ADIEU 2012

Greetings sweet friends on this Eve of our New Year!  I do hope everyone who celebrated their respective holidays enjoyed every day, in every way.  A heartfelt ~nice to meet ya~ to a couple new followers who found their way here, hope you enjoy stopping by now and again!  My heartfelt thanks to all who visited over the past year:)

A few snippets to share before we all scurry off into 2013...

Tech Stuff ~ Remember my old puter that dogged me to no end? Finally got a laptop, yipee!  I named her ZippyChippy. 

Pinterest ~ I've gone and lost my mind.  If anybody sees it plopping, wobbling and rolling around, it won't do anybody any good, just let it roll on by!  It goes like this... Where did I store that recipe?  That craft idea?  That fabby I wanna try?  That thing I absolutely m.u.s.t. have and probably can't afford anyway so why did I save it?  My recipe box?  Which recipe box?  The super special one?  The everyday one?  The wanna try this some day one?  The puter?  One of my Pinterest boards?  Wait!  Am I following them?  Or are they following me?  A sticky note?  Which room?  One of my blog pages?  Which page?  You get the idea - it's meltdown city here, too many places to absorb too much stuff!  I can't take it anymore, done lost my mind - and I'm not even 30 yet!  (Chuckle) ahem... clearly I've not lost my humor:)

    via Google

Etsy ~  Does anyone else like these little soap mats for bar soap?  I was very pleased to meet a talented artisan to whip me up a couple for the house.  I truly could not be more pleased with the high quality of Terri's goods and her friendly personal service.  Thanks again Terri, love your handwork!

CustomCrochetByTerri on Etsy

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner ~ While entering Nancy's Christmas Giveaways at The Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe I was lucky enough to win one of her charts!  Congrats to all the other lucky winners and sincere thx to Nancy for sharing the holiday fun with all of us:)

Stitchin ~ My 2012 finishes overflow in their basket, patiently awaiting assembling and prettiness.  But for now, perchance anyone remember my flaky finish from 2011?

Rather enjoyed it, so I stitched another for 2012.  See that wee little trim down there?  Found it while thrifting and thought of snowflakes.  Subtle and gentle tone on tone.  A dear stitchy friend grew up in the northeast, this ornie was my gift to her so that she might fondly recall a few dreamy Christmases she spent as a young girl...   

Snowflake Ornie 2012 by StitchinSweetSue

Freebie motif

Zweigart linen 32 ct ~ Vintage Country Mocha

Floss ~ Sullivans white ~ 2 over 2

Bottom band/backing ~ tan & white ticking with vintage trim

Filling ~ Bamboo fiber

 
 

  Anyone else miss the old Five & Dimes with skads of yummy trims and notions?

Have to admit the trims found in craft stores today just do not blow my skirt up!

One day I hope to visit the NYC garment district to pillage and and plunder the trim shops:)

Rootin in the barn ~ The foraging continues for hidden treasures amidst the rubble under the collapsed roof.  The piles and piles of stuff Mr. Sweet hauls home on his trailer continue to get sorted. 

 Not one, but two ~ oh Joy of Joys!  Not gonna see me pushin either one of these:)

Sharing ~  Christmas of 2011 two sweet followers stitched my Sleigh Rides design and now is the perfect time to showcase their festive creations.  May I please present:

I'm humbled Shirley P. and Catherine fancied my simple and prim design

enough to create their own take on it, each a beauty and I thank you both:)

So sweet friends, thanks for stopping by...

I bid you each a Sweet, Happy and Stitchy New Year!

Tootles, Sue 

It's Just My Way...

... I've been strong, a big shouldered broad, one that holds it all together, must carry on - no matter the face of adversity, plow through 'til all is right again, or nearly right enough.  It's just the way I'm wired, or the way I was raised, or grew up to be, or learned to be on my own.  Good or bad, it's just my way.

Disbelief-yes, heartfelt sorrow-yes, unanswered questions-yes... but no tears, no sobbing, no runny nose, no quivering lip, no shivers.  It's almost as if I was unable to succumb and admit that anyone could be so devoid of humanity.  Then tonight this sorrowful and respectful melody enveloped me.  With the exception of one or two small phrases, I envisioned parents and loved ones with eyes so weary and heavy they have no choice but to seek a few restful moments, drifting off with this tune softly cradling them, and the rest of the world dreaming along.  Mostly, we are lucky.  Days are good for most of us ~ with hopefully only a few days for sobbing.  I know in my heart we'll shed tears for Sandy Hook for many years to come.  But for our own hearts' sake, hopefully not every day.  We don't get to choose which days, today is mine... at least one of them.

Thank you sweet friends for stopping by and sharing...