Cross-stitch cafe 2010

Dorastar

Sorry have been awol or a few days - have been very busy with school work and housework and ds has had slapped cheek and been mega clingy (and not sleeping aaaaargh!)

May challenge has been done and June is well underway - got to decide what to do for July now!

July - finish Fillmore for ds and finish quilt square for lovequilts

shelly

Dorastar wrote: »

and ds has had slapped cheek and been mega clingy (and not sleeping aaaaargh!)

Well you learn something new everyday! I had to google 'slapped cheek'
Hope he feels better soon!

sweetcarer

shelly wrote: »

Well you learn something new everyday! I had to google 'slapped cheek'
Hope he feels better soon!

And you are not telling us :eek:

shelly

sweetcarer wrote: »

And you are not telling us :eek:

Sorry

Slapped cheek syndrome is a common childhood viral infection. However, it can affect people of all ages. The most common symptom of slapped cheek syndrome is the appearance of a bright red rash on both cheeks (hence the name). Slapped cheek syndrome is cause by a virus called parvovirus B19.
Slapped cheek syndrome is also sometimes known as:

• fifth disease, and
• erythema infectiosum.

Taken from http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/slapped-cheek-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx

chickywiggle

hope tiniest imp had a good birthday.

Ohh Dora, hope your gets better soon..... I hate clingy times.

Well my newww Nephew (in law) is here..........(for anyone who wants to see)



And the emergency birth sampler/ card

shelly

Awww chicky.....how cute!! The sampler/card is great, says all it needs to.

shelly

OMG!!! It really does pay to do last minute research before buying from ebay!

Last week I was using a site that finds miss spelt items on ebay and found a kit for sale that I have wanted for ages but when googling/yahooing I couldn't find it for sale anywhere online in the UK (could have got it from USA but postage was silly)

I found a few blogs that show people have stitched it but couldn't find it to buy so when I told hubby about it and he said to bid on it and get it for xmas.
It finishes on ebay early tomorrow morning so I was going to set my alarm tonight and get up and bid on it.
I thought I'd do one more search on yahoo and lo and behold amongst all the hits I have seen previously there were 2 new ones that stood out.

One was a link to a site called picasa where someone had posted the chart as a download :j and the second one sent me to US ebay. I looked at the US ebay just to see the price and I noticed the kit was by a different maker and was called something totally different......

All week I have been googling/yahooing for a kit called Diamond Avenue by Bucilla.....on US ebay it was called Golden Gate Avenue and was by Janlynn..

This is the kit http://www.thehappycross-stitcher.com/product.php?xProd=8402 I don't know why I love it so much, I just do! :rotfl:

Upon googling the new name and maker I can buy it in the UK :j:j

Is it silly that I am so relieved and excited that I could cry?

I was willing to bid up to £40 to get the kit, well over what I can get it for brand new (only because hubby didn't set a limit )


Now I'm off to figure out the best price I can get the kit for! I quickly priced up buying threads and fabric seperately but the threads alone were nearly £20 from acrosstown.
Though I just might still bid on the ebay kit and see if I can get it cheaper than brand new.

Phew....that turned out to be a long post

*Louise*

shelly - glad you are (on your way to) getting a bargain!! :T:T:T


I have just been prepping my 'Vision at the Lake' (remember that - it seems so long ago!!):rotfl:It's off to the framers tomorrow, my Inlaws are paying for it to be framed as an anniversary present for us. Later than planned because the framer has been off sick

Can't wait to get it back and put it up!!:j:j:j

ERICS_MUM

shelly wrote: »

OMG!!! It really does pay to do last minute research before buying from ebay!

Last week I was using a site that finds miss spelt items on ebay and found a kit for sale that I have wanted for ages but when googling/yahooing I couldn't find it for sale anywhere online in the UK (could have got it from USA but postage was silly)

I found a few blogs that show people have stitched it but couldn't find it to buy so when I told hubby about it and he said to bid on it and get it for xmas.
It finishes on ebay early tomorrow morning so I was going to set my alarm tonight and get up and bid on it.
I thought I'd do one more search on yahoo and lo and behold amongst all the hits I have seen previously there were 2 new ones that stood out.

One was a link to a site called picasa where someone had posted the chart as a download :j and the second one sent me to US ebay. I looked at the US ebay just to see the price and I noticed the kit was by a different maker and was called something totally different......

All week I have been googling/yahooing for a kit called Diamond Avenue by Bucilla.....on US ebay it was called Golden Gate Avenue and was by Janlynn..

This is the kit http://www.thehappycross-stitcher.com/product.php?xProd=8402 I don't know why I love it so much, I just do! :rotfl:

Upon googling the new name and maker I can buy it in the UK :j:j

Is it silly that I am so relieved and excited that I could cry?

I was willing to bid up to £40 to get the kit, well over what I can get it for brand new (only because hubby didn't set a limit )


Now I'm off to figure out the best price I can get the kit for! I quickly priced up buying threads and fabric seperately but the threads alone were nearly £20 from acrosstown.
Though I just might still bid on the ebay kit and see if I can get it cheaper than brand new.

Phew....that turned out to be a long post

My Mum did that kit a few years ago, it's hanging on her wall. If you give me a couple of days I'll see if she still has the chart.

Linda

LindseyandMatthew

well no stitching done today but I have been knitting instead, I'm almost finished the summer cardigan I am making for my dd then I can concentrate on my stitching