thank you all for your kind notes to me. i always try to reply to everyone but sometimes i just can't. with my wrist on the war path and deadlines sliding past, i haven't been able to. and 'sorry to be away so long. i'll be posting when i am able. but with my body on the fritz, i'm trying to behave, which doesn't come easily for me.
i am busy working on my ornaments for the 12 Days of Christmas Exchange (which actually will have 13 days this year). but i can't show you those because they are always a surprise to be opened on their appointed day. i'm day number 10 this year so it will be a while before i can show you what i'm working on. i've had to enlist help due to my wrist. that makes me nuts. but, it is what it is and i'm trying to be patient (not an easy virtue either).
i have things to show you but the photos are either not taken or still in my camera. i'm not so much fun today, am i? oh, i can show you this 8" x 8" piece i made for kristen.
it is part of a group gift where several people made squares of the same size and ruth put them all together in a wall-hanging. kristen loves jane austen so each piece was to contain a quote from one of her books. mine says "the very first moment i beheld him my heart was irrevocably gone." it has vintage velvet ribbon and flowers from my husband's grandmother. it is pretty textural and then finished off with a thick coat of glossy medium so it super shiny. if you click here you can see photos from kristen's surprise tea party for her birthday.




