With great sadness , I have to bid farewell to this blog space. I found it very easy to manage things here, but due to my free account and limited bandwidth that it allowed, I had to make this rash decision.  

But, I will still keep this account and leave the webjournal as it is, but I will no longer maintaining it. Instead you can drop at my new hangout here...... Leena's Needle Nook 

To all my patrons, I thank you for your footprints here as it leaves a sentimental value to me in certain ways. And those who have been leaving comments, I thank you too. I will carry anything I can over to the new 'house' like comments, guestbooks, and geustmaps.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH ME

 To all Malaysians, Happy 48th Independence Day

After a very long wait, my exchange finally made it's journey after crossing continents and oceans. In my previous post, I received from Laurence in Switzerland and I am sending to Sue McLaughlin in PA. This has been a great experience doing sampler house as I am partial to houses.....

As you can see below, I have finished it into a needlebook with 2 pages. Credit goes to Merry Cox as I used her finishing technique in doing up mine.

The font of the needlebook. The ribbon is run under the stitched fabric and tied a bow at the end of the booklet.

 The rear view. The stitching are then tacked to the plaid fabric which is similar to a fabric we called 'pelikat' used as a sarong for the men.

 The inside view of the book. I included 2 stickpins to be used as fabric counter/marker.

Hope you liked it SuePA

I am part of the 2005/2006 Seasonal Stitcher Exchange at the Secret Stitchers BB and with only the first mailing done, I am already having loads of fun and the excitement of anticipation of getting the goodies in the mail. And having almost the same likes of things, gave me a mixed feeling of what I should put in for the first mailing....but, I get overexcited and bought almost anything that caught my eyes....  And of course there will be another round of shopping .... ehehehe

Well, here is what I sent to Amy Cooke (yes, she's my partner for a year   and I think we are going to have wonderful year together exchanging gifts and stitches...

 This is from the Tom Pudding (retired) freebie and stitched with Needle Odyssey's own handdyed cotton threads with shades of green and purple/mauve and give the right effect on the blackwork grapes.....and oh sorry no pics of the other goodies was taken.....

And this is what I received from Amy

 With 2006 bouqet of roses calendar, a pack of DMC needles, a card, a tiny altoid tin, a pack of chicklets (yummyyyy...i love chicklets) and a bottle of Rose Bubble Bath ...waa hoo.....and of course....the scissors n needle keeper.....a SRE book....what a beautyy...... ahhhhhhhhh

 Okay, this is the close up of the keeper......the front and the inside....and Amy is very kind to include a pair of scissors for me......Isn't that a beauty.....?

Thank you Amy.....and I am looking forward for the next mailing.....

My comments later...heheheheh

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (keep  this In mind if you are one of those grouches

3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and  Lots of time with HIM/HER.

6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourself.  LIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county,  to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity., and mean it!

And if you don't send this to at least 4 people - who cares? But do share this with someone.

For the love of mail art that we have come so fond of ever since it was started again a few years back....a group was setup with 30 memberships from all over the world.

And the premiere mail art that we launched was themed - Monogrammes with Gwen Lewis is the honorable 1st MailArt Coordinator. This is a fun thing to do as I have never really work on any monogrammes....maybe this is the time for me to start using those famous Sajou alphabets that I have. Butttt.....I am not going to show what I did for my partner as she has yet to receive it....instead below you will see what I have received from my sender Ana Sweet.

Front view of the mailart with the monogramme 'S'

Rear view of the mailart with 2 motives from Ann Orr

And look at the goodies that came in the mailart......a postcard or Indianapolis, a card etui with lots of needles inside, 2 skeins of Ozark Sampler overdyeds and a card with Chinese knot charms.

THANK YOU ANA SWEET!  You made my day

What can I say? I am partial to houses, gardens, samplers, alphabets (newly acquired taste). This exchange was organised by ChrisOR over at LEG (would require membership approval to join the guild)

This sampler house pincushion or pillow was sent to me by Laurence from Switzerland. I love the finishing and of course the house. The button - a porcupine just adds the touch to the overall finishing. Very cute! I love it. Not really sure whose this house belongs to....gonna have to check with Laurence

This is my first blog on my own web journal. I am so proud of it...tho' you will find nothing much has been put in. Sure...there will be more to come to fill up those empty spaces ...hi hi hi....

I think this is the 'in-thing' now....BLOGGING. I have read many blogs written by many people...all walks of life......and the most that I read about is on needlework - anything that may fall under this category......I think someone who read this will sneer at me....LOL! But hey! Can't get rid of this passion from me.....and I do...do other kinds of things.....and read other topics as well.....To that someone...I will do something that will be of use to you one day.....he he he he he 

Currently I think Blogspot is the most commonly used by my stitching friends from all over. And there are other blog providers that would suit you best. I tot I would give Bravenet a good try.......And I think this is much easier to manage with my current level of programming.....*I think I need to get back into school*

Well, ladies and gentlemen....this is my blogging corner. Do come over at any time and enjoy reading my blogs *but have to warn you that am not a good writer*....okay...off to look for my stuff to add on to my web journal....

Have a great day....