Pink Saturday ~ 11-6-10

This week I am sharing some of the squares from my Counting My Blessings sampler with continues to be “under construction.” There are many of us participating in the project from all parts of the globe. If you would like to see more of this sampler and read about the meanings of each of the squares I have completed to date, please visit my other blog which I call “Flossing My Blessings.” Listed in my sidebar are listed some of the other girls participating in the stitch along.

For my post this week, I am sharing some of the squares from my "Counting My 100 Blessings Sampler” which continues to be “under construction.” There are many of us participating in the project from all parts of the globe. If you would like to see more of this sampler and read about the meanings of each of the squares I have completed to date, please visit my other blog which I call “Flossing My Blessings.” Listed in my sidebar on that blog are listed some of the other girls participating in the stitch along.

This post is linked to  Beverly’s Pink Saturday over at "How Sweet the Sound." Be sure to stop by and enjoy other pink posts from around the world.

This post is linked to  Beverly’s Pink Saturday over at "How Sweet the Sound." Be sure to stop by and enjoy other pink posts from around the world.

A Functionally Dysfunctional ME Monday Challenge

     Both my daughter and my BFF’s daughter have been social workers for years, so we have heard the word “dysfunctional” used over and over again in many, many conversations.  We are convinced the two of us are basically somewhat dysfunctional, but fortunately we are very happy dysfunctionals. We do not need to put the fun back into it because it never left! When I found this Mary Engelbreit  zipper bag in a local gift shop, I just had to have it.  I have used it for all kinds of things, but for the last few years it has been my carry-along embroidery bag.  Inside it I have room for a little plastic container for my floss, a needle holder, scissors, embroidery hoops, the design schematic for my 100 Blessing Sampler, and even more.  It really holds a lot to be so small, and at the present it contains everything I need to work on my 100 Blessings Sampler. Everytime I go out with it I always get a comment.  Guess there are a lot of folk out there that do not know about ME and all of her wonderful expressions.

     This afternoon, my 5 year old granddaughter who was visiting for the weekend wanted me to make Shrinky Dink necklaces with her so we got out the plastic, Sharpie markers, and started creating. She put on my reading glasses pretending she was 18 years old and a teacher while telling me she was going to sketch out what she was going to draw. She tickles me to death when she pops on my silly little reading glasses.

     By chance, this little bag just happened to be on the floor right beside where I was sitting on the sofa.  When I looked down and saw ME’s drawing of the girl in her hat and glasses, I started sketching her on my plastic....then Eloise started copying what I was doing.  So here you have it....hers is on the left and mine is on the right, and I think hers has much more personality and appeal than mine....it is just too so cute.  She was upset with me for not following the picture and neglecting to put the flower on he side, so she insisted adding her own yellow flower to the top of my girl’s hat...and when she and I are playing, what Eloise wants to do Baga lets her do!  They turned out pretty cute, but the most fun was just playing with her. They sure don’t come even the least bit close to looking like one of ME’s drawings.

"Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.”
~Author Unknown

M.E. Monday - THE BEGINNING!

Queen Elizabeth may think she is the Queen Mother, but on this side of the pond she is sadly mistaken.....I am the Queen Mother!  Many years ago my best friend gave me this  Mary Engelbreit “potholder”, but as you can see it has never been used as one. She is the topic of my Blessing #5 which you can read at flossingmyblessings.blogspot.com. Instead it sits either on my pillow or on the back of my blue, heated recliner. It may not be the most unique ME thing I have, but it is definitely one of the most special because Weezie gave it to me.  In honor of her friendship and faithfulness to me through the years, I have decided to use my “Queen Mother” as my first contribution to Vicki’s ME Challenge.

“So many people come into our lives and then leave the way they came. But there are those precious few who touch our hearts so deeply we will never be the same."
~Mary Engelbreit

Please Stop by My New Blog

I have set up a new blog devoted to another project I am undertaking...

                                flossingmyblessings.blogspot.com

I will be making 100 one inch squares of embroidery depicting 100 things for which I feel blessed. This is an “I’m Stitchingalong” project, and there are participants from around the world.  It is going to be a real learning experience for me doing embroidery after so many years, and it will give me lots of time to reflect on all the blessings I have received in my life. Go to the Counting My Blessings site to read more about what we are all doing. If you like the background, please go to Aqua Poppy Designs to see more of Chelsea’s free backgrounds.