tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327386742024-03-18T16:17:39.660-04:00The Twisted StitcherVonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-17405547525605101522024-03-16T11:23:00.000-04:002024-03-16T11:23:07.290-04:00March 2024.....<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i> ~ Many Greetings and a Warm Welcome to my Blog ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Well....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">another month has passed and let's go with what has been going on around here!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I framed myself Santa of the Forest by Lavender and Lace - Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Here he is in his frame I chose: </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591482545/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591482545_8c5cac2335_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Valspar ~ American Restoration Color: Fairmont Suite Gold</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>We created a "gallery" wall of a large portion of my stitching AND bought new canvas prints of our family: </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591013136/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591013136_a90210013a_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591013126/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591013126_4b38c8ca32_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Thought I'd show you my "Paula Vaughan" half bath: </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591331709/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591331709_9cd032665d_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591459560/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591459560_b6109d99ac_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Here's some stitching I've been working on recently: </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591220988/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591220988_00e55667fa_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53590143797/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53590143797_f21817d535_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Would you like my charted "Gloria in Excelsis Deo"? </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://thetwistedstitcher.blogspot.com/p/prairie-schooler-angels-project.html" target="_blank">Then please go: HERE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Remember please: GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE! I'm not a "designer" but I took my time to chart for ME and I SHARE with you.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Started and finished this little gem: </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53572343397/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53572343397_ef3978c8f3_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"Here Comes the Robins" by With Thy Needle and Thread on 32 count vintage country mocha called for colors. finished into a flatfold. Gifted to a dear friend that was going through a rough time. </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>NOW....for the big project: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">My daughter, Katie, is pregnant. She is due in July. We do not know the sex. We will not be finding out. We are Catholic, so infant Baptism will happen. I and all my babies were Baptized in my Grandfather's Baptismal gown that my great-great Grandmother made before his birth. It is now 125 years old. Sometime after Ellie's Baptism the gown had to be retired. It had gotten tissue paper thin and it was close to ruin. So a relative who has possession of it, repaired it and framed it in a shadow box. My grandfather's lineage was German Catholic. He had 8 siblings and each of his siblings had children some of them up to 12. All of my mother's generation had a lot of children and were Baptized in the gown and all of my generation's children were Baptized in the gown. So there were many, many little babies dedicated to Christ in that beautiful, handsewn gown. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It wasn't really "fancy" as it was made by a woman who had very little. Made of cotton and some lace it was a long 36 inch gown fall with a under skirt full slip. There are several sets of twins in my family line - my own being one of them. When twins were born to the family, one twin wore the gown and the other wore a white undershirt and the slip (as the slip was sleeveless.) It was beautiful and of course a true heirloom and family treasure. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I want that for my lineage and future generations....so I decided I was going to make one like it as closely as I can to the original. Am I dressmaker? No. Have a sewn clothes before? Yes, limitedly...I made some scrub tops when I worked and a couple of just plain jumper dresses. That's the extent of my knowledge. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought an Antique pattern that was fashioned on a dress from the early 1900's. I read and read. Researched. Watched videos. Read some more....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">YESTERDAY....I decided enough was enough and I needed to just jump in. Following are photos I took over the last 24 hours. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53590139047/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53590139047_88687927bd_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Practicing Whip and Roll lace hemming and some very poor attempts at embroidery: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591219173/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591219173_f6404c52a5_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Showing I really liked my pin stitch I decided the top of the lace edge needed: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591329729/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591329729_1769c0b4fd_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bullion Rosette with 12 perle DMC cotton</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591011056/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591011056_accd766e6f_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bullion Rosette with 1 strand of DMC cotton:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53590139087/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53590139087_fdba187e3e_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Imagine a neckline of little rosettes: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53590139027/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53590139027_a11d47cc0a_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>So....Here's what I happened in the last 24 hours:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. Got Started.</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Realized I think I'm going to need more fabric because I'm likely going to make this thing 4 times over until I'm satisfied.</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Bough a bolt of fabric - better safe than sorry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Pre-washed and dried bolt of fabric.</div><div style="text-align: center;">5. Cut out the underskirt slip.</div><div style="text-align: center;">6. Started sewing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">7. Did French seams!</div><div style="text-align: center;">8. Started doing Shell hems.</div><div style="text-align: center;">9. Crying is cleansing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">10. More crying is even more cleansing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">11. Thought: why in the hell did I think I could do this?</div><div style="text-align: center;">12. Prayed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">13. I AM GOING TO DO THIS!</div><div style="text-align: center;">14. Figured out rolled and whip hems with lace edge.</div><div style="text-align: center;">15. Wanted a more decorative pin stitch along the edge....got it! (on scraps)</div><div style="text-align: center;">16. Took A LOT of notes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">17. Went to bed at 1 am.</div><div style="text-align: center;">18. Up at 6 am after dreaming about a better way to go about this.</div><div style="text-align: center;">19. Realized underskirt number one ispractice and I learned a lot. </div><div style="text-align: center;">20. Practiced bullion stitch roses....12 pearl? 2 strands of DMC? Found 1 strand looks best....Imagine along the neckline of underskirt....</div><div style="text-align: center;">21. I'll begin again. And make it better!</div><div style="text-align: center;">22. I hope....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I have shared my progress with others online.....</i></b>I try to ALWAYS be encouraging. I never give my opinions, unless asked. I KNOW I am not the first person to ever do this. I KNOW that I have much more sophisticated sewing machine than there was 40 years or even 100 years ago. I KNOW I am lucky that I have these tools at my disposal. I DO NOT think I know everything. AND if I have one more person tell me that they embroided the names of the babies that wore the gown they made...I AM GOING TO SCREAM! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I know that people are trying to be helpful in most cases....</i></b>but honestly...do you all ever have a vision and you are trying to make THAT VISION a reality? I don't want someone else's vision or ideas. I have my own. One thing I am doing is creating a little drawstring bag that will house a journal that I will put all the details good and bad of my creating this heirloom. I will ask each child wearing the gown to have their name and parents name, date of birth and date of Baptism, name of church and priest Baptizing the baby to be put into the journal and kept with the gown. I have thought very hard about all of the details. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>In closing...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had my 4th Chemical Peel, February 27....here I am the day of the 4th peel: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53591329604/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="399" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591329604_ff35496695_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Thank you folks for sticking with me and being my friends! </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Thank you for your encouragement!</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Thank you for your friendship!</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Thank you for loving stitching and crafting as much as I do!</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I'm going out to lunch....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> with a young church friend of mine that I sponsored during her RCIA journey. She's 26 and I'm sort of a mother figure to her. I am going to put all of this sewing aside, have a great time with my friend. Come back and TACKLE this gown again. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Until Next Time....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Love in Stitches, </b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vonna xxxx</i></div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53590164097/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-20982640324975655602024-02-02T07:00:00.001-05:002024-02-02T07:00:13.911-05:00I had to share….my BIG finish!<p style="text-align: center;"><b>~ PRESENTING ~</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b> “Santa of the Forest”</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">By: Lavender and Lace, Marilyn Levitt Imblum </div><div style="text-align: center;">~ 50,000 stitches </div><div style="text-align: center;">Measuring 15 x 18 inches</div><div style="text-align: center;">On 18 count natural raw linen</div><div style="text-align: center;">2/2 DMC and Kreinik 002HL</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I have ordered the frame and a triple mat:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOASFs2pRXg-Jfz0Vul865vzDWk6frDjsDA3kFedEU0631rmQLT1cKvZk-CW0n_VTWgtz7tOd1afBE2NxH7MU7iOLt2foXjVQSFUhY4A848hvkp37XxD8tyiD5uBeU_YlcZlQNEywDAs4ByxKIqiPIwVBoantiWLXo2Sq36aSGz0Vz2DVTOPR/s3416/IMG_1041.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3416" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOASFs2pRXg-Jfz0Vul865vzDWk6frDjsDA3kFedEU0631rmQLT1cKvZk-CW0n_VTWgtz7tOd1afBE2NxH7MU7iOLt2foXjVQSFUhY4A848hvkp37XxD8tyiD5uBeU_YlcZlQNEywDAs4ByxKIqiPIwVBoantiWLXo2Sq36aSGz0Vz2DVTOPR/s320/IMG_1041.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted rich, classic and clean.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everything should be here by February 15. Exciting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you for sharing my joy in this epic finish!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My next Santa project? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>From Treasures in Needlework Magazine ~ Summer 1992 </b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>“Santa’s List” </b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmjLuAxQ39MHmKB83GpPu4dpdoIpVF7h-dL5_ZWNuAG37F4MWO5aD2Fl3GaRExQLJQTFhG41JJETztSH45xGHFcfmcqfETW4hR5wzQLSgF35dmKh3Ti2qG6BxaVslPgNmbuPODPRoHsP6HFY4r1WQ73wZ3IUi365AIfRIuwZ5txTXcNDKr_nO/s3264/IMG_1051.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmjLuAxQ39MHmKB83GpPu4dpdoIpVF7h-dL5_ZWNuAG37F4MWO5aD2Fl3GaRExQLJQTFhG41JJETztSH45xGHFcfmcqfETW4hR5wzQLSgF35dmKh3Ti2qG6BxaVslPgNmbuPODPRoHsP6HFY4r1WQ73wZ3IUi365AIfRIuwZ5txTXcNDKr_nO/s320/IMG_1051.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This photo is a picture of my friend’s finish - Cathy Lundgren</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isn’t it beautiful?! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~ to be started soon ~ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until Next Time…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Live in stitches, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-38691552957626357712024-01-27T08:34:00.004-05:002024-01-27T08:38:50.824-05:00Ending 2023 and beginning 2024.....<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to you, my friend! ~ </i></b></p><div style="text-align: center;">I once again have been gone too long from this space.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I will do my best to update you on the happenings *briefly* of what went on at the end of 2023.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>~ October 4, 2023 ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ian married Kamdyn in a beautiful ceremony on their property in Bloomfield, Indiana:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53490586443/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53490586443_3c69fa295d_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a beautiful day, a little windy, a little chilly but my heart was full and we gained a wonderful new daughter to welcome into our family!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They honeymooned in Arizona and Utah...and at one point we had Pfeiffer's across the USA</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Utah: </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53490436501/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53490436501_2664e8d5c5_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and Ellie and I was keeping the home fires burning in the Heartland :)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>~ During all this going on this fall ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ellie met, and I am just telling you all straight up what I believe to be, her life partner - Joseph.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53490744514/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53490744514_73ef13a6f1_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and best of all...he's fits in perfectly, I really love him already too...and he's just the bees knees! His Mom and I (never met in person yet - they live about 1 1/2 hours from us) but I can already tell she will be a dear friend to me as we text all the time. You can really get to know someone through their words and actions toward your child. She is a loving and caring person. His Dad the same way...and obviously a wonderful example of how to treat a lady because his son treats my daughter like a queen. Just a wonderful, beautiful thing that has happened for Ellie! Keith and I could not be more pleased. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>~ Here is the one photo I got of us at Christmas ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm always too busy flapping my jaw and playing games. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53490856685/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="225" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53490856685_623e9333f6_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>~ We found out before Thanksgiving ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">and I kept my jaw unflapped until their big announcement when they were firmly in the 2nd trimester! (what a feat for me, right?!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53490591703/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53490591703_00d07a5c10_w.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our little blueberry (that's what we have been calling the baby) because one day early in the pregnancy Katie said, "it's the size of a blueberry" so "Little Blueberry" it became 💓</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53490440356/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53490440356_1c40973d1f_w.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am slowing down my business in 2024, not going to be finishing as much as I have been the past 10 years. (This year I finished over 500 pieces) One of the reasons I will be slowing down is because I will be the Granny Nanny for little blueberry. Lil' Blueberry is due here in July! We do not know the sex yet and I won't be sharing it once we do know it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>~ Now we are in 2024 ~</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">and it's been nothing but GRAY all year so far. I am sort of depressed (to be completely honest)....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I typically don't get this way, as I just love hearth and home, but the sun hasn't shown in like 3 weeks and I'm tired of rain....and the gray.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53489546667/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53489546667_b2eec60416_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>~ Red ~ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">had his first health crisis of his life. He has had this cyst under his arm pit for most of his life. We have kept check on it at all his yearly vet check-ups....but shortly after New Years, we found the cyst had grown to the size of a golf ball...was hard and stunk because it had burst. YUCK!