Piggybank sale!!! Feb.09 - 20 - 2012

There is a Piggybank Sale running again......

On all classes , running and starