veni, vedi, vici
03.08.08
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Head over to Focus On Finishing and overcome the banality of bookmarks, conquer the hem stitch and hand-made tassles, and just have a little bit of fun! 
See you there!!
when are we now?
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The greatest protection is a loving heart.
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Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are, something you give away.
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finishes for 2009
see my other blog, tooJanuary: Spring (H. Mandl), Sow Dry, Set Wet (PS), bookmark for neighbor, Here Birdy (The Sampler Girl).
February: Love of Myn (me)
March: Easter bunny freebie for FS (unk), sampler bird (me), Mama Bird (Brightneedle), Swirly Girls by Sharon Crescent, Seasonal needlebook for Max by Helga Mandl, Simple Bunny by Tricia Wilson Ngyuen, Flood by Bothy Threads, French Bunnies by The Sampler Girl, March Floss Tag by The Needle's Content
April: Cottontail Bunny by me, 1916 Crochet Bunny from various vintage sources, 3 Wee Wonderfuls Easter bunnies for the kids, Little Red Sampler by Blackbird Designs
May: Primitive Valentine Cupboard Sampler by The Sampler Girl, June Berries by Blackbird Designs, Bear design and Fish design from Lodge House by Prairie Schooler, Flowers in May from Seasonal Mementoes by Mary Garry
June: Blackbird Pie (mix of) BBD, Curious as a Cat by BOAF, Busy as a Bee by BOAF, Angel (cut-out from) Mary Beale, In God We Trust by Plum Street Designs, Five Birds by Barrick Samplers, Paques by Marjorie Massey,
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reading list, 2009
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan (4*)
Bad Dirt by Annie Proulx (2*)
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (4 1/2*)
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly (3 1/2*)
The White Road by John Connolly (3*)
something I returned to the library and forgot all about immediately afterwards.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 1/2*)
Duma Key by Stephen King (3*) (saddest King novel I've ever read)
Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris (3 1/2*)
Moon in the Mirror by P.R. Frost (**)
Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett (2 1/2*)
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King (4*)
The Bright Forever by Lee Martin (4*)
Everyman by Phillip Roth (4*)
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hossseini (4 1/2*)
Toward the End of Time by John Updike (1*)
The Distance Between Us by Maggie O'Farrell (3*)
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy(2 1/2*)
Gallowglass by Barbara Vine (3*)
The Light of Day by Graham Swift (4*)
Faraday's Orphans by N. Lee Wood (3*)
The Murder Book by Jonathan Kellerman(2 1/2*)
Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland (3 1/2*)
That Which Was by Glenn Patterson (3*)
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (3 1/2*)
Cowboy Angels by Paul McAuley (3 1/2*)
The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (4*)
Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster (4 1/2*) what's this?
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03.08.08 at 6:10 am
I was there! Nice tutorial
03.08.08 at 8:03 am
They are all lovely! Thanks for the Tutorial Barbara!
03.08.08 at 11:28 am
You are a temptress. Every time I think I can resist cross-stitch you do something wonderful like this!
03.08.08 at 12:00 pm
You make my head spin with all that you get done!
03.08.08 at 8:57 pm
Beautiful!
03.08.08 at 10:58 pm
They are all lovely Barbara!
03.08.08 at 11:16 pm
What a great teacher you are
Enjoy the weekend dear friend
((hugs))
PS….love the pic of Arden in the previous post
03.09.08 at 12:07 am
Amazing teaching, I may even brave doing a bookmark again. My first cross stitch was a bookmark and finishing it was so unpleasant I swore never to do it again.
03.09.08 at 6:38 pm
Your bookmark for Max is just adorable – he must be over the moon!!
03.10.08 at 6:06 pm
Great bookmarks, Barbara! And a marvelous set of finishing instructions for each one. I love your ideas for bookmark finishes!
03.10.08 at 11:11 pm
All bookmarks looks great. Well done.
03.10.08 at 11:16 pm
I’m heading right over there now!!! Lovely bookmarks.
btw, Do you get the Nordic Needle newsletter? They are collecting bookmarks for three different things — and for each one [bookmark] submitted, you name is in a drawing for $100.00
Doubly kewl IMO