Little Rabbit Cross Stitching

Ornaments 2011 part 2

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Ornaments 2011

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GIGLIUCCIO

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Ejemplo de calado: "Redondillo majorero", calando 4ª parte

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Bainha Aberta - Flor na grade

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Deshilado Flor Justina Ecatepec

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Plaid tidings to you

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Share the Season

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Snowman

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Origami

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My daughter, Kathryn, surprised me with her latest origami, she made this for her social study teacher. I thought to share :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Ross_flag

Where stitchers gather

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Where stitchers gather From Victoria sampler

I love all the new stitches I learned from this projects.

Miniature Quilt

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Heirloom Nativity, another 2010 UFO done!

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Heirloom Nativity Sampler

By Victoria Sampler

So thrilled! I have finally taken a picture of my recently finished sampler. It started in Aug 2010 but I stopped just before the final part due to my inexperience in the stitches. Then family issues kept me from completing it. I Decided to be brave end of January and tackle it, I was so happy with it and look forward to another project like it. My most favorite part were the threads, so silky and the variagated colours made me smile as I stitched them, not to mention that cute camel!

Pinneapple Biscornu

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Finished this project atlast! It was one of my unfinished projects of 2010 It took another month from my last post to complete :)

This biscornu is from Jeannette Douglas Designs, I love the colours and threads used.

Christmas Ornaments 2010

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Every year Carol and I exchange ornaments, I always do cross stitch but Carol makes many kinds from fabric, wood, crochet you name it, she is supe talented! This year she sent me a wooden one, the details are amazing. She also sent me a caroler that is also a bookmark.

Thank you Carol!!! xxxx

Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika

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Greek embroidery! :))))

Hardanger: The Dove's Eye

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I have been working on my WIPs and trying to get the final part of Heirloom Nativity Sampler done. Its been difficult as I usually avoid embroidery. I did however find a great tutorial on you tube for 'The Dove's Eye' and wanted to share.

New Biscornu for 2011

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I have been finishing many of my wips, the biscornu pictured here is one of them, hoping I will have a picture up this week. I also have loads of Christmas ornaments, and working on a large project since Aug. Hoping that I will complete these in 2011.

Happy new year to everyone! many wishes for many finishes ;)))

Madonna and Child

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Carol received this , so I can show you this years exchange we did. Carol and I have been exchanging for years, this year I decided to make the ornament by Brooke's Books in the Just Cross Stitch magazine (2010) Unfortunately my photography isnt that great, but this has wonderful colours as is anything Brooke makes.

Santas 2010

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Both of these Santas are from The Artists Collection/ Heartstrings in Just cross stitch Ornament magazines , the one on the left is from 1999 issue called ''Lighting the way'' which I have stitched before( you can see the post here) and the one on the right is this years called ''Rockin' Roly Santa''. I stitched these for two lovely little girls.

Mrs.Bones!

2010-10-31T17:25:00.012Z

Here is the Mailart I stitched for Aw in Malaysia, the pattern for Mrs. Bones is from Mill Hill. The hands shoes and hat are sewn on perforated paper and attached to the fabric. The white thread is fluorecent, so it glows in the dark ;o)

Halloween Mail art from Malaysia

2010-10-27T10:30:00.000+01:00

Its been 10 months since I did a mail art exchange. Today this wonderful envelope arrived from Malaysia and Wee Kie. In it were lots of fun stitching goodies, stickers and yummy pastilles!

Thank you Wee kie!!!!

Boo!

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Its been a long time since my last post. Here is the latest finished project its an Over the top and in the Tin from Just Nan. I love these and have made a few so far. This one is called ''Boo!''

I have finished another halloween project and soon as my mail art partner receives her Halloween MA I will post a picture.

Happy Halloween!

Travelling stitcher

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Its been a long time, I have been slowly stitching various things, here is something I finished.
Its the 'Travelling Stitcher' from LHN, just in time for my vacation, I am taking it with me with my WIP projects . Hopefully I will have some finished when I retutn in September.
many hugs
Michelle

Rya weaving

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http://www.youtube.com/user/sabo322

if you follow this link it will show more of her tutorials

Sherpherd's Bush Ornaments

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Two ornaments from Sherpherds Bush in 2008 JCS Christmas Ornament Issue and 2009 JCS Christmas Ornament Issue. I had to wait until they arrived before I could show them as they were a gift for Carol.

