Trapped

It got cold in the Yukon. Yesterday temperature dropped to 40 below 0 and it was just to cold to drive to work. So I was trapped at home and I liked it! I stitched and stitched, and worked on my first assignment (I'm back to school again working for that accounting designation), cooked and baked. It was an awesome day! Today is even colder, so I'm trapped again and have tons on the agenda for the day. 

Yesterday I worked on my Project 1 form Crazy January Challenge (CJC) - Shiver me Timbers, here is the progress:

It is a lovely project to work on and made me fell in love with pirates. I have in my stash pirate Santa and he will be my Project 15 for the CJC!

Let's talk about other projects for the challenge:

Project 10 - Birds of a feather

now

and, when done

Project 11 - Heart of the Valley. Not a new start but it deserves to be finished.

 now

 

when done

Project 12 - Provence. Again, not a new start but I would love to finish this year

now

when done

Project 13 - Ships and shells from HAED

now

when done

Project 14 - Temple of Bastet. Yes, I know, you think I'm crazy but it is a Crazy January Challenge! This is another HAED design and since I only worked on protecting fabric edges and installing it on the scroll frame I do not have much to show you. What I can do, is to show you how the finish project will look like

Now I'm set with my stitching plan for 2011 and many more years to come. 

So long friends,

Stitching update

 I've done very little stitching, nevertheless, here is the progress on Heart of the Valley:

 

March 8th I celebrated IWD and my 20 anniversary of coming to North America. I had a giveaway of $20 gift certificate to the winner's favorite on-line store. And the winner is...

Vicki in Co

Congratulations Vicki!

Happy International Women's Day!

 
All the best to all women around the world! Today is the day to celebrate goddess in each and everyone of you. So today do not fight for women's rights (we should do it every day of the whole year) do not join screaming feminists, but take time to enjoy life and pamper yourself, and your mother, and your sister, and your girlfriend and every other woman. You and her are goddesses!


Today is a very special day for me. I do celebrate women's day alright but also today is a 20 anniversary of my coming to North America.  


I remember, just like yesterday, flying across Atlantic Ocean 

and landing in New York...

 

And that was just a beginning of my long journey... journey of discovery and learning... journey full of dreams that isn't over yet.

In celebration of my 20th anniversary and International Women's Day I decide to give away a $20 gift certificate to your favorite on line store. To be eligible for the draw please leave a comment and tell me what kind of a goddess are you today? How did you pamper yourself or another woman? Please make sure to include your email address if your blog doesn't link back. The entries must be posted by midnight (PST) March 15th and the draw will be March 16th.

And the stitching update:

I didn't stitch a lot since this week I'm writing 2 final exams, but I did some.

 

Heart of the Valley, and

progress on virtual stitching that I joined last Saturday.

Heart of the Valley update

It's been a good weekend. So far I studied a little, stitched a little and watched Olympic games a lot. Here is my Heart of the Valley:

 

It is my first time of stitching with silk floss. Flowers inside the heart I stitched with 2 strands  of floss and I was having a battle with the tension. So, the rest I'm stitching with single thread and it is a little easier...

Olympics are on!

Happy Valentine's everybody!

I'm addicted to Olympics. If you do not see new posts, you know why...

And while watching winter sports I'm stitching Heart of the Valley. It is a brand new start and here is the progress:

And this is how it will look when finished: