Friday, June 6, 2014

Getting my act together...

What a day!!  I feel so accomplished, and once I finish this post, I'll get back to catching up!

After spending a good portion of yesterday trying to find a photo wallet, I can now say I have a graduation gift ready for a friend's daughter.  She graciously sent a check to Ben last year, so thought I would send something to her daughter this year.  I saw a Pinterest post about folding money, sliding it into pages of a photo wallet, and saying something about giving her pictures of famous people for her graduation.  NO ONE carries photos anymore, so those wallets are few and far between!!!  I spent half the day looking for one yesterday, visiting several stores until finally my husband and I found one late last night.  Today was my mission to get it ready, fill it with folded dollar bills, and finding quotes to print and fill in the rest of the sleeves.  I actually had fun doing it, but it sure was time consuming!!  I like giving unique gifts...thank you pinterest!!  LOL

I helped out a friend by taking a "strength finders" test today, to discover what my "gifts" are.  I found the results interesting!!  One of my top five strengths is achiever.  Is ANYONE surprised by that?  Gillie???  Mouse???  Astrid???  LOL!!  And guess what, ladies....it's a STRENGTH!!  I will no longer hang my head in shame when I have accomplished goals when others haven't.  I can't help myself, it's who I am!  Another is empathy...so while I'm secretly celebrating my accomplishments, I'll be saying how sorry I am that you feel angry with me...I can't help myself doing that either...*grin*

And on that note...I'll tell you my other accomplishment today...I got caught up on Marquoir Francoise!  You can find information and charts on this site.  Hopefully the next section won't come out too soon, as I am still behind in the Maryse SAL.  Here is part 4 ...



 I caught up on the Mystery SAL from Au point de croix this past week also.  You can find information on this SAL here.



I finally got caught up on my Christmas stitching.  I finished of 6 Mill Hill ornaments pictured here...



I actually had fun stitching these up, and have even finished off my June goals too, and have decided to stitch ornaments at the beginning of the month instead of waiting until the end...too much pressure for me!!  Here are all 12 of them in the same picture....I like that they are different types.  I'm going to search around and see if I can't find something even a little more different for the next ones.



And that, as they say, is that!!  The boys are off to a baseball game tonight, so I have the house to myself, yippee!!  Stitching without interruption sounds like a good plan for this Friday night.  And on that note, I'll leave you to enjoy your day.  Take care!

8 comments:

Blu said...

What a cute graduation present! I'm sure she'll enjoy it.
Your stitching looks so fantastic!

Linda said...

Awesome update DJ. Congrats on all the ornament finihes. They look great. Love the wallet idea.

Linda

Mary - Lecoeurceltique said...

Great selection of stitching. Love the idea of the graduation gift. It's different.

Mouse said...

oooo that sounds a wonderful present from you ... and well done on the stitching front ... we didn't need a test to know you are both emphatic and also a wonderfully fast stitcher heheheheh :)
ps have you seen the snow flowers diaries blog as I am sure your name has been picked for a wee prize....
happy stitchy weekend :) love mouse xxxxxx

stitchersanon said...

Sounds like an amazing graduation gift: I am sure it will be loved xx Wonderful stitching too x

Gillie said...

Ha.....NO comment! Gorgeous stitching on your next post, lol! That purple is amazing......I think you ought to finish and frame it by Labour Day, grin! Ouch, was that a biscornu aimed at my head? Gotta go! Hope the blahs are gone!

Denise SA said...

Wonderful stitching DJ

Astrids dragon said...

Wow, you really have been busy! The ornaments look great.