Surprise me Mail art

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I made this mail art for Margaret in Malaysia, I used a chart from Just Cross stitch 2009 Ornament issue for the envelope and for the surprise gift I stitched a Christmas ornament from the preview issue of JCS this year. The envelope is Little House Needleworks called "Winter sampler" and the elf is from Brooke's Books Publishing.

Christmas Eve by SamSarah Design Studio

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Finished a new ornament for our tree this year. Its from JCS 2008 ornament issue by SamSarah Design Studio called Christmas Eve. My lighting wasnt that great when taking the picture and it doesnt give it justice. My kids are excited and are counting the days already!

Surprise me Mail art!

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A surprise came through my mail box today! A beautifully stitched mail art from Margaret in Malaysia. She picked a design to match the stamps with ducks . This is the second MA I have received from Margaret, you can see the previous one here.

Look at all the goodies too!! Thank you Margaret!

Sweet tooth Mail art arrived!

2009-11-04T16:44:00.004Z

This wonderful mail art arrived today! Ulla from Finland stitched it so beautifully! Its actually a second one as the first one is missing in action.I cant even think about it as its very sad knowing the work that goes into these mail art envelopes.

a close up

Even the stamp has the blueberry theme!

and the wonderful goodies!

Thank you Ulla!

Sheep MA no2

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The Second MA I stitched arrived today, this one is for Margaret, also in Malaysia.

Tutorial for Mail art can be found here:
http://focusonfinishing.blogspot.com/2008/09/mail-art-madness.html

and sample Mail art here:
http://www.violarium.com/index.php?main_page=extras&sivu=2253&language=en

Sheep MA no1

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My sheep Ma to Lillie arrived yesterday , so now I can show it.

One more....Mail art #32!!!!

2009-10-08T09:33:00.001+01:00

Lucky Twice in a day one more sheep mail art exchange arrived , this time from Lillie in Malaysia. Isnt it wonderful, thoroughly spoiled by both!

The goodies were delightful, I even got a dog to look after the sheep :) and a lovely postcard with Malaysia's luscious landscape.

Thank you Lillie!!

MAIL ART!!!! Sheep #31

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This wonderful mail art arrived from melanie in Wales. We had a sheep themed exchange. Absolutely gorgeous!

The goodies were super too, love the variagated thread , super for my temari I think. Some lovely buttons and a cute keyring were among the other goodies. I also loved the photos of the sheep she took on her walks in Wales.

Thank you Melanie!

Autumn MA arrived.

2009-09-22T15:36:00.000+01:00

I sent this to Brenda for an Autumn themed MA , I used two Barbara Ana designs for this exchange.

Soon as I have Benda's link I will add it.

New ornament from JCS CO 2008

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Walt the Malt

Just Nan Over the top

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New blog for minis

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I seperated my mniatures to another blog http://littlerabbitminis.blogspot.com/

New Blog

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I have started a new blog for the Temari here

Mail art Arrived from Malaysia! #28

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Joanne sent me this sampler MA , It arrived 6 days ago but we were away on our vacation, a great surprise to come to right?

I love this lace

And the goodies:) My favorite animal is the panda! I saw a documentary on what wonderful mothers they are and just fell in love with them from that moment on.

Mail art #25

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Mail art #27 arrived.

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This mail art was for Melanie with a theme of our country and summer. I found these charts in a UK cross stitch magazine.

Mail art #24

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A sampler MA for Lody

Summer 2009

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We had this visitor on the beach today :)))

New MA on its way.....

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New MA!!! #29

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A summery mail art arrived today from the US, Anastasia sent me MA #27 with fun buttons and threads too!

Thank you Anastasia!

Mail art arrived!!!!!!!!

