href="http://www.silverthreadsgoldenneedle.blogspot.com/">http://www.silverthreadsgoldenneedle.blogspot.com/</a> sent me an e-mail, saying that I had won, YES I WON something at last, wow I could not believe it!!!!! I sent her my address and this is the beautiful chatelaine I received, it is just so beautiful and believe me when I say that,the picture does not do justice to it. I had to sit down and open the box she sent me and just look at it from every angle and the beautiful work she did with the colors of beads she picked for it. Wawanna please know that I will always treasure this heirloom piece and all the other extra gifts you sent me, I know you did them from your heart and I will always think of you when I use them. God bless you, you are a wonderful and unique lady. hugs, hugs and more hugs and many blessings.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wawanna also included extra gifts with the chatelaine, this beautiful scissor fob and a bead counter with a needle threader, she did them with the same beads she used in the chatelaine and they both can be clasped to it. Every time I opened a gift box, there was another treasure, I felt like a little girl opening gifts after gift. I really know Wawanna put a lot of love in all these heirloom treasures.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrLf4ImahIxOxSkCSv88wIkGB51zEaUmVWAWb8Tqi9UL-PgEIY5X9ApDoiNRdnQwdm0rfs0RaJw61kZm9nMDXJCH3OHh7PBWWDqU28dJMIxHEthQ5RvNz8EcjUHsyheW0FvM9OG3JJDCV/s1600/100_1055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrLf4ImahIxOxSkCSv88wIkGB51zEaUmVWAWb8Tqi9UL-PgEIY5X9ApDoiNRdnQwdm0rfs0RaJw61kZm9nMDXJCH3OHh7PBWWDqU28dJMIxHEthQ5RvNz8EcjUHsyheW0FvM9OG3JJDCV/s400/100_1055.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a "Laying tool" wow what a beauty it is. It is used primarily in needlepoint where one "lays" the threads so that they look evenly placed. In cross stitch, if there are any fancy stitches one could use it the same way. In using the the laying tool the stitcher can separate several strands of threads, silk, cotton, rayon, etc, just how many depends on the size of the canvas she is working on and the type of stitch you are executing, then you put them back together and in the tapestry needle, secures the thread on the back of the canvas and begin stitching. You lay the threads that is using the tip of the "laying tool" to smooth out the threads so that they ae all lined up and then carefully execute the stitch. That way you get a perfect alignment of the threads which gives a smooth appearance and therefore the most shine from the threads. Also in cross stitch if a stitcher is so careful she wants her threads perfectly linen up for each cross stitch, you can use this instead of the needle for railroading. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww1TFf0B70i2r77zL7h16G-Ji1z_ffMhsF-zy6F7GXXbmzk092axYBDteYJRRIlLWimyRcjGR1FiI6SVn7j1Nnt8AZ6yxyOMgzgecrWOYu1Z2pwI9D7BXLqxxbEHOg6b4PJOIL-qU1HeI/s1600/100_1056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhww1TFf0B70i2r77zL7h16G-Ji1z_ffMhsF-zy6F7GXXbmzk092axYBDteYJRRIlLWimyRcjGR1FiI6SVn7j1Nnt8AZ6yxyOMgzgecrWOYu1Z2pwI9D7BXLqxxbEHOg6b4PJOIL-qU1HeI/s400/100_1056.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Wawanna explained to me that it takes 32 steps to create a "laying tool" and several weeks to make one. She includes 2-3 layers of a primer, 2-4 layers of a paticular color of professional artist paint, 2-3 coats of a special effects like"angel dust"glitters and then 12 layers of a hardening gloss (with sanding in between each layer) so that the laying tool is slick and smooth as possible.There should be nothing there to snag your precious threads.A couple of beads are added to the one end with epoxy glue and it's all ready! your "laying tool"has a special effect and it is pearlized. As with all her products each and every one is individual and unique. Sorry this is so long, but I wanted to explain to you all as she explained it to me since this is something new to me and I will use it and try it out. To me this is a most precious gift and I know Wawanna went out of her way to do everything in the same color to match the chatelaine. She also sent me 24 square diamond shape thread holders, beautifully decorated by her, plus a beautiful card. So not only did I received the chatelaine, but all these other precious heirloom pieces that I will allways treasure from the bottom of my heart from a most wonderful and blessed friend.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-81087339173262926132010-08-15T21:00:00.001-04:002010-08-16T00:16:01.646-04:00ALEX'S LITTLE BIRTHDAY PARTY<strong>Summer has been super busy in our lives, vacations and more vacations. This week I was able to put together a little birthday party at my house for my grandson Alex, who turned 10 years old (unbelievable how fast our grandchildren are growing) since his mother will do his big birthday party with all his cousin's and friends. His real birthday is August 18, but we wanted to do a little something for him at our house. Also he goes back to school on August the 16 (he really is not ready to go back yet) since he has been enjoying his summer so much.</strong><br />
