"All Because" Framed! (Photos a lot)

Hello friends, suddenly the weather here has been fine and very warm nowadays, it's so nice to go outside, but unfortunately it started raining from this evening and it will keep raining until tomorrow.

We're gonna visit my auntie from Friday so hopefully the weather will be fine again!

Anyway, I've finished framing "All Because" © Imaginating Wedding Sampler for my dear friend Aya and handed it to her in person!

As this design was her choice, she was so pleased to have it IRL and it made me so happy, too!

Unfortunately the day I've taken these photos the weather was very gloomy, so these photos don't show colours justice but the frame and mat are just like this.

Colours are a little bit more lighter than there photos and look more cheerfully and sweet IRL.
I'm hiding their names sorry it looks messy, though...

This photo above is close up photo of the frame I've chosen, isn't this beautiful for the wedding sampler?!
Can you see many of hearts around the edge of this frame?
I think it really suits for happy wedding theme!

My friend Aya was quite surprised as she doesn't know about cross stitch and she said "It's just like what I saw on the web site when I've chosen this design, amazing!", and this her words made me very proud of myself!

I'm always quite anxious to present cross stitch stuff to friends as I don't know if they like this kind of hand made gift, but this time I've asked her to choose the design, so I didn't need to feel anxious to present this to her! :D

Now my Christmas rose in my tiny garden are full blooming and they are just beautiful.
I'm happy to take photos with flowers.

And also these flowers are my favourite to look at everyday which was planted by myself, I will show you whole thing of this plant.

This photo above is the whole framed piece to show you, it's more bright and I'm satisfied about this result!

Here are some photos of what I planted the other day, one above photo is what I planted in the basket which was made by my mum, I planted wire plants, viola, snowdrops, hyacinth, now hyacinth are full blooming so will cut them and put them in the vase tomorrow!
I love how this turned out and am so satisfied about the result.

And also here is my favourite flower Lilly of the Valley, it looks so elegant and innocent and I really love it, but unfortunately mine has done already...

Should get them one more time!

Take care friends and thanks for stopping by.

I'm sorry that I haven't been replying you all yet, will write you when I have enough time!

Until next time, see you!

Design : "All Because" © Imaginating, Designed by Diane Arthurs

Fabric : 28ct Ivory

Threads : DMC

Flowers From Sweetie! *Edited*

Hi, The other day, my son Tass was a bit late home from his school and I was worried about and then I was waiting for him outside.

When I saw him walking down to me I just felt relief, and I saw him having something on his back.

He came to me and said to me, "Here you are, mum! I know you've been ill (it's an incurable disease) for a long time so I wanted to give them to you!"

Christmas Cactus Diary

Hi, did you all have a merry Christmas? I do hope so!
Here is Christmas Cactus Diary, just a quick note!

After I posted the last one (30th of Nov's), it has been blooming so beautifully!
Now it's in full bloom now!

Now it's full blooming!!
I love this soft colour so much and their shape!!
They are not lovely at all while they hadn't flowers, it's just a grotesque plant, but it's amazingly beautiful when they are blooming!

The other Christmas cactus isn't blooming at all, I don't know why, but this pot has been blooming beautifully every year!
I hope this will keep have flowers for more years!!

Thanks for visiting!

Take care and have a lovely winter holiday!

"Dog Lessons For People #143" - L*K Finished! [Edited]

Hi, thank you so much for your comments and thanks for visiting my blog, though I haven't been updating often.

Finally "Dog Lessons For People #143" © Lizzie*Kate has finished!!
I don't know why this took me so long time to finish...
When I first saw this pattern online, I thought to stitch for Tass as he loves dog! (me, too!)


The thread colours are very cheerful and so made me happy to stitch along, though why??
It took very long time to finish, lol
Most of my friends (in Mama's stitching group) love this pattern, and also my mum loves this colour combination so much!

Today was the 1st Stitch group's gathering day of Dec., so as I finished this, I passed this pattern to one of my friend.
She was motivated completely by this pattern!

Actually the frame was my son Tass's choice!
Just we went out for shopping, I was with this finished piece, and found some frames which is just the right size.
So I let him choose the frame colour, and he chose this one!
I also was going to choose this colour, so whew...

This time, I didn't insert glass, I added quilt batting between stitched piece and the cut board, so it's a bit puffy and it's so lovely now in the right frame and my son Tass seems very happy with this.
I want to hang this on his room!






Here is "Christmas cactus Diary".
My mum's Christmas cactuses are in full bud now!
So I'm going to take photos and report them how it grows from now!
I remember that my dear friend Carol R. and Angela was posting their Christmas cactus on the blog, so me too!

This photo was taken on 30th of Nov.
There is one more pot of Christmas Cactus, I hope they bloom beautifully soon!!



[Edited on 2nd of Dec.]

I just updated my scissdors blog :
http://yuko-behappyscissors.blogspot.com/

There are new design scissors there!
Please have a look, and please ask me anything you want to know.

Take care and have a lovely day!
Thank you for your visit!

