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good monday morning.......

Have you ever wanted to learn how to DOODLE.........I am having a beginner Doodling class in February and would love for all you doodlers to come join in on the fun......it might look complicated but it's just circles, polkadots, lines and a little bit of curvy lines.........you will be addicted to this fun art form and hours of relaxing while you are drawing circles and lines.  If you are interested please email me at jpeter@cox.net............the date will be February 18 6:00-8:30.  $ 30.00.........hope you all can come and we will doodle the night away!

Happy Monday...........

what a fun class........

What a fun class and great group to have last night.......at least I hope they had fun, I did!

Here is just a couple of the outside........sorry I didn't get everyones but some of them had not completely finished......I wish you could see the inside of each of them. They all did an amazing job and I hope if they decide to keep them or give them as a gift , the one who receives them enjoys and treasures their beautiful work.  Thanks girls for a fun evening.  We were sorry to hear about Suzy's mother in law and happy to hear about Nancy's new Grand baby. We missed both of you.............

 

Hope you all enjoy the weekend........

If anyone is interested in the Feb 4 Punch Needle beginner class please email me at jpeter@cox.net.......

see ya'll tonight.......

Happy Thursday..............the sun is out and all is GOOD!!!!

red pink and hearts.......

By now most of you know how much I love Valentine's Day.........something fun and wonderful about this holiday!  

 After my eye surgery I wasn't in the stitching mood so I pulled out my pens and paper and started doodling once again......it's been a couple 2-3 years since I have picked up my pens.....of course that is all I want to do now.  These little hearts are fast and quick and add a little something to tie onto a gift or put in an envelope and send to someone special.....my empty journals that have been laying around for sometime now are filling up with some doodles.........

Happy Tuesday and I will see all you gals who have signed up for Thursday evenings Valentine Tag Class..........5:30 sharp!!!!!

fun class last night.........

So much fun to get back into class mode once again, even though it was small it was fun and we missed our other Susan, she wasn't able to make it.........next class is the Valentine Tag book and it's full.......if you want to be on the wait list I will put you down but I am at the max as of now.......I still have openings on the Beginner Punch Needle class on Feb.4......if interested email me at jpeter@cox.net.

 

Last night the girls were asking about spring classes and I am working on a couple of them now.  One will be Easter and the other will be a Mother's Day project.  I am hoping to incorporate an all day class for the Mother's Day but for now I am just trying to decide on what it will be.....I think stitching will be involved since that is what everyone is interested in right now.........

Hope you all enjoy this beautiful day......at least here in OKC it's beautiful..........but wait until tomorrow, the bottom is to drop.......we will see........they missed ALL that snow we were to have last weekend.........hope they miss this one too!  HAPPY WEDNESDAY ALL.............

A small group of gals last night but fun and they made the cutest Valentine Hearts! Good Job girls..........

Monday morning........

Since my eye surgery I haven't been in the stitching mood...........but over the weekend I felt like picking up where I had been on these. Last year for Christmas I gave my two traveling friends these embroidery patterns and told them they could pick the colors and I would stitch it for them. As you can see one picked bright colorful and the other neutral ......I am almost finished with these but the scalloped trim on the neutral one is almost complete. You can't tell on the neutral one but the Road to California is done in Gold Metallic.  I may make these into bags or pillows, haven't decided yet.....anyway this is what I accomplished over the weekend........the colorful one was almost finished except the big flower on the bottom right corner and the scallop.

 

This is the first to have a Suzy, Suzie and a Susan all in the same class but spelling of their names are all different.......go figure. Talk about getting tongue tied when I get ready to say one of their names in class.....oh well I do it anyway.

And those other in the class who's name doesn't start with a SU we will see you all tuesday evening in class........bring all your supplies that I had listed in the email.......Glad to kick the year off with all you gals once again......

 

Happy Monday...........
 

Korean Pears and Initials...............

For Christmas this year we received something we have never even heard of but have enjoyed so much. One of the guys at the dealership gave Tom a box of these Korean Pears. In their culture it is tradition to give boxes of these at the holidays......they are rather large in size and you can tell by the photos that the regular size pears and the clementine how much bigger it is.  The taste is similar to a Jicama if you are familiar with the taste  a bit sweet but not too much. We loved putting them in our green salad and I even had a fruit salad and added one. Crunchy and really a different texture than our pears.  You can only get them this time of year and I did see them the other day at Trader Joes.  If you happen to see them grab one and try it.

 

On another note not even having anything to do with pears I am offering my initial patterns.  You can order the single letter with flowers or polka dots or the round 3 initial.( these do not come with a color chart) They come printed on the weavers cloth . If you are interested please email me at jpeter@cox.net..........(US only)

 

If you have wanted to learn how to Punch Needle I am offering a beginner class Feb. 4. You can read about it on a couple post back for all the info you need. I am offering a different color change if those who are taking the class from the regular color below to the black one if you want something a little different. It is up to you. When you email me let me know if you want the pink original background or the black. If you are interested in this beginner class please email me at jpeter@cox.net. Thank You for always supporting me and I love teaching creative classes! Hope to see you all in 2020. 

Have a great Thursday............

the weekend flew by........

We had the best time this past weekend with our kiddos.......they couldn't make Christmas so they made a January stop just in time to celebrate Tom's Birthday........we celebrated all weekend long with family and friends......

Just a few photos even though I didn't get any of our Sunday afternoon here with all the Peter's family and Monday evening with my family.  Our kids don't get here to often so it's hard for them to go around and see everyone. We decided to have everyone come here.  We really enjoyed getting together. We ate , laughed, talked and ate more..........

Tom did snap this one of our 2 1/2 year old great nephew in the little pink t-bird:

We stopped in to say Hi to Girdie and gave her a new collar.......Adam is into leather making and I asked him if he would make her one for her birthday last year .......The first collar he made was to small, the second one he cut through one of the holes, so like they say 3rd times a charm and it was perfect!  So we made a special trip to Girdie's house. 

We always play a lot of games and everyone has told us how much fun "Ticket to Ride" is so I bought one for the kids.......we really enjoyed playing ............

And there is always room for Kings in the Corner........this is our favorite

Caryn and I  had a pedicure and enjoyed just having a little relaxing time since I don't get to be with her very often.........

I did get this one from my mom she took of my niece Kimberly who is just 4 months older than Adam.........

Anyway the weekend went by way to fast but we enjoyed every minute with the kids............

Hope you are enjoying this new week because this was my view yesterday afternoon...

 

 

I still have a couple spots left for this class next Tuesday evening  Jan 14 from 5:30- 8:30 if anyone is interested! Please email me at jpeter@cox.net!!!!!

 

have a great wednesday.........

fun night with my niece and her friends.........

A week or so before Christmas my niece asked  me to her ornament party........didn't know how my  first eye situation would be but I told her I would if I was able to see out of the other one......no problem ! We had the best time.  The two ladies who have this Ornament line come to the house and set up everything for the class.  They free hand cut out all these ornaments and you pick out 4......you paint them and they fire them I think 2-3 times to get the glaze and glitter on. They  add the rhinestones , beads with ribbon to hang. If you and some friends ever want to have a fun party you can look these gals up ......Claybiz by Jeannie......(they are also in the process of making a boatload of ornaments for the Pioneer Woman for next year ).  Anyway the party was fun and I hope we get to do it again......

Yes this photo is of me no makeup and one eye surgery complete and healing and the other one with contact and reading glasses............update......everything is great. I had the second eye done on the monday before Christmas......it's still really weird to wake up and not look for my glasses .......I am still wearing my readers for up close until my eyes adjust......my eye dr. told me this week I have some stigmatism in both eyes but not to worry.........we will see.  I can even put my makeup on without my contacts......I love seeing this bright world we live in with my new eyes..........

Hope you all had a great New Year's and blessings to all of you for the days ahead................

We are celebrating Christmas and Tom's Birthday this weekend with our Kids.  They fly in today from Salt Lake City and we are so excited.  We have not seen our daughter in law since last January  and once in the fall we got to see Adam for 24 hours.......so we are ready.  

Have a great weekend.............

Happy New Year Classes.........

Well I finally am getting around to finalizing a few upcoming classes and hope to see many faces in the New Year ahead....

 

Tuesday January 14  " Valentine Velvet Heart"........5:30-8:30 If you didn't have a chance to make the Christmas Sacred Heart this will be another one just a little pink and fluffy.

 

Thursday January 23 5:30-9:00  "Valentine Tag Book"  This cute little book will be filled with all kinds of hearts, sweet faces, dresden, lace, ribbon, rhinestones and little bits of ephemera. Below are a few of the pages:

 

Tuesday Feb. 4 -"Basic Punch Needle" 5:30-8:30  For those of you who have wanted to learn Punch Needle this is a beginner class and we will be punching the first original pattern I designed "The PC Heart and Soul".........

  Two things you will need to bring to class is your needle ( Ultra Punch) and an 7" or 8* Morgan NO slip hoop.

You can go to the Punch Needle website at www.ultrapunchneedle.com or www.oldtatteredflag.com and order the needle kit. Make sure it's the 3 needle set.  Or if you wanted to order from the Paper Crown in Waco Cindy usually carries both of them. Paper Crown phone no is 245-224-7436. ( Hobby Lobby and Joanns carries the hoops) .......From experience DO NOT BUY ANY OTHER NEEDLE OR HOOP...........just warning you.  I have seen too many students buy other brands and they end up wasting their money and really frustrated at the same time........hopefully this will give you all plenty of time to get them before class.

Each of these classes are $ 45.00

If you are interested in any of these classes and want to sign up please email me at jpeter@cox.net.  Space is limited!  Hope this will spark some New Years creating.............

 

My Punch Needle patterns are ready to sell.  Just email me at jpeter@cox.net.........they are $8.00 each . 

Happy New Year...........