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some embossing powder for the invites again, just waiting on the stamp and foam pads now, hurry up already. the stamp is coming from Arizona so wont be here for a few days yet

Some lovely variegated Anchor threads from Mayne with a little butterfly on a card with one of my favourite verses on it, and a beautiful stitched card with my name -- thank you so much Mayne , they are really lovely and it's far too much!

A nice package from Sew and sew with my 18ct aida for my scarlet quince project, some size 26 needles and some more floss bags. Once I get the metal rings planning a nice bagging and organising session.

A parcel from Sew and So:



The ornaments won't be for this year, but I'm hoping next year I'll have my own house and my own Christmas tree and will be able to use them.

The little houses look *very* hard. The instructions are not for the easily scared! Hopefully when I get there and read through them it'll be fine.

Thanks to the people on my other thread for recommending the daylight bulb, it's here and it works wonderfully. Now to start tonights stitching!

They're fantastic! I couldn't wait for next year to put my hands on these cute kits!

yup

I got snowmen ornaments kit and gingerbread house mini ornament kit.

ah, i love xmas decoration kits. I have about 5 xmas decoration kits that are fairly detailed, some of the dimensions gold range and make a few from each. They last forever, so no need to do the whole kit for the year. I'll probably do a couple from each kit this year as well as my usual quick ones for presents.

My mini computer arrived yesterday for my pacman cross stitch Must run over to ebay to leave feedback about it, it's adorable.

Mabel Figworthy wrote:Some lovely variegated Anchor threads from Mayne with a little butterfly on a card with one of my favourite verses on it, and a beautiful stitched card with my name -- thank you so much Mayne , they are really lovely and it's far too much!

You're very much welcome, Mabel! Glad they arrived and that you loved them!

Look what I got today. I have to share this, I'm so pleased with it ...

This is how it was packaged ...



This is what was inside ...



And now you're thinking, oh well done, she got a skein of cream silk. Big deal! But check out the size of it ...



*adopts M&S Food Ad voiceover* This is not just a 5m skein of silk, this is a 45m hank of silk

I'm over the moon with it. Au Ver A soie is my favouritest stitching thread in the world and I can't afford to stitch in it all the time, but for special projects I treat myself. I use a lot of cream to make monogram cards, and this - at £18 - is such a good deal compared to £3.18 for 5m skeins (which would cost £28.62 for the same length, I've just calculated). So, big for me today.

And this eBay bargain came too,


Bumper crop for me today!

PS I feel the need to mention the silk came from http://www.thread-bear.co.uk" target="_blank, a very nice lady called Kate assisted me. I can't recommend their service more highly .

I received a lovely selection of flosses from Rose today in the post - thank you so much - you've made my morning!

Oooh Slinky that silk is absolutely droolsome !

The postie tried to bring me something today but I don't know what! I'm next working near to the sorting office on Friday, would normally be there tomorrow but had to change my day because of a meeting, so frustrating!

Kute Kitty wrote: I'm next working near to the sorting office on Friday, would normally be there tomorrow but had to change my day because of a meeting, so frustrating!

Think I'd be inclined to cry!

The good news is I'm near there on Friday then off work all next week so have plenty of time to play with whatever it is I've got Just hope it isn't a bill I suspect it might be some coasters I ordered recently from Framecraft, really hope it is

Not today, actually it was last week, but I forgot to post about it
I got a lovely enameled thimble from The Gift of Stitching Magazine as a prize
WIll post a photo whenever I have access to a camera - I don't have one now, that my husband moved out - will take some time for me to post updates.

I received an envelope from Scotland, here in Canada, and I am more than delighted. Thanks Kell for the charts. They are just absolutely gorgeous and I want to start on some of the small motifs right away. Might I say I was delighted with the swiftness of the service. It sure didn't dally.

A package all the way from the UK my Death Tarot HAED chart, thanks so much meg!
Also finally found the issue of cross stitcher with the blackwork cherry blossoms

Yeah...patterns from Kell! ...a very pretty butterfly pattern and a balckwork blossom pattern. Thank you sooooo much!

a lovely hand made thankyou card and 2 skins from mags
thankyou so much mags

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Nothing stash related, but I got a stereo bluetooth headset and a spare battery for my new mobile phone, and a bluetooth connector so that I can transfer some MP3's to the phone - Techie goodness!! LOL