Design : "Dog Lessons For People #143" © Lizzie*Kate
Fabric : 32ct Wichelt Lambswool (maybe...)
Thread : DMC

Token of Friendship - Rose Pincushion & Egg Candle

Hi, it's been a while since I finished to make something. It's small though, I'm satisfied with it.
I wanted to stitch and make something for my new friend A. in return as she gave me Birthday present.
I heard that she doesn't do sewing etc..., though I made a pincushion with rose design.
I added lots of lavender in it, and stitched on 40ct linen with DMC#310.
Unfortunately when I took these photos, my camera had many of Sweetie's finger prints on the lens, so the photos are not clear at all, though...
But I'm now happy that I found why the camera had been something wrong.

And I added velveteen lace ribbon around the wooden cup, isn't it nice?!
I have the same wooden cup and want to make the same one in the near future.

And also I made and added someself made egg candle and presented to A., too.
It's very easy to make, and it's so lovely!
If you would like to know how to make it, I would take photos of how to make, later!
It makes me so warm while it's lighting.
Here is the photo that the candle is lighting, photo below!

Recently when I pick up Sweetie, Sweetie doesn't want to come home soon, so I have to wait more than an hour at the Preschool.
But it's so nice to have mama friends! So while kids are playing, we are chatting a lot!



Here are some photos of my mini-roses that I bought at first sight love!
All my potted mini-roses wothered and died before, so this time I care of them very much, hope they last long!
Thanks for your visit, and take care!

Happy Stitching!

Linen : 40ct Witchelt (Sand dune)
Thread : DMC

Thanks, Tanya! "The Sampler Girl"

Hi, nowadays I'm quite well, maybe because I could make new friends and the weather is getting cool, I think!
But I had been in stitching slum for a long time, whatever I started stitching, I couldn't concentrate on at all.
Then started new design and stopped...
So I looked for something small in my stash and found these designs!

Here is "#3 Hope Perches" by The Sampler Girl, luckily I had recommended threads, too so I could start soon!
But recommended thread was quite different than the sample photo, so I changed birds colour.
I stitched on 32ct Belfast Vintage country mocha.

I have completely recovered as I could finish "#3 Hope Perches" soon, and so I started another design by "The Sampler Girl".
Here is "Sarah's Spring Sampler 1765", it was so fun to stitch and I became liking "The Sampler Girl" more and more!

Isn't this lovely?! I'm so looking forward to finish this!!
I stitched on 32ct Lambswool with DMC threads.

And the last one is "Jane Austen Book Bag", I wanted to make bankbooks bag with this design and fabrics, but I couldn't make it with my sewing ability...
I stitched on 32ct Flax linen with DMC threads. On the sample photo, a girl is wearing blue clothes and have pink flower, but I changed them opposite as the fabric I wanted to use was based pink.

Now I think I could get out of slump of stitching! Thanks, Tanya for such lovely designs!!
I have been working fall design now!
But I found that my dear friend is stitching Christmas Village by The Prairie Schooler which I had been wanted to stitch for a long time, so I may start it with her, don't know yet, though!

Here are the photos of daffodils Rain lily in my (mum's) garden.
I love flowers, they make me happy and cheerful!

My camera was quite strange recently, I couldn't see the thing clearly through lenz.

But! I found why it was, Sweetie was touching lenz with his dirty fingers!!!
So recent photos are not clear much, photos on this post, either...

Thanks for your visit and Take care!
Happy Stitching!

Flowers, Flowers

I have been taking and keeping photographs of flowers which I have been taking while I take a walk with Sweetie.


Here they are, they are very beautiful, I love how I process these photos!
I lost link of the site for free download of photo editor, but next time I found it, I will link it.

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Sweetie, My Lovely Sweetie!

The other day, we drove down to the Herb Garden where is in very country side.
And there were natural flower field, so I took some photos of Sweetie in the field!

He loves Dandelions so much, especially to blow on Dandelion clock!
I love this photo very much! :D

Recently he doesn't like to be taken photos much, and so he was a bit upset (above photo)... lol

In the rape blossoms fields, he had great smile!

Cautiously, cautiously go forward...

A fly??? (lol)


Recently Sweetie loves to play in the (very small) garden, he loves watering!

The other day Sweetie called me "Mummy!!! Terrible!!", so when I rushed to come to him, he watered all over the garden, and the garden looked like flood!

This photo, he washing or shooting? stone flog! I think flog is out of breath, though... lol

Recently he is interested in bugs, and now he is studying how bugs move and about their body!
(I hate bugs, incects though... ces't la vie, mums are all fated to catch or touch bugs in the future... sigh...)

Today Sweetie and grandma (my mum) planted new flowers as tulips were finished.
He is helping to plant new flowers!

Here they are, Pink and Orange Dahlias which Sweetie planted!

He said, "Grow fast, grow fast, flower!" and watering a little by little.

Recently he is very stubborn and talks very saucily, so my mum and I fed up with them sometimes...

But... at the same time, he is very sweet. He named each characters of his sweets called "Koala no march", and he never eats "Mama Koala", it's been more than 1 month but he never eats that one... I asked why, he said "Because I love Mummy, so I can't eat Mama Koala, never!!"
How sweet is he?!
I love you, too Sweetie!!

Take care + Thanks for visiting!