2009-08-13T10:35:00.003+01:00

This gorgeous Mail art arrived today, all the way from Finland. Kirsi did such a wonderful job, I absolutely love it!

look at all the goodies!

Kirsi's site is www.stitchandbehappy.blogspot.com

Thank you Kirsi!

Mail art sent out #24 & #25

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Two new mail arts are on their way......

Three temari by my daughters!

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My daughters wanted to try making temari, so we chose one from this book. A simple 4 division. They each chose their colours and went through all the steps, the young ones found the the winding a bit tedious, but now they are very proud of their result.

Mum is super proud!

The 3 balls together.

Kathryn's

Kathryn's

Alexandra's

Alexandra's

Sonya's

Sonya is my eldest and is hooked,today she asked to make one more :))

Thank you!

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I received this lovely award from Manka,

thank you!

A Christmas Song

2009-07-24T19:16:00.006+01:00

Another ornament from Just Cross Stitch 2008 mag finished.

This one is by Full Circle Designs called " A Christmas Song ".

A mail art arrived! #23

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This wonderful mail art arrived from Martha today, I am so thrilled with it, the sampler is so pretty! This arrived with no plastic cover ( many ask me in emails and comments).

In it were wonderful goodies!

Thank you Martha!

you can see it was sewn shut for safety

The goodies! yum!

New Stash!!

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LHN, JCS CO, BUTTERNUT ROAD, CCN

Brookes books

Mail art #21

2009-07-15T23:01:00.003+01:00

Here is Mail art no.21 Its "the Old West" by Little House Needleworks. I really liked the design especially the two sleeping cowboys!

Mail art #20 Arrived!

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Another MA arrived safely, this time to Anastasia in the USA. I used Dale Burdett's Wannabee Bears butterflies chart for the front. And on the back a bee from a cross stitch magazine. I also tried a new way to make the envelope with some of the lining fabric on the outside.

Mail art #22 in my mail box today!

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A fantastic mail art came today! Its theme was bees and bugs! the stitcher is Kita (no link yet)

I absolutely love it! Crawling ants and all! her goodies are fun too. My children loved to see all the bugs on the cards.

Thank you Kita!

Seasonal Biscornu

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Summer biscornu by Giulia Punti Antichi "GPA"

Spring biscornu by MTV Designs

Fall Biscornu By GPA

Winter Biscornu by MTV Designs

Design: Seasonal Biscornu
by MTV designs and GPA
Fabric: 32 count Belfast cream
Finishing:Biscornu

Sneak preview of Mail art #20 & 21

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Bees and bugs arrived here

15 sided Biscornu

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A Just Nan design "Floral fifteen"

It is a 15 sided Biscornu stitched on 28 count Mint Green Cashel Linen and

28 count Ant. White Cashel Linen with DMC threads.

A close up of the striped beads, I really liked these, like little peppermints

New Blog....

2009-06-30T09:40:00.002+01:00

Today I added another blog which will have the cross stitch freebies I make from time to time

its here for those that would like to visit.

Mail art #19 Arrived!

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Another arrived, always such a relief!!!

This was for Jean in Singapore and

I used another LHN design ~ "Chocolate Shoppe"

On the back I used a saying I found in a cross stitch mag, which I thought was cute with the sweets tooth theme we had.

Mail art #18 Arrived!

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Mail art #18 is for Winifred in the UK. I used a LHN chart called "Ladybug, Ladybug". The charts from LHN charts are great for mail art and are always great/easy to use and adapt.

I would like to also thank Winifred for sending me great photos of the MA, much better than mine by far!

2 new Mail art on their way #18 , #19

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#18 arrived here

#19 arrived here

New mail art on its way......

Mail art #15

2009-05-20T16:58:00.007+01:00

I made this Mail Art for Krisi in a butterfly exchange. Its a chart from Just Nan. Kristi has a wonderful blog full of great works including her stunning butterfly to her partner.

Mail art #17 flew in!

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Look at what flew into my home today! A mail art from Lilian in Holland!

The theme was butterflies and these were amazingly stitched!

Look at this, so stunning!

With goodies too!

Thank you Lilian!

Even the velcro is in a butterfly shape!

Mail art #16 Arrived!

2009-05-15T09:33:00.004+01:00

This the replacement to the MIA freebie MA. The chart used was from Brookes Books. The mail art went to Joanne in Malaysia. This mail art has beads attached that were really pretty in natural light, I was very fond of this MA and how it turned out.

Christmas Ornament

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Another Christmas ornament finished from Just Cross stitch Ornament 2008 issue. The design is from The Cats' Whiskers Design Studio using Dinky Dyes Silk floss and 32 count Belfast Raw(53) Linen.

Mail art #14 arrived

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Another MA art arrived safely, this exchange had Houses as the theme, I used the chart from LHN " Prairie sampler" My partner was Jean from Singapore

My friend's crochet

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This beautiful doily is crochet by my woderful friend Carol. She made it for her mother and I wanted to share it with you as its such a delight.

Sneak preview of Mail art #7 MIA

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Another one may it travel well too!

Famous last words?

Its missing in action :( 2 months now.....

So here are photos of it

I used two freebie (theme of this exchange) charts from Brookes Books. I am a big fan of her work and I am really looking forward to her Christmas design in the Ornament issue of Just Cross Stitch.

Always an optimist, I am still hoping this will turn up ....

Replacement can be seen here

Omid Djalili

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part 6

part 7

part 8

Omid Djalili

Sneak preview of Mail art #16

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one more MA on its way.......

It arrived here

Sneak preview of Mail art #15

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one more on its way........

it arrived here

Long Leggz

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Naughty.... or Nice??

Just finished this cute Santa by Lavender Wings, never the wrong season to be jolly, don't you think?

Delphi

2009-05-03T10:48:00.000+01:00

Visited Delphi this weekend

Wonderful!

Pass the piglets

2009-04-23T19:19:00.003+01:00

My friend Carol, crocheted these cute pigs for the game pass the piglet, they are absolutely adorable so much fun to play with. Here is an online link for the game.

Thank you Carol! I love them!

Pattern found here

Mail art #11 Arrived!

2009-04-21T08:56:00.005+01:00

And news of one more arriving! This one is to Dawn in the USA. This exchange from Mailartfriends was themed on tea and coffee. I used a mill hill kit , I love these kits and mostly stitch the Christmas ones, but here was a great opportunity to stitch the cappuccino one. The envelope was heavier as it had beads on it, but seems to have arrived with the beads intact! This means more fun for embellishing the mail art envelopes!

Mail art #10 Arrived!

2009-04-21T08:04:00.005+01:00

The mail art to Janet arrived! Always so nervous with these, you wonder if they will arrive safely, and when they do you are so happy!

The design on this one is from Stitcher's World magazine March 2001 issue designed by Kandace Thomas called "Black Crow Sampler". I adapted it so it would fit on the mail art envelope and used my own colou choices.

In this MA I also stitched the lining of it.

Artemis- Freebie

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I hope you like this new freebie,
with love
Michelle

Sneak preview of Mail art #14

2009-04-17T17:27:00.003+01:00

Another one is its way..............

It arrived safely , blog entry here

Mail art #13

2009-04-15T13:16:00.005+01:00

Postman came!!!!! And brought another mail art! Its a beautiful cross stitched envelope from Dawn in the USA. This exchange from Mailartfriends was themed on tea and coffee.

The design is from Lizzie Kate, one of the designers I love, called "Love my coffee" from the coffee crazy trio.

cute teapot and cup on the front

The contents are such a delight, wonderful tea and a scissor decoration ( I do not know the name of this, comments to add the correct name is appreciated, Thank you Meari, she was first to reply= its a scissor fob! ) with a cute frog to guard me from stitching mistakes!

On the front, where the envelope closes, are these great silver teapot and cup.

Thank you Dawn for this lovely exchange!

Mail art #12

2009-04-13T11:11:00.004+01:00

A beautiful mail art arrived today! its from the house themed exchange from Anastasia. Its her first mail art, and its really lovely! thank you Anastasia! (Anastasia if you have a link to your site I would like to add it to the post.)

