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Very First Project |
The Pandas |
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 This piece was stitched under the careful supervision of Mrs. Leece at Upper Heyford C.E Primary School. |
 These adorable creatures were created while on holiday in the EU with my Father. |
Celtic Christmas |
The Pansy Sampler |
 This Angel began my addiction to Lavender & Lace patterns. The pattern and supplies were given to me by my Aunt Loraine. |
 This pattern was adapted from Thea Dueck's pattern, on the occasion of my older Sister's wedding. |
The Ice Angel |
The Serenity Prayer |
 After a bit of a challenge, my sister announced they were expecting their first baby. I thought an Angel would be the most appropriate gift.
Since she was due in the winter, this Angel was even more perfect for little Morgan. |
 Designed by D. V. Giampa. Not the most enjoyable piece to stitch, but effective when completed. |
The Angel of the Morning |
The Angel of Light |
 I fell in love with the colour combinations of this Angel. When she was finished, it was clear she was for my little sister. |
 The inspiration to sew this Angel for my Mother came as soon as I saw the little village she was flying over.
It was also chosen by my Mum because of the green robes, which is her favourite colour. |
Beaded Wedding Sampler |
The Angel of the Sea |
 Designed by Needlepoise and was chosen for the wedding of friends while visiting the UK with Evan. |
 Since my first niece was given an Angel at her birth, it was only fair that Paige should receive one too. Because my sister's hair is not blonde,
I felt it more appropriate to stitch this Angel with brown hair. |
Nantucket Rose |
The Angel of Hope |
 Despite not being an Angel, this pattern touched me in a very homely and ancestral kind of way. |
 During the course of my degree, I was inspired to stitch this Angel because she seemed so musical and calming. My favorite colour
also happens to be blue. |
The Lady of the Thread |
In the Arms of an Angel |
 This pattern remains a mystery to me. She is supposed to be stitched on black linen, but I stitched her on bright white and added a
treasure braid to the white of her dress.
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 To date, one of my crowning achievements. I stitched her specifically at the request of my sister when I unexpectedly became an Aunt
again to little Ella. After stitching 75% of her, I disliked the colour combinations SO much I tore most of it out and added my own
colours. I mixed her sisters' Angels and Celtic Springs' colours for the final result. |
The Faith Sampler |
Another Pansy Sampler |
 My parents celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary in 2005. I modified this pattern to reflect this occasion. |
 This sample was modified and stitched one over one for my cousin's wedding. |
The Angel of Love |
Mother's Tree |
 I had not in fact planned to stitch an Angel for my Father, but instead a cope shield. Since that project will take a few years still, this
Angel called out to be stitched. She is 90% beads...
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 I was moved by the sentiment of this pattern. How many times do you find a family tree devoted specifically to the maternal
heritage? |
The Angel of Freedom |
The Angel of Grace |
 This Angel is the second of two that I have now stitched for my Mum. She is the mirror image of the Angel of Light. I had to convince
my Mum to let me stitch her because she feared when the two were hung together they would fly into each other.
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Thanks to the wonders of babysitting Allie, Kev, Mark and I went on our first double date! We decided to head out for an intimate dinner at MacRoni's for some fantastic Italian cuisine.
We followed dinner with a coffee at the William's Cafe down by the Hamilton peer where we met with the lovely Celine who was visiting from Mtl. Somehow Kevin and I ended up sharing a great piece of lemon meringue pie to go with our coffees :P
Despite the weather being frigidly cold and windy, Mark and I made a trip down to Niagara Falls for a special dinner before leaving the country. We headed to Montana's on the main street for a relaxing three course meal and then decided to walk it off by strolling down to the Falls.
This is a picture of the US Falls lit up for the holidays.
Since it was cold and windy and my fingers were falling off this is the least terrible, least terrorist looking picture we could get of our walking by the falls... It was COLD!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS! This was the first Christmas I can remember in recent years that I was able to be with my sister and her family on Christmas morning.
Among many presents Allie got a glass teapot perfect for flowering green teas and loose leafed teas.
Kevin became the proud owner of his very own Tetes-a-claques T-shirt!
While cooking supper, as a means of distracting the munchkins, Mark discovered the highly sought after Mink/Paigie wrap... Pink is definitely his colour ;)
What Christmas day would be fully complete without the professional hair stylings of Auntie Catherine?! Pour Ella... At this point she became a "pixie"!
They arrived at 3:30pm and took the millions of books in my possession to be portaged across the Atlantic Ocean. When I took this picture at 7pm-ish, Mark and I were running on pure adrenaline, as you can clearly see!!
It was not an easy task to find a parking spot and Mark certainly did NOT attempt to drive back in this weather!
Too bad there aren't Snow Days for the non-school board ages :P
I'm not going to reveal the actual number of your birthday, only that it's a milestone and a special one at that! I hope you have a wonderful time flitting around like a social butterfly with all your friends!! I'm still envious of the health group who got angel food cake this morning... You'll just have to fax me a piece!
