And the winners are :)

 Hellloooo every body ... I have blogged early tonight to put peeps out of their misery waiting for the all important who won post heheheheh .....
I must first tell you, I had my DD1 do the honours,.... she double checked all names were there and folded correctly in my sanctuary box ... no expense spared here you know hahahah and said she couldn't be bought.... even for trifle ..lol 

shaken not stirred 

all names present and correct

With out further ado the winner of the big cushion is ..........

and in no particular order the other winners are :)

Cathryn Blueladie,  Patti,  Teresa(heartfelt stitches)  , Peggy(keep me institches) and Kathy (Rory's mum) ..... 

can you all email me with your snail mail addresses to mouse_stitch 3@yahoo.co.uk  so that I can get them out to you as soon as I can :)    ooo and if you could say which ones you would like I will endeavour to get it right heheh;)

A really BIG Thank you to all who took part, I am sorry I can't stitch every body something  (59 Peeps left comments:) But you could have another go if you leave a comment on my post Lucky Friday as I am doing a Pass it forward :)

I shall be doing some more give away's later on in the year so keep your eyes peeled as I have really enjoyed doing this one for you all ...:)

off to go and have a well deserved  cuppa now and to go and do a bit of stitching on a competition piece, hopefully revealed later on in the week :)

take care and happy stitching every one 

love mouse xxxx

Whoop another one :)

Hi every one :) I have been following Tricia's advice these last few days of do something then stitch a bit, do a bit of something else the stitch again and it has worked :) 

I have another finish...... number 5 out of fifteen is  "The Rain Fell" it was rather apt yesterday as when I pulled it out to work on it was raining and when I had done for the day the sun had come out :)
Today the sun shone all day and I managed to get some washing on the line blowing in the slight breeze and it almost dried :) so that was an added bonus too ..lol
The birds were twittering at me to fill the bird feeder up and even stayed in the tree when I kept pootleing out to check on the washing unfortunately I couldn't get any pictures of them as they are camera shy ..lol


Don't forget its the give away drawing tomorrow and my pass it forward on Saturday (see lucky Friday post ) so I shall see you again then ... but with out further ado and any more yacking here it is ......

The Rain Fell .. LHN stitched by mouse x

I am not sure if you can tell I've used Iridescent beads for the rain drops from the picture but it looks lovely and sparkly in real life :)..... I just love all the LHN and CC charts can you tell hehehe.....
right I'd better let you see this otherwise it will be tomorrow before I know it ..lol
take care and happy stitching every one,  see you all tomorrow :)
love mouse xxxxx

Lucky Friday :)

Hi Everyone :) hope you all have a good few days ... I know I have, especially Friday. On the LHN yahoo group we have been playing bingo were we had to choose 15 charts from a list of 35 and each day since the end of February we have been given two chart names :) well needless to say I WON !!!!!! whoop whoop ... and then there's some more heheheh


 I was reading my blogs and catching up with the blogging world of stitcher's and found I had won the pass it forward on Tricia's blog :) so she shall be stitching something for me within the next year ... she has threatened to stitch me a snow man coz I said my cherry tree had flowered hehehheh and it had honest:) will bob the picture up in a bit :)


So the rules of the pass it forward are...... that I now have to Offer the same service, a stitched piece sent to a winner within the next year and they have to do the same on their blog for some one else and so on  :)


 So if you would like something stitched and finished by me within the next year please put comment on this post only so I can find it ..lol and If you could also be a follower that would be even better :)


I will draw a winner out next Saturday the 19th of March 2011 


So there you have the lucky news :) ...... On the stitchy front I have finished another of the crazy challenges ..... Daisy lane by LHN tonight after tea :0

Daisy Lane LHN stitched by mouse

sorry about the bad picture but it was after tea when finished this so no natural day light to take the picture in ..... I have also done a wee bit more on my Celtic Autumn ... DD1 says I'm not stitching on it fast enough ..lol ..... 

Celtic Autumn Lavender and Lace

so now onto the spring pictures especially for Tricia :)

my front garden with daffodils taken Friday

my miniature cherry tree picture taken Friday

crocus and peony growing in the background

So there you have it ..... all my news for now from the mouse house .... so I shall leave you all for now till Monday night when I shall draw the names for my blog giveaway ...... (see earlier post for that one) 
t.t.f.n 
happy stitching love mouse xxxxxx

Another one bites the dust :)

HI Folks :) ooooo I am doing a little happy dance here as today I managed to get some stitchy time in and finished yes finished another one of my crazy 15 challenges YIPPPEEEEE :)


I had been tootling through blog land and was getting inspiration and ideas from peeps and also admiring all the finishing of the crazy pieces that have been going on and thought "mouse if you don't get a move on, the end of the year will be here before you know it " 


So I decided to sneak into my stitching chair this afternoon and got down to a serious bit of needle work for an hour or two and the odd cuppa too ..lol 


and Voila here is the finished piece "My Needles Work" by LHN 

My Needles Work by LHN stitched by mouse :)

The eagled eyes ones of you will notice I've not stitched the border as I am going to make her into a cushion and I am sure somewhere in my stash of fabric I have the right colours ;) .... so that is 3 down and ermmmm 12 to go??? have I got it right this time hehehehe 


So which one to try and get done next ?? I have a few that are almost there and some I've not touched much at all ... so tomorrow if I get chance I shall look through my box and decide :)


I also managed to get the next lot of Val's sal done as well on my stitchers book page :) so here this is too :)

Mouse's stitchers book with Val's sal stitches

I need to add the stitches names on there and some beads as well but I am waiting till I have got more done before I put them on, as I don't want to run out of the teal silk I am using on the other pages ..... 


So there you are, a quick update in the mouse house ... we were supposed to have been going out today but the weather decided to be naughty and be cold and rainy so I didn't get any photos of my daffodils in the front garden which have bloomed and flowered  today and got a bit battered by the wind as well ... I shall endeavour to get one tomorrow all being well :)
I shall now go and put the kettle on for a well deserved cuppa .. any one else want one too ?????
t.t.f.n love mouse xxxxxx

Birthday trip to the seaside :)

Helloooo every one ... just thought I would share with you a few photos of my DD birthday trip to Whitby ..... she wanted to go and eat her cake on the beach of all things and was keeping her fingers crossed that the weather would be fine and BOY was it .... 
the sun shone:) but it was rather breezy on the beach so was glad I was wrapped up warm , we had the cake on top of the beach steps and yummy it was too :)
We walked along the beach enjoying the sun sea and sand, all that was missing was the sangria ..lol
so here are a few pics of the day:)

so there you go a little peek of our day out ... we had a fish and chip dinner as you do, along with an ice cream for afters, flake included YUMMMM and we went to the amusements as well and stayed that long we got thrown out hahahaha it was only 5.30pm ..lol .... we managed to win back our starting pennies and also won some teddies as well much to DD1's delight as she got hers out of the grabber machines that you normally can never win from :)
we finally got back home around 8.00pm ish give or take ..lol after having a wonderful day all round ..... every one is suffering today , with sore feet and my joints well.. I won't go there hahahah but I wouldn't have missed it for the world :)
hope every one had a good day too :0
love mouse xxxxx

Catch Up and photos for you :)

 Hi all:)

ooooo thank you for all the lovely comments I've had on my give away post about my pin cushions .... I am really pleased that folks like them... PHEW ..lol 

 Well I have been busy all week with lots of meetings ... how is it that they always have uncomfortable chairs :( .....and in between I have managed to get some done on my Celtic Autumn much to the relief of DD1 as well as getting parts 3 and 4 done on my Romatique SAL soooo without further ado her are the start of today's photos:)I also managed to capture Mr Robin the other day too having a quick snack on my table before he spotted me taking the photos ..lol

We went out to Rogerthorpe hotel today as it was DH's cousins 50th Birthday and we had a lovely day , the sun shone , the skies were blue and I took lots of photos for you heheheh I 'm a poet and I didn't know it ..lol 

 I wandered round the grounds and took lots of interesting photos to show you and met a lovely little wild bunny who let me take his photo as well :) so I do apologise that this is a little photo heavy today but I hope you think it is worth it ......
 I hope that the photos would behave themselves but no !!!!!!!!! so I am really sorry that you have to scroll down so much .........

Romarique SAL parts 3 and 4

Romatique sal 

Celtic Autumn Lavender and lace 

Took this though conservatory window

He has spotted me ..lol

Fire place in the room we had 

 

love the view through here

Please don't forget to post a comment on the give away  post and become a follower if you want to have a chance to win one of the pincushions :) if you haven't done so already closing date is the 15th of March 2011.

Ok I think I may have you all running to put the kettle on after looking at all those photos ..lol so I shall say good night and sleep tight and I shall squeak to you all soon 

happy stitching love mouse xxxxx

Blogaversery giveaway :)

HI everyone :)  I have been busy stitching away and finally can reveal what I have been up to :0


I have been lucky enough to win a couple of blog  give-aways and I thought what could I do  sooo ... if you give a mouse a needle she will stitch tiny presents with lots of kisses :) 
I have stitched one Big prize and five small prizes  as I wanted to give to lots of prizes out :0


The only rules are .... to be a follower of my blog and to leave me a comment on this post only :)


If you want to pop the giveaway on your own blogs that would be nice but not essential to have a chance to win .....


I shall draw the winners on the 15th of March so that I can get them posted to hopefully arrive in time for Spring ( and I will post abroad too ;0 )


Soooo drum roll please here are the prizes which I hope you will like :)

Large cushion designed by Me and the others are freebies

Pincushion prizes

The largest cushion was designed and stitched by me and stitched with Weeks dye works Spring Bouquet, Gast daffodil and WDW dried sage .
The "A little tea for me please"  x 2 are a freebie from The Sampler Girl
The "Needles" is a freebie from ravenelle .over-blog.com
The "Stitching Buds are best" is a freebie from My big Toe designs 
and last but not least the "Lily of the Valley" one is from Les grilles de Maryse


So there you have it ... I hope that you like them and leave a comment on here in order to win one of these ... if not I got lots for my cake stand display ..lol :)


and as promised here are the photos of my crocus in bloom .....

So there you are ....spring has sprung :) and give away done :0
so don't forget to comment on this post only if you would like the chance to win one of the prizes :)
looking forward to hopefully hearing from you all :)
happy stitching 
love mouse xxxxx