Tuesday, July 05, 2011

My very first Finish of the year! And Alyssa all ready for July 4th!

I did it! I did it!! I actaully finished a piece of stitching!!! Amazingly enough the year is half over and I stitched this up in 2 days flat. I have decided to start stitching cards: Christmas, friendship, birthday, Halloween, Thankgiving, etc, etc....as I enjoy having a quick finish now and then, plus, like last year I had monthly finish goals with my monthly smalls, and I really enjoyed having a monthly goal. And small finishes. This one isn't a monthly goal sort of project, but I have my list of recipients and their birthdates and anniversaries, and of course all the holidays as well. And I'm just gonna work on cards and see how many I can get done and sent out this year, andit will probably go into next year as well. So now that this "friendship piece" is finished I wil probably put it in a letter for a pen pal...since I have a few, and my next card endeavor are two "wedding type cards"...one is for an actual wedding, and one is for my parents anniversary, which is next month, then I have my FIL's birthday in September, and then of course October: Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and then start in on Birthday ones for the following year, and St. PAtty's Day, Easter, and so on and so on...it'll keep me busy, I'm sure!

And this is not a stitchy pic, but here is Little Alyssa in her Red White and Blue, and ready to celebrate the fourth. Which ended up as a flop for us, but that is alright. Those people my hubby invited never showed! (After we spent all morning running around going to the store getting enough food for an army,and trying to get the house cleaned up!) they call an hour AFTER the time we'd invited them for, and told us they weren't coming!! So, while I was ticked at that, I was also relieved and glad they didn't come! So...it all ended up fine, but now I have an over abundance of Macaroni salad!! Oh well.



Ok, well I am off to get started on my next coupla cards, which I hope to share here soon! Hope you are all having a wonderful week so far!

13 comments:

Freddysmama (Kirstin) said...

I love Macaroni Salad, mm-mm.

Alyssa is adorable :)

Oh, and congrats on the first finish of the year! Yay!

Michelle-ozark crafter said...

Very lovely finish but little angel girl takes the cake!

Lynn said...

Alyssa is such a darling in her red, white and blue!
It's a shame that your friends were a no show but at least you got to spend the day with your family.
Love your finish! A quick stitch is a nice break when you've spent time with a lare project like howling.

Dani - tkdchick said...

Alyssa is very cute!

Nice little finish! We have to do what we can accomplish in a month and what makes us ahppy we must remind our selves that stitching is our hobby!

Blu Stitcher said...

WTG on your Finish. I love Alyssa's outfit, how perfect is that...


Linda

Shelleen said...

Congrats on your first 2011 finish and I hope to see more.

mdgtjulie said...

Alyssa is just too cute!! I love her little outfit. And your stitched card piece is lovely too. Can't wait to see the next one!

Jules said...

That is a cute outfit on Alyssa! Congrats on the finish!!

GoldenAngelsWorks said...

Stitching is beautiful... Congrats on the finish!

Alyssa is so adorable.
She is looking so healthy now and growing like a worm!
Give her lots of kisses!

Carla said...

Awwww Alissa looks adorable! Congratulations on your first finish of 2011:)

WendyJo said...

Congrats on your first finish of the year!!!!

Little Alyssa is absolutely adorable!!!!!

MyStitchNiche said...

Oh my gosh, what a cute lil munchkin all dolled up for the 4th!! What a punkin :)

Excellent finish! Cards and small things are so much fun!!

Meari said...

Alyssa is adorable!