All is calm….

yes, all is calm…

Hannah & Willie Nelson 

{her Italian Greyhound}

are once again home safe & sound ~

Willie, you are one handsome Santa!
and I cannot believe I have a 20yr old baby...

I always worry about her getting home safely…

oh who am I kidding? I worry about her constantly!

Just having her home makes me feel better ~ 

I know her stay won't be a long one, 

...but we will cherish every moment we are with her. 

well, now that she's home, I can relax a bit & work on some serious stitching!

I am working on the first LSHC project model for 2015!

well, ok ~ that's a half-truth.

in actuality, Miss Flea {Felicia Martin ~ The Martin House} 

...has already finished the project model.

{{yeah, she's got quick & nimble fingers that one}}

She stitched the actual model on our 3oct Old Farmhouse Linen ~

 that will be the linen included in the kits going out soon…

I, on the other hand, decided to stitch a smaller version onto my 40ct Old Farmhouse Linen.

...and I love love how it's coming along:

can you see how funny my stitches are? how they don't lay flat and are twisted?

I always work with one thread of floss, no matter the count of linen I'm working on…

and

I wax my threads heavily with beeswax ~

I'm thinking that's what is creating this almost 'crocheted' look to my tiny stitches…

whatever I'm doing, I love it.

and ya know? that's what we're supposed to do ~

L O V E what we're doing.

not be perfect or worry about perfection.

Being able to be happy with ourselves is a hard thing to do ~ BUT

trying to strive for some kind of perfection is crazy and not fun at all.

I want to have fun.

I want my handwork to look like just that ~

H A N D W O R K.

Wishing you a Peaceful Day spent doing something you love…

* Blessed be * 

Lori