tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49578343602935014522024-03-12T20:15:33.319-07:00this and that...EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.comBlogger706125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-37872061131600386102019-03-25T12:56:00.002-07:002019-03-25T12:56:52.829-07:00Back to blogging with a challenge!Thank you <a href="https://n8ltg.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lisa</a> for the remainder of the April A to Z challenge. It got me back to blogging!<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-68761462765211078672018-07-09T07:51:00.001-07:002018-07-09T07:53:20.063-07:00Money attracting meditation<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7E8KbMpqdo&feature=share" target="_blank">money attracting meditation</a>EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-22905232854163003852017-11-11T17:23:00.002-08:002017-11-11T17:23:13.152-08:00I need a plumber and it's a long weekend...It's hard to admit but I'd fail miserably with my faucet replacement project. Now valves are leaking all over the house and my new kitchen faucet is still in the box. I should listen to Freddy and never touch that darn thing. Now I'm trying to find a plumber...<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-26416619693315093602017-11-11T08:50:00.001-08:002017-11-11T08:50:49.539-08:00Hello Saturday, hello long weekend!I don't know why but I'm very cheerful this morning. I guess because of the extra day off. I'm back to corporate world again, giving up my freedom on one hand and gaining extra cash on the other. I guess isn't time for retirement for me yet.<br />
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I have a lot on my 'to do' list today. Number one is to replace kitchen faucet. It started to leak a while ago, Freddy did nothing... then couple days ago he was standing in a paddle of water on the kitchen floor. Two days went buy and my man did not even call the plumber... Since my man refuses to do any repair jobs in the house (I guess he was a woman in his previous life 'cause he is great in the kitchen), I decided today is the day for me to look after. Yesterday I watched a few videos on YouTube how to replace the faucet and it doesn't look too difficult at all. Guys were saying that it should take about an hour and new faucet is around a hundred bucks. Will see when I'm done.<br />
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As promise here is my update on the Pumpkin Man. I also have a SAL Facebook group where a few of us are working on same project: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/292114847950111/" target="_blank">Jack O Man SAL</a><br />
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Wish me luck and I will keep you posted!<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
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EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-45442413197781547952017-10-31T07:29:00.004-07:002017-10-31T07:40:12.634-07:00Hallowe'en Trick or Treat Blog Hop 2017<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Happy Halloween my friends!</b></span></span><br />
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It's a spooky time of the year and <a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Jo of Serendipitous Stitching</a> is hosting another blog hop with a mysterious phrase. Here is your letter:<br />
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EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-1413807144820127322017-10-08T15:28:00.001-07:002017-10-08T15:28:11.011-07:00Zodiac SAL<a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Jo of Serendipitous Stitching </a>has done non-imaginable thing: she brought me back to blogland! She is hosting <a href="http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.ca/2017/10/zodiac-sal-libra.html" target="_blank">Zodiac SAL</a> and I would love to be part of it. I'll be stitching this:<br />
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It is a large piece of 347,900 stitches. If I would like to finish it in a year I must be making close to a thousand stitches a day every day. Nope, isn't gonna happen... but I'm hoping to finish in this lifetime. I think I have enough floss to start but I must make a trip to LNS to buy some fabric.<br />
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I know it will look fantastic when done and I know that I will enjoy stitching it.<br />
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so long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-314158970972397822017-07-04T10:01:00.001-07:002017-07-04T11:05:57.655-07:00Flora: A<a href="http://deborah-weber.com/blog/" target="_blank">Deborah</a> started another <b>abecedarium </b>and I decided to join her<b>. </b>She discovered that June 28 through July 4 is designated as <b>American Flowers Week</b>, so she is blogging about flowers. I love flowers too and in Canada every single province and territory has an official floral emblem.<br />
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Since 1930 Alberta adopted Wild Rose as it's emblem. I guess because in Alberta it can be found almost everywhere! Starts blooming in late May and lasts until early August. The fragrant
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Some are saying that smell of roses can be use for protection from ghosts and evil spirits.<br />
