Bride's Tree February Ornament

This is my February ornament for the Bride's Tree SAL. I showed a picture of it in a previous post before the backstitching and this is the after. This design is Forget-Me-Not Heart from Cross Quick Magazine, Feb/Mar issue 1990. It is stitched on 18 count aida with DMC threads. I am really pleased with how it turned out. I have picked out the pattern for the March ornament and will probably start stitching it tonight. The theme is a basket of flowers. I am stitching a bouquet.

I want to practice finishing before I actually work on the Bride's Tree ornaments. I have some pieces from years ago that I can use. I won't be upset if they don't look perfect, but practice makes perfect.

Just to let you know, my mom is doing well. She has a doctor's appointment this week for a check-up. I take her every few months for blood work, she has hypothyroidism and has had mini strokes in the past. I have to keep up with her meds, plus I always have questions for her doctor. She is doing fine.

Take care

Another Birthday Card!

Mom was so excited to receive another birthday card this week. Isn't this card the sweetest?! It is from Michelle at http://imalittletpott.blogspot.com/ (I'm A Little Teapot). All the decorations are made of lightweight metal. She also include the cutest bear ornament. He is bringing birthday balloons. I found a special place to hang him so Mom could see him everyday. Thanks so much Michelle!!

My uncle (Santa) came to visit last Sunday. He had a great time reading Mom's cards. She had left them out on the table because she had a feeling he would come to visit and she was so anxious for him to see them. I wish you could have seen his face when I explained that my blogging friends had sent them. He thought is was so sweet and kind. He treated us to take out from Long John Silvers. He had his computer with him, so I showed him my blog and some of your blogs too! He was really impressed with us!

I am currently stitching my Bride's Tree ornament for February. This ornament is to represent "True Love." The design is called Forget-Me-Not Heart. It is from an old issue of Cross Quick magazine. I want to have the color blue in each of my ornaments. This worked out great, it has shades of blue and the forget-me-not's meaning is true love. The fabric I used is actually white but it didn't show up well in this picture, but the color of the flowers is pretty close. Now I am doing the tedious part, backstitching.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!