~ Planning Ahead ~

 Hello Friends & Folk!

Hoping your Christmas was wonderful ~

... ours was !

Our girl, her beau and their pups we here with us...

making these past few days both chaotic and fun.

Last night, after dinner we headed out to the theater to see Jumanji!!!
what a great movie!!!
 we laughed so hard ~ it's a must see...love Jack Black and The Rock,
but I have to say the original with Robin Williams is still awesome

In other news,
I'm spending this last week of 2017 planning my 2018 designs.
I will be adding more embroidery to my pattern line,
... and have been honing my stitching-abilities working on this little Jenny Wren:

her blue dress is being worked in split-satin stitch

using DMC threads in gradient hues ~

and for the past few weeks, 

~ I have had a bug in my brain about making another bear.

I cannot even tell you the last time I made one!

 

so this is on my worktable for the day....

don't you love that blue mohair?

of course when I finish stuffing, plucking and distressing, 

~ the fur will not look like this at all.

I'm thinking a little pair of red wool shoes 

and an embroidered apron will be the clothing of choice, but we'll see.

How are you spending your last week of 2017?

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori

~ Happy Things ~

Good Morning from Frozen-bottom Farm!

wow the wind last night kept us up ~ rattling these old windows…

maybe it's a preview of the March winds that will blow away Old Man Winter?

I forgot to show you two necklaces that I made to wear at the show last weekend :)

 an embroidered heart & a teddy bear head…

I enjoyed making them,

the embroidered heart is made entirely up as I stitched, 

using from scraps of early ticking, cotton threads, ribbon, buttons, safety pins, & rusty bits.

old pins adorn the edges while a rusty thimble dangles below ~

and my teddy bear head necklaces 

are made from German mohair with vintage blown glass eyes ~

cotton thread nose/mouth, ribbon & old clock key.

there are all kinds of things living in my scrap baskets!

why, 

just this morning I think I heard a few more magpies 

~ and a couple of rabbits whispering in there

:)

Keep safe & warm my friends ~ wherever you are.

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori

A Heartfelt Thank You ~

My Thanks to all who visited my little online show last night!

your patronage & kind words fill my Heart ~

"Glad Tidings" fraktur

"Mistletoe" Bear

I will be shipping all purchases today for you ~

then I will be coming back to my lil studio to work on...

NEW CROSS STITCH PATTERNS! whooooohoooooooo!

yes,

I have mastered my new computer. I won. neener neener, neeeeener.

and I have new software that allows me to

(DEEP BREATH)

send new patterns in PDF format for you to instantly PRINT! oh YAY!!!!

no more waiting !!! less trips by me to the PO!!! more time to design!! double-YAY!

I will keep you in-the-know and up to the minute with all of this, so stay tuned!

Have a Jingle-bell, Hot coca & marshmallow kind of day!

blessings from the farm,

Lori