Done! Done! Done!

Part 4 of Mystery 6 has felt like the part that would never end! Finally I have conquered it, I have climbed Mt. Everest! Part 4 is DONE... done like dinner!

Have a look see...

Some Framing and Some Finishing

I wanted to share a picture with you from two weeks ago. If you're a regular blog reader of mine you might recall the piece by Vermillion "Bearygodmother" that I finished. Well I've put on the finishing touches, now its a quilted wall hanging (which I shared with you) I've also put together a hanger with a dowel, wood wheels, ribbon and some beads to decorate.

Completely finished Bearygodmogher

Sunday I had a VERY productive day! I tried to watch the San Marino Grand Prix but fell asleep.. then went back to bed until almost noon! In the afternoon I took my Mum to Dragon's Lair Beads and we went out for a nice lunch at our favorite place. After dropping off Mum I went back home and... cut and assembled 3 frames, also put everything together, did my taxes (getting a refund, YAY), and did the laundry! I am a goddess!

Let me share picture of my latest framing jobs with you... these are 3 photo cards done the same with the same size opening because each of the images on the cards were different sizes and the client wanted it all to match.

Bear 1
Bear 2
Bear 3

The client was super happy with the results.

ARGH!

I am ALMOST done pt4 of Mystery 6! Sooo close but not close enough to stay up past midnight... I'll have a pic for you tomorrow!

Not the Way I Like to Get a Medal

Yesterday I competed for the first time at a TKD tournament in over two years. It was a small friendship tournament just for Lu's TKD students. There were no adults in my division so I competed against two 17 year old girls who are on the Canadian team to go to World Jr. Championships in Malaysia this year.

Do you think I had a chance in hell?

No!

So I was pretty much just given a bronze medal... I didn't earn it at all. When I do get a bronze, and I KNOW I've earned it I'm happy to get a bronze but when you get a medal this way its a very hollow experience.

Long Time... No Blog!

Well I have to tell you it feels like its been the week from H-E-double hockey sticks. Nothing particuarly bad has happened, no catastrophes but its been a long hard week! I think it also doesn't help that I've felt like I've been a day ahead all week! I woke up this morning thinking, "alright! Its Friday!" WRONG... its Thursday.

I have been walking through this week exhausted! Everyone says its the weather... I just think its been a long tough week! The mornings its been a struggle to get up and in the evenings its been a struggle to not take a nap! I hate getting into the habit of napping because its a hard one to get out of. Your body starts to become dependent on that nap and then my evenings are pretty much toast.

But I have been a good girl on several points this week. I went to TKD twice... there's a tournament on Saturday and I'm competing for the first time in two years. I've also stitched every day on Mystery 6 - Part 4... that's right its still not done.

Tonight so far I've stitched for about an hour and now between surfing the net and writing this blog I'm cutting mats and mounting three more pieces for framing. Three very nice polar bear cards. I plan to cut the frames tomorrow night or Sunday and have them all assembled for Monday.

Hannelore's Thingiee

Two summers ago now my good internet friend Hannelore and I met up in a town south of Boston for a week. We had talked many times on line but had never met, Hanne had flown in from the U.K. I had driven down from Canada. We were sharing accommodations which can be a little iffy with someone you've never met in the flesh before. Needless to say our rappore online was the same in person... we got along famously!

One of the most memorable days we had (in my mind) was the day we spent bombing around Cape Cod in my car. It was THE perfect day! It was sunny and beautiful I had the sun roof open! We went to Cape Cod to specifically hug lighthouses! We visited three lighthouses that day.

Here's what I have made as a gift for Hanne to celebrate that day.

Hanne's Thingiee

Luckily this turned out perfectly! It was a frame that I originally made for something else that got scrapped. I didn't want to even attempt to take it apart and cut it down, it was a custom size as well... 14x11 1/2 However, the photos I took of each light house end up fitting! This project has given me so much grief! From the original project for the frame getting cancelled, to mat cutting and measuring problems, to one photo being askew once I had put everything together and the dust cover on the back (which I then had to take all apart again).

Despite all the problems I had with this project, my first successful attempt at cutting multiple exposures I think this piece brings back all the memories of that day.

Now to carefully pack it up and ship it to the U.K.

Go Sens Go!

Yup, the boys did it! I had a feeling they would! The Ottawa Senators, our local NHL team beat the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight! All day long as I was out and about there was this thrall of energy over the city. There was a big game tonight and it was here in Ottawa. Ottawa was down 2 games to 1 before the game started tonight. Even if they lost they would not of been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs yet... but it felt like it. They knew, we all knew it was on the line tonight. The Sens had to win.

And they DID! They kicked the leafs collective a$$ 4-1!!! So now the series is tied 2-2 and it goes back to Toronto for game 5 on Friday.

Go Sens Go!

Oh yeah... I did work on Mystery 6 during the game.

Go Sens!