Brand New Design for Halloween!

For all you shoe lovers out there I present "SPOOKY SHOES"! As soon as I saw this saying I knew it would be made into a new Halloween design for me! Even better is that I stitched it in 2 days with many interruptions so it was fast and painless with almost instant results - woot woot!! I just have to paint the frame I am using for it so it should be ready to release early next week!

Just Cross Stitch featuring a design from Pickle Barrel Designs!

Hurray, I received my digital online edition from Just Cross Stitch of their new Fall themed issue and I have a design featured inside called "Spooky"!  Here are a couple of screen shots so you know what to look for, but it shows up in picture form on the Table of Contents page and then starting on page 48 are the assorted Halloween designs including my "Spooky" Banner - let me know how you like it!  

PS. I have at least two more designs publishing in their magazine between now and the end of the year!  :)

On the road again!

As Summer vacation slowly comes to a close we took the kids to Minneapolis for. 3 days - spent time at the ever fabulous Mall of America and the Waterpark of America indoor Waterpark - our kids even braved doing a VERY TALL zip line that takes you across the top of Nickolodeon Land at MOA which is equivalent to soaring 5 1/2 stories up there - let's just say I was their official photographer and not zipping along with them!!!!