I've had a love-hate relationship with Pinterest since it first arrived. I had an account for awhile and then deleted it. I decided to reopen it a couple of months ago. Today on my lunch break I added a widget that will give a link to my Pinterest boards at the right side of the page, closer to the bottom.
My pins mostly focus on cross stitch (shocking, huh?), but there are, of course, other boards like food, places I've been, places I'd like to go, and the requisite "eye candy" that every woman needs.
One thing I can say you WON'T see on any of my boards is pins that are copyright infringements. It kills me every time I get on there and see where people have blatantly scanned copyrighted patterns to share with others. Anyway, enough of that, as I'm sure you've heard it all before and don't want to see me get up on my soapbox.
So, in closing, if you'd like to follow along, please feel free to click the link at the bottom of the page and get to know a little more about me and what I like.
Happy Pinning!
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Stan Hywet Ohio Mart 2013
If you've been following my blog for awhile, you might remember in the past I've talked about the Stitchery Showcase at Stan Hywet. It's an annual event I've been attending with my mom for the past 25 years. Last year I got together a group of ladies I've met through various in-person & Facebook stitching groups and we all went together.
This past weekend was time for the Ohio Mart once again that the Stitchery Showcase is normally part of. I'm very sad to say, this year they did not hold the Showcase portion. It's the first time since I've been in high school that I didn't attend. However, I still had a stitchy friend come stay with me for the weekend and we attended the Ohio Mart and had a fantastic time!
We started the day off with a trip to the Stitchers Fair Tent. It's basically like a yard sale of nothing but needlework & quilting items. I picked up some great bargains on fabric for my personal stash and had a nice look through a ton of patterns. As I limit my stash to a specific amount/area, I didn't see any of those that were just screaming at me to buy.
When we left the SFT, we decided to take a walk through the rose garden before the rain set in. They still have a bunch of roses in bloom, and they all smelled wonderful!
They have 100+ artisans booths to look through. I found tons of places I picked up business cards for some possible future online shopping (gotta watch that budget). The only items I purchased were this gorgeous Italian wine bottle cheese platter and a couple of small xmas gifts. (Remember...support handmade & local!)
After a bit of shopping it was definitely lunch time. The Ohio Mart not only features your normal "fair food" like Italian sausage sandwiches & pizza, but they have several other local caterers, etc. that are there. We decided to get lunch from Totally Cooked Catering. They happen to be within walking distance of my house, which smells wonderful when I drive by on my way home from work at night, but also have fantastic food. We both decided to skip the normal fair food and buy a lunch at their tent that consisted of an Ale Braised Beef sandwich on a pretzel roll (it included some sort of awesome horseradish sauce) and Smashed Potato Salad. Definitely worth the $7.00!
Lunch was followed by more browsing through artisan booths, plenty of rain, and some time in the conservatory. Unfortunately it was too late in the season for the butterflies to still be on exhibit, but there was still plenty of beautiful plants to look at. We found all these little mini landscape scenes mixed in also. They're unbelievably cute with the tiny benches, lamps, gazing balls, etc.
And of course, if you know anything about me, what is my favorite thing to do on a Saturday in the Fall? Yep...stitching & football. Good thing my stitchy friend is as much a football fanatic as I am!
It was a great weekend and I'm looking forward to it again next year. Hopefully the Stitchery Showcase will be back in place as I'm already accumulating a stash of items I want to enter. :)
This past weekend was time for the Ohio Mart once again that the Stitchery Showcase is normally part of. I'm very sad to say, this year they did not hold the Showcase portion. It's the first time since I've been in high school that I didn't attend. However, I still had a stitchy friend come stay with me for the weekend and we attended the Ohio Mart and had a fantastic time!
We started the day off with a trip to the Stitchers Fair Tent. It's basically like a yard sale of nothing but needlework & quilting items. I picked up some great bargains on fabric for my personal stash and had a nice look through a ton of patterns. As I limit my stash to a specific amount/area, I didn't see any of those that were just screaming at me to buy.
When we left the SFT, we decided to take a walk through the rose garden before the rain set in. They still have a bunch of roses in bloom, and they all smelled wonderful!
They have 100+ artisans booths to look through. I found tons of places I picked up business cards for some possible future online shopping (gotta watch that budget). The only items I purchased were this gorgeous Italian wine bottle cheese platter and a couple of small xmas gifts. (Remember...support handmade & local!)
After a bit of shopping it was definitely lunch time. The Ohio Mart not only features your normal "fair food" like Italian sausage sandwiches & pizza, but they have several other local caterers, etc. that are there. We decided to get lunch from Totally Cooked Catering. They happen to be within walking distance of my house, which smells wonderful when I drive by on my way home from work at night, but also have fantastic food. We both decided to skip the normal fair food and buy a lunch at their tent that consisted of an Ale Braised Beef sandwich on a pretzel roll (it included some sort of awesome horseradish sauce) and Smashed Potato Salad. Definitely worth the $7.00!
Lunch was followed by more browsing through artisan booths, plenty of rain, and some time in the conservatory. Unfortunately it was too late in the season for the butterflies to still be on exhibit, but there was still plenty of beautiful plants to look at. We found all these little mini landscape scenes mixed in also. They're unbelievably cute with the tiny benches, lamps, gazing balls, etc.
And of course, if you know anything about me, what is my favorite thing to do on a Saturday in the Fall? Yep...stitching & football. Good thing my stitchy friend is as much a football fanatic as I am!
It was a great weekend and I'm looking forward to it again next year. Hopefully the Stitchery Showcase will be back in place as I'm already accumulating a stash of items I want to enter. :)
Friday, October 4, 2013
Where in the World?
I had commented on another stitcher's Facebook biz page yesterday with a statement about being in the U.S. She replied that she didn't know she had any followers/fans in the U.S. I told her where she could go on her fan page to look at the insights and see the countries that all of her "likers" are from.
I've known it was there for quite a while now, but don't look at it on a regular basis. Just for the heck of it, I decided to check mine out and make a list of all the countries that I have followers/fans of my Facebook page. This is what I found:
Just for the fun of it, following is an alphabetical listing of the 45 countries that someone living there has virtually spent time with Stitchnmomma:
I've known it was there for quite a while now, but don't look at it on a regular basis. Just for the heck of it, I decided to check mine out and make a list of all the countries that I have followers/fans of my Facebook page. This is what I found:
- As of yesterday there were 503 people from 45 different countries in the world that have liked my Facebook page.
- People from the United States and United Kingdom make up 78% of my fan base.
Just for the fun of it, following is an alphabetical listing of the 45 countries that someone living there has virtually spent time with Stitchnmomma:
Australia
Bahrain
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Dominican Republic
Egypt
France
Germany
Greece
Guam
Guatemala
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Jordan
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Palestine
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Venezuela
Vietnam
Is your country on the list? If not, head on over & join the fun. :)
I have to say, I find it really flattering that such a diverse group of people like what I design, create and share on my page.
Thanks to all of you....YOU ROCK!!!
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Birthday with The Buckeyes
The older I get, the less I like crowds. It isn't because I have a phobia or anything. It's just that people have become more rude over time and don't have respect for others around them. So what does someone that doesn't like crowds do to celebrate their birthday? Well, she goes and spends it with 104,982 of her closest "friends"!
Yes, that's right, I celebrated my birthday over the weekend with more than 100 THOUSAND people at Ohio Stadium watching the Ohio State Buckeyes play the San Diego State Aztecs. Talk about a thrilling day!!!
Zach, my son, and I are H-U-G-E Bucks fans!!! I mean to the point that if you don't like football, don't even think about coming around our house on Saturdays during college football season because you won't be welcomed. We promised each other last year, that this would be the year we forked over the money (those tix are NOT cheap) and make the drive to a game. With as many hours as I work between job #1, job 2 and Stitchnmomma I decided it was well worth the money as a birthday present to myself!
We figured if we were going to make the drive, we would make an adventure out of it. Some of the people at my job #1 told me where to park to tailgate. We didn't tailgate, but it was an experience watching the other fans while we were walking around.
Once we arrived in Columbus and parked, the day started with a walk down Lane Ave. to check out the sights. As we drove straight down there after Zach got home from his 3rd shift job, breakfast was in order. And what do you do for breakfast? Well you have beer & burgers at The Varsity Club.
After "breakfast" we walked around some more, including past St. John's Arena down to Ohio Stadium and all the way around the stadium so we could check it out. If you're a fan, it's a magical place to be!
We still had 3+ hours before game time and were trying to decide what to do. After speaking with a very friendly usher, we agreed to quickly make the trek back to St. John's Arena to watch the "Skull Session" that the marching band does before each game. I took video on my digital camera (for the first time ever) and evidently I can't convert it to a file type that can be shared. So, I found one from the prior week's game on YouTube. You can check it out here.
Still time left before the game, so we headed back to the stadium to watch the team warm up & practice. Oh yeah, and to get some pics before it got really crowded.
And crowded is exactly what it was!! It's all bleacher style seating, and you're packed in there like sardines. I spent about 1/2 the game actually standing on my seat and leaning on the concrete wall behind me so I could see over the big guys in front of me.
Not only was it a home game that happened to fall on my birthday, but it was also weekend for the band alumni to come in. More than 700 past members of TBDBITL (The Best Damn Band In The Land) came in for the game. They performed at the skull session, at the half-time show and throughout the game. The oldest member to perform was 95-years-young!!!
Since there were HUNDREDS of marching band members (see pic above), during the half-time show they did the famed Script Ohio as a quadruple script. You can see it in my pic below, and if you actually want to watch them perform it, check out this YouTube video here.
The Bucks won with a score of 42-17, so we were all happy. And I'm pleasantly surprised I didn't encounter one rude person the entire day! Needless to say it was a really LONG day. In fact about 17 hours from the time we left the house to drive there until we got back home. I'm so glad I had the experience of seeing a game in person at "The Shoe", but will also be happy to watch the game next Saturday from the comfort of my recliner. :)
As a side note, I unfortunately found out while I was there the memory card for my digital camera is only 512mb. I'm sure you can tell I don't take a lot of pics except for my xstitch stuff, which immediately get downloaded and saved, so it wasn't something I really thought about. I had to delete some misc. pics I took of some of the tailgating vehicles, signs, etc. so I'd have room for the pics I shared here and the video during the skull session. I'll make sure before my next trip somewhere I get a card with more memory!!
GO BUCKS!!!
Yes, that's right, I celebrated my birthday over the weekend with more than 100 THOUSAND people at Ohio Stadium watching the Ohio State Buckeyes play the San Diego State Aztecs. Talk about a thrilling day!!!
Zach, my son, and I are H-U-G-E Bucks fans!!! I mean to the point that if you don't like football, don't even think about coming around our house on Saturdays during college football season because you won't be welcomed. We promised each other last year, that this would be the year we forked over the money (those tix are NOT cheap) and make the drive to a game. With as many hours as I work between job #1, job 2 and Stitchnmomma I decided it was well worth the money as a birthday present to myself!
We figured if we were going to make the drive, we would make an adventure out of it. Some of the people at my job #1 told me where to park to tailgate. We didn't tailgate, but it was an experience watching the other fans while we were walking around.
Once we arrived in Columbus and parked, the day started with a walk down Lane Ave. to check out the sights. As we drove straight down there after Zach got home from his 3rd shift job, breakfast was in order. And what do you do for breakfast? Well you have beer & burgers at The Varsity Club.
After "breakfast" we walked around some more, including past St. John's Arena down to Ohio Stadium and all the way around the stadium so we could check it out. If you're a fan, it's a magical place to be!
We still had 3+ hours before game time and were trying to decide what to do. After speaking with a very friendly usher, we agreed to quickly make the trek back to St. John's Arena to watch the "Skull Session" that the marching band does before each game. I took video on my digital camera (for the first time ever) and evidently I can't convert it to a file type that can be shared. So, I found one from the prior week's game on YouTube. You can check it out here.
Still time left before the game, so we headed back to the stadium to watch the team warm up & practice. Oh yeah, and to get some pics before it got really crowded.
And crowded is exactly what it was!! It's all bleacher style seating, and you're packed in there like sardines. I spent about 1/2 the game actually standing on my seat and leaning on the concrete wall behind me so I could see over the big guys in front of me.
Not only was it a home game that happened to fall on my birthday, but it was also weekend for the band alumni to come in. More than 700 past members of TBDBITL (The Best Damn Band In The Land) came in for the game. They performed at the skull session, at the half-time show and throughout the game. The oldest member to perform was 95-years-young!!!
Since there were HUNDREDS of marching band members (see pic above), during the half-time show they did the famed Script Ohio as a quadruple script. You can see it in my pic below, and if you actually want to watch them perform it, check out this YouTube video here.
The Bucks won with a score of 42-17, so we were all happy. And I'm pleasantly surprised I didn't encounter one rude person the entire day! Needless to say it was a really LONG day. In fact about 17 hours from the time we left the house to drive there until we got back home. I'm so glad I had the experience of seeing a game in person at "The Shoe", but will also be happy to watch the game next Saturday from the comfort of my recliner. :)
As a side note, I unfortunately found out while I was there the memory card for my digital camera is only 512mb. I'm sure you can tell I don't take a lot of pics except for my xstitch stuff, which immediately get downloaded and saved, so it wasn't something I really thought about. I had to delete some misc. pics I took of some of the tailgating vehicles, signs, etc. so I'd have room for the pics I shared here and the video during the skull session. I'll make sure before my next trip somewhere I get a card with more memory!!
GO BUCKS!!!
Saturday, August 10, 2013
It Stunk Like a Skunk!
So the "Friday Fun" I posted about yesterday went over like a ton of bricks. Out of 482+ Facebook fans, 1,660+ Twitter followers and 240+ blog followers, It had only 16 views and not one person even made a guess at the question for the 40% off coupon. At least now I know not to try a stupid promotion like that again. I'll definitely be sure to keep my blog content more interesting for you.
P.S. That means there were no winners and I've disabled the Super Secret coupon code.
P.S. That means there were no winners and I've disabled the Super Secret coupon code.
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