Fully Finished Objects and Gifted Gorgeousness in September

My FFO and GG is my special project that I have been stitching on since March ... a very special wedding sampler. It's an etsy design stitched over one, in some places just one stitch in each colour. The design matches their wedding theme and it looks more effective far away then looked at close up. 

Our daughter's wedding day was superb, every moment a treasured memory. We are delighted to officially welcome our son-in-law into family. These few photos are a mix of professional and our own. 

With my beautiful daughter

A very proud Dad

The newlyweds 

It was a superb few days; the night before at the hotel, the amazing day at the wedding venue (an Italian style villa) and the super family time the day after. A time full of smiles that passed by all too quickly but left lasting memories to treasure.

After all the excitement I need to review my projects and see where I am both project wise and blogging wise. I'm hoping to be spending more time in blogland and catch up with everyone's news and crafting. 

FFO is Rachel's, Ten Hour Stitcher, Fully Finished Objects blog sal which is a super chance to show and tell about the crafty that are completely finished. Thanks Rachel

And GG is Jo at Serendipitous Stitching's Gifted Gorgeousness blog sal when we share our latest gifts. These can be gifts given or received, or any item made using fabric, threads, buttons, ribbon, chart, backing fabric that has been gifted.Thank you Jo.

Flower Festival

It's the Flower Festival at St Laurence's Church and the Bouquet of Flowers is again on display. I have donated the flowers to the church, next year will be the 70th anniversary and the flowers will be sold to add to church funds. 

I cannot express how grateful I am for all the flowers sent to me. At the time life was quite tough for me and the world, the Bouquet of Flowers brought so much joy and is still doing so, thank you.

We haven't visited the festival this year as we are busy with wedding preparations. Our daughter's wedding is on Tuesday, in Wales not here, so we have bags and boxes of things needed. 

We did however visit the churchyard today to put wedding flowers on my Dad's grave and my Grandparents grave. 

We also went to Coventry to put flowers on DH's parents grave, so all the Grandparents no longer with us will be joining in the celebrations. 

My Mum is still in hospital, although she would not have been able to travel to the wedding, so I put together a wedding heart for her to hang kn the day. I also gave her and my step-dad a bottle of non-alcoholic sparkling wine so they can celebrate too.

We were not the only visitors at the churchyard, Dad already had quite a crowd hee hee

Thank you again for the beautiful flowers, I'm hoping to be soon back to stitching and in blog land.

Fully Finished Objects and Gifted Gorgeousness in August

 

My post this month is again for both FFO and GG as it's really the same items. The secret project has been completed, fully finished and gifted but I can't share until next month. 

FFO is Rachel's, Ten Hour Stitcher, Fully Finished Objects blog sal which is a super chance to show and tell about the crafty that are completely finished. Thanks Rachel

And GG is Jo at Serendipitous Stitching's Gifted Gorgeousness blog sal when we share our latest gifts. These can be gifts given or received, or any item made using fabric, threads, buttons, ribbon, chart, backing fabric that has been gifted.Thank you Jo.

My first item was for a very good friend's special birthday. Julie, a member of Needlecraft Haven, has not had the best of times recently, she's a great friend and so supportive to others. She loves reading so this bookmark was perfect. It's an Etsy design by Rogue Stitchery.

My other item is for another Julie, Hubby's sister, who also had a special birthday. This year three Julie's have all turned 60! 

It's exciting times here with our daughter's wedding just two weeks away. In July I had super a weekend away with the girls and a few weeks later Hubby went on a city break with the chaps. Last weekend we went to Cardiff to give them our gifts and enjoy a celebration meal together.

This is me and Philippa on the Hen Do and me with Hubby last Friday in Cardiff. I'm sure the next two weeks will fly by. 

I'm hoping from September my stitching will be back on track as will my blog reading, I'm sorry to have been away most of the year but I was focusing on wedding things which were secret and it's easier to stay quiet so there's no slip ups 🙊😳😂

July Smalls

Amazingly I have three smalls, as I have stitched my main project I can now stitch on a few small things.

