I had some more lovely surprises both by snail mail and by email.
By snail mail . . . from second son and N.
A gorgeous cross-stitched card made by N. She has been bitten by the cross stitch bug, and is discovering the pleasure of making unique surprises. I love this card! N tried a “scrappy” way of cutting the edges of the aida, and I think it really looks brilliant – and the red buttons & cat collar add just that little bit of extra colour.
And second son has also been fiddling with crafting . . . he made me a dreamcatcher keyring. I don’t think I’ll use it as a keyring because the feathers would be too fragile for that. I’ll find somewhere to hang it though, out of cats reach!
By email, the surprise was from Hélène. I am a regular follow of Hélène’s blog, and last year I stitched a lot of her free mystery SALs. Now, Hélène had a lovely idea and sent me an ecard for my birthday, with an invitation to choose any one of her charts (from her on-line shop) and she sent it to me for my birthday!
I chose
This design will be perfect to stitch up into a bookmark.
And while on the subject of cats . . . You’ve all heard the expression “Like a cat on a hot tin roof” . . . well, here it’s more “Like a kitten on a wet glass roof”.
Kittens love being outside, even in the rain, and Abby’s favourite place is on the glass roof of our veranda!
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Lovely surprises and your kitten picture is stunning.
Oh so cute, I love the design you chose from Helene’s shop! And N’s card is great! Combines cats and The Big Bang Theory! just perfect 🙂
I’d never watched TBBT, so went on youtube ^^
Oh I was wondering why you didn’t mention TBBT in your post. That would be the reason then! If you like a good nerdy comedy you should watch a few episodes, some are just hilarious!
I’ve actually seen it without realising what it was. Can’t remember what it’s called on French TV. I prefer “Friends” to be honest ^^
I like the rustic cutting of Aida, N is clever. As for S2, you do have a talented brood. Gr8 surprises all round
Lovely surprises, especially the Soft Kitty card. That really is special 🙂
Look at her up there! She’s fearless. I love the card from N 🙂
totally fearless ^^
Super cute!! BTW…I’m back on wordpress!! yay!
good to see you back ^^
Awesome to be back!!
Cross stitch and The Big Bang Theory – why didn’t I think of that?! Brilliant 😀
someone else mentioned The Big Bang Theory, and I didn’t have a clue what they meant until searching youtube ^^