Lovely gifts from a lovely friend....

My dear friend Lisa recently returned from a trip to Europe and she brought me back some gifts.

The first is a beautiful bead for my Pandora bracelet.  This bead is handcrafted in Mdina, Malta at Mdina Glass.

I love it, the colours are just perfect for me!

She also brought me back this sweet hand stitched towel - all of this is stitched over one! Now, for the life of me I cannot remember where she said this was from but I will get back to you on that when she texts me back with the info.  (Update:  from a town near Porto in Portugal)

Oh, and I have been stitching this week:

Springtime Messenger by With they needle and thread....

... and a Prairies Schooler Christmas Strawberry....

using some of the new Sajou thread I bought on a recent trip to L'ucello (but more about L'ucello next post).  Aren't the colours vibrant?

Anyway, off to read some blogs, then it is the train to listen to a novel while I stitch on my way to work - what a great way to start the day... yummy porridge and a latte, some blogging then a good read/listen and some stitching.  Pity that the train trip is only 1/2 hour and then it is 7 and a half hours of working! lol! (Gotta pay for the stash somehow!).  Then I have added a half hour walk to the end of my day up to Parliament station (at the end of the city loop) so I read/listen some more, then a 20 min train trip and I am home in time for dinner..... and more stitching, of course!  You know, life is pretty good, really! Thanks to my God, my family, my friends, my work, my stitching and, of course, you, my wonderful, stitchy, bloggy friends  (and of course, the kitty cats, Furio and Milo).

bye for now, hugs,