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He had been acting oddly and I smelled something got to checking him all over and then ! found it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Called the doctor, couldn't get in for 3 weeks. They gave me an antibiotic to give him orally and it got worse. I thought he was likely septic. He was like not acting right mentally, had zero balance and I felt it didn't look good for him. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally got him into the doctor - they took him as a "work in" one day. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He was septic, they clipped, trimmed and cleaned the wound as best they could....I had to do hydrotherapy with him for a full week (yeah, just like what it sounds like - a cat in the water....yeah it was everything you are thinking right now). They gave him 2 shots of antibiotics and a round of injected anti-inflammatory drugs and.... here is a shot of him this week: </div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking just as handsome and healthy as ever!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Red will turn 15 on April 23. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(since we just lost Chatty last March...I was afraid we'd lose Red) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53490440316/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53490440316_c930b45f17_w.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sophie (Ellie's girl) and Augie (my other boy) are playing nice together finally...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Augie is the guy everyone likes to beat up on (I mean it's a thing in the animal kingdom you have an Alpha and you have the low man on the totem pole)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Red is the top, Sophie likes to think she's the top and Augie is clearly the bottom....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sophie is 3 and Augie is 8 (I can't personally believe that) but those two have the best time running around and fighting, pouncing, attacking (playfully) each other. Even old man Red has gotten into the play. It's good to have a mix of ages of cats, I think. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53489546657/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53489546657_5b713b7319_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>~Stitching, finally ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have basically done zero stitching since July....one of my intentions for 2024? Get back to stitching every day...I had never NOT stitched for days on end from the beginning I started stitching. Heck, as a break in college I stitched every day, when I had little babies I stitched every day...I have ALWAYS stitched since I began stitching in my early childhood. Not doing so for weeks, months...was frankly a little awful, but for some reason I could not bring myself to do it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>~ This January ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I set out to restitch some Santa Faces from Mill Hill. Now I've stitched all of these before, but I had given them away as Christmas gifts to people I love. So here they are:</div><div style="text-align: center;">All four are from:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Mill Hill - Charmed Santa Faces</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Two are from Series I and Two are from Series II</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53489546592/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53489546592_d425b870f4_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I still do not have </div><div style="text-align: center;">Santa of the Forest - Marilyn Leavitt Imblum</div><div style="text-align: center;">finished...but here is a photo from this morning...and I have made significant progress from the last time...(check out my last post)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I started stitching the Wolf the first week in January...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm going to stitch on him all day today...and tomorrow...maybe I'll close in on a finish!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53490856775/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53490856775_5f2f967142_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been collecting a lot of Mill Hill kits and I have a master box of Mill Hill beads that as I get done stitching a kit I will add into my master box. Here is my system. I get the handled double stack box (see the trays the little boxes fit into - well there are two layers of them) and then I buy the "Tic Tac" boxes both sold at Michael's in the storage container aisle. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I cut out the Mill Hill number from the bead package (or write one on paper) and tape it to the Tic Tac boxes, then fill them and put them in numerical order. I like organized and I like to know what I have and do not have so when I am kitting a pattern I can go to my master box of beads and see if I need to order or not. Also the Mill Hill kits come with a LOT of beads left over and if you save them...you can likely re-stitch the piece again. That's what I did with the ornaments...I didn't need to buy any beads because they had enough already left over and saved from the kits. So inquiring minds - this is how I do my beads. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53485690059/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53485690059_4902398a59_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53485387451/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53485387451_12c4f1bfb6_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you my friends for hanging with me!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I truly am going to try to swing in here once a month - if not more...</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I am trying to do one video per month as well...so if you want to actually see and hear my hillbilly voice go on over to my YouTube Channel @vonnapfeiffer and sit with your beverage of choice and have a chat with me :) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All my love in stitches, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53489541662/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-2366883392549832722023-10-02T15:16:00.004-04:002023-10-02T15:16:49.078-04:00A page out of my life for the first week in October 2023...<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i> ~ Greetings and Warmest Wishes to all of you, my friends! ~</i></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>So...October 2!</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Where in the world does my days go? I once again have painted myself into a corner and I'm going to admit I'm a little stressed about the amount of work I have here to be finished by deadline dates - that of course are like: November 1 and Dec 1...Finishing....it takes such extreme amounts of time and I feel chained, some days, to my finishing room. I typically do anywhere from 700-1000 finishes for clients per year. People can't believe that is true, but it is. And my wrists and finger joints can attest to it. HA HA!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Here's some of my most recent finishes that have been sent to their homes...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53167507219/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53167507219_5f1cc53515_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53153387703/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="373" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53153387703_578d32ccd6_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a sampling....of a few of the pieces I've done of late...there have been TONS more, believe me :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>How did my Santa stitching go on Friday night? </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well I DID stitch....but nothing that made much of a difference....ho hum! not even worth an update pic.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's all believe that I can do this final push of the finishing year and then give myself a nice long break where I can get some real stitching done and live my life a little better. I need a system, a better system of scheduling. I suck at that...plain and simple...stink big time - at scheduling my finishing work. I am not good at life to work ratio planning. With my job being in my home, it is also hard for me to stop at a reasonable time for the day. I recently have been working from morning to night then fall into bed. I need to do better for me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My son Ian is getting married Saturday!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is one of their engagement photos: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53230033805/in/dateposted-public/" title="Ian and Kamdyn"><img alt="Ian and Kamdyn" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53230033805_d39c8eef57_w.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>~ Ian and Kamdyn ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">They met at work and my son dropped a piece of paper and said, "Oh you must have dropped this!" and handed it to her and left. Inside the piece of folded paper said: "If you'd ever like to go for coffee and talk give me a call." So she did....and that was that. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We love her....we don't know her that well as it has been a whirlwind romance and just over a year since they started "talking and drinking coffee". But what we do know of her, we love her and I know that as we know her better we will love her more. You know what is best about her? She is as sweet as she can be and she loves the Lord just as much as we do. They have touched my heart as they pray together and read scripture together EVERY day....what Mama can't get behind that? I tell you, any relationship with a foundation in Christ, can't go wrong. I'm so happy for Ian and Kamdyn. I sure will share pictures of the happy day I gain another daughter!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>That's enough for today...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">just a quickie to tantalize your stitching senses and share with you a little of my joy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hugs and love from me to you,</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53230033805/in/dateposted-public/" title="Ian and Kamdyn"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-8436540574671987542023-09-29T18:30:00.004-04:002023-09-29T21:00:13.598-04:00Long time...with no time....<p style="text-align: center;"><b> ~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to you, my friends! ~ </b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I have been missing in action again....</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">everywhere. No videos, no blog posts...I do sometimes post on IG and FB, however I'm rethinking that avenue of posting as social media is just a bunch of negativity. We will see, what I decide. Many, many times I have thought over about pulling the plug on all of this, blog, videos, tutorials, social media, just delete and quietly leave. It's been on my heart for a long time. However, when I pray about it, I always get this feeling in my heart that God intends me to stay, be a light and not hide under a bushel basket. The world needs some light, does it not?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">OK enough of gloom and doom....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have had a very active and exciting summer!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>First things first. I have NOT finished Santa of the Forest....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">...SAD FACE...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have not really even truly - day after day - stitched like I have done for most of my life. I don't know what is wrong with me. I think it's burnout. I don't really have much time for myself, and even though I intend to do less work each year - it seems that I might do SOME less, but really I'm still doing a lot. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is where Santa of the Forest stands as of today: September 29, 2023 (I have not stitched on it at all since August 16....ho hum!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53222935404/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="296" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222935404_c9f631be43_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As a reminder or for those interested, I'm stitching him on 28 count raw Zweigart Linen 2/2 DMC and Kreinik Gold</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's really not very much left to do....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I have resolved to pick him up again this evening, after I've written this blog post!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So maybe, possibly there might be a little progress on him the next time I swing in. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Again, time will tell. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have stitched a couple of ornaments lately....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I tried my hand at a painted Needlepoint canvas: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53197169940/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53197169940_1ca3eba140_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53197169930/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53197169930_433c1b3cc8_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I finished it: </div><div style="text-align: center;">I used a black ribbon because: </div><div style="text-align: center;">a.) matching the two color of reds that are in the ornament to a ribbon wasn't working out. </div><div style="text-align: center;">b.) Black is in the ornament but not a major part of the color scheme</div><div style="text-align: center;">I thought black would be dynamic personally. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53202065513/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53202065513_9845bd3991_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I stitched up a couple of Mill Hill Santa Faces on is from Series I and the other from Series II, these I have not fully finished yet. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53197169835/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53197169835_eedfe0958e_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Besides an endless stream of finishing that I can't seem to get to the end of....the summer was enjoyed with my family. We went on a family vacation with Ellie and Jake to Colorado! </div><div style="text-align: center;">What a spectacular time we had. I have thousands of photos here is just a sampling of where we went and what we did:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53223073780/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53223073780_cd86daf900_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>ESTES PARK</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ we tried Rocky Mountain Oysters (bull's testicles) - the photo shows what we thought (mine is absent but I was a thumbs down).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53222882563/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222882563_21040d40a4_w.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53222573031/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222573031_f38ce212fa_w.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>THE STANLEY HOTEL</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53222576416/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222576416_412585f825_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After 1 week in RMNP and ESTES PARK, we drove around the state for another week, we arrived first at: Montrose, CO and went to the<b><u> BLACK CANYON OF GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53222607926/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222607926_72c4f9ea91_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>DROVE THE MILLION DOLLAR HIGHWAY to MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53221750362/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53221750362_cd8b82e8b3_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mesa Verde is a night sky park so we went and observed the Milky Way one night:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53221744477/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53221744477_e94f80acdf_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then we drove to<b><u> THE GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53221750357/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53221750357_af7aa57ed2_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then on to <b><u>MOUNT EVANS: </u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53222616141/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="302" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222616141_00370ca0b7_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">AND <b><u>PIKES PEAK:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53222998284/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="335" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222998284_03e82b9181_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53223120560/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="302" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53223120560_55eea4af2d_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Two beautiful weeks PACKED with pure natural beauty in God's great world! I believe that this vacation was the BEST vacation I have ever been on. Probably the most exhausting vacation because we hiked several miles each day, but the most beautiful and most lovely time ever!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Got back home and I worked my fingers to the bone finishing for 4 weeks and then I traveled to my favorite place on earth, <b><u>ST. AUGUSTINE</u></b>! My mother wanted to go visit my nephew - who is a new freshman at Embry Riddle University, studying to be a pilot. I drove her. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here was our condominium. I have never stayed here - it is Ocean Gallery, right on the beach. It was very nice and we had a grand time!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53223130285/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53223130285_a23796f518_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Scenes from around town and the beach that I love:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">.<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53223008664/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53223008664_443c589c9b_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53221760982/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53221760982_3a62c7c4b3_w.jpg" width="300" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nombre de Dios Mission and Shrine of Our Lady of Leche:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53223132585/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53223132585_e944cf7626_w.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53223010199/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53223010199_10b419b015_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53222628706/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222628706_f9c6565fa5_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the most picturesque street in all of St. Augustine: Magnolia Avenue, with the arch of trees all the way down the street with hanging Spanish Moss....LOVE this view and always love going to see it each time I visit. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53222624236/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53222624236_711e405fb8_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was my 20th time in St. Augustine, Florida. And....we will be going as a family next MAY again! Can't wait....</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was nice travelling with my Mom, but vacation is just not the same with out my family. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, time is a wasting...I'd like to start stitching on Santa with my feet up. Katie just swung by to tell me our church's rummage sale - which she took a truck load of stuff to donate to the effort - WAS worth going to as it had TONS of Longaberger Baskets.....one of the things I collect (ha ha ha....!) SO I will be getting up early in the morning to go with her to get there in time to get THE best baskets! HA!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you so much for hanging with me during these long absences. I will be better, as I'm thinking that my Blog may be the only way I will be sharing for awhile, and I truly love to share. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Until next time my friends....</div><div style="text-align: center;">keep stitching - and maybe send me some of your stitching mojo as mine seems to be missing...first time in 40 years I have had this dry of a spell in the stitching department.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All my love and a million blessings to you all, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/53221750357/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-7412575534956701782023-06-21T08:18:00.001-04:002023-06-21T08:18:11.029-04:00June Update....<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i> Greetings and Warm Welcome to you, my friends!</i></b></p><div style="text-align: center;">I thought I would share my progress to date on my:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Santa of the Forest</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">by: Lavender and Lace</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marilyn Leavitt Imblum</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am stitching him on 28 count natural raw Zweigart Linen</div><div style="text-align: center;">2/2 </div><div style="text-align: center;">DMC and Kreinik</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is where he stood on May 1: I had determined I was stitching monogamously on him all through the month of May</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52936448520/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52936448520_dc4a8132b6_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is where he stood at the end of May after stitching on him pretty much every single day of May: </div><div style="text-align: center;">(I may have missed a couple of days, but I pretty much stitched on him every day) I did not stitch on any other thing in May.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52936442120/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52936442120_c683395035_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And seeing the huge amount of progress I got on Santa being monogamous on him, I decided that I would continue stitching monogamously on him with the hopes that I would get him finished by my birthday, July 5. What a huge, wonderful goal that is to finish him by my 53rd birthday!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't think I'm going to make it. I took about 12 days off of stitching at all (I had pressed hard on him in May and I'm really busy in my finishing service.) I have about 2 weeks left in my personal goal, and here is where he stands as of today: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52991156660/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52991156660_080ea3a279_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the cover photo of the chart: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52936052376/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52936052376_330c4a8259_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've got the bunny and wolf, a whole lot of green and red, the staff and the gold banding along his cloak. Probably 10-15000 stitches left, I'd guesstimate. Can I do it? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Probably not...ha ha!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But in all reality - it WILL be done before Christmas and to me that's a goal I didn't even think I'd make at the beginning of the year, to be honest. So good on me! But we won't celebrate yet, because that would be a death knell for me and my stitching...ha ha!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I share my progress on social media outlets...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">as most of you may know. I go on Facebook and Instagram for social interactions with people of like minds. People crafty, hobby focused....I have met many genuinely beautiful, caring people online.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It can be, however, a real drain on one's emotions at times. For instance this morning: I had a comment left by a stitcher that said, "I'm not a Santa person, but the bear is cute." Now I try not to jump to conclusions when I get comments like this. I try to take a deep breath and step back and look at it from all sides. I even showed my husband, Keith, who is about as cool as a cucumber when it comes to other people's words and deeds and said, "am I jumping to conclusions about his comment?" </div><div style="text-align: center;">He agreed it could be taken in many ways, but the over-riding feel was snarky. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>WHY?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Why do people seek to sort of tear down rather than celebrate? I responded to the comment with, "I am not a fan of many things, but I still seek to positively encourage and cheer others stitching what they love." to which the commenter responded: "and I'm being positive with you, I don't like Santa, I do like the wildlife." </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I blocked them. I don't understand and I do not have time for that. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Some may say: that's exactly why I don't do FB or IG or any social sharing at all...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">but again I will say, the connections I have made online have been long lasting and I am learning that the negative experiences reflect more on the person leaving the negative than on me, on my work. I see a lot of things every day that is not my cup of tea. I celebrate with them, encourage their hard work, try to understand their struggles. Life is short. I try to leave a fingerprint on other's heart that is positive. My legacy alone will be my memory. Others won't remember me as a great stitcher, mother, microbiologist or anything else, but if they remember as a kind human, I will have fulfilled my goal.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kindness matters. Words matter. Actions matter. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not to leave this blog post as a negative, but maybe as a learning reflection for all of us, including me. I don't like controversy. And my day got started off on the wrong foot through what could be a misunderstanding on my part. All could have been alleviated however with just a rewording/reworking of some individuals thoughts, words and actions on my personal work. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Until next time....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">fingers crossed for a stupendous finish...because that is what this Santa will be to me...</div><div style="text-align: center;">my largest, most stupendous finish, ever.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Peace, love and stitching, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52936448520/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-66732910873126714532023-05-10T07:23:00.002-04:002023-05-10T07:23:32.575-04:00Monogamous May….<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greetings and Warm Welcome friends….</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would love to get my Santa of the Forest by Lavender and Lace done by Christmas 2023.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although this will never be taken down once I finish and frame him, he will grace my wall all year long! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here he was May 1, 2023 - I had not stitched on him since January: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJa_r_w0ZO0UNuDob8qIUpPldFjL3njaeXAF-qkl721Mm4i6gE9owg5vunboJJpBJ9TTw9xc8Z2qYqTorrzgs3fCSS6vrVn14Ji6HqR-1xIIT76f0QDaTYfkO104et44bjmnvYlA4Yiw4RdtGoXzSalaquN0U9mKkr9zyla7V2QOODOZ7lA/s4032/30396DE8-CBE4-476B-81F6-249C0CD66E6D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJa_r_w0ZO0UNuDob8qIUpPldFjL3njaeXAF-qkl721Mm4i6gE9owg5vunboJJpBJ9TTw9xc8Z2qYqTorrzgs3fCSS6vrVn14Ji6HqR-1xIIT76f0QDaTYfkO104et44bjmnvYlA4Yiw4RdtGoXzSalaquN0U9mKkr9zyla7V2QOODOZ7lA/s320/30396DE8-CBE4-476B-81F6-249C0CD66E6D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is where he stands as of today, May 10, 2023 (after this morning’s coffee and stitch time - which I don’t do every day, but needed to do a little relaxation this a.m.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj10YhINo65FUomxJ5U9SalmXwzcK42_s-OmjGWVBbjlafpUWb6Sy4azweQi4beg390prT4ReXCy0ZUaKzhPP2y7qzpnXzvR8OGyQjTm_Q6xdwX4SF5KJBEFrrhDQzBbEHTWfYJ71VhK7r5QmdyW8e0I8FFOx60o561ycjKUNWTAVi9mJ4BTw/s4032/7504898B-7F9E-440E-906C-E9738B37D521.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj10YhINo65FUomxJ5U9SalmXwzcK42_s-OmjGWVBbjlafpUWb6Sy4azweQi4beg390prT4ReXCy0ZUaKzhPP2y7qzpnXzvR8OGyQjTm_Q6xdwX4SF5KJBEFrrhDQzBbEHTWfYJ71VhK7r5QmdyW8e0I8FFOx60o561ycjKUNWTAVi9mJ4BTw/s320/7504898B-7F9E-440E-906C-E9738B37D521.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what he looks like finished: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQUUueZvs9t8Quaq-3Evxp0c2GuirMjYBuPrT_dITb_VBBcPLcbQwgf-6dnsuiZckGnTERcXiZsIQ4JuVyXaW7M3wMreAWnP4Ys4KqFrkaeXoEdKAqpzyFlBpU65-2RSvfK8sBGAT9lORmgYwFqILQ0oW9ZrzG0BpKE0eHk1gIgFlEuAVXA/s4032/E54C43FD-8041-4D82-8212-ECAF0FBA9603.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQUUueZvs9t8Quaq-3Evxp0c2GuirMjYBuPrT_dITb_VBBcPLcbQwgf-6dnsuiZckGnTERcXiZsIQ4JuVyXaW7M3wMreAWnP4Ys4KqFrkaeXoEdKAqpzyFlBpU65-2RSvfK8sBGAT9lORmgYwFqILQ0oW9ZrzG0BpKE0eHk1gIgFlEuAVXA/s320/E54C43FD-8041-4D82-8212-ECAF0FBA9603.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can tell, Vonna has a whole lot of stitching left….</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it’s only May 10 and I am determined 😂</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until Next Time….</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love and hugs, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-18949800527263995972023-05-02T07:41:00.001-04:002023-05-02T07:41:32.855-04:00Face of Jesus….<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my first Face of Jesus by Vervaco , I completed: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjoCJwBjP1_LGsnhcqYzNyOAqiT2FED-AKDflNSXDcpgVtE5g4a7gUMUhmZ3s3rlhvL21A22I2K6AuGUBSDLC7QzbgY4ukcaVulG1SSbENRdi9pX6GaS5xphlfycGKyiBup7mLroIVrv5o03UWIKa10wS1W5Qh9YGpKlb9HmoODzujHKSdg/s2388/CC4A6B44-12A9-443B-B93E-A7316E8ADE93.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2388" data-original-width="1668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjoCJwBjP1_LGsnhcqYzNyOAqiT2FED-AKDflNSXDcpgVtE5g4a7gUMUhmZ3s3rlhvL21A22I2K6AuGUBSDLC7QzbgY4ukcaVulG1SSbENRdi9pX6GaS5xphlfycGKyiBup7mLroIVrv5o03UWIKa10wS1W5Qh9YGpKlb9HmoODzujHKSdg/w280-h400/CC4A6B44-12A9-443B-B93E-A7316E8ADE93.png" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Using my own conversion in DMC: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">White, 746, 3033, 3782, 642, 3790, 3781, 838, 3371</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Ept2AB9KPdHH7dbjQEP10GFDxQS_xtvmMyonoQzreamQ552OTBPh5wKeU-mywNfY2vXxcpBDKlCzk2wciEkVe3Jjo7oanmFagYzZzR2V8GpYpTRf6ibF-ofRHMOOxeiQVj0GaqHWsUXgXVloFNztL4b5NKQOBInfloDqX4xZsUuseubf8Q/s2388/DC58DBBD-672F-49E3-B369-A8B09F8C99B1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2388" data-original-width="1668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Ept2AB9KPdHH7dbjQEP10GFDxQS_xtvmMyonoQzreamQ552OTBPh5wKeU-mywNfY2vXxcpBDKlCzk2wciEkVe3Jjo7oanmFagYzZzR2V8GpYpTRf6ibF-ofRHMOOxeiQVj0GaqHWsUXgXVloFNztL4b5NKQOBInfloDqX4xZsUuseubf8Q/w280-h400/DC58DBBD-672F-49E3-B369-A8B09F8C99B1.png" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my second completed Face of Jesus using all kit floss and fabric: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvazyYEghRwTjIDU25re51DbfM4B3H8pd2qgT44MUx_-l87ybz2RtHYbEupj-RGy5KyTMblB53HbDOGVO-dl2V-U1wXxpvyG5RYhwaV1ZoU4_2t4-4cAPCoACFC59FudFkKccM04dL1DjxnNf5qFBiQHYtFJA59dp-2Mfq4f9hJCgrCAQgLg/s1080/7932F068-D8B8-411D-998B-905F082CBD9A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvazyYEghRwTjIDU25re51DbfM4B3H8pd2qgT44MUx_-l87ybz2RtHYbEupj-RGy5KyTMblB53HbDOGVO-dl2V-U1wXxpvyG5RYhwaV1ZoU4_2t4-4cAPCoACFC59FudFkKccM04dL1DjxnNf5qFBiQHYtFJA59dp-2Mfq4f9hJCgrCAQgLg/s320/7932F068-D8B8-411D-998B-905F082CBD9A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vervaco’s Face of Jesus is sold in kit form only. There is no chart only option available. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My first Jesus was stitched on Ivory 14 count Aida</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My second Jesus was stitched on kit 14 count Aida more of ecru color. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-13511523201383539422023-03-28T08:51:00.003-04:002023-03-28T08:51:46.471-04:00Chatterbox...<div style="text-align: center;">Chatterbox.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">After 12 years of marriage, I finally convinced Keith that we needed to adopt a cat. Keith was convinced he was NOT a cat person and after much talk and hours of Pros and Cons on pet ownership, the kids and I went to the local pet shelter. We had a cat picked out. A very nice black and white cat.... his name was Freddy. As the kids were petting Freddy, I was standing against what I thought was a wall. All of a sudden I had a gentle pat and a grey paw on my shoulder, I turned around and there was the most beautiful green eyes and a handsome grey cat that greeted me with a burr. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I quickly turned around, told the kids to put that other cat up: THIS was the cat we were adopting. Thinking back on it...it happened just that quickly, put Freddy away and hello Chatterbox. He came with the name Chatterbox and soon we discovered that he was very chatty. He would burr to greet us, purr the loudest, meow to tell us about his day, let us know he needed pets, he needed treats, he wanted to door open to lay in the sun. Chatterbox he remained. He was two years old, born in 2006. He'd been surrendered because his owner moved to an apartment that didn't allow pets. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Their surrender of Chatty to the animal shelter became one of the biggest gifts of our lives. He loved us all fiercely, each in his own way. His two main people were Ellie and Keith. Once the Pandemic hit and Keith worked from home for a year, every morning several times each morning, Chatty made it his habit to mosey in and have a little "Bro Time" as we came to call it being cuddled and petted by Keith. Then he'd go back out to his Pocohontas beanbag and take a nap. He would lay on Ellie's chest and purr the LOUDEST, I've ever heard a cat purr. Greeting us all at the door every time we returned home, he was more like I imagine a dog to be than a cat. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last evening, I had given his treats after his loud protestations that it was time for them.....and just 30 minutes later, Ellie heard him meow softly and sort of stumble...She ran to him and picked him up. He died in her arms. He was old - 17. Although Chatty wasn't very fond of 3 year old Ellie, he sure did love 17 year old Ellie. And I can't think of a better way for him to pass. God sure did take him in the best way possible. He wasn't sick, just old and he passed quickly and peacefully in the arms of the human he loved the best. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I could post 10000 pictures, but I'll leave it at three. </div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3CJ52VdbzHTrPAfUUIUgy9FDDzPJCmatho56jhUhQLScE_g25BFH_qfk8-Rz--HZDzz5P6nSOZZ30GEgGDYA_-Meqjt2a6Gwl-w7rjpblwmf91yt6WhJC1OIS7HEFf5dl1LSD96eNHWo2OcvqgBezojYzd63TDDAULifyYIxd_anxbDaYQ/s1080/52022673607_d69bc8ae4f_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3CJ52VdbzHTrPAfUUIUgy9FDDzPJCmatho56jhUhQLScE_g25BFH_qfk8-Rz--HZDzz5P6nSOZZ30GEgGDYA_-Meqjt2a6Gwl-w7rjpblwmf91yt6WhJC1OIS7HEFf5dl1LSD96eNHWo2OcvqgBezojYzd63TDDAULifyYIxd_anxbDaYQ/s320/52022673607_d69bc8ae4f_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZUaEnfkDPEc5yroHLi97swN34Esu8a9-WwaugiAV_yxazC1FF1XqBJNKt8hTLY_VlWihoiWJFwKtY240Bx2Ev6fPYkFAwgoRwcuv-L3mOraXMsuhEOVTYU2BumQP-7aED0iSph2uH-O7qDWpgQpZ5ViT1hITeKN-Y1zDHB75t-g8Pl9hqw/s1440/51798993493_88eaf503e8_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZUaEnfkDPEc5yroHLi97swN34Esu8a9-WwaugiAV_yxazC1FF1XqBJNKt8hTLY_VlWihoiWJFwKtY240Bx2Ev6fPYkFAwgoRwcuv-L3mOraXMsuhEOVTYU2BumQP-7aED0iSph2uH-O7qDWpgQpZ5ViT1hITeKN-Y1zDHB75t-g8Pl9hqw/s320/51798993493_88eaf503e8_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN5HDCH3U2i4IiI3JXODe_Z4nPrV9xAfSjYBOwpHd_io209p9fxl_cKQiZucQaZyuu4jXC47ZZ0uy4MSHbOV1sgO2oc87SsrGxPT3I83ZSHWYyn8Hz2dnofpI_DNIW7PqoxNVMjth6I5KN04t4-5YE3HnUH26Efj7vopUb1fpBg-tua4ijQ/s4032/51098505309_2c424b094a_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtN5HDCH3U2i4IiI3JXODe_Z4nPrV9xAfSjYBOwpHd_io209p9fxl_cKQiZucQaZyuu4jXC47ZZ0uy4MSHbOV1sgO2oc87SsrGxPT3I83ZSHWYyn8Hz2dnofpI_DNIW7PqoxNVMjth6I5KN04t4-5YE3HnUH26Efj7vopUb1fpBg-tua4ijQ/s320/51098505309_2c424b094a_o.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chatty we loved you with our whole hearts. We shared just shy of 16 years with him. He was a member of our family. Our hearts are broken and we are grieving. He was laid to rest in our flower garden. Again God in his divine providence took him when all of us were off work and able to come and sit with him, pet and hug him, before we took him for burial. We will make a memorial stone for him. And he will never be forgotten as long as we draw breath. He was the most awesome cat I ever had the pleasure of mothering. My heart, just aches. Please pray for my Ellie, she is having a rough time of it. We all are, but especially her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until we can one day meet him again at the Rainbow Bridge, for I cannot imagine heaven without those souls that loved us, and we them as we walked this earth. God created a true friend and wonderful spirit the day he created Chatty. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chatterbox "Chatty" Pfeiffer </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2006-2023</div><br /><p></p>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-86791475834773924722023-03-07T13:32:00.001-05:002023-03-07T13:32:39.879-05:00March....<p style="text-align: center;">~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to my Blog ~</p><p style="text-align: center;">Today just a quick share....</p><p style="text-align: center;">Last week I put out a new FlossTube Video that shares what I stitched in February 2023: <a href="https://youtu.be/Wqy8xIxwhyI" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">I did a tutorial on Patchwork Pears....<a href="https://youtu.be/8ZaQ0TiJC94" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And TODAY I made this: </p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52731862522/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52731862522_9e7a457e7c_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><i>Southern Squash Casserole</i></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I know technically I'm a Yankee, but I can cook with the best of the Southerner's </div><div style="text-align: center;">bring it on :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've tried several recipes and I've come up with a size and taste that pleases my people. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here it is: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">12-15 smallish summer squash. Small guys are more tender and less seedy. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Wash and sliced 1/4 inch thick</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">2 Vidalia Sweet Onions, chopped</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Melt 4 TBS. butter in a pot and cook the squash and onions until almost soft, with just a bit of a bite to them left. Then put all in a strainer for 5 minutes to drain off all the extra liquid. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile grate: 1 cup of sharp cheddar and 1 cup of cheddar (did you know that grating your own cheese is best for creaminess? Grated/Shredded cheese you buy has an anti-clumping agent on it so that the product will be very dry when baked. It is cheaper and better for cooking to buy a block of cheese and grate it yourself. Takes just seconds if you have a food processor. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In a bowl combine:</div><div style="text-align: center;">the grated cheeses</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 beaten eggs</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 c. sour cream</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tsp salt</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tsp black pepper</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 tsp cayenne pepper</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 tsp granulated garlic</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 c. parmesan cheese</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">MIX WELL, then add in the onion and squash; mix to combine all together.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pour into a prepared 9 x 13 pan sprayed with cooking spray.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then make topping: </div><div style="text-align: center;">1 sleeve of Ritz Crackers; crushed</div><div style="text-align: center;">plus 2 tbs of melted butter and 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese</div><div style="text-align: center;">mix and then sprinkle over top of casserole evenly. This isn't as crackery as some casserole recipes because we want the mouth texture and taste but not to overwhelm that delicious squash with a hit of spice from the cayenne.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes until bubbly and top golden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy and whistle Dixie...this is DELICIOUS!</div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52731862522/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-38271606094474386542023-02-22T11:08:00.000-05:002023-02-22T11:08:03.887-05:002/22/23 - Ash Wednesday <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsP4eekV4DOofRT-9ssWEHYbHNeLChc8bUeXxGiNwQVi6kBen2ISZCnoB2sWJYlOLpDhE8QKSpd29pDBorx4qqCH10uyombduNs68si5erupgtsZQdqqIiY56t9uFsHSOLtxGM7meDtsKkfjMcH0Sr6GkN18A83VX5VhOyoYaq7sc7a9zOTA/s1080/A7BDD9E3-608D-438F-8660-45D82DE0BAFA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsP4eekV4DOofRT-9ssWEHYbHNeLChc8bUeXxGiNwQVi6kBen2ISZCnoB2sWJYlOLpDhE8QKSpd29pDBorx4qqCH10uyombduNs68si5erupgtsZQdqqIiY56t9uFsHSOLtxGM7meDtsKkfjMcH0Sr6GkN18A83VX5VhOyoYaq7sc7a9zOTA/s320/A7BDD9E3-608D-438F-8660-45D82DE0BAFA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23.35px; text-align: left;">Remember man, you are dust and to dust you shall return.</span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 23.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23.35px;">Help me to remember, Lord, I am given only a finite number of days on this earth. Help me to turn away from my sins and do penance, so that renewed I may continue my walk with you. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 23.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23.35px;">Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me a sinner. </span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 23.35px;">✝️</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 23.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28.9px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23.35px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 23.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 28.9px;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23.35px;">Once again, I am stitching Jesus by Vervaco during Lent. I last stitched him in 2019 also during Lent and had him only a short time on my wall before I gave him to Austin to commemorate his entry into the Catholic Church after his year long study, Baptism, Confirmation and full Communion, which I was proud to witness as his Rite of Christian Initiation sponsor.</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23.35px;"> That finish is in the photos in my left top sidebar of this blog.</span><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23.35px;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 23.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23.35px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 23.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 23.35px;">He is being stitched on: 14 ct. Ivory Aida, DMC 2/1</span></p>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-20806734444195702962023-02-20T11:54:00.003-05:002023-02-20T11:54:22.685-05:00Buffalo Chicken Tenders and Zuchinni Parmesan "Fries"<p style="text-align: center;"> I love sharing recipes that I've come up with that works for my family. This is a seriously delicious meal that I make at least a couple of times a month. The only carbs is the Panko & bread crumbs used on the chicken. The rest of the carbs are just in the zucchini and negligible. </p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Chicken Tenders </u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> whatever quantity that you want, I rinse them, then put into a bowl and add milk and a eggs and a little pickle juice for tanginess.
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I don't do "quantities" I typically add enough milk to almost cover the tenders and add 1 egg for every pound of chicken. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In a separate flat container mix equal parts of Italian Style Panko and Italian Style Bread Crumbs + 1 package of Italian Dressing Mix. Mix together well. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52699613632/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52699613632_68cef55360_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dredge tenders into breading mix and lay with about 1 inch space in between tenders on a parchment lined baking sheet. Put into 425 degree oven and bake until done, nice and golden about 15- 20 minutes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">While chicken tenders are baking make your <b><u>Buffalo Sauce:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> 2 sticks of salted butter</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 1/3 c. Frank's Hot Sauce</div><div style="text-align: center;">4 Tbs. white vinegar</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 T. Worcestershire Sauce</div><div style="text-align: center;">1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tsp granulated garlic</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">in small pan, bring to boil and stir together well. Remove from heat and pour into container - I use Ball Jar so leftovers can be refrigerated after meal. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Coat your baked Chicken Tenders with the Buffalo Sauce, serve immediately with Bleu Cheese Dressing or Ranch Dressing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Zucchini Parmesan "Fries"</b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"> 8-10 small / medium sized zucchini cut into fries </div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52700551480/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52700551480_946bae6994_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1 cup of Grated Parmesan (I use the Kraft green jar kind)</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 Tbs Italian Seasoning</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tsp of granulated garlic</div><div style="text-align: center;">3-4 Tbs Olive Oil</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">place the fries into a bowl, add all the ingredients and mix well with a plastic spatula.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52699615782/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52699615782_3a813e6356_w.jpg" width="400" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lay fries out individually on a parchment lined baking sheet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">bake at 425 degrees for about 20-25 minutes until golden</div><div style="text-align: center;">Serve Immediately with a side of Ranch Dressing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52700630418/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52700630418_1d3bfcf763_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52700630418/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-50952767712885117942023-02-20T10:29:00.001-05:002023-02-20T10:29:08.792-05:00February 20, 2023....<p style="text-align: center;"><b> ~ Warm Welcome to my blog ~</b></p><div style="text-align: center;">It's been about a month since my last post....</div><div style="text-align: center;">sorry about that, sometimes I get caught up in life. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>What has happened in the last month?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well....back on the old lifestyle of low carb and fasting. I think I have finally lost all the Christmas gains....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was down in my back for 2 weeks.... muscle spasms. I get these every so often and when it happens....not good. Always takes me out for a couple of weeks. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I've been....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">finishing of course, but my plan to not take as many clients and not work 7 days a week has been going well....trying to stay true to me. I am blessed with many GOOD and REPEAT clients that have been with me for years. Seems a large percentage of the time when I take new clients it doesn't work out so well. I've decided that it's going to be a real rare occasion that I take new clients from her on out. Not to say I won't, but I want to honor those people that have been with me and have stayed true to me. Easy to work with and I know that they follow through. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I also have done some stitching....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was honored to finish for a client her set of </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thread Milk <a href="https://threadmilkdesign.com/cross-stitch-charts/statehood-splendor-series/" target="_blank">Statehood Splendor Series</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She wanted them as ornaments and as I was finishing them, I thought what a wonderful way to commemorate our family vacations by stitching the states we have visited. SO, I decided to stitch Maine and I added the year 2022 to it as we just visited there last summer. Here it is all stitched up:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52669687595/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52669687595_56aa41bee2_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"ME - State Splendor Series" </i></b>by Thread Milk on 28 ct. Vintage Country Mocha using Classic Colorworks 2/2</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I stitched and finished up: Mill Hill's Charmed Santa Series II This is "Noel Santa". I have all 12 from these two Mill Hill series Charmed Santa's Series I and Series II. I hope to stitch several of them this year. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52653039793/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52653039793_6bdeb3503b_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"Noel Santa"</i></b> by Mill Hill on 14 ct. Perforated Paper 3/1 DMC using Mill Hill Beads</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also finished the stitching on my "Jolly Squirrel" by <a href="https://www.pigeoncoopdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Pigeon Coop Designs</a>:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52692911345/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52692911345_2c7a3bcb1b_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"Jolly Squirrel"</i></b> by Pigeon Coop Designs stitched on Zweigart 32 ct Stormy Gray using DMC 2/2</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a couple of WIPS I've been working on:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52700549900/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52700549900_15d36ac011_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"Father Frost"</i></b> by Mill Hill on 14 ct. Perforated Paper DMC 3/1</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52700824435/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52700824435_8e313a831b_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>"Solitary Skater"</i></b> by P Buckley Moss on 28 ct. white DMC 2/2</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's all the stitching I've done so far in February...it seems such a short month. . . that I don't get much done. We still have a week and half, maybe I can get some more progress on something :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Today is President's Day so....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Keith is off work and we are going to go out to lunch, a very rare treat for us! I'm excited. I've been planning for a week what I'm going to order - ha ha ha! We like to go to Cheddar's restaurant, it's a nice, clean restaurant with good food at a great price and nice size portions. We love it! Hits all our bells!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We also are planning our summer vacation today....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">we have decided to go to Colorado and our bucket list is to hit as many National Parks as we can before we die. So....we are hitting: Rocky Mountain National Park, Black Canyon National Park in Gunnison, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. We will be staying in the state of Colorado for around 12 days. It's always exciting to plan a vacation!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well that does it for me for today!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope this finds you all well and enjoying your stitching and life. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Until next time....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">love and hugs in stitches, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-13711655205902363322023-01-18T08:59:00.001-05:002023-01-18T08:59:05.124-05:00January 18, 2023....<p style="text-align: center;"><b> ~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to my Blog! ~</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>It's time for my weekly check in....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">what's been going on around here?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ellie started college....</div><div style="text-align: center;">She's attending a local community college carrying 16 credit hours, an internship AND a job. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And she is fabulous!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52635188583/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52635188583_539dd6b341_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She IS going to continue her education in Art, however right now to meet her deadline for transfer to a 4 year university by her Junior year she has to have certain classes done. She is planning on going into Computer Science. So she isn't in Art classes currently, but she will be, hopefully this summer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>~People have asked and ~</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are exploring the possibility of getting prints done of her work, made into cards, stationary, and regular "frame worthy" prints. More info to come sometime in future....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Last week....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I did another larger order for a sweet, stitching client:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ drum ~</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52634160242/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52634160242_55dc104cba_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ small pillow ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52634672416/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52634672416_64c869daae_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ weighted stand-up ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52634932029/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52634932029_528882c836_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ flat round ornament ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52634932034/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52634932034_23c2df0647_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ pillow ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52634932039/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52634932039_489791044d_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ pillow ornaments ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52635108690/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52635108690_fc31020e09_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ snow globe ornament ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52635155693/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52635155693_6d7b9f7fe5_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ pillow ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52635155698/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52635155698_17b9a8894c_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ another of my snow globe ornament finishes ~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52634672411/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52634672411_19672c9695_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Routine living.... </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know what we've been busy about...but we've been busy. And I hate to say this, but our weather here is more like Spring than winter. Robins are buzzing by my window as I type and Blue Jays are active...Cardinals....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>We are getting....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">A ROOF COVERED DECK!!! added to the back of our house this year! Contractors have been coming to give their bids on the job. I am SO EXCITED!! I have long wanted a place that I can easily just walk out my front (or back) door to get to a covered place to sit and read, nap, stitch, watch wildlife.... and so our Christmas "present" to us was that we would add this to our home this year. We currently have a deck, but it isn't covered and .... no shade so we just sit out there and bake. A couple of years ago we added a 12 x 12 pavillion and a patio on our lower level and IT IS GREAT! But to get down there I have to walk down to the basement and drag everything down 2 flights of stairs (my lights, stitching, etc). THEN if you have to use the restroom, we don't have a finished bathroom on the basement level so it's climb up stairs to the bathroom.....Having a place right off our existing living floor...FANTASTIC! I can hardly wait!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Personal Stitching...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have continued to stitch on my Lavender and Lace ~ "Santa of the Forest" the last week. It is my #1 WIP - I'd love to see him done this year. (I re-started him last July 2022)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is where I left him at Week #1: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52617403346/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52617403346_6a131fb666_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is as of tis morning: </div><div style="text-align: center;">(excuse my waste threads - I end my threads like this so I don't have to flip the frame, I just stitch and pull thread down line where I know there is stitching, stitch up to the hole it is coming out of and clip thread effectively stitching over the thread) I just find it easier this way than weaving under back - or ending in a pin stitch (when I'm doing confetti colors (especially light colors)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52635184248/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52635184248_d1ce888abf_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here he is without any typing around him: <a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52635136855/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52635136855_8a40a21c27_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a side by side photo comparison Week 1 to Week 2.....I've gotten a lot of work done on him, I think, personally...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52634700241/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52634700241_67bbc26a73_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>OK....well that's stitching and finishing...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">let's talk my lifestyle journey. Of course I'm ALWAYS trying to lose weight. And I'm trying something new this year. I feel like I want to eat something....I stop and set my timer and stitch for 15-20 minutes and drink a big glass of water. I'm trying to train myself to reward myself with stitching - which I LOVE to do - instead of eating - which I also love to do. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So far 2 weeks in - so good.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm stitching small ornaments for this exercise. So far I have one done. I'll share it when I get it finished.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I think, my friends that does it for me for today....</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be by again next week, if not sooner!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Until next time, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Stitching!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52617403346/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-16738526827254504992023-01-09T12:42:00.001-05:002023-01-09T12:42:35.949-05:00January Nine and feeling Fine...<div style="text-align: center;"><b> ~ Greetings and Warm Welcome Friends ~</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">to my blog!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>January 9...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">the hubbub of the holidays are gone, went like a whirlwind, like it always does. I always savor the Christmas Holidays because of the fact that we can stay home, snuggle in and just: RELAX. I love that!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>So last Tuesday, </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">everyone went back to work, including me. I finish for The Shepherd's Needle - their shop models - Ann always chooses such lovely, creative finishes for her models. She tells me what she wants and I get down to the finishing. I'll let the pictures do the talking.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52613814050/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52613814050_aab19c94f7_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lovely, lovely stitching to create lovely finishes. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I continued on with my 12 Days of Christmas Stitching, personal challenge...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Prairie Schooler Angel's piece</div><div style="text-align: center;">stitching on 32 ct. black linen 2/2 DMC</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have Charted: Gloria in Excelsis Deo and it will be centered under the 3 angels.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52608463809/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52608463809_1b976ac559_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">32 ct. Twilight Blue Wichelt 2/2 DMC:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52616891867/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52616891867_c94da8b166_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">28 ct. White 2/2 DMC, this is from the 1991 Cross Stitch Christmas magazine (Better Homes and Gardens) I have long loved this and had it marked 2023 the year!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52617875633/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52617875633_a01b6fdcc7_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My own stocking, on 20 ct. linen 1/2 5 pearl cotton DMC/WEEKS/Classic Colorworks:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52617875653/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52617875653_365e1cea83_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the 12 Days projects all started, I began my rotating through my WIPS. I started with Lavender and Lace - Marilyn Leavitt Imblum's Santa of the Forest. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Stitched on 28 ct. 2/2 Natural Linen </div><div style="text-align: center;">I started this the last week in July. Here was after 1 week of work: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52617837020/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52617837020_8c658e8dac_w.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then a few days more:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52617839750/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="362" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52617839750_54b702ef7e_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">By this time (the end of August) Working was getting CRAZY and I lost my mind and my stitching mojo. SO I did one more day and didn't stitch again until November:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52617673294/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="362" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52617673294_9f6ffbb6c8_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday I picked him back up and managed quite a bit of progress: </div><div style="text-align: center;">January 8, 2023:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52617403346/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52617403346_6a131fb666_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll stitch on him maybe all this week, and then choose my next project. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We got to meet Ian's new girlfriend: Kamdyn:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52608690998/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="302" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52608690998_79ff6825d4_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She's very nice and fits right in!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then my Ellie and Jake went to see Puss in Boots at the theaters 2 times over the holidays and then Ellie dressed our little Puss as Puss in Boots (ha ha ha!):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52608691183/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52608691183_8e91c189f2_w.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That pretty much sums up my life since our last visit. I was beginning to feel a little overwhelmed today thinking about all the work I need to do, keep on track with my gentle stretching and walking exercises daily, my diet, my religious education class I lead.......focusing on me more and work (and everyone else less) that's extremely hard for me. Scheduling, I must remember to always schedule enough time for me into each day. That's a new and novel experience, that's easily forgotten or over thrown for more and more....LESS...I need to remember LESS is good! LOL!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I have just enough time on my "lunch hour" to go for my daily walk. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May you find joy in your stitches!</div><div style="text-align: center;">LOTS OF LOVE, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52612881307/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-88977208020459267142023-01-02T05:04:00.001-05:002023-01-02T05:04:05.995-05:002023....<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i> ~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to my Blog ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>A Joyous and Blessed Happy New Year 2023 to you all!</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Well here we are friends....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">a clean slate :) Although I approach every day (or try to) as a clean slate it is always a bit refreshing at the beginning of the new year to think: let's write my story...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My main goal in life is....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">to be the best version of myself I can be. Version. That's a strange word isn't it. Sort of gives the idea that there are carbon copies of oneself. And isn't there? We all know the voice that we use when meeting someone new...Or if someone "important" walks into the room how our body language, speech automatically changes....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Versions....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Really honestly I try to only have one version of me....but it constantly needs improving. So starting a new year with God - it's important to me. And topics to help ME be a better ME. Which in my case means: SIMPLICITY and FOCUS on ME. That sounds really, really self-centered but as a mother and wife and general servant at heart - I tend to focus on everyone and everything BUT me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last Year I took very many big steps into making my life revolve better around my faith - I try to attend daily mass as much as possible which means in a week I tend to go 3-7 days a week. I agreed to lead an Adult Continuing Religious Education class this past year. The class is only partial year and runs from August - May. I will continue that path, but also with a focus on me. ME time. I don't allow that for myself very often. That's going to change. I'm going to slow down on my finishing business and I am going to ramp up more walks, more meditation, more stitching, painting, sewing...whatever I want to do. I have got to get it into my head that doing things for me...not just rushing through my day to get to my chair to stitch for a few hours in the evening... is OK. More than OK, it makes me a better person.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>So my general law of the land...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">well maybe not a law, how about working thesis...is to create a mindset conducive to more meditative steps to slowing down my whirlwind life I've created for myself. Giving myself more allowance for time where my hands may be idle to meditate on higher things. Giving myself more allowance for time to do creative things that are for me alone. Some people need to work on giving...that is not my problem at all. My problem: giving to myself or taking for myself - THAT is my issue. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This is the perfect time to do it....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">as I know Katie and Austin will soon, God willing, be trying to conceive. I made it my mindset from the moment that I had children was: if my children live close to me and I'm physically able - I'm going to help them care for their kids so they don't have to worry about daycare or babysitting. God put me on this earth to be a Mommy and I, God willing, will be an awesome Grandma. So if ever I was going to have a year for ME...this is the one! May it be so!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Let's talk stitching, huh?!</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I gave you DAYS 1-4 of my personal 12 Days of Christmas Stitching
Challenge....</div><div style="text-align: center;">so here we continue: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am continuing making Christmas ornaments. This one will be for Ellie - she loves squirrels. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is by a new to me designer: Pigeon Coop Designs. You may find his website<a href="https://www.pigeoncoopdesigns.com/" target="_blank"> HERE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">32 ct. Storm Gray Linen 2/2</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52602272913/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52602272913_a28a03a3bd_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have long loved these Santa Faces from Mill Hill - I have a couple and *may have* used some Christmas Cash to buy the rest of them. Please note, the hat is stitched on a small piece of perforated paper and the face and beard is stitched on the other (peeking out from behind the chart). Once all stitched you attach the hat to the head. </div><div style="text-align: center;">14 ct. perforated paper 3/1</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52601758556/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52601758556_8c945a69c9_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have had this kit for about 3 years. Our Lady of Guadalupe by Joan Elliott. I got a nice start on her on New Year's Eve.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She's stitched on 14 ct. Aida that came in the kit - I'm not too good to stitch on Aida. </div><div style="text-align: center;">2/1</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52602186845/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52602186845_1e629a2eb8_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My New Year's Day Start:</div><div style="text-align: center;">June Griggs Designs for P Buckley Moss "Solitary Skater" </div><div style="text-align: center;">28 count DMC 2/2</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52602018679/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52602018679_c33cecd0ff_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Like the Told in a Garden designs - I have a LOT of these in my stash. (I have long been an admirer of the Amish as a people and the tenants they hold on simplicity) My home is filled not only with cross stitch, but with prints from Nancy Noel and P Buckley Moss. So...makes sense to pull this oldie, but goodie out and get it up on the wall. It is stitching up FAST (as you can see). Some people don't care for solid stitching... to me it's almost therapeutic. As you can see I stitch in the outline and fill it in way. I prefer to do it that way - in fact I have ALWAYS stitched like that. I find I have less counting mishaps if I outline and fill in. Easy evening stitching. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So there we are all updated to Today: 1/2/23</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I will be starting today a design I sort of laid out myself. I will be utilizing the Prairie Schooler Angels:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN0t1nXFxCbFWNYix0YhobKGJL-a7ToFyhyUlhULug9ZrMYHmqcku49fmIBh45SBOTcwG_l3i5xvqz8lVTmb3xql6bydilKcOrF7zRXvsboOdCB5MnPDz2L_7YTa2e3YHI72sj1QZSlsyP0UeMdTGxtsUuhTmJspT6dpCZmh7UIJk6P6CrA/s356/PS%20angels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN0t1nXFxCbFWNYix0YhobKGJL-a7ToFyhyUlhULug9ZrMYHmqcku49fmIBh45SBOTcwG_l3i5xvqz8lVTmb3xql6bydilKcOrF7zRXvsboOdCB5MnPDz2L_7YTa2e3YHI72sj1QZSlsyP0UeMdTGxtsUuhTmJspT6dpCZmh7UIJk6P6CrA/s320/PS%20angels.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What I have planned is stitching these all in a row and I have charted in a Celtic/Old World style font to be stitched 1/1 in gold: Gloria in Excelsis Deo. I am stitching them on black evenweave and I personally think they are going to be fantastic like this. We will see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>What else do I have planned....</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well I have pulled LOTS of things to start. I thought I had less than 12 turns out...nope - I have about 3 times 12 pulled. HA HA HA! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm going to start enough to get to 12 (maybe a couple more than that depending on how I feel) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then rotate through these new starts and some old WIPS that I'm bringing back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>What you may see:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Told in the Garden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mirabilia</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Carriage House Samplings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little Stitcher Ornaments</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dimensions Gold Kits</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Luca S Kits</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little House Needleworks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cross Stitch and Country Crafts Magazine Pieces</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the Love of Cross Stitch Magazine Pieces</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>What you are sure to find:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">FUN! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I plan 2023 to be a whole lot of fun in sharing what I love to do best. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>In closing....</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thank you for all of you who leave such warm and friendly comments. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b>I know that some say they cannot leave comments on my blog. I have found personally if you are on Apple products - it's hard to leave comments. BUT if you sign into Chrome on said product you can leave comments easier. I use Apple products and I struggle with leaving comments on my favorite blogs too. So sometimes I will run down to my good old computer and sign in to leave one, but have found that signing into Chrome does make a big difference. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>My friends, thank you so much!</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May your 2023 be off to a wonderful start. My family has one last day to spend together before back to the grind. We are meeting today for lunch and an afternoon of games. We will be meeting for the second time Ian's new girlfriend. She is a year older than him. Is devout in her faith (Baptist), has brought him back to God (prayers answered). She seems very kind, down to earth and works hard. As far as I'm concerned I'm on board!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Until next time....</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May you find peace with your needle and thread!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love in stitches, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Vonna xxxx</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52602272913/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-63518535842261215842022-12-29T07:40:00.006-05:002022-12-29T07:40:51.362-05:00New year...new ideas...<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i> ~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to my Blog ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Here we are burgeoning on the edge of a new beginning....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">every year this time I try very hard to evaluate my life. As I get older I make evaluations harder in some ways, but perhaps more developed and aged - like a fine wine. I don't do "resolutions" go to a health club/gym atmosphere for one month in January and you'll understand why those don't happen here. (LOL! and have no doubt about it I would be, have been one of those here's my resolution and two week later...yeah not so much.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Probably around the time I turned 40....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I realized that perhaps evaluations of a kind to change my inner workings, my head thinking, my heart, my direction in life were ones of a more lasting, solid kind. I evolve, like we all do. So what am I going to focus on in 2023? Read on to find out...you know me, I'm like a scandal sheet - I tell it all!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Stitching:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am doing a personal stitching challenge over the 12 Days of Christmas. Traditionally the 12 days begin on December 25 and ends on 12th Night or January 5. Keith and I are truly enjoying a 2 week "Staycation" he has been off work since, well really since he was sick (Dec 16) but it wasn't supposed to start until Dec. 21 and he will be off until January 3. I am not finishing, I am not doing one thing (other than essential daily tasks: cooking, light cleaning and going to mass) but boy buddy am I stitching! I chose to do a personal 12 Days of Christmas stitching challenge. What does that mean? That means, I dive/dove into my extensive stash and choose a project I have long admired and never stitched and start it. I have created a Stitching Scrap/Bullet Journal and I keep notes on what I've started and when I stitch on it - all the essentials of where, what, when and how. My plan is to focus on these 12 starts and ALL my other Works in Progress that has languished through the years and focus on the bounty I have rather than the bounty I have not. I am all about supporting designers, dye houses, linen companies, notions companies, etc. But sometimes one needs to know when to stop, rest and know that what they have is fantastic. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I feel that in the last 10 years, particularly with the evolution of YouTube "flosstube" videos that it has become a "one-up-manship" on what you can buy, who you follow to be in the "cool kids crowd", what color you stitch with, what microscopic linen and needle you can stitch on/with, what venue you can go to, what club you are in, what exclusive design you can purchase. I understand people need to make a living, but I can't be the only person out here thinking that the over-commercialization, hawking and materialism of things leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I'm sort of tired of it honestly. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So to stay true to me and my own value of what I loved and purchased - spending hard earned money on - I must of loved it, so why am I hording it? I have put things into rotation during my 12 days of Christmas personal stitching challenge. Here's what I've done in the first 4 days:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>DAY 1:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Santa Knows" by Teresa Kogut. Found in the 2018 Punch Needle and Primitive Stitcher magazine (or she also has it in her ETSY shop for PDF download) </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a dream....of a mantle and hearth (maybe a hutch and a few tables) filled with stand-up Santas. I love Santa Claus - I am sure you could tell that from my previous post where I share my trees and home). Santa to me encompasses everything I want to be in life: kind, compassionate, giving, caring, sharing, jolly.... A "slew of stuffed santas" would be just the thing for my home and would bring me great joy! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am stitching my first "santa slew" on 25 ct. Vintage Country Mocha 3/2 using called for colors which is a mix of Weeks Dye Works and DMC. Stitching on this large of count will make him around 10.5 inches tall. </div><div style="text-align: center;">*I am not stitching the entire piece, just santa the sheep and some holly sprigs tossed around edges. I have (in my mind) and idea that - of course he will be a shaped stand up (meaning unusual shape not sewn in an arch) and I will create a tiny wool bag that will be a dimensional piece for added interest to tack to the bottom next to Santa's feet. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52593808993/in/dateposted-public/" title="day 1"><img alt="day 1" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52593808993_8a89137f48_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>DAY 2:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have always ADORED Country Cottage Needleworks' Glitter Village. I have created a border to surround the entire village, I started smack dab in the middle because I'm deleting some design elements and adding other things I want. I also am stitching a bit differently in that I've added Kreinik for the snow and snowflakes, going to add some beading, also using silver DMC Diamant to give lots of glitter. Here is my start on 32 count natural/silver linen from Fabric Flair using called for colors in Classic Colorworks</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52593288396/in/dateposted-public/" title="day 2"><img alt="day 2" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52593288396_02435be6c2_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>DAY 3:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Started another Santa for my "slew" this sweet, design found in the 2009 Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue, by Heartstrings/Artist Colony. Again he will be a stuffed stand up so I am stitching him on a larger count so I can get a nice size: 25 ct. Steel Blue 3/2 DMC. He will be about 6.5 inches tall when complete.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52592806322/in/dateposted-public/" title="Day 3"><img alt="Day 3" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52592806322_113b8e56ae_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>DAY 4:</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I LOVED THIS SO MUCH in 2002 when it came out. When right out and bought it and promptly - never stitched it. Bringing 4 My Boys back! LOL! <br />"A Savior is Born" on 32 ct. Steel Blue 2/2 Gentle Arts and DMC</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52593549689/in/dateposted-public/" title="Day 4"><img alt="Day 4" height="271" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52593549689_1a0b5b45a3_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So there we are....My first 4 days of my personal 12 Days of Stitching. What's next? Oh, I've got plenty planned! Tune in again to see what comes out of the dark!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What else is going on for me? WELL....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've got my new Prayer/Praise/Thankful journal for 2023 all set up and ready to go. I started doing these journals quite some time ago to help my prayer life. Can I just say that it helped me then and continues to help me. Praying for others always ultimately helps me as much or more than the people I pray for. In the last couple of years, I have added Thankfulness to my journal. I have found it very helpful to remember ALL that I have to be thankful for. I write 1-3 things down in my journal every evening of something I'm thankful for from that day. On days when you feel "woe is me" - everything has gone wrong...it's good to reflect and realize there are so many hidden blessings in life. It's good for my head. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>As I do every year....I always leave the floor open for all of my friends here...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">if you would like prayers, are in need of prayers, email me: thetwistedstitcher@gmail.com</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am happy to put your name, a loved one's name in my journal and pray for them. I don't need specifics - for God knows those - all I need is names - if you would like a specific intention and you'd like to share it with me, rest assured I never think about or share it with anyone else. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Finally I'd like to end this post with something that I am trying for the very first time this year....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am Catholic - I am sure you all picked up on that 😂 As a Catholic, we like to ask saints for their <u><i>intercessory </i></u>prayers - that doesn't mean we are "praying" to the saints, rather it is like this: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A Friend talking: "Hey Vonna will you pray for me? I am having problems focusing on my life issues." </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Vonna talking: "it would be my pleasure to pray for you about these issues."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, I go straight to God for my prayers, but it sure never hurts to have others praying for me. As a saint, that means these passed HUMANS have walked the earth, had the same human issues as I have, knows the struggle life can be and they are up there in heaven wanting to help me, wanting to pray for me...praising God through eternity. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Anyway...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was reading that there is a practice of getting your "saint of the year" so for example I know many people who have a "word" of the year...this is the same sort of idea. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Aletia is a website I frequent often and when I saw they had this Saint of the Year generator I took advantage of it. What could it hurt? I learn about a possibly "new to me" saint.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://aleteia.org/2022/12/19/discover-your-patron-saint-for-2023/" target="_blank">HERE is the Aletia 2023 Saint for the New Year Page</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you like to know who I got?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>St. Damien of Molokai</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1d7XYv7JSulqz8GAkXVbBvxusMBd7Pso3qVuDEvxiu6sMqbwe027SuGvFWHHuGtf0owpoS0DkZVje16MVJBI1ECLCidWAzmyAIM08V5-5pn3MbYzBU8uCfA_M0CbCBhcLbHTfPpTIS_BLJqbrjf1knCiZoX4aRomgOegBRvqPrICBhxgtg/s345/St.%20Damien.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij1d7XYv7JSulqz8GAkXVbBvxusMBd7Pso3qVuDEvxiu6sMqbwe027SuGvFWHHuGtf0owpoS0DkZVje16MVJBI1ECLCidWAzmyAIM08V5-5pn3MbYzBU8uCfA_M0CbCBhcLbHTfPpTIS_BLJqbrjf1knCiZoX4aRomgOegBRvqPrICBhxgtg/s320/St.%20Damien.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I had never heard of him before. See...fruit already! </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He was beatified in 1995 by Pope John Paul II and raised to Sainthood in 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Damien was born in Belgium in 1840. He longed to be a priest and missionary. He became a priest and was sent to Hawaii in 1864. For 9 years he worked as a parish priest there. In 1866, Hawaii established a lepers colony in Molokai on the Kalaupapa Peninsula. These colony was isolated, and basically was rife with all sorts of vice. In 1873, St. Damien decided to travel to Molokai to be a missionary there, serving the people for their spiritual and medical needs. Long story short, St. Damien was to serve there only for a short time, he ended up living there 16 years. He too became a leper and died there in 1889. He loved his people there, made many improvements to their living conditions and most especially their spiritual conditions. He embodies faith, hope and love. St. Damien is the patron saint of lepers and outcasts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Outcasts. Have we not all felt like one of these at one point in our lives? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ST. DAMIEN pray for us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">St. Damien's photo is pasted in the front of my 2023 Prayer/Praise/Thanksgiving Journal and I am ready to go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If I am not back by the New Year, please know, your presence in my life, makes a huge difference. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you for being a part of it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy New Year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love in stitches, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-23263530232311301022022-12-28T07:34:00.003-05:002022-12-28T07:34:27.391-05:00Well....<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i> ~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to my Blog ~</i></b></p><div style="text-align: center;">What do they say about the road to hell is paved with good intentions? That sort of explains about what happened to the end of my 25 days of Christmas...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Keith had to travel for work...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">that included flying on 4 different planes....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Meetings with lots of people in tight surroundings....</div><div style="text-align: center;">for a week....</div><div style="text-align: center;">24 hours after he got home (which was the 15 of December)...</div><div style="text-align: center;">It happened. 102 degree temperature. Congestion. Coughing. Aches. Exhaustion.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had him quarantined. He took several tests - all negative. BUT if we would have had a flu test, that one would have been positive. He still is fighting exhaustion, some congestion. But for the most part he's well. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>We were able to celebrate Christmas as a family...</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our Christmases are LOW KEY. Typically involve Mass in the morning, then being dressed in PJs the rest of the day.. Just us - our family. Presents, eating, a game or two then we all go do our own thing. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was no different this year. We all gathered. Then those that live apart went back to their abodes and the ones that lived here....two went to the movies and the other two (old geezers) retired to their bedroom and watched tv while the other stitched :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love Christmas this way, no stress, no anxiety - just me, my family and our love for each other celebrating the birth of our savior. Easy. Nice.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Here's some pictures of the day:</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52590708027/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="302" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52590708027_cd0062c4eb_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what I got from Katie and Austin for Christmas:</div><div style="text-align: center;">nothing better than receiving Jesus for Christmas!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52591617700/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52591617700_e4ee35a499_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To Sum up our Christmas season and fill in the gaps where I left off, I'll let the pictures do the talking....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52549858662/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52549858662_be8e2394b0_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52550603554/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52550603554_b7a196664e_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This was a new thing I did this Christmas...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have 6 totes/tubs of ornaments that I have stitched through the years (40 years of stitching and crafting). . . I have 4 trees. I don't have room for another. So I tried out an idea I had, instead of putting a tree in the dining room this year I tried this garland over my windows: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52550853778/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52550853778_e44cd3007a_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our Main Tree, filled with over 378 ornaments (I lost track counting when I was putting them on)...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52549852597/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52549852597_6e46656c02_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52591724228/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52591724228_818dcda77f_w.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My Granny's ceramic tree and a Santa and Mrs. Claus that I painted to match the ones she had when I was growing up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52591649610/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52591649610_28e3f6d102_w.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another tree....</div><div style="text-align: center;">filled with hand painted ornaments and Santa's from around the world </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52591490519/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52591490519_18f5040dfe_w.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And finally...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ellie wanted to gift our Priest, Fr. Dennis a drawing. She chose to draw the Blessed Mother with the baby Jesus. Here is piece:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52591719193/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52591719193_71f981fa3b_w.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll be back before the New Year to go over what I'm stitching, what my plans for 2023 is for me and some other bits and bobs about life. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas one and all!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All my love, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-6486931683631368832022-12-13T10:16:00.001-05:002022-12-13T10:16:06.110-05:00Merry Days 9, 10, 11, 12, 13...<div style="text-align: center;"> ~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to my blog ~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rlz6xXl_9LALFCTbFaXuKt41cPwAdeNY7BkerPpv9gwPjEJ3Pio-xvBaYdrA72DGg-GkHodtmsTs8--ksiXYpzZpfV0NPyy76bvAHp6bphMwhmIoAGwAvRnfOaXAE0EMP-jZSF-QcHsLU8isJYkLHsWBA3veBk6d1c6J4M_rs6p077Waww/s500/Merry%20Days%20of%20Christmas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rlz6xXl_9LALFCTbFaXuKt41cPwAdeNY7BkerPpv9gwPjEJ3Pio-xvBaYdrA72DGg-GkHodtmsTs8--ksiXYpzZpfV0NPyy76bvAHp6bphMwhmIoAGwAvRnfOaXAE0EMP-jZSF-QcHsLU8isJYkLHsWBA3veBk6d1c6J4M_rs6p077Waww/s320/Merry%20Days%20of%20Christmas.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What happened?! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5 days gone...I don't know necessarily what I did or what happened, but I bet it was pretty A-OK </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">😀</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I last night I released another video tutorial...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it is based on two ornaments I created, that I am calling: Diorama Ornaments</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here they are:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52560156831/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52560156831_41d17560c7_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you'd like to learn how to make these, please watch my Video Tutorial:<a href="https://youtu.be/qJoZgmii1P0" target="_blank"> HERE</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">There is more on the way....'tis the season of giving. I'd make sure to subscribe to my channel and ding the bell. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ellie is done with classes for now. She starts college classes, January 17. So we bought some puzzles and she has been working on them with her highness, Ms. Sophie:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52560162431/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52560162431_d3b0871b6c_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I have lots scheduled...</div><div style="text-align: center;">including teaching/leading my adult religious education class at my church.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I gotta run....</div><div style="text-align: center;">until next time, keep smiling and spreading that Christmas Joy - that's what every day should be about!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-89254101980839942072022-12-08T05:06:00.010-05:002022-12-08T05:06:53.405-05:00Merry Days 6, 7 and 8....<p style="text-align: center;"><b> ~ Welcome and Warm Greetings to my Blog ~ </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtuYrg_XvhEzW-yHGXDOmpmiIOq2X6SC5Mgz_SJ66kVdOd1b-I7G6DANJL_A-PZX_YaLIOV4Qwa7Pnm-vXOeilGX-uAuWoBYmQ02kj45hsVqVKZJaohs7garRjPJis6G4P4auKZUg2vdcMTSLOe78ykWz4CoFQ88rrvtflHB4T2znP4Oy1Q/s500/Merry%20Days%20of%20Christmas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtuYrg_XvhEzW-yHGXDOmpmiIOq2X6SC5Mgz_SJ66kVdOd1b-I7G6DANJL_A-PZX_YaLIOV4Qwa7Pnm-vXOeilGX-uAuWoBYmQ02kj45hsVqVKZJaohs7garRjPJis6G4P4auKZUg2vdcMTSLOe78ykWz4CoFQ88rrvtflHB4T2znP4Oy1Q/s320/Merry%20Days%20of%20Christmas.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Well here it is 3 a.m. and I can't sleep....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">of course Keith had us go to bed at 8 pm he was tired, it was dark, cold and rainy and so off to bed we went. I don't know if I've ever shared this before, but here goes:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Keith will not go to bed unless I go to bed. 😂</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We do absolutely EVERY little thing together. Not much is done apart from one another, including bedtime. I usually am OK to go to be when he wants to - we get up very early in the morning (typically 4:30 - 4:45 am is when our alarm goes off) So getting into bed by 9-10 pm is the norm. But sleeping through the night....that's hard for me - has been for years. Some nights sleep like a baby. Some nights...sleep like a baby until about midnight then it is a struggle the rest of the night. Probably hormones (or lack there of). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>So anyway....</b> I woke up this am, and instead of laying quietly and waiting for the alarm, I was hankering for a cup of coffee...so I got up. One of my favorite things to do is get up in the early morning (read still night time) and look outside...I love the quiet of the night. Although I will say it is amazing to me how many people I will see outside at this time of morning: jogging, walking, walking dogs...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is a Mama deer and her two yearlings that will sometimes lay in our yard or in the yard across the street and I see them. Precious little lives...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">OK let's get to talking about what's been going on....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've made 4 tutorial videos in the last week:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll give links to all of them for your viewing pleasure:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAdNzcJD1a6xkABiMgjlnPp98sBmadyfbuaDNMyau8HJ22NRKfKguR-ltqFwGL4lcgaWEind5rwE4vvfNcPXFLmpICVgEEFvq33JaZjuNJ1RUoYb1KhlJZEPKjmqYd1mYe_gLNzeF9L5GelrPmkMQ9ItZKVNhvPG1JIrQSeRXLuJsi0nrow/s1080/bows.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAdNzcJD1a6xkABiMgjlnPp98sBmadyfbuaDNMyau8HJ22NRKfKguR-ltqFwGL4lcgaWEind5rwE4vvfNcPXFLmpICVgEEFvq33JaZjuNJ1RUoYb1KhlJZEPKjmqYd1mYe_gLNzeF9L5GelrPmkMQ9ItZKVNhvPG1JIrQSeRXLuJsi0nrow/s320/bows.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/bQ4LaM9eIus" target="_blank">Bows - 3 ways</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoNwhcBuqFsGJraM8K7-x0cCWpouvng8SqAgXOBgtOhwjy7Ue9Z8b9iL4k67Tp9iXXHp5RWf-w4lToF1OZbRlJVBtQL7omL7G9RC8HmPas5r68VmZVWSRCYG04AdC71-V_IOXPQGLrZ0Y8UBS2X1hPjN08bL8JEVRFrL5NpzjLwkVaT5IFg/s1024/Chenille%20Pillow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1024" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoNwhcBuqFsGJraM8K7-x0cCWpouvng8SqAgXOBgtOhwjy7Ue9Z8b9iL4k67Tp9iXXHp5RWf-w4lToF1OZbRlJVBtQL7omL7G9RC8HmPas5r68VmZVWSRCYG04AdC71-V_IOXPQGLrZ0Y8UBS2X1hPjN08bL8JEVRFrL5NpzjLwkVaT5IFg/s320/Chenille%20Pillow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/HtwDhSMfy-0" target="_blank">Chenille Edged Pillow</a><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKU86HmhEuH-f3JPw4ZQ0CgZc8lmN6Ec2uGV5gV_1unUfJC_pyeW5JmE4IzXVYEjj8czkLCYpdUZ0YP-PWzOUt6LY-ZxlRTSSITi4-1v4SL22Htl4z-mkeuOvfFFsT_ni8sjqHRgFEknc0D7FhMM8rpQz0EDL4wCzXolL1mo7AzRnd_KpfA/s1080/cording.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKU86HmhEuH-f3JPw4ZQ0CgZc8lmN6Ec2uGV5gV_1unUfJC_pyeW5JmE4IzXVYEjj8czkLCYpdUZ0YP-PWzOUt6LY-ZxlRTSSITi4-1v4SL22Htl4z-mkeuOvfFFsT_ni8sjqHRgFEknc0D7FhMM8rpQz0EDL4wCzXolL1mo7AzRnd_KpfA/s320/cording.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/TNCqlA2OEnE" target="_blank">New Technique on Making Cording</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnej8x4_t4la0SXvKfwPjyomM2Ob4UwV-5zqg5v4zZMPgiBCYevTWkpCGpScVAocY_Gec-2ZyyHKmf5q19N75yK8ztE7LS357qFfmYOEWLCUoc5moKkdZKyhbTOGvJk0HCEfJEC1tbubcSuBKYdeRi5WG97F-DoGzwtzM45uSDZEH0kSbUQ/s1080/mounted%20flat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnej8x4_t4la0SXvKfwPjyomM2Ob4UwV-5zqg5v4zZMPgiBCYevTWkpCGpScVAocY_Gec-2ZyyHKmf5q19N75yK8ztE7LS357qFfmYOEWLCUoc5moKkdZKyhbTOGvJk0HCEfJEC1tbubcSuBKYdeRi5WG97F-DoGzwtzM45uSDZEH0kSbUQ/s320/mounted%20flat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/xmgdeQ3ysCs" target="_blank">Mounted Flat Ornament</a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Guess what...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have more that I'm in the process of making. My goal is to share as much as I possibly can to help anyone learn to finish as much as they can on their own. I have been mightily blessed in life. And I am a firm believer in <span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #081c2a; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked” (Luke 12:48)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">To him the Glory, always. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Please remember I DO have a <a href="https://tts-learntofinish.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TUTORIAL BLOG</a> - where all links are compiled by type of tutorial either video or written ~ AND not all written tutorials are video and not all video tutorials are written...meaning I have different finishes and different ways of showing you how to do them - either via video or pictorial written.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How about some Christmas pics of my house. I'll share just a few so as not to bore you....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have 4 trees this year....</div><div style="text-align: center;">about 500 stitched ornaments both from my hand and from friends through the years and likely about as many or more of ornaments that are Hallmark, other crafts, made by my kids, special trips and meanings to us....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Our Main Tree:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">This one houses mostly our family memories and ornaments....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52549852597/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52549852597_6e46656c02_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have so many ornament that I am struggling to get them all up....my trees are full so I bought some garland swags and hung them above our dining room window and hung ornaments on there.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52550853778/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52550853778_e44cd3007a_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Another view...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I tell you that worked out so well I'm going to buy more for the other windows in our home for next year. I think it looks just darling!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52550854073/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52550854073_f02e14c4f5_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The old Prairie Schooler Santa (prim) tree that I had was too small to house all of my Santa ornaments...so last year I bought a 7.5 foot skinny (ier) tree for a New Santa Tree...</div><div style="text-align: center;">it houses all of my Prairie Schooler Santa stitched ornaments, my Hallmark Toymaker Santa Series Collection and a NEW Hallmark Santa Series called - Young Santa...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am a Santa collector. What person or thing embodies (Christmas or me for that matter) more than a rotund, jolly elf who loves sugar cookies, giving back and Christmas?</div><div style="text-align: center;">😂</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52550782830/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52550782830_d0e957ac9a_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Nothing, to me says my childhood like Charlie Brown...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52549858662/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52549858662_be8e2394b0_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I need to get working on my Shepherd's Bush Stockings....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have one out and just last night I finished stitching a second (in a series) of ornaments I wanted to get done before I started anything new. Done now, so I'm ready to start a few things!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52549858112/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52549858112_202eb645c5_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Here is a close up of a portion of my new Santa Tree...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">you can see a mix of my Prairie Schooler Santa ornaments, my MMMcrafts Felt Santa doll ornament I made, Toymaker Santa Series and two of the New Series Young Santa. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52550315646/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52550315646_502c03d58e_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Well folks....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">that does it for today! Today is the feast day of the Immaculate Conception - a feast day of the conception without original sin of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Next Tuesday is another Marian Feast Day - Our Lady of Guadalupe. I happen to have a Design Works kit of Our Lady of Guadalupe by Joan Elliott. I worked yesterday to get fabric loaded up on scroll rods - I've decided today I'm going to start her. She looks like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EcNn7lDfZvsPGKsi9KNfSSMpKhzJ4CQcQpSlNbKvofgSTVq_7Y4oHTFRWVjyIWF06hJ2OanEipp5-yXQs_isOnNFFKOl9dVxsk92l97QpDHEHOg7GmGNnc9TF6m0wWw2V6squSMY5GVYaMY8o4F0hf_Nez6p2RK66ZJtBtvmtsDxvxC80w/s900/our-lady-of-guadalupe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="693" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EcNn7lDfZvsPGKsi9KNfSSMpKhzJ4CQcQpSlNbKvofgSTVq_7Y4oHTFRWVjyIWF06hJ2OanEipp5-yXQs_isOnNFFKOl9dVxsk92l97QpDHEHOg7GmGNnc9TF6m0wWw2V6squSMY5GVYaMY8o4F0hf_Nez6p2RK66ZJtBtvmtsDxvxC80w/s320/our-lady-of-guadalupe.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alright friends....off I go for another round of coffee...it's 4:50 a.m. so Keith is up and I can go up and get started on Our Lady and my new start!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a fantastic day ahead!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52549852597/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script></a>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-20824835387976477252022-12-05T12:37:00.002-05:002022-12-05T12:45:58.892-05:00Merry Days 4 and 5...<div style="text-align: center;"> <b><i>~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to my Blog ~</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Merry Day 4....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Well December 4 is a big day...</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">it was the day my boys were born- our little prides and joys. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was also VERY tired from making homemade rolls for our parish dinner and dance party. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The party was a huge success! The food was delicious, the company wonderful and the dancing enjoyable! I had forgotten what it is like to gather together in harmony with people you love and care for as a church family. SO much fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>So after Mass on Sunday....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">we came home - I put my pajamas back on and I sat around doing absolutely nothing except staring at the fire until it was time to get up and start cooking a early dinner for our boy's birthday. They chose pork tenderloin sandwiches, fried mozzarella sticks and french fries (along with their cakes). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Here is a photo of my 23 year old baby boys on their birthday with their cakes:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52544214067/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52544214067_b179ae66f9_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They have always had their own cakes - even when they were babies - I've tried to always make sure they know that although they were born on the same day, shared a belly and a lot of other things - they are still individuals. Jacob always chooses chocolate cake and Ian always chooses a cookie cake (which I find to be an oxymoron Cookie CAKE..ha ha!) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a very enjoyable afternoon and early evening together!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Today on Merry Day 5....</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I shared my St. Nicholas cookies with all my brethren after morning mass to welcome the coming of St. Nick's feast day tomorrow! The man I was most eager to give my cookies to - was my very own parish priest: Fr. Dennis Duvelius. I love Fr. Dennis. He is a very humble man, kind and generous with his words and example in faith. I have known many, many priests in my 52 years of life, I can say with firm assurance that Fr. Dennis is my favorite. I love his quiet manner, his intelligence, his ability to share struggles and crosses that he bears and allows me to know its OK that I carry burdens, struggles and crosses too...plus he loves cats and that makes him top on the lot for me! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Fr. Dennis with his St. Nick cookies I gave to him after mass. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52545156635/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52545156635_32ab4b45ef_w.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, to be quite honest handing out 75 St. Nick cookies as a RAK to my fellow man did WAY much more for me than it did for the people I handed them out to. I love to give. I love to give from the bottom of my heart, freely and abundantly, generous and lavishly. Each year on St. Nick's day I try to spend the day before/or day of doing random acts of kindness - just because that is what St. Nick himself did. St. Nick evolved into Santa. in this day and age of commercialism and materialism - giving something homemade, small, made from the heart unexpectedly to people - well it warms my heart. I love to do it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">--------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which leads me to this: sadly a portion of this weekend was spent with me being attacked again, verbally and publicly. What was taken offensively? that I shared my St. Nick cookies and the fact that I had made them as simple random acts of kindness. I was told that I was publicly announcing my good works for pats on the backs and accolades. Then another person agreed and suggested I take a good hard look at myself and my motives. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So HERE is my good hard look at my motives.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> WHICH I spoke to my spiritual director about today after mass. </div><div style="text-align: center;">When I share these things, my painting, my home and family, my cookies, my stitching, my finishing....WHATEVER it is that I share. I am NOT doing it as a way to toot my horn, or point the light at myself saying look, look, look at me! Look at how wonderful I am, how pious, how perfect!</div><div style="text-align: center;">First of all - I regularly say that I am flawed, I make mistakes, I try again. Regularly say it. When i share, I am doing it because this is what I did with my day and I did it to spread a little joy among the people who live in my neighborhood and I also do it to evangelize. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Apparently there are some people out there that feel like I share my crafting and tutorials to toot my own horn. 18 years of sharing...everything I have to offer. I have spent countless hours. HUNDREDS of hours to make and offer free tutorials on how to finish, how to stitch more efficiently, products I find useful, on and on...ALL FREE! I don't get anything out of it. and NEWSFLASH: I don't want anything. It is nice to offer a thank you, but I don't want it. I'm not asking for it. I don't want accolades. I don't want pats on the back. I don't want a darn thing OTHER than to help people that want to learn - LEARN. I want to bring smiles to other's faces, lighten a day, brighten a mood and shine the light on GOD, as HE is the one who made me and gave me my many blessings and gifts. To HIM the glory - not to me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">That's it. That's my motive. Period.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've said it before and I'm going to say it again:</div><div style="text-align: center;">IF you have a problem with me...fine have a problem. </div><div style="text-align: center;">KEEP IT TO YOURSELF! Because you know what...I'm going to keep being me. I like me and this may irritate the living stuffing out of some of you - but there is a whole lot of people out there that apparently like me too. Like to read about my family, my crafting, my tutorials...(although let's be honest the people that don't like me STILL want my tutorials.) I find it amazing when all I do is share my life, how some people - calling themselves Christians - like to call me out and tear me down. Well you know what...take a good, long, hard look in the mirror before you cast that stone. I know my heart. God knows my heart and I'd garner to say that about all of the people reading this blog - and anywhere else I am - know my heart. People that have to hurt and inflict pain...have issues a lot bigger than the ones they are trumpeting that I supposedly have. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Good heaven's HIGH SCHOOL....I thought I left that behind 35 years ago...but yet grown women continue to jab and poke and hurt.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Life is short - grow up!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">---------------</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hate to have to interrupt the joy of my Merry Days to once again define boundaries. But I'll be defending my line, my life, my values, my family...you name it and I'll defend it until the day I die. You need to fight somebody...quit fighting me because - news flash - you aren't fighting me - you are fighting the lack in you. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Until next time I wish you peace. Peace for you AND peace for me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">may it be so!</div><div style="text-align: center;">God's abundant healing peace and blessings to us all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-32543807304219233642022-12-03T09:02:00.000-05:002022-12-03T09:02:00.690-05:00Merry Day 2 & 3....<p style="text-align: center;"> ~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to my blog on Merry Day 3 ~</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvmhaGeWhHWJSOcq9Uk5FJqIc5y3dtmFavQgjTgYt3ytJhUSUqOg_nrTtiuaHl4Q0O9VgQc2glilim1qiNWknZhKSxxhhDiA82sk5d_oKewJAVR_gLzkSbHL_rdbiEy2K532O2vxxqRHXyDxXLjoMOBCKyx9orn7M_XZzCVWfk-5O9bC32Q/s500/Merry%20Days%20of%20Christmas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzvmhaGeWhHWJSOcq9Uk5FJqIc5y3dtmFavQgjTgYt3ytJhUSUqOg_nrTtiuaHl4Q0O9VgQc2glilim1qiNWknZhKSxxhhDiA82sk5d_oKewJAVR_gLzkSbHL_rdbiEy2K532O2vxxqRHXyDxXLjoMOBCKyx9orn7M_XZzCVWfk-5O9bC32Q/s320/Merry%20Days%20of%20Christmas.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">On Merry Day 2....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was in my kitchen doing this until 9 p.m. on Merry Day 1: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52539852549/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52539852549_7034186927_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then on Merry Day 2 until around 8 p.m. I was transforming the above shapes into: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" data-header="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/thetwistedstitcher/52539090647/in/dateposted-public/" title="Untitled"><img alt="Untitled" height="300" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52539090647_9674b50cfd_w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">St. Nicholas!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have promised a couple of dozen to family that I will send in the mail as soon as I get them packaged. And the rest is then reserved for me to carry around in my basket on Dec. 6 (St. Nicholas' Feast Day) and I will pass them out to random strangers as a "random act of kindness". Just to make someone smile. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you know the story of St. Nicholas? The True St. Nicholas - who of course evolved over the years into Santa? Instead of my poor words on this great saint, let me instead point you in the right direction: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas" target="_blank">The Story of St. Nicholas</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So merry Day 3 has started, I've had my coffee and now I am off to:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. package up my St. Nick's</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. make 150-200 the yeast rolls I gave the recipe for <a href="https://thetwistedstitcher.blogspot.com/2022/11/vonnas-old-fashioned-dinner-rolls.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tonight at our church we are having a dinner and dance in celebration of our 50th anniversary. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was asked to make yeast rolls and cupcakes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After yesterday's cookie icing that took 12+ hours to complete - I am exhausted (and I ache all over). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have to make the yeast rolls, but the cupcakes I purchased...I couldn't make them for as cheap as they were at Sam's. 30 of them for $15.98.... I bought 120 - that quantity along with the other desserts that are going to be there - should be more than plenty. I'm tired. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm tired! hey I'm admitting it....I'm getting old. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And I have to drudge up some enthusiasm to make all these rolls.</div><div style="text-align: center;">HA HA HA! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the spirit of sharing, caring and spreading love and grace - like good 'ol St. Nick...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think I can make these rolls with gladness!</div><div style="text-align: center;">May it be so!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Day 3!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-4811623503402482732022-12-01T10:30:00.001-05:002022-12-01T10:30:23.948-05:00Merry Day 1....<div style="text-align: center;"><b> ~ Warm Welcome to my Blog ~</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>and please enjoy with me these</b></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRGq6nij2IRXs9dtH4ynO4zF4oTUyJOgGLXGpGf9yBYIz_TTSg_7nlL3B3cWLOWzbI-eZAya3hJElcIxaizr8rwxAuK9iODbO8K65AKqBlCQMaahtD_tndEupXUxyNbZhtRwPyJlofnbOK3sThutBbtX0wt8qwaF9nXJ5wobF6fAwgxmzMw/s541/Days%20of%20Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="541" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRGq6nij2IRXs9dtH4ynO4zF4oTUyJOgGLXGpGf9yBYIz_TTSg_7nlL3B3cWLOWzbI-eZAya3hJElcIxaizr8rwxAuK9iODbO8K65AKqBlCQMaahtD_tndEupXUxyNbZhtRwPyJlofnbOK3sThutBbtX0wt8qwaF9nXJ5wobF6fAwgxmzMw/s320/Days%20of%20Christmas.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Day 1....</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Merry Day 1, my friends! I want to point out to new people that may be interested in following me here on my old blog, a few things about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please scroll up to see my Link Bars. In my header bars, I have a page about who I am, my YouTube Channel - where I have videos about how to finishing your projects on your own. I have links to my TUTORIAL BLOG - where I have shared for 18 years all of my techniques both older techniques and newer ones for finishing your needlework - ALL FREE! I have written tutorials with pictures and video tutorials. All of my videos are Closed Captioned for hearing impaired. </div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also have reviews on needlework stands, I have recommendations on products - that I have purchased MYSELF - I do not do paid recommendations or recommendations based on some company approaching me to give me a product for my posting a positive review because they gave it to me. Nope everything here was purchased expressly by me, for the said purpose and I have shared because I find it highly superior to anything else I have used. I have color conversions, free boarders that I have created for sharing, I have recipes I have created and my family loves so I thought I'd share because maybe your family might love them too. I have shared Ideas on how to organize and streamline your crafting/stitching, and more! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't like finishing your own projects? Well I do finish for the public and several designers and have done so for going on 18 years. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For 18 years, I have been a blogger, an advocate for learning how to finish your own pieces and I have given it all because I want to grow the hobby and love of handwork in the world. Because handwork has brought me so much personal joy! And sharing IS caring!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I invite you all to join me for the next days prior to the big day - my favorite day of the year - Christmas Day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To kick off the month I have created for those individuals wanting to learn/finish their own needlework projects a new video tutorial: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/HtwDhSMfy-0" target="_blank">Finishing a Pillow with Chenille Edging</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and please...remember: </div><div style="text-align: center;">if you use my tutorials (any part or piece) for your finishing and I have taught you - credit my name.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This ISN'T because I am a narcissist (yes, I have been told that several times lately) nor do I love to hear and see my name over and over. It is SIMPLY because the more people that share my name, the more people I can HELP teach to finish. Because I<i> can</i> teach people - I believe I've proven that over 18 years. It takes A LOT of time to create these tutorials, I'm doing it to help others, not feed my ego.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please enjoy in good health!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas - Day 1!</div><div style="text-align: center;">All my love, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonna xxxx</div>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-50978119806930563652022-11-29T14:15:00.003-05:002022-11-29T14:15:55.839-05:00Vonna’s Pumpkin Muffins<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV9TemdQStCNACSi0nRAznN3s8iMl0zcijsAoc-7COzuaicXoZJGhWsrRXUHuI8bWAUTbn7iXCmw42pqfnVhqyjduVxkLkb_C1N06G8CwAQCM7um2VkGom5_6b4GVwNjrSHtYWyZIwnPvxGlBUtGG88QAvTeuL9uLMVppU8lNRlOnFweIkQ/s4032/8CEFF3AA-B70C-403B-AAFF-6CCA606A957C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV9TemdQStCNACSi0nRAznN3s8iMl0zcijsAoc-7COzuaicXoZJGhWsrRXUHuI8bWAUTbn7iXCmw42pqfnVhqyjduVxkLkb_C1N06G8CwAQCM7um2VkGom5_6b4GVwNjrSHtYWyZIwnPvxGlBUtGG88QAvTeuL9uLMVppU8lNRlOnFweIkQ/s320/8CEFF3AA-B70C-403B-AAFF-6CCA606A957C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> This recipe yields 24 muffins. <p></p><p>Line 2 cupcake tins with papers, set aside.</p><p>Ingredients: </p><div style="text-align: left;">29 oz. Pumpkin purée (not pie filling - this is the large can) </div><div style="text-align: left;">4 room temp eggs</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/2 c milk</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tsp baking soda</div><div style="text-align: left;">4 tsp cinnamon</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tsp pumpkin pie spice</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 tsp ginger </div><div style="text-align: left;">1 tsp salt</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 c oil</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 c sugar </div><div style="text-align: left;">2/3 c packed brown sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 1/2 c all purpose flour</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Throw all of this in a bowl, mix until fully combines, scraping down sides as you go. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Fill paper cups in tins fully with batter. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Bake at 425 degrees for 5 minutes (to let the baking soda puff the tops of the muffins) </div><div style="text-align: left;">Then turn down to 350 degrees bake additional for 16 minutes. </div><p>Pull, cool and enjoy! These muffins are not very sweet and a nice way to enjoy a sweet without it being decadent. They are delicious served with cream cheese.</p>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738674.post-27432507149194810312022-11-29T13:53:00.001-05:002022-11-29T13:53:24.804-05:00Vonna’s Old Fashioned Dinner Rolls<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnAEoVf-4v55Q5ItimZ5c-5F6LWlqJpJr2FhgCUVI24TPahesWde1yCcHIHkRYDbYVhJEqJizRhE_SKajpGIeLveiE0B6-LftDf-xqTuVY_jyJVF_E-zFtX5WZANm6SM9E7jtbzq1mUb7-yghemuOIr3OFxJnzNXhj2HkIONK4mvLBAWdTw/s1440/3328EBD1-B646-4AE5-9A5D-338C73FDA045.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnAEoVf-4v55Q5ItimZ5c-5F6LWlqJpJr2FhgCUVI24TPahesWde1yCcHIHkRYDbYVhJEqJizRhE_SKajpGIeLveiE0B6-LftDf-xqTuVY_jyJVF_E-zFtX5WZANm6SM9E7jtbzq1mUb7-yghemuOIr3OFxJnzNXhj2HkIONK4mvLBAWdTw/s320/3328EBD1-B646-4AE5-9A5D-338C73FDA045.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>***This recipe yields 24 - 2 oz rolls. I do weigh each dough ball to get the same size roll.**<p></p><p>Proof your yeast (I use instant yeast): 1 1/2 cup of milk warmed to 110 degrees (just make sure it’s warm and not searing hot) and 1/3 cup sugar and 2 TBS. instant dry yeast. Mix and wait for foaming (proving your yeast is alive and ready to make bread) if no foaming happens after 10 minutes, start over - with new yeast. </p><p>Once your yeast is ready, add in stand mixer bowl (with dough hook), milk/yeast/sugar mixture, along with 3 cups of flour, 1 tsp salt, 5 TBS softened butter, 1 ROOM TEMP EGG (no cold eggs!)</p><p>On lowest speed, let the dough hook mix, scraping down sides until flour is fully incorporated. Mix for 2 minutes on medium speed. Turn off mixer, add 1/2 c. Flour, mix (on lowest speed) until fully incorporated, then add another 1/2 c. Flour. Once fully incorporated, if dough is still sticking to bowl sides, add 1 TBS of flour at a time, scraping down sides as you go. The dough is a soft dough and slightly sticky, but you don’t want it so wet and sticky that it is sticking to bowl. Once dough is right texture, put mixer on high and mix with dough hook for 3 minutes. Then, turn out dough into lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap, place bowl in warm place (like top of oven) let rise for 30 minutes. </p><p>After 30 minute rise: gently punch down dough, and roll into around 24 - 2 oz. Balls. Lay rolled balls onto lightly greased 9x13 pan, cover with plastic wrap, let rise 30 minutes. </p><p>Bake 375 degree oven 12-15 minutes, until tops are lightly golden, then pull out and brush with melted butter. Enjoy immediately or let cool and bag, putting in refrigerator, heat to serve. </p><p><br /></p>Vonna Pfeifferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483344299817504410noreply@blogger.com8