What an honor!!

I was given this wonderful award by Sarah better known as Craftymoo. As Sarah so eloquently put it on her blog, it is really touching to have your hobby appreciated and acknowledged...Sarah I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Now...the tough task of paying it forward, there are so many blogs that deserve this award, I don't know how to keep it to just 10, but I'll give it a go.....

but first....here's how it works.....


1. One must accept the award

2. Thank the person who gave you the award

3. Add a link to the person who gave you the award

4. Paste the award on your blog

5. Write 10 things about yourself others might not know

6. Pass the award on to 10 others


So, I have done 1-4 now for 5 and 6:



1. I was born and raised on Long Island

2. I used to be on my HS swin and diving teams

3. I've driven cross country twice

4. I have lived in 8 places in my life.

5. I used to work in a dry cleaning store...and loved it!!

6. I love the library!

7. If I had my college days to re-live I'd become a RN

8. I would love to have my own needlework shop!

9. I'd love to move to Italy!

10. Scotland is on my places to see before I depart list...right at the top!!

Now for the Winners, your blogs inspire and amaze me...and just embody this craft!

1. Meagan
2. Laurie
3. Manuela
4. Sylvia
5. Geneva
6. Bev
7. Kay
8. Jade
9. Dawn
10. Daniela

Thank you all for sharing your lives, and love of stitching!!

Well..Something finally went right this week!

I was able to get back in to 2 of my 3 email accounts and change all the security settings and passwords...So yay I didnt have to delete this blog after all!! Did manage to get in a little stitch therapy, and some yummy new stash...will post pix later on...right now taking pix of some china for an ebay auction....never a dull moment for these bizee fingers :)

All my accounts have been hacked

Hi all.....Sometimes I really hate the cyber world, yesterday I was invaded by someone, I assume through my facebook account...they proceeded to get into my email account and completely brought me to my knees. They went so far as to start making harrasing calls to my work # (which was in my email signature)(another thing I have removed)and actually implied that they wanted to extort funds for returning my account to me, by giving me the password....It made me ill!!

They sent out a mass email stating that I was in Europe and in need of money, after being mugged and held at gunpoint...as you can imagine this created panic in some folks who are not wise to these internet schemes.

I was able to retrieve my email, however there were some innapropriate posts on here (now removed) if anyone was offended I apologize, I assure you that it was NOT me...I have decided to remove bizeefingers, and will start another blog later today or tomorrow.....

My advice.....change your passwords often, make then obscure enough that they are not figured out easily (even though mine was obscure, they got it)...do not link your email accounts together (a new lesson for me).... Use different passwords on all accounts (another lesson learned).I was lucky enough to get to my banking websites before they did...I had been having statements emailed, not anymore...going back to good old fashioned paper!! If you are a facebook user...screen your friends carefully and ask questions of those your're not sure of...confirm they really did know you in school etc...

And if you are infiltrated...report it!! call your local police dept, most have an internet fraud division.

Please be careful out there, it just stinks that these "geniuses" do not use their talent for greater good!!

Its been fun having this blog and sharing photos of my stitching...I'll return...they wont keep me down!

A fellow blogger needs your help!!

Vanessa is about to shave off her hair in a fundraising effort to help her sister Beth. Please stop by her blog and offer some words of support, We are all touched directly or indirectly by this horrid disease at some time....flutterby angel: Beth's Fundraiser

Craftymoo has a blogoversary!!!

Sarah over at Craftymoo is having a blogoversary and a fabulous giveaway to mark the occasion!!
Please visit her blog for details, but more importantly to look at all her fine stitiching and photos!!
Congrats Sarah....looking forward to another year of fine finishes!!

Sylvia's SAL Progress

I love this adorable stitch a long from Sylvia's blog, here is the first two months completed...cannot wait for March!!

Some unfinished finishes!

Well, its been a long winter as most of you are painfully aware....so I did get a few small charts completed, but not yet finished...I'm getting there however....The stitchers best friend is doing much better, he had surgery on Monday and is getting back to his ole sweet self...Now we just have to get me perkier and we'll have it made!! I was supposed to have more back surgery yesterday for a fluid build up, but they've decided to try an external drain first..woo hoo, this will probably be done Mon or Tues of this week...can hardly wait...I do appreciate the down time to stitch...but its getting a little old!!! Anyway...on to the finishes!

The stitchers best friend

Im sure you've all seen Vinnie's picture on here before....he is my furry baby. Well the furry baby is quite sick at the moment..and the stitcher is quite lost without him. He has a lump on his neck we were told was nothing in the past, but now has gotten larger and quite hard overnight! He was running a fever, and just acting listless. He spent the weekend in the animal hospital waiting to become stablized enough to remove the lump...so now I wait for the call from the vet letting me know if he is able to do it today...Im so scared for this big brown lump of fur, who means the world to me!!
Hoping he will be fine and will be smacking my legs with his tail, knocking things over, and back being the heart of the home..soon
Mommy loves you Vinnie!

Stitching for a Cure

Im so glad fellow blogger and pal Donna took a picture of this block, I was honored to be asked to participate in a quilt project for Donna's local Relay for Life. I stitched the medallion for one of the quilts up for bid, it is a wonderful poem, and a beautifully charted by Gloria and Pat.
I am so thankful for stumbling across Donna's blog a few months ago, she has an infectious spirit and unending enthusiasm. She was gracious in sending me a gorgeous pink ribbon pillow with Lizzie Kate's "Peace Love and a Cure" for our Relay for Life Group to raffle off!

Cricut Cutter

Well, forgot to add this to my wish list of things to get accomplished this year...I bought myself a present this year...a cricut cutter, and its made its debut out of the box this afternoon. After much wheedling, I enlisted my sons help to take it out of its cocoon, and put it together....so far so good...I cut a few flowers and a few shapes...I can see what all the fuss is about, its FUN!!

Im looking forward to pretty cards at the ready for friends and family, and some pretty embellishments for the scrapbook I started once upon a time. I could never find the perfect this or that, that was my reasoning for procrastination...now I guess I'm out of excuses and will give it another go...

I just love January....my head is full of get up and go, and there is so much energy in everyone, promises for future and hope!!

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

Just a gentle reminder that this is Cervical Cancer Awareness month, I hope you all encourange loved ones and friends to make an appointment for their annual check up, and you yourselves make your appointments for your annual check up, I make it a point to do all my appointments around my birthday in July so as not to forget.If this is your philosophy too, take a minute right now to mark on the calender a month before to jog your memory!!
I guess we can all agree those stirrup moments are not our finest and we'd like to avoid it like the plague, however those few uncomfortable moments could save your life!
Click on the photo to take you to the National Cervical cancer coalition website for further information.

New Year Wish List

Happy New Year everyone!!

I have a long wish list for 2010!! I am recovering from back surgery and its driving me crazy to finally have some down time and not be able to get to the sewing machine or some of my craft projects!!
However there is a bright side, I am pretty much recliner bound at least for now, so after my daily work is done, Ive been stitching some small projects to be finished later on.

April 17, 2010 is our local Relay for Life, and our campsite theme is Breast Cancer, so much of what I plan to stitch up is in a pick theme. We plan to have some pretty purse accessories, travel backpacks, ornaments, lap quilts, and some decorative pillows, and some handmade cards....soooo there is much to get moving on!! Special thanks to my friend Donna at Stitching for a Cure, for donating a gorgeous pink ribbon pillow with Lizzie Kate's "Peace, love and a cure". It will certainly command a nice sum for Relay!!

But...onto the wish list!

1. consistantly work on my family tree sampler
2. make at least a dozen christmas ornaments.
3. monogram a blanket for my grand neice arriving in Feb
4. actually complete the 12 charts Ive picked out to finish this year.
5. utilize all the pretty cardstock and paper Ive collected into cards for family, friends, and Relay dontations!

Ok...now its in writing, so I have to work on them!!
Hope you all have a wonderful year ahead and enjoy every minute of working on your wish list!

Keep those fingers Bizee!!

Unbelievable Giveaway at the Tea Kettle Corner!!!

You have to visit the Tea Kettle Corner Karyn has a wonderful blog, with a very homey touch...and two sweet puppy greeters!!

If you havent had a chance to visit now is the time....and a spectacular giveway to boot!! So take a nice cup of tea and go visit, you'll be glad you did!!

Some Christmas Ornies

Some ornies I did for my family, just loved these, Lizzie Kate and Shepherds Bush, are two of my favorites to stitch...very easy, and such sweet designs )

Some new completetions

This was a fun project a friend asked for, Im kind of new to using waste canvas, I loved how easy it was to use!!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month~Great Giveaway

Feathers in the Nest

Jennifer has LOTS of wonderful treats in store for you(just one photo does NOT do it justice!), make sure you check it out quickly the Oct 15th deadline is approaching!!



Smooches~Karen

Redwork

I played around with embroidery as a kid, I think Ive fallen in love though with redwork, wanted to see how colorfast this floss and fabric were so I stitched up this leetle angel yesterday...so cute!

New Finish

Yay another finish....This is from a book I got at the library Cross Stitch for the First Time, by Donna Kooler. It will be given a home shortly as I plan to give it as a hostess gift to someone at the end of the month.

Great October Giveaway~Dip Diddly Designs

From Jolene at Dip Diddly Designs:
For those of you that follow my blog know how much I LOVE Halloween and giveaways!!! So during the month of October I will be having a weekly giveaway. So you will need to stay tuned if you wanna play!!

The first giveaway will be for the new Blackbird Designs pattern "Midnight Watch" and of course all the threads and the fabric, too. The winner will get to choose what count of cloth they want and also if they want linen or aida. Sound fun????

Yay for new Stash!

FINALLY...made it to my LNS! After a wonderful Relay for Life picnic outing today, I dragged my son with me to this wonderful little LNS Knit and Stitch in Cocoa FL, I didnt get too crazy, there was a class going on and I didnt want to be in the way, so I made my way throught the hundreds of charts and acres of wonderful fibers and flosses...even found a sweet little spider button to finish off a Lizzie Kate halloween ornie!