Mary at Mary's Thread is the lovely host of the Smalls SAL. On the last Friday of the month we share our small stitching items that we have completed but not necessarily fully finished. 

Thank you Mary for hosting this great SAL, it's a super way to see everyone's little stitching. 

I have stitched these two little Christmas ornies, in fact they were one design that I split in two. They are by Jennifer J Redmond and are ftom the JCS Christmas Ornament magazine 2022. 

And this is a gift coaster for a special birthday soon. I used the alphabet design I used for my church tree last year.

I will be posting in August's FFO as I have a few bits to share. 

Fully Finished and Gifted Gorgeousness in July

 

Surprise 😮 it's me ... I am still in blog land and still stitching. 

I am nearing the end of my secret project, it has taken all my stitching and although not the easiest project I have done I have enjoyed every stitch ... added to by knowing its purpose.

Life has been quite busy and time seems to be passing very quickly this year. Our son and girlfriend have moved into their first home together. We had lots of boxes as he packed up, how did he fit so much into his room. 

Now we are redoing our son and daughter's bedrooms. Although she has been in Wales for over 10 years her room was still needed as a bedroom but now we have two empty bedrooms we can change a few things around. 

We have been on holiday and I had a super Hen Do weekend with our daughter and her friends. you can read about our travels on my other blog 

Wine, food and travel with Clare Aimetu 

As you can see my stitching so far this year has been very different to my usual projects but I do have something to share. 

I stitched a couple of coasters for the new homemakers. We bought them engraved glasses to match too. I was very touched to see our son's degree stitching and a few other projects I have previously stitched him on display in their home.

So my post is for Rachel's, Ten Hour Stitcher, Fully Finished Objects blog post which is a super chance to show and tell about the crafty that are completely finished. Thanks Rachel.

And for Jo at Serendipitous Stitching's Gifted Gorgeousness blog post when we share our latest gifts. These can be gifts given or received, or any item made using fabric, threads, buttons, ribbon, chart, backing fabric that has been gifted.Thank you Jo.

Gifted Gorgeousness in June

 

I'm a bit late as the 15th of each month means it's Gifted Gorgeousness time, the time each month when we share our latest gifts. These can be gifts given or received, or any item made using fabric, threads, buttons, ribbon, chart, backing fabric that has been gifted.

This great idea is hosted each month by the lovely Jo at Serendipitous Stitching,  if you visit her blog you'll find the links to everyone's Gifted Gorgeousness posts. Thank you Jo for hosting another year of GG, it's great fun posting and reading.

I didn't post in Fully Finished Objects this months as I only have this one item to share. I seem to be always chasing my tail but in theory I should have plenty of time.

Anyway this is a name plaque I made for our daughter's best friend's little girl Orlagh. She was one this month and it was her christening. Our daughter is her Godmother. I'm p,eased to say it was lovingly received.

I'm working on the special gift and I will have items to share next month. I'm so sorry I haven't been reading your blogs for a while, I will. 

Gifted Gorgeousness in May

 

The 15th of each month means it's Gifted Gorgeousness time, the time each month when we share our latest gifts. These can be gifts given or received, or any item made using fabric, threads, buttons, ribbon, chart, backing fabric that has been gifted.

This great idea is hosted each month by the lovely Jo at Serendipitous Stitching,  if you visit her blog you'll find the links to everyone's Gifted Gorgeousness posts. Thank you Jo for hosting another year of GG, it's great fun posting and reading.

My GG items were also in my Fully Finished Objects post, there's a few extra photos there too. 

My first GG is the small wedding sampler for our nephew and his bride whose wedding was in April. The Sampler is a Lizzie Kate design.

Their daughter is two, she looked lovely in her little bridesmaid dress. I stitched her a name plaque so she had a gift too. I used the same design idea as I did for our other Great Niece. The Alphabet is from an old magazine and I swapped some of the characters to balance the letters. 

I'm busy stitching on a large project but I hope to be back in blogland soon.