T A S T BEAD MANDALA 2

Good morning all, a very cold and frosty morning here in the UK!

This is my bead mandala no.2 in the series of 52 ! I do hope that I manage to do them all ! I shall be making a wall hanging with them and then donating the wall hanging to ST LUKES CHARITY, which is a very worthy charity that Anne from http://stampsandpaper.blogspot.com/ supports !
Hope you all have an awesome week end and thank you for visiting my blog !!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Toby, David......proud grandparents !

Hello All, just to let you know that we became the proud grandparents of a beautiful baby boy TOBY, DAVID,

Born 9.57 am Saturday 7th........8lb 4oz mother and baby doing fine !
This is proud granma with Toby and Ella, my 6yr old grandaughter..........Thanks for taking a peep into 'GRANMA'S WORLD'.......Have a great day !!! xxxxxxxxxx

T A S T BEAD MANDALA 1 .

Hello, today is my first post on the T A S T challenge. Sharron Boggan from  http://www.pintangle.com/ is running a 'year' challenge. Each week she will give one stitch to learn / play with and see what lovely creations people come up with !

I have decided to do a series of Bead Mandalas incorporating each stitch........by the end of the year, I should have 52 bead mandalas which I would present in the form of a wall hanging ! The first weeks stitch is 'FLY' STITCH...............This is my Mandala no.1
I had no particular design in mind, I just started from the middle and worked out from there ! The Mandala is not a perfect circle, but because I have done the whole thing freehand, I did not expect it to be perfect !
I am more than pleased at how this mandala has turned out and so look forward to making my next one.......
I have a link on my sidebar if any of you would like to join in.....There are over 500 people taking part and alot of them are NEW stitchers, so this is a fantastic resource for learning embroidery and its FREE !!!
If you go over to T A S T you can see what other people have done! Thank you for stopping by my blog, it means so much to me...........I shall post every week now with a new creation......have a great week !!!!!!!

NEW YEAR........NEW BEGINNINGS !

Hello to all you lovely people.......As you have probably noticed I am changing my blogging over to sewing as this is my first love ! I shall not be commenting on cardmaking so much now so please forgive me if I do not comment on your card creations ! I shall be posting once a week on all things embroidery and mixed media

with a few beady creations thrown in ! I have cleared my 'Blogs I follow' list as I really want to concentrate on

the fibre side of things ! I would like to thank all my followers for their diligence following my blog and if you

would still like to see what I am up to, then I would be delighted and honoured if you continue to follow me and

if not then all I can say is 'ENJOY YOUR CREATIONS AND A VERY HAPPY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL !!!........................God bless Chris Richards xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Merry christmas everyone !

Still got some computer problems which I will endeaver to sort out after all the festivities........A huge thank you to all my followers, may you all have a very merry and peaceful christmas !
New beginnings in January and I look forward to a year of stunning creativity..........................
God bless you all......................best wishes Chris Richards    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

computer problems !

Hi Folks, cannot put any posts up as my computer has contracted a virus and will not be commenting on anyone's work for a few days ! Hope it will be fixed soon ! Have a good run up to christmas everybody !
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TAST 2012 CHALLENGE !

Hello dear people.......thought it was about time for an update on my sewing project and just to show that I have'nt lost my card making skills, I have two cards to share with you ! First the cards......... I made these for a couple of people who are dear friends to me.......so I especially made the effort, hope you both like them !!!

Next is an update on my project.....got a little more done but so busy with christmas coming !!

And last but not least....I have been playing with a few stitches to get ready for my TAST 2012 CHALLENGE !
This is a challenge for a sampling of a different stitch each week and there are 500 people taking part ! If you would like to follow the progress of this chalenge, week by week or indeed join in then click the TAST LINK on my blog !! The sun is shining here in the uk today and my son is on his way home from Uni......I have not seen him for three months so tears of joy will fall......Have a fabulous, creative, peaceful and blessed day xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx