Cross Stitch Cafe 2011 ..... part 2

Mags_cat

tellmeitsfriday wrote: »

Maybe I just need to get over the bad memories and get the thing on the wall. It is lovely, and everyone else seems to like it.

My problem is that a fair chunk of it was done when I was off sick with anxiety/stress/depression whatever you want to call it - which was caused by an evil boss. I am better now, and I have a new job... but just sometimes, when I look at it I think "I did that when I was off sick" and it reminds me of the whole thing again. Funny old brain

Can you not turn that round?

"Despite the stress and pressure I was under, despite my illness, despite the evil boss I managed to achieve *this*"?

That's how I'd like to think I would deal with it. Appreciate it might not be that easy, though. It is beautiful - it should be on display somewhere!

tellmeitsfriday

Mags_cat wrote: »

Can you not turn that round?

"Despite the stress and pressure I was under, despite my illness, despite the evil boss I managed to achieve *this*"?

That's how I'd like to think I would deal with it. Appreciate it might not be that easy, though. It is beautiful - it should be on display somewhere!

You're right of course

PerfectParadox

ejs2311 wrote: »

Was it PP selling the records? You've just inspired me to get my dads on Ebay - he gave me them to sell about 2 years ago and I couldn't bring myself to do it but as I am now skint and the credit card it mounting up (am very ashamed that I need to revise my signature in the upwards direction) then maybe its time. He has loads of Rolling Stones, Beatles, etc... How do you post them to stop them getting damaged?

DO IT! or look into having someone from a record shop come over/talk over phone to see if they want the whole collection.

I will be using a sheet of small bubble wrap, and large bubble wrap beore wrapping in brown paper. and fragile stickers!

alot of my friends are now kicking them selves cos i offered they could look through and pick out what they wanted for like £3 a record just to shift them..... and now they have to fight it out on ebay....

right STITCHING..... ran out of thread last night. (have 70 different colours in skiens, none of which I need to carry on any of my works.

at the moment my challenges

1. 1) forever friends tea time
2. butterfly acessory holder (the same one tht TMIF is doing)
3. door sign for cousins christmas resent (finished the monkeys for the boy, now on to the girls with teddies for the girl.... and on that note does anyone know of any other kid friendly alphabets i could use, theres a third youngster, smarter than you would believe and I dont want to do monkeys..... thats joe thats the monkey.... anyone?)
4. at somesome point attempt starting autumn fairy.

I would post piccies if i had any idea how to make it work :P

ejs2311

Mags_cat wrote: »

Can you not turn that round?

"Despite the stress and pressure I was under, despite my illness, despite the evil boss I managed to achieve *this*"?

That's how I'd like to think I would deal with it. Appreciate it might not be that easy, though. It is beautiful - it should be on display somewhere!

TMIF - Mags_cat is so right. I look at what I've done over the past 3 years that i've been ill and think 'wow, I managed that!?!' usually followed with a boost in self confidence that despite sleeping at least 16 hours a day and battling with the depression, fatigue and lack of concentration (i'll not go into the rest!) - I have actually achieved something!

You should be so proud of yourself and I bet that stitching actually helped you get through some of the darkest days too.

:grouphug: ...Have a dodgy hug (where has the other normal hug smiley gone!?!) xx

ejs2311

PerfectParadox wrote: »

DO IT! or look into having someone from a record shop come over/talk over phone to see if they want the whole collection.

I will be using a sheet of small bubble wrap, and large bubble wrap beore wrapping in brown paper. and fragile stickers!

Thanks PP - forgot to add you to that last ramble I had! Might see if I can find where they ended up when we emptied the spare room!!!

maria_and_the_imps

Pp I have a lamb alphabet if that any good for you let me know. If not i'll have a look through and see if I have any others

Elle1267

Hi everyone

yay for the shiny new thread!

Re drinks: I LOVE Koppaberg at the moment especially their new strawberry and lime flavour. Delish! Beer's good too and I'm surprised to meet so many fans of pepsi max on here. Me and hubby drink it more than water

We don't usually have roasts on Sundays either.

I'm not sure if I've asked this question before and if I have then I'm sorry. How do you all store your threads? Mine are all over the place at the moment. Some are on bobbins some are in bags and I just can't seem to decide on one system for all. Any ideas?

shelly

PerfectParadox wrote: »

DO IT! or look into having someone from a record shop come over/talk over phone to see if they want the whole collection.

I will be using a sheet of small bubble wrap, and large bubble wrap beore wrapping in brown paper. and fragile stickers!

alot of my friends are now kicking them selves cos i offered they could look through and pick out what they wanted for like £3 a record just to shift them..... and now they have to fight it out on ebay....

Can I give you a small piece of advice I have read over on the ebay board? There's an ex postman who posts on there and he says items should be packaged to withstand being put into the bottom of a loading cage (like the big cages they use in supermarkets when re-stocking shelves) then having other heavy parcels dropped on them.
Just wanted to mention it as I'd hate for you to send them, they get damaged and you have to refund

chickywiggle

ejs2311 i think i've got the margaret sherry charts. my sister gave me her calender cause i wanted the mouse/ diary pic so if they are in that then i have it.

a verrrryyyy bad spend day will update my diary later.

no stitchy yet but dh off to pub, boys in bed at 6. then tea and stitching (and sorting out magazine prize 'winners' later so very very last call for entries before i do the draw at 8 (ish)

Soulie

Hi all, not been around much as I'm still not 100%

A bit of good news though, we have a date for the raffle/prize draw to raise money for the neonatal unit at St. James', in memory of my brother :T {2nd Sept.}.

So I thought, on the off chance to email Chesney Hawkes' management last night {if you remember we played 'the one and only' at Steven's funeral}, to see if he could sign a copy of the CD as one of the prizes.
Well, I just checked my emails and not only do I have a reply, but I have a reply from the man himself!! How cool is that. He doesn't have any copyies of the single anymore though, so I'm gonna see if I can get one from ebay to send to him

Back on stitchy topic, the eagle cross stitch I ordered from America came the other day, and the good thing is, it looks like the eagle is the only part that is done in full cross stitch while the entire background is done in half cross stitch, so my question is, which should I stitch first, or doesn't it matter??