This is the latest in the Fab Firs Finishing! Now I have enjoyed working on these trees so much that in a way I am sorry to see them come to an end. I have been keeping all of the threads, beads and crystals together in the hopes that the Deeva just might design a few new ones for special occassions. You know maybe one that I can debut and teach at your favorite needlepoint shop…or maybe we can have a stitch~in together on the Mostly Needlepoint blog? Would you like that?

The Fab Fir that you are looking at is called Gingerbread Spice. I love the brown coloration of this one and all the beads! I really did try to stitch one or two with no beads at all, but for some reason that never did happen.

The guides have been signed, sealed and delivered to the studios of The Deeva. The Swarovski crystals have been counted and sent along with the stitch guides. Yes the rest of the crystals did arrive and I had a relaxing break sitting here and counting. It went rather quickly…even though I kept doubting my count as 20 crystals really don’t look like much of anything! I kept saying, well that can’t be 20! I should order some more of them now since it did take about 6 weeks for them to arrive from the Swarovski factories in Austria. I hate waiting to the last minute!

I started stitching again on my Sharon G’s Cats Night Out, but since it’s been awhile since I last worked on it, I had to keep getting up and look for this thread and that thread and then my favorite beading needles. I have also bought some more beads to experiment with, including the new Tila beads along with some 1.5m cubes and triangles. I am going to enjoy a few nights of stitch thinking and trying out some ideas and then it is back to what I need to be stitching for the Deeva and Raymond. Yes I am a bad girl, I haven’t finished that star yet. I think I should just call him and say Raymond, let me just pay you for this canvas.

The cats woke me up bright and early for breakfast, but both of them have now disappeared for their early morning nap. That is not like the both of them to go off into the deepest regions nestling into one of their favorite sleeping spots so early in the morning. No play time, no kitty massages…oh well. There isn’t much on kitty tv yet as the birds are very quiet this morning…not like yesterday!

AlleyCat was again busy supervising as I was replanting some of the succulents that had grown too big for their container! and until next time…keep on stitching