Life With Jules, and other stuff

First and foremost, WELCOME to my newest readers! I look forward to reading any comments you leave and reading your blogs too. It’s been a rule of mine that if you Follow my blog, I will follow yours. That said, I have been awarded a special gift from one of my followers: the Liebster Award! I haven’t received many awards for this blog over the 4+ years, but when I do receive one, they are very special to me. So a big THANK YOU to Mii for this award! Now, I am to choose 5 blogs that I enjoy reading and say something that I like about their blog. Also, they are to have less than 200 followers. Sounds pretty easy, right!?! So here goes: Penny over at Mind Wanderings Penny stitches the cutest pieces. Lana over at A Joyful Stitcher and Reader I will only count her once, but she has a couple of blogs that are fun to read. Her stitching is beautiful on the one blog and she challenges herself in reading a ton of books each year. Well worth the visit! Lija over at Stitching in Cro...

…found me working on the Abraham Lincoln piece. Here is where I left things last night: I needed to add some more color to the design so I started some of the greenery and started the roof. The colors are quite dreary looking, but I think that is just to give it a more authentic look. This is one of the pieces that I will share not only the finished picture but a photo from when I visited the National Park when all the stitching is done! Stay tuned… I want to take a moment to WELCOME my newest followers! I hope you enjoy watching my stitching progress as I am sure I will yours. I also want to give a BIG shout out to Emily over at Emmie’s Ramblings ! She doesn’t just blog about stitchy stuff, but also about other adventures in her life. Do be sure to visit her blog! Don’t forget to sign up for my Spring Giveaway! Drawing will be on March 11th, which means I will close sign-ups at 11:59 p.m. on the 10th. Just click on the link to the left of this post!! Until next time…