Martha Howells 1849...Needlework Retailer

Welcome dear friends...are you enjoying

this fabulous Friday?

Earlier this week I was pleasantly surprised to

discover Martha Howells 1849 featured 

in the May/June issue of Needlework Retailer...

My first antique reproduction sampler!

The advertisement was kindly placed by my 

 distributor Norden Crafts...

 Such a sweet surprise!

Needlework Retailer is a magazine for shop owners...

It is published by Yarn Tree, Ames Iowa.

My sincere thanks to both 

Norden Crafts & Yarn Tree!

The pattern and AVAS Silk Thread packs are 
also available in my Etsy Shop.

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Plus, a BIG THANK YOU is also in order to all 

those that signed up for the early membership to... 

The club is already half filled!

Memberships space will be limited.

To reserve your spot, 

memberships are available through my Etsy Shop.

For all the details, please click HERE 

I'm so excited to start designing the first 

samplar on Monday!

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The Sheepish Needle Samplar Club Update...

The FINAL kit for this club is shipping out in

Friday and Saturday's mail.

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Every so often I've been blessed to be in the 

right place at the right time...I like to call it fate!

When my mother passed away back in 2007,

things were complicated having two stepbrothers 

and sadly things aren't always handled fairly!

Sunday, after an odd turn of events,

led my family and I to stop at a small local

antique shop that we have not visited for

years!

Right as you walk into the shop standing in

the foyer was my mother's antique curved glass

cabinet...oh how I gasped!

 I'm sure it is hers because of several distinctive marks 

that I remember very well!

She would be so happy knowing it made its way

back to me!

Once I have it set up and filled up...I'll share it with you!

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Look what I found laying in our driveway...

The egg is completely empty...hope the 

little Robin is safe and sound! 

I also found one of my Mourning Dove's 

enjoying a quiet morning drink...

Right on the edge of our pond...love the reflection on the water!

Here on the farm things are really taking off...

Vines that cover the lower half of our

big old barn! 

I know it's not good for the brick...

But, I can't resist the lovely look of creeping vines!

We have several different Lilac bushes...

This deep dark purple one is my all time

 favorite...by next week it should be in full bloom!

Then there is my mammoth sized bush...

I had to stand back really far to try and get it all in the

picture...and still couldn't get all of it!

Close up the blossoms are starting to pop open!

 Love the soft sweet fragrance!

This past week we've had some cold rainy days...

 My husband was in the 

right place at the right time...a double rainbow!

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Weekend Soul Food...

"I do set my bow in the cloud,

and it shall be for a token of a covenant

between me and the earth.

Genesis 9:13...KJV

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Life doesn't allow for us to go back and

fix what we have done wrong in the past,

but it does allow for us to live each day better

than our last!

Enjoy a wonderful weekend, Tammy