My Fish

It took me a while to find/decide on a fish but I did and just finished it. It's a freebie from the blog http://www.xstitchhappy.com/ . I thought it was especially appropriate for me to stitch because we had a koi pond at our house before this one. I miss watching those fish (they'd eat out of my hand) and listening to the waterfall.

I used DMC variations for the main orange, the greens, and the yellow.

My Feb. ornament

I stitched the personalization on my Feb. ornament last night. The design is a freebie that can be found here:

http://stitchingand/ scribbling.blogspot.com/

(if the link doesn't work correctly, it's the blog by the designer of Midsummer Night Designs.)

I thought the verse was especially appropriate for a bride's tree.

My intro and first ornament

Hi! I stumbled onto this blog recently and fell in love with the idea immediately. Thanks for including me in the SAL. I've enjoyed seeing everyone's beautiful ornaments and look forward to seeing many more.

I'm a married mom or 4 kids, 3 of whom have left the nest. I've been stitching for about 30 years with my favorite "genre" being samplers. I'm from Ohio but have lived in SE TX since 2001.

I chose a BBD freebie called Spring's Notcie for my January ornament. It's sitched on 32 ct. over 2 lambswool linen by Wichelt and uses most of the recommended flosses. (I subbed out a different chestnut since I didn't have the right one in my stash.) I also didn't stitch the satin stitches in the border since I like it just fine without.

The design can be found here: http://dashdist.com/blackbird_backup/birdbrainedideasold.html

Now on to February!