A finish!!

I have a finish or two actually! I finished the bookmark below for a girl in my son's youth group. Her birthday was celebrated last weekend, but Zac couldn't attend. It is on ribband fabric using Water Lilies eggplant fibers. I found a site on line that would generate a pattern in a celtic type font. This went so quickly I might just have to do a few more of these!
My other finish is Erica Michaels Faith. It is faith in punch needle and the rest of the saying in cross stitch. I've ordered the frame and will applique the punch needle on once I get the stitched background on the foam core. This is the way that the finisher for the sample piece did it. I would love to applique it on before lacing it up for framing, but have been told that it will move and not look right. So, I'll try to applique through the foam core, but this seems like it may be an effort in itself. I'll let you know how it goes once I get there. I'll repost a picture once I get it framed.

We've been having gorgeous weather lately so I haven't done much stitching. I plan on rotating off of the table topper and putting a bit more time into the palm tree.

I saw Cherish the Ladies with the Grand Rapids symphony this past weekend. It was great although I was a bit disappointed that the women seemed to be overwhelmed by the orchestra at times. I had seem them in concert without an orchestra down in Ohio. They are really talented musicians. Don't get me wrong the symphony was great and added a lot.

Looking forward to Spring!