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<strong>So here are some pictures I took to share with you all his little birthday party with just us. We had a lot of fun and I fixed him his favorite foods and snacks, but then that is what grandparents do. I had to do everything the night before because he was being very nosey in what we were doing and he loves the Star War theme and I did not want him to see anything until they came over the next day in the evening. So yes I did surprise him and he was surprised.</strong><br />
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<strong>Many blessings, Vilma</strong><br />
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This one is THEY FOLLOW ME and it was stitched on 38 count Examplar Blend #5 using 16 colors of Weeks Dye Work threads. The stitch count on this design is 165w x 174h. <br />
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The grassy area is stitched using half cross stitch to add texture and not volume. I would like to thank Tawny from "Where Victoria Angel's Stitch" for her help in recommending her friend Susan K from NJ to stitch the model. Thank you, Susan for such a wonderful job :) :) Your stitching is beautiful and you got it done very quickly. Also my thanks to Ingrid for picking this frame, I just love it and it goes well with the design, it is 3 1/2 inches wide. Hope you all like this design and your comments mean alot to me since this is what keeps me going :) :)<br />
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And then we have GUARDING EDEN, which was stitched on 38 count Examplar Blend #38, using 16 colors of Gentle Art Sampler Threads. The stitch count on this design is 175w x 195h.<br />
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I would also like to thank Larene D from NJ, another friend of Tawny's from "Where Victoria Angels Stitch". So thank you, Larene for your beautiful and quick stitching of this model. I would also like my friend Kathy for frogging out A&E since I was not satisfied with the flesh tone color. <br />
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You may choose not to fill in the verse or just fill in where it say's THE LORD GOD. That is up to the choice of each stitcher. I love my model the way it looks and it is already hanging on my A&E wall, this frame is also 3 inches wide and to me it does complement the design. I greatly appreciate your comments, since they mean alot to me and to my designing :) :) <br />
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Enjoy the rest of the summer and hope all the mother's that have their children on vacation are having a wonderful time with them.<br />
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Everything is at the printers right now and will start packing it as soon as they are ready. This model was stitched by Larene of NJ, I was not happy with the flesh tone of A&E so Kathy rip and re-stitched it with another GAST color. <br />
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I really love how this design turned out and love the verse, hope to hear your comments about this new design. Stitch area: 175W x 195H<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope everyone is enjoying their summer, as for me I have no idea why my summer got so busy with so much going on, I guess I really am trying to do too much on the outside instead of the inside of the house. Working in the yard, doing things and going places and working on other things that are keeping me busy. Wishing you all a wonderful summer and hope to hear from you all on your comments about this design. Not a very good picture but will post it when it is framed. Frankly I do not know what I am doing posting new releases at 4:30 AM, but then that is what happens when you take long naps since we have company and have been going out alot entertaining them, so when we get home I have been napping in the afternoons lately, so I am guilty now and staying up late, too late since I cannot sleep and we have another busy day tomorrow yikes. Better go to bed now and try to get some sleep so I don't look like a zoobie like in about five or six hours from now, So good morning everyone and blessings, Vilma</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Thank you again Paule for sharing these pictures with me. Sending you lots of hugs. <br />
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This is a Vierlande sampler and what caught my eye was that it was all in one color, with the exception of A&E hair and the serpent in a very dark brown color. I really am so happy that I decided to finish this wip of so many, many years ago. I am enjoying the couple of hours I have available to stitch it. I will post another picture when I finish it.<br />
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I love the frame she picked for this design, yes it was a little costly but I really wanted something nice and permanent and in the end when I saw it framed I just fell in love with it. <br />
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I have also finished framing one of my new designs which is a A&E and it is called "GUARDING EDEN" I love the way it turned out and also the frame Ingrid helped me picked, I will post a picture of it on my next post and would appreciate your comments on it, since I feel stitchers are my best critics of my designs and I hope you like it.<br />
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So I leave you with these pictures and see what you all think, I did cheat a little since I re-graphed the saying, with the same square placing of the verse and did it in plain cross stitch, I also did some color changing that were more to my personal liking.<br />
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NOTE: I have added this note since lots of ladies have e-mailed me and ask me some questions regarding this design, yes there are a couple of mistakes in the chart, so what I did was enlarge the picture to a letter size sheet, study the picture and graph and I was able to stitch it more accordingly to the color picture guided by the graph, some examples are the center of the fruits in the darker rose, the tail of the snake not completely graphed, also if you see the color picture and the graph, you will notice some of the insects mising legs or not completely finished. I also noticed the hand of eve rising to the snake which was only outlined, so I just added another finger to eve or you can just omit the middle outlining of that finger. But these little mistakes are very clear to notice and I really enjoyed stitching <br />
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</a></div>Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-67184292779913686972010-06-16T21:56:00.002-04:002010-06-16T23:19:57.072-04:00A surprise birthday for my DHIt all started with my daughter and I planning a little surprise birthday for my DH, we wanted to have a special cake made for him, so we started looking at some Martha Stewart magazines and we found this square cake but she showed it in white and pink, but we went to our bakery who has always done our family cakes and came up with this. <br />
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A three layer chocolate fudge cake mix (super moist) with lots of cream icing, a darker chocolate icing for the ribbons across and a lighter chocolate icing for the ribbon, the tag is made out of sugar and the cake looked like a present box. <br />
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We grilled sirloin steaks, chicken breast and salmon marinated in ginger and garlic, corn on the cob, baked potatoes and a nice salad, my husband and the rest of the family had a great day outside where<br />
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Then we came inside and sang happy birthday to him, but most of all he was so impressed with his cake.<br />
We sat down and just splurged on the delicious cake, which was delicious. I also did three floral arrangements and placed them in diferente areas, so happy birthday my dear wonderful husband. <br />
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But what he mostly enjoyed was seeing his grandchildren having a great time in the yard, we played a ball game and threw horseshoes and rings on the pole, had a bubble contest which the boys (that includes him also) had a wonderful time. So my DH I hope you had a wonderful birthday and may God allow us to enjoy many more with you and you with us.<br />
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Here he is drawing the name from the hat:<br />
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And here he is holding the paper but is too shy to open it:<br />
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And lastly here he is holding up the name. And the winner is........Robert<br />
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Congratulations, Robert! Please email me at vilma.c.becklin@att.net with your full name and address so I can get these out to you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone that commented here and entered the drawing. I wish I could afford to give each of you the charts because you are all winners in my book and in my heart..<br />
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Here are a few photos of my garden. The flowers are really beautiful this year and all the work I have done is paying off. I hope you enjoy them. This is my favorite place in the morning. I love to come out and have my coffee while looking at my flowers and birds playing in the fountain, eating the seed and watching the squirrels from h*ll! Yes, Sam and Samatha are still here with their friends.<br />
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To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my blog I have decided to have a Give-a-way! To enter you just add a comment here. I will put all the names in a hat and have my grandson Alex draw out a name. The winner will received the charts for Quaker Virtues Honesty and Wisdom. <br />
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Thank you all for your wonderful comments. It means a lot to me. I forgot to mention that the drawing will be on Sunday, June 6.Vilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-69830615008935133432010-05-26T13:09:00.002-04:002010-05-26T13:53:21.852-04:00The Squirrels from H*ll !!!Once upon a time there was a lady who loved to feed the birds and watch them play. She kept her feeders nice and clean and there was always lots of seed for the birds to eat. One day she was looking out at her garden and noticed that there were no birds around the feeders. She went out to see what was wrong and alas the feeders were completely empty. How can this be she thought. I just filled them up last evening. She went to get more seed and filled them nice and full so she could watch the birds. A little later she went once more to the window and still there were no birds but then she saw a movement. There in one of the feeders sat a small gray squirrel eating all the seed. She tried to sh-h-ssh him away but he just looked at her as if she had said nothing at all. Again she tried to sh-h-ssh him away but he continued to ignore her. She went to get something to scare him away when a second squirrel joined the first and they began to play around the feeder and eat all the seed. With each attempt to scare them away their reactions got worse and worse until they were baring teeth and threatening to bite. In spite of her efforts she could not get the squirrels to leave. So finally she lowered one of the feeders close to the ground for them and has now adopted Sam and Samantha--the squirrels from H*ll. :)<br />
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Here are a few more photos of my garden. My lilacs are fully blooming and smell so wonderful. I just love them. My roses are also blooming and look great. I have been spending much time outside these last few weeks and it has been very hard work. But the result is so worth it.<br />
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I also wanted to share with you the link to Carol S's photos. She has done some wonderful pieces and I enjoyed looking at them very much. Hope you do also.<br />
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This next photo is Deb's<b> Evil Serpent.</b> Deb did a wonderful job stitching this and I love the way she framed it. Thank you Deb for being so kind and sharing a picture of your finished piece, love the frame.<br />
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Thank you all for sharing these photos with me. I love sharing all your finishes and wips on my blog. It is so rewarding to see people actually stitching the pieces that I designed.<br />
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I would also like to thank all the wonderful people for their nice comments, they mean alot to me.<br />
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Blessing to all, VilmaVilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866300722571288306.post-38797955770709053222010-05-06T12:18:00.008-04:002010-05-08T11:47:52.277-04:00MY WIP AND STASHThis is the latest photo of AAWFAA. My progress is slow because I have been spending so much time working in my garden. But I thought you might enjoy seeing an update.<br />
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I don't usually show the back sides but someone was asking about it so I thought I would share that also. I always try to keep my backs looking neat but sometimes it is easier than other times.<br />
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I also thought I would share with you some photos of my latest stash, I am a scissor fanatic and I should have never checked with <a href="http://www.madstitcher.com/">Madstitcher </a>but I did and found these beautiful scissors on her website and had to have them, are they not beautiful!! The top two are a matte pewter look. They are called Middle Ages and the matte Storks. They are very sharp and really feel nice in the hand. I love the black ones, they are the flying witch, the black sheep, the smiling cat and the wide eyed owl and she also has a white sheep scissor but did not have any in stock, so she is ordering me one, I just love those sheep scissors. The big black one, is a very old scissor I had for years, I found it at a garage sale when we lived in TN and love it, I am always looking for old scissors. <br />
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I am thrilled that Kathy is now the USA distributor for Gigi R designs. I have some of the Letter Samplers since I am collecting the initials of my husband, children and grandchildren and also mine to stitch one of these days, I am waiting for Gigi to release the "H". Kathy says it should be ready in the next week or so.<br />
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I would like to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day. Blessings to each of you who are mothers or have been role models for children. I think this is the most important role we have as women today. and we should celebrate and honor those who have undertaken this job whether through biology or not.<br />
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Hope everyone is enjoying the wonderful weather and stitching away, well I am off to the nursery to find some plants I need. <br />
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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the Mother's.<br />
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Blessings, VilmaVilma aka Examplar Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14765833836171023558noreply@blogger.com7