FLEA MARKET FINDS, STITCHING, JOURNALING

Good Sunday morning!!  I'm still in denial that Thanksgiving is only four days away!

Yesterday, I went to the local church flea market and came away with some goodies for next to nothing...

Last year, my buddy Lauren had this book and I fell in love with it....I looked and looked for it last year and could never find one..but this year...I struck gold!  The ornaments....I purchased a large box full of these vintage glass ornaments..this is only a few of them...for $3 at the church flea market...Since I have a larger tree this year..I'm sure I'll use them all!

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                                                            Stitching
I've been stitching my fingers off this month...trying to get my projects done for  Christmas Gifts...

These are two that I ordered last month and I haven't started them yet.  They look like pretty quick projects...I'm hoping. 
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Next is a project I'm making for myself......I bought the truck sign from Walmart a few weeks back, so I thought I would stitch up "Tree Lot" from Little House Needleworks, and attach it to the bottom of the truck for my kitchen....inspiration from Priscilla Blaine....her blog posts are listed in my favorites....

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And then....Eleanor Rigby by Blackbird Designs....I'm stitching this on 20 count, WDW, linen.  I thought this would be a quick stitch, especially being a larger count...but I make just as many mistakes 0n 20 count,  as I do on 32 count!!

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Journaling

It seems that "Bullet Journaling" seems to be very popular among the younger generation.  I have kept journals for a number of years.  It's a great way to document goals, dreams, accomplishments and everyday tasks.  This is a journal that I started back in 2007...I thought I was really fancy at the time...but it's nice to look back and see what important tasks were then....

These are a couple of pages of projects I completed and sold on Ebay or on TDIPT back in the day.....

This is my present journal...it's gotten a bit fancier....but the premise is the same....but in this journal, I keep track of my daily goals and do's and don't's.... 

One thing I've have learned...is to also keep track of all the accomplishments I have achieved for the month..I think we all beat ourselves up for things we did NOT get done...when we should be patting ourselves on the back for what we DID accomplish...I think you would all be pleasantly surprised!

Small sampling of my goal list....

I have a very relaxing day planned...I cleaned the house yesterday, did the laundry and so today...I'm going to sit back and have a stitchy Sunday!  Happy Thanksgiving to all & have a wonderful week!