I know...I know...

I've been rather quiet ...

but ...

I've been rather busy doing more art.

Soon ...

they'll be something I can share.

In the meantime ...

I'm creating and of course, 

it's colorful!

Me too, pay attention to me ...
Of course ... this is just a portion
of the pile of threads I'm playing with.
I need MORE !

You just thought this was going to be easy Mom ...

Hmmmm ....

"DRAGON and Son"
We did release another of my Dragons.
He's looking so impressed with himself 
as the little one peeks down from above.

"DRAGON & Son" 
is available now through my distributor
Ruth Schmuff Designs

MORE bullions!

I truly was trying to use another stitch, something quite unique actually ... but they discontinued the thread on me!

And to my mind, you can never have too many Bullions!

Are these not the coolest worked in 

Rainbow Gallery's Petite Very Velvet ??!!

Little Birds Pillow...

Tada!!
Emma with Emma's pillow
designed
just for her by her Mimi!! 

What a poser, she's perfect!
Not the least bit prejudice, am I??

Three pictures came,
all too cute to choose just one!

Celebrating the holiday with all of us somewhat scattered across the globe is always interesting. We seem to manage just fine though. There will come a year when we are happily all in one place together. And won't that be the best ever. 

Until then, I'm extremely happy to be blessed with two fabulous kids, a wonderful caring son in law, and the best grandbaby ever. 

My Mom and I spent the day with my brother and sis in law, eating way too many goodies and exchanging special gifts. 

Very blessed times.

This grocery store bought cactus is not one to disappoint.
Three years in a row, just in time for Christmas too.
Amazing color, amazing blooms!

Making one corner of my new studio
very colorful indeed.

Tree has to be in front of a window, right?
Makes taking a picture complicated though.
Like my small skinny tree all decked out.

Another colorway from last weeks
free charted design.
Click here for Gallery of Trees

Merry Christmas!

From me to all of you!

 This is an ornament design I released through 

Rainbow Gallery in 1999! 

Every year it comes out to grace my little tree and every year I remember how much fun I had in the designing of it. 

Some times a design just happens and this was one of those. 

I've stitched it up many times and in many different colors on different colored canvas too.

It's a quick and easy stitch, doesn't require a lot of thread and if you stitch two of them...you can work a binding stitch around the two and have an ornament finished in no time.