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And this is for my stitchy friends: <a href="http://www.victoriasampler.com/Catalogue/VS_Samplers/p0149_CanadianHearts.aspx" target="_blank">Canadian Hearts by Victoria Sampler</a><br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-14368185487874796072017-06-23T11:51:00.000-07:002017-06-23T11:51:06.245-07:00Still here...Oh man, it has been a long time since my last post. You see, I decided to get a 10 to 5 job and that stole eight hours of my day. Thank goodness my contract is over, now I have a lot (and I mean it!) to catch up. The house is a mess, the garden is a mess, I'm behind with my stitching and there is a ton of work in my office. It's overwhelming but one step at the time... hopefully by the and of the month I will breath easier and sleep better.<br />
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The weather is awesome, I managed to go for a few hikes with Frosty: <br />
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Maybe tonight I will find a little time to curl up with the book. I have 'The Coldest Girl in Coldtown' by Holly Black on my list.<br />
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EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-46269773267016599872017-02-04T08:35:00.001-08:002017-02-04T08:35:22.226-08:00Saturday morning in Port AlberniSnow, snow, snow everywhere... about a foot thick blanket of snow had cover Port Alberni over night. It was snowing yesterday but just a little, this morning I woke up to real winter-land. This is on my deck:<br />
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I tried to go for a walk with Frosty but I was sinking in the snow - maybe later I will drive with her to a place where she can have a good run without the leash.<br />
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Thank goodness there is a rain in forecast.<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-18835174136102716952016-12-31T18:11:00.000-08:002017-01-01T06:46:20.994-08:00Goodbye 2016Six more hours and 2016 will be gone forever. As always there were some ups and downs and, for some unknown reason, I'm looking into 2017 with real excitement.<br />
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Last January I started the year with minimalism challenge. The idea was to remove what wasn't adding value in to my life and to make room for stuff that is. And let me tell you -I have so much room now that I must to start 2017 with maximalism challenge (if such thing exists).<br />
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Definitely I have a lot of room for more love, more compassion, more friends, more money, more finishes, more fun, practically more of everything. I read very few books this year (just 33) and I made very few blog posts (56). Can you agree that I have plenty of room for more?<br />
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I'm not setting any goals and I'm not making any resolutions. Instead I'm making an action plan!<br />
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As for the stitchy part... I DID IT!!! I finished sixth page of my Guardian Angel and I'm ready to start another one. Here is the finished page:<br />
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Evalina EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-11116807358314034212016-12-26T15:03:00.002-08:002016-12-26T15:03:38.288-08:00Merry Christmas!How was your first day of Christmas? Mine has started awesome! We were driving to our friends for Christmas dinner and there it was... a <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Santa fishing</b></span></span></span> on our beautiful Cameron Lake.<br />
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After dinner we were driving through Ladysmith and enjoyed festival of lights. In reality it was spectacular!<br />
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I guess this time Christmas got in the way of accomplishing my goal.<br />
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EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-71208547215009346512016-12-14T17:49:00.001-08:002016-12-14T17:50:58.777-08:00Oops!It looks like all of the sudden my tunnel got longer, much longer. Santa's 12 Days of Christmas went to the 'to do' basket and Guardian Angel again is brought to the light. I really would like to finish two columns of pages by the end of the year. Here is where I'm now:<br />
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There is about 7700 stitches to accomplish my goal for the year. If I can stitch just little over 400 a day I can do it. What do you think?<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-52087917936514639912016-11-26T17:41:00.000-08:002016-11-26T17:43:01.694-08:00I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!I've started stitching Santa's 12 Days of Christmas in January 2015. I thought it never be done...<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-12142180214301810002016-11-12T08:08:00.000-08:002016-11-12T08:10:28.932-08:00Rain, showers, scattered showers, more rain...It is pretty wet on the <strike>West</strike> wet coast, perfect time for relaxing, stitching, reading or updating the blog. Nothing very exciting has happened in my life lately other than sailing. Last Sunday the sky was cleared for a while (it actually turned blue!) so we jumped on the boat and spread sails. We had a lot of fun with sea lions. It looked like they were playing with us. They were sticking their heads above the water, making some kind of noises and as soon as I try to catch them on the camera they made a perfect flip and hide under the water only to show up in a different spot. Here are couple of my attempts to capture the fun.<br />
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And, of course I was stitching some. I promised to myself that I will work on one project at a time and now I'm keep stitching my Santa's 12 days of Christmas. Santa number 7 and 8 are finished, now I'm working on Santa #9.<br />
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Colours are showing depending on the light. The closest to original is Santa #7. I hope I can finish Santa #9 tonight and then I will have to finish three more Santas before Christmas. Can I do it? What do you think?<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
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<br />EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-34942348272776570862016-09-29T19:51:00.000-07:002016-09-29T19:52:54.421-07:00Life is good!Summer is gone, September is almost gone - time for an update! Let's start with stitching. My Woodland Santa is done<br />
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and Santa #6 is done<br />
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And let me tell you about biggest surprise - we bought a yacht. Yeap, a 40 footer sailing yacht. I have never sail before, I'm a glider pilot but Freddy is the sailor and I figured that us and mom can have fun together and add a little adventure to our lives.<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-54790455945105345992016-08-30T11:05:00.002-07:002016-08-30T11:05:31.807-07:00It's about time to post an update. We had extremely hot weather, I was stitching but had no energy to do anything else. I put on the side my<i> Honest, Kind and Good </i>and, to keep me little cooler, I decided to work on one of those past January Crazy Starts. I was working on one of the <i>Woodland Santas</i> by The Prairie Schooler.<br />
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Santa did not help much with lowering the heat so I jumped in the card and went north to <a href="http://www.vancouverislandnorth.ca/communities/telegraph-cove/" target="_blank">Telegraph Cove</a>. It was lovely cold there, just 16 degrees Celsius (where in Port Alberni was 35 degrees). It was so chilly that I needed a jacket. And I got the most beautiful sunset there:</div>
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EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-1682035398865378162016-07-19T19:09:00.000-07:002016-07-19T19:09:02.804-07:00Couple days ago I mentioned being a part of Jane Austen festival in Port Alberni. Here is a little more about it and you can see me here and there all dressed up. It was the first JA festival held in Canada, next year we are planning to break <a href="http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-gathering-of-people-dressed-in-regency-costumes">Guinness world record</a> for attendees in regency costumes.<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-66065046391826570622016-07-19T08:25:00.000-07:002016-07-19T08:30:57.507-07:00an hour a dayYesterday I came across <a href="http://emilyscupboard.blogspot.ca/">Emily's Cupboard</a> who joined <a href="https://pomegranateandchintz.wordpress.com/">Meredithe</a> in a "1 hour a day" challenge.<br />
It's easy:<br />
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the “1 hour” is a minimum! You can stitch/knit/sew to your heart’s
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this is not a competition; it’s a challenge with yourself to get a
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Why not to join? Of course I'm in! Below is my progress of the second day (yesterdays stitching I'm counting as a day one).<br />
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EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-17146485525505922202016-07-18T12:25:00.000-07:002016-07-18T12:25:59.749-07:00I have survived Jane Austen festival and my birthday. Both occasions were a lot of fun and all went well. There was time when I celebrated my birthday much longer (twelve days to be exact) but now with my mother-in-law around I'd lost desire to do long celebrations. It looks like only stitching helps me to stay sane and, oh gosh, sometimes I feel so ready just to spread my wings and fly somewhere far away from my current situation. When I was younger I had so many dreams - some of them came true but so many did not...but, after all, I do not feel that all is lost. I strongly believe that I can still dream and, who knows, some of my dreams maybe will come true.<br />
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I was faithfully working exclusively on <i>Honest, Kind and Good.</i> Here is the progress:<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-79740112725634314712016-07-04T09:22:00.001-07:002016-07-04T09:22:39.303-07:00Half a year goneSo it is time to evaluate our year so far with our goals and objectives (never mind the
new year’s resolutions which likely didn’t last until February…) and to
take action to get back on track if necessary. It’s a great
opportunity to do some hard thinking over our finances, our diet, our
career and other aspects of our life that we might want to improve.
Let's make the second half of the year count!<br />
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I start to walk more and I'm trying to make 10,000 steps a day starting this month. So far it happen only once but every day I do around 8,000. I think when I get more fit it will be easier. Frosty loves our longer walks!<br />
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On the stitching front I was working on Kind, Honest and Good. Here is my progress:<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-21304545809615028772016-06-23T14:17:00.000-07:002016-06-23T14:23:02.334-07:00Surprise in the mail!I've got a lovely surprise in the mail:<br />
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Kim from <a href="http://wisdomwithneedleandthread.blogspot.ca/">Wisdom with needle and thread</a> is celebrating her 60th birthday this year by sending out 60 RAKs (Random Act of Kindness). I absolutely adore this little pouch and gorgeous pin keep and a little sampler. She even included some floss to go with the sampler. Thank you so much dear Kim. I'm smiling from one ear to another. Have a fantastic birthday!<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
Evalina <br />
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<br />EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-40480817695297780472016-06-07T20:32:00.003-07:002016-06-07T20:32:27.443-07:00New adventureBack in January during my <a href="http://evalinamaria.blogspot.ca/2016/01/30-day-minimalism-challenge-day-5.html">30-day minimalism challenge</a> I was planning to discover one hiking trail a month. I completely forgot about it but Universe did not. Just recently I met a new friend who loves taking her dog on long walks through the nature. I was going with Frosty Girl to the doggie park until Frosty got sick. Nobody knows what happen, even vet doesn't know what caused the sickness. Frosty had fever and very sore behind. After vet shaved her she looked like a baboon (sorry, no pictures). Now (well, after $400 vet bill) she is perfectly fine and (just in case) I'm not going to the doggie park again. Instead we are going hiking and discovering new trails. Krystyna, my new friend (she is Polish too!) knows most of them but for me they are new. The last three days we spent hiking <a href="http://www.trailpeak.com/trail-Roger-Creek-Nature-Trail-near-Port-Alberni-BC-11013">Rogers Creek Nature Trail.</a> Here is a little video of our doggies playing in the creek yesterday. It was a very hot day, over 30 degrees Celsius (or 90°F ), but surely they had fun<abbr title="Fahrenheit">.</abbr><br />
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On the way back Frosty disappeard from my eye sight and I panicked. All of the sudden I had gloomy pictures in my head, something like a cougar attack or an accident. I almost had a heart attack and she just was waiting for us by the car. <br /><br />So long my friends,<br />EvalinaEvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-697264055852515132016-06-06T19:15:00.002-07:002016-06-06T19:18:55.977-07:00I found color of kindnessI was thinking for a while what the color of kindness might be... I received many suggestions from you, thank you kindly. Then I had a moment of enlightenment - who was the kindest person I have ever known? My paternal Grandmother of course! She was beautiful, kind and loving, my thoughts started drifting towards memories...<br />
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I took forty skeins of floss and tossed them to the pot. Then I added some tea bags, some herbs, a few drops of food coloring and some vanilla. I boiled the mixture for a few minutes<br />
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and voilà! I fund the color of kindness:<br />
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I loved the look of wet floss, after I dried it it became much lighter but it looks beautiful in my project.<br />
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I frogged all black floss and started all over again. This is my progress so far, a loong way to go...<br />
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I decided to make a few changes since my project I'm dedicating to my Grandma.<br />
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There are two letters: D and O, I will replace those with Grandma's initials M and Z (for Michalina Zamana). I will also change the dates. Under M will be her year of birth (1891) and under Z 1990 (year of her passing). On the bottom in the middle I will stitch my name and the year of finishing this project.<br />
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The second week of Kindness Challenge was about <i>observing</i> kindness. To tell you the truth I was impressed discovering how much kindness is all around us. I'm not watching much TV lately and since I'm not bombarded by all the horrible things happening around the world I'm noticing more smiles, kind words and little acts of kindness, like letting someone in into the traffic or stopping for a jaywalker, or holding the door for someone. Life is good around me. <br />
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So long my friends,<br />
Evalina<br />
<br />EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-41316684826921528802016-05-26T12:27:00.001-07:002016-05-26T12:29:35.150-07:00Color of KindnessWhat color is kindness? Since I'm in the kindness challenge I decided to stitch Honest Kind and Good. The model is done in black on white<br />
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Last year during our Super Duper Challenge I started this project on a lovely 36ct Smoky White linen with Antique Black silk.<br />
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And I'm not impressed with the result at all! I would like to change colors just have no idea what to choose... It's all about kindness... What do you think? What color is kindness?<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
Evalina<br />
<br />EvalinaMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13560920752412411766noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4957834360293501452.post-56011944947660252812016-05-24T15:28:00.000-07:002016-05-25T08:54:37.364-07:00Kindness challenge - week oneLast week (my first week in the challenge) my focus was on being kind and mindful to myself. To my surprise it went very well. Not even once I was angry with myself. Every morning I spent a few minutes meditating and stretching my muscles. I paid attention to feeding my body with enjoyment and taking care of it. I went for a short road trip. I even stitch some! Look, I have finished Santa #4 and #5, right now I'm working on Santa #6.<br />
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And this is the whole project with four Santas done.<br />
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It looks like I will work on Santa's 12 days of Christmas for some time (until it is done!) and then I think I will go back to another lovely project that I started during <a href="http://evalinamaria.blogspot.ca/p/super-duper-crazy-challenge-2015.html">Super Duper Crazy Challenge 2015</a><br />
called <i>Honest, kind and good.</i> It will fit well with my kindness challenge.<br />
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So long my friends,<br />
Evalina<br />
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