Thread arrived- so happy

I skipped across to Ogdensburg yesterday to pick up my package from handy hands.  It only took a few days for the package to arrive.  It was fun to track the order through UPS.   It only took a few minutes to pop across the border and get back so I was happy.   Of course, I had no time for extra shopping but that's okay.  I spent all my money on thread anyways.

What I did on the weekend



I couldn't get a good picture but this heart has the
most amazing mix of colors.



Since I was in town on Saturday (by town I mean Ottawa) I stopped by the Canadian Beading Supply http://canbead.com.  They have a huge selection of precious and semi-precious beads and they do a great job of displaying the beads.  So I love to go and just look.  Of course there's no just looking and I ended up making a few purchases and spent Saturday night making them into necklaces.  I finally got the opportunity to use some pearls that I bought there a few years ago and used up a few other left over beads.  

On Sunday I started to make a few of the heart patterns that I've collected over the years. This one is from Karey Solomon's Hearts were made for Tatting. The out line around the flower is fantastic. I'm not sure if I wasn't reading the pattern right or if there is a line missing but I had to improvise a section based on the picture. I used a variegated Lizbeth thread and really love the color combinations.  The depth of the colors really aren't showing up in the picture.  The thread is really much nicer than this picture.



Roses are red

   The 3rd doily from the last post is a pattern I'm working on.  I want to make it look like bouquet of roses but its harder than you would think. I've just been pinning roses together on a pining board to try different combinations.  It may be a little while before there's pattern coming.  Last year I wrote out the pattern for one of the roses and Kelly Dunn proofed it for me so I'm adding it to the side panel.   There's just enough time to make a few for Valentine's Day.

I don't know if you remember my post in the fall about the Prince concert.  Basically I spent my money for thread on concert tickets.   Good news, I have saved up more money and put in an order for thread yesterday.  With the Lizbeth thread there's so much selection it took me awhile to choose.  I'm sure I'm missing something but it just means I get to do another order. Smile.

I've been tatting...

I haven't been posting alot but I've been tatting. Since Valentine's day is so close I'm going to take a break to make hearts. I don't have pictures of hearts yet so I'm randomly sharing pictures of stuff I've been working on for the last couple weeks.

 

Finger Lakes Tatting Convention

They sent the registration package out yesterday for the Finger Lakes Tatting Convention.  It used to be called the Hector Tatting Seminar but since its moved to a new location in Lodi they've used a new name.  The fire hall in Lodi is a little bigger and a little better laid out.  Plus its closer to the outlet mall! 
Its on the 14th and 15th of April which is a Saturday, Sunday combination.  If you're never been its a great experience and the food is really good!  (food is very important to me)

I'm excited to be teaching again this year. My project is a bracelet with dimpled hearts and beads. Its a great opportunity to try out using the Balanced Double Stitch (BDS) and see the difference between a BDS and a ds. The bracelet length is easily shortened for smaller wrists and was approved by my 6 year old niece Julia. Since she is very particular about her jewelry I thought it was a good sign.   Each year I have a really hard time trying to figure out what class to take.  Teaching makes it so I can only take the long classes but I'm still having a hard time deciding.  
To make it easier for anyone planning to attend I've provided pictures of my project The Hearty Bracelet. 

Hearty Bracelet laid out flat. 

Close up on my wrist

Catching up

Its so annoying that its been 3 weeks since my last post.  I never seem to have everything to together at the right times.  I've also been busy trying to catch up to everything that happened over the holidays and we've had some big projects at the clinic to finish.   We're trying to get ahead of the game.
The coolest thing happened on New Year's eve.  I went with my friends Salima and Hafeez to the Congress Center for the New Year's Eve Gala.  The evening was dinner, live band and door prizes.   The prizes were  LCBO baskets (booze),  a suite at the next Toronto- Ottawa Hockey game with all beverages and food included and  a trip for 2 to the Iberostar Bravura in Punta Cana Dominican Republic!   The other people at the table were laughing at us as we negotiated what to do if we win.  We never win these things but its fun to imagine winning.  
Since we never win we were not really paying attention to what we won when our number came up.  I gave the ticket to Hafeez to go pick up the prize.  He`s big hockey fan and was so disappointed when he realised it wasn`t the hockey tickets that he didn`t listen when they told him what we won.  He had no clue!  Everyone kept congratulating us so we sent back to find out what the prize was and it was the trip!  Seriously.
So we`re shutting down the clinic on March 24th-31st and going on a trip.  Salima didn`t want to go without Hafeez and her son Ayan so we`ve purchase a few extra tickets.  This way we can all go and it`ll be a half price trip! 
That`s why we`re all trying really hard to get everything done in January that we usually take 3 months to do!
  

Welcome to 2012!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

May 2012 bring you lots of happiness, love, family prosperity and unity.