Princess Bubbles Creates

 I love moving something from the unfinished pile to the finished pile.  It feels great.  I saw a quote last week.  It said, "I need to give myself credit for how hard I am trying".  What a terrific idea!  I regularly show up for my creativity and that is a good thing!  I regularly complete projects.  That is also a good thing!

  I started working on another fish because they are so much fun!  This one needs just a bit more stitching.  The tail needs some help.  It is at an awkward angle and doesn't look right.  I will ponder how to correct that.  Possibly it could be hidden behind some seaweed!  I don't have a final project in mind for the fish that I have been creating so I am not going to worry about it.  Ultimately, this looks like a fish and maybe that is good enough. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

  LeeAnna  has asked Did you take your lunch and did you use a little brown bag or have a lunch box?  From kindergarten to grade six, I went home every day for lunch.  My school was about a block away and Mom was a stay-at-home mom.  Most kids went home for lunch back then.  I am grateful for that privilege.  In grades 7 and ,8 I had to take the school bus and bring my lunch.  The school closest to home was too full.  When I went to high school, I walked but it was too far away to go home at lunch.  I brought my lunch.  I don't remember what I used but it certainly wasn't a lunch box.  I was way too cool for that by age! It feels good to be getting into the swing of the fall season.  Life was busy over the summer with watching my two granddaughters.  I am finding the time to get some projects finished up.  That feels good.  I am also back to yoga classes more often.  I love that my body is getting stron...

 This piece needs to get finished for a guild challenge.  Every time I think I am finished, I see another place that could use a circle.  Now I see two more places!  But I also feel like this is pretty busy and doesn't need anything more.  What do you think?  

 I have a small stack of mandalas that are close to finished.  They all need just a little something more.  This one was speaking to me and I knew what it needed to be complete.  It came together quickly and is no longer languishing in the UFO pile.  Yay! Sometimes, quick and easy is just what you need!

 I think my little fish is finished.  I had thought about adding beads but there is enough sparkle on this little fish.  Some loose threads need to be clipped or trapped underneath when I stitch it into its home.  I had so much fun stitching this fish that I have started another one.  I am also thinking about doing a butterfly in the same way.   They will all find a home in the right project eventually.  In the meantime, I will enjoy the slow stitching! I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

   I am glad that  LeeAnna  asks these questions.  It is fun to think about the answers! did you get school clothes and shoes for the start of school? Did you look through the enormous Sears catalogue at all the possibilities and dream?  Remember going to the store with probably a mom, and trying on clothes? A shoe store for your "school shoes" Back-to-school shopping was not done in our home.  Mom bought clothes when she found a good bargain.  Mom sometimes would sew or knit for us.  We also got hand-me-downs.  We were always clean and appropriately dressed for the season.  I hated the ugly footwear she would buy for me.  I now have a very large collection of gorgeous shoes!  Lots of sparkles! My family got together this past weekend.  Cousins, aunts, and uncles all came together for a barbecue at my home.  There were 30 of us all told.  14 of which were under the age of 16.  It is lovely to get caught...