Handsome is home, safe and sound. We didn't come up the driveway until after 11 pm, and by the time we sat down to visit it was midnight. It got late, so I'm taking the day off today. We'll spend it doing something fun. (He wants to make strawberry jam, so we're making strawberry jam.)
The weather is beautiful, Handsome is back with me, and my world is as it should be. Have a great day, and I'll be back tomorrow.
Shortly after sitting down when I got home from work, I received a text message from my coworker. I'd given her Henrietta at the beginning of our shift and she was tickled. She told me she was going to place it with her other farm related pieces at home.
The text message was a photograph of Henrietta, now in her rightful place, ruling the roost in my friend's collection. It made me smile, and I thought it might brighten your day, too.
Speaking of brightening our day, Handsome comes home today. I'll be picking him up at the airport, and I can't wait to see him again. The big girls and I will greet him, load his luggage into the truck and bring him home. It's a bright day, indeed.
Bird stickers, actually. I ordered quantities of stickers of the cardinals and mama robin with nest that I designed for my two previous bird embroidery wall hangings. They arrived on Saturday, and I'm really happy with the quality of the finished products.
Handsome will be home in mere days, and then I have a list of things I'm going to be doing. I may close my Etsy shop for a few days to update inventory...or I'll just update it on the fly while I keep it open. I haven't decided yet, but I will be adding sticker sets to my listings. Of course, once I complete the bluebirds, I'll order a set of stickers from that embroidery, too.
I'm also going to get stickers of my goldwork pieces...mockingbird, blue tit, koi fish, frog, the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. I already have the Tag, Bella and Carly stickers, and will soon be working on stickers for Claudette, Crystal, the real Otis, the sweet woodchuck I rescued, and Roxanne Raccoon. who came back with her babies a couple springs ago. By the time I'm finished, there'll be a real collection!
First thing is to complete the bluebirds, though. I'll build the rest after that. For now, I'll separate the ones I aready have into categories and package them as sets. These (above) will probably be two to four of each in a set.
Still have a few things to do before Handsome gets home tomorrow, so I'm going to be busy right up until I leave to pick him up at the airport. I'm even getting Bella and Carly excited at the prospect of having him home again. We've all missed him! I'll close for now...