Front

Back

How stamps look for those asking questions about MA travelling through the post service :)

Pictures of houses near Anastasia's house including her own.

Thank you again!

Sneak preview of Mail art #11

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I arrived see blog entry here

Sneak preview of Mail art #10

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It arrived see blog entry here

Alex and homework

2009-04-07T18:44:00.002+01:00

This is my 7 years old's doodle she drew tonight. That's her on the right calling for help and the hand is the teacher (on the left), isn't this picture full of humour? Its called "Trouble with Homework" and by the looks of the hair, its really troublesome.

My swap to Naomi

2009-03-26T14:48:00.004Z

Here are the stitched gifts for Naomi in Hungary. Its a pin keep and a fob. I used the design from Annabellia from her blog entry here. I changed the colours to match Naomi's favourite (orange). The braid around the pin keep is handmade by me using the Japanese craft of Kumihimo.

Thank you Nina for making this a fun swap!

Michelle

Swap from Nina's Group

2009-03-21T13:33:00.006Z

You must agree I have been very lucky this week, 3 gorgeous swaps! Here is the 3rd one, its a beautiful surprise from Barbara

Where do I start, the whole process of opening and discovering this swap was a delight! It was all wrapped so beautifully. Hand made pins, great card and a mystery laced gift.....

And then WOW! it was a needle roll and a fob, exquisitely made. Spoiled! yep! Thank you Barbi, you are such a wonderful stitcher and swap partner!

I think you will agree with me that this is very beautifully stitched and finished!

I would also liked to thank Nina for arranging this swap group and keeping this so well organized!

Mail art #6

2009-03-21T13:14:00.005Z

The mail art I stitched for Valerie arrived! What a relief! It is always an anxious period before they arrive. This was a chart I found at Sew and so , called Vintage Postcard Pair by Janlynn. I really liked the stamps on it, fun right? The designer was Sandy Orton, a favourite of mine. I have stitched many designs she has created and have more in my stash, dying to stitch them too. In this mail art I tried a new technique for closing the envelope, I punched this button (from memories eyelet) and used a cord to wrap around it.

Mail art #9

2009-03-21T12:52:00.005Z

Yippee! I received another mail art ! Isn't it lovely! and again quilted type, I really like these!This was with an exchange arranged in Mail art Friends using freebies. This beautiful envelope was stitched by Aw in Malaysia, she included hand dyed threads by her in my favourite colour!

Thank you Aw!

I also really liked the chart she added in her envelope, a wonderful chart perfect for future mail art.

mail art #8

2009-03-18T15:53:00.002Z

I am so happy today! The post man brought another mail art from Valerie. This beautiful mail art is stitched with a design from L'R de rien. I also liked the fact that there was fabric used on the outside, I would love to use this technique on one of my mail art projects. Valerie kindly included a hand dyed thread by Jessica Burr called mint chocolate ( yum) and silky ribbons. I am so pleased she become my partner in this swap, Thank you Valerie!!!!!

Michelle

Button box

2009-03-17T08:37:00.005Z

Just finished this button box from mill hill, I thought this was a cute way to keep my buttons tidy :)

Michelle

Happy St.Patricks Day!

2009-03-17T07:42:00.000Z

Michelle

Learning Japanese

2009-03-16T16:47:00.010Z

I have been trying to learn Japanese, and finding immensely rewarding. I just love this language, its obviously different from French and Spanish and this difference is what really spurned me on to try to learn Nihongo. In pronunciation its not too far off Greek so that helped a lot. However in Athens most language schools teach Chinese, so I had to resort to my own research in books and the Internet. Here are what I found very helpful:

First I found these books and site http://www.yesjapan.com/, both the books and the site helped me with learning the hiragana and katagana, its as far as I have progressed up to this point book 3 begins with the Kanji. The books are beautifully organised and simply explained to understand the use of the language and grammar. How to write the kana and exercises to practice what you have learned.The site offers sound files that correspond to the lessons in the books, Quizzes and videos. There is also a forum to chat with other learners or ask questions from the teachers.

Another of my favorite learning tools is my DS Japanese coach.

Another way to test and improve your Japanese reading and spelling is this site http://www.iknow.co.jp/

For kanji I recommend these books, however if you know any other ones please leave a comment.

I also found youtube a great place for videos on learning the language and of course livestation to tune into Japanese TV
For the sounds of the Japanese language I also liked earworms, it has key phrases that you could use as a tourist in Japan, not the best way to learn as its just paraphrasing but without a teacher around to ask questions on how they sound it helped me at the very beginning.
http://www.japanesepod101.com/ is another site that I just found through google

I would love to hear a feedback from any of you that are studying the same language and any input on what you are using to learn it.

PS. Thank you to Winifred for recommending iTunes

Sneak preview of Mail art #6

2009-03-11T19:04:00.001Z

May it travel well!

Michelle

Mail art sign up....

2009-03-09T21:14:00.001Z

I have just discovered mail art and have fallen in love with it!

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I would like to get some partners to join me with 5 exchanges for the period of January - May , if you would like to have a go, leave a comment on this entry, the first five to leave a comment will be my partners for this first round.

Mail art for this swap can be with any kind of fabric and cross stitch design, free imagination and fun are the key to this swap.

Here is a list of links with mail art photos to give an idea of what mail art is....

Blog Award

2009-02-23T13:11:00.004Z

I have been give this award by Sandra and Lynn

Thank you so much!

here are my five addictions:

*My children, cant get enough of them and their great sense of humour!

*My hobbies, too many to mention... mostly with threads....

*Chocolate preferably Dairy Milk, hard to get in Greece

*Books on crafts and UFOs ( the real ones not sewing)

*Travel ( haven't been able to in a while but would jump in an instant if I was offered a trip)

There are so many blogs to choose from as they are so many great ones out there.....

here are my 5

* Its Geek to me http://lottloft.blogspot.com/

* A stitch in time saves nine http://natalijaskomare.blogspot.com/

* Giraffe Xing http://giraffexing.blogspot.com/

* Stitch by stitch http://crazyxstitcher.blogspot.com/
* Casey's Minis http://caseymini.blogspot.com/

Michelle

January Cake needlebook

2009-02-23T12:23:00.001Z

A freebie from Brooke's Books finished into a needlebook.

Michelle

Oobleck experiment

2009-02-18T17:44:00.005Z

My youngest daughter is doing a school experiment to demonstrate the properties of Goop/gloup/oobleck. Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid. That is, it acts like a liquid when being poured, but like a solid when a force is acting on it. You can grab it and then it will ooze out of your hands. Make enough Oobleck and you can even walk on it! In my Internet research here is a great film showing a fun aspect of what can be done with this substance.

Oobleck is a fictional form of green precipitation invented by children's author Dr. Seuss in the book Bartholomew and the Oobleck. In the story, a king bored with ordinary rain, sunshine, fog, and snow causes green precipitation called Oobleck to fall from the sky. The Oobleck proves to be so sticky that it gums up the whole kingdom, until the day it is saved by Bartholomew Cubbins. The word has since been used to describe a mixture of corn starch and water used to demonstrate the dilatant property of non-Newtonian fluids. Oobleck is also known in the United Kingdom as "goop" or "gloop" in many primary and nursery schools.

The recipe is as follows:

1 cup water

2 cups corn starch

a few drops of food coloring of your choice

The cornflour goop consists of small starch particles that are packed close together, between these particles there is a thin layer of water. This allows the particles to slide across each other as long as they are moving slowly. If you try to smash your fist in it quickly the starch moves faster than the water and the particles come into contact. This makes them feel solid to the touch as the force prevents them from sliding across each other. The harder the force the more solid it becomes.

Michelle

The Frog Prince and other YouTube Sims

2009-02-14T12:51:00.003Z

Michelle

Another great giveaway received!

2009-02-14T11:36:00.002Z

Yesterday I received this from Dawn at http://www.goldenangelsworks.blogspot.com/.

Its filled with a great christmas chart, bunnies, sheep including a wonderfully small sampler that could be used for my dollhouse.

Thank you Dawn!
Michelle