Sunday, July 19, 2009

Prissy...on point


Here is Prissy, the ballerina , a new Squiggee frog....on point( that is what ballerinas say when they are up and on their toes)...my husband calls her Madame La TU TU....I made the tutu out of fine netting...this is what the finisher will do after she is worked and stuffed...attach her tutu.....she is just so silly , like all the frogs in Squiggeeland...there is something about a tutu that makes me laugh...

Friday, July 17, 2009

New Squiggee Frog


This little frog is the newest addition to Squiggeeland....complete with polka-dot gardening gloves and those rubbery gardening shoes...silly but fun...Tulip, will join her pals and be seen at the St. Louis TNNA show.......

Thursday, July 16, 2009

50th Anniversary Wreath

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Sunday, July 12, 2009

The Acorn and The Tree....

Today being my 59th Birthday, always makes me take stock and I always think of my Dad.
I lost him way too early. I was a little shy of five years old. He was a big six foot five Irishmen,
born in Brooklyn New York in 1922. He was a charmer by all accounts, with a smile that could melt your heart and a laugh that would fill the room. I remember thinking he was was the most amazing Dad, and when he picked me up , it always felt like I was flying up towards the clouds.
Growing up, my mother always said , she could close her eyes and hear his voice when I talked and laughed, I had his personality , movements and laugh. I have always been a happy person and have a love of people and laugh all the time. I enjoy life on the whole and am a person that sees the glass half full ,always.....I also have his Irish temper, swift to flare , but over in a flash.
This is one of my most precious items..this wonderful photo of my Dad and I . Today , I think of how lucky I was to inherit such great charter quirks from this wonderful man, that I still miss and carry in my heart .....

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Squiggee Says..."The Needlepointer..cool"

I am always seeing postings of pictures of needlepoint shops...well I thought you would enjoy seeing pictures of The Needlepointer in Everett, Washington State...the owner Jill and manger Donnelle along with the two Georgia's, and others make this a friendly customer service run full service needlepoint shop.....these pictures they sent give you an idea of how this shop is always a bustle ,with a trunk show and they have all the fibers you could ask for....best of all they love people and the level of customer service is unique in this day and age when , the personal touch has become a rarity....I have a link to their website on this blog......a must if you are out West...or just give them a call ....if you are looking for something.....just tell them..Gaily/Squiggee said to call..they will laugh !...
FYI....Squiggee will have her first trunk show at The Needlepointer in October....

Monday, July 6, 2009

Just for Jacob !!!

I just thought I would share , the process of turning a child's ideas for Christmas bells into the painted canvas.....the trick is not to lose sight of the Child's basic idea...it was such fun...and I hope Jacob enjoys the finished product....

xoxoxox to Jacob
love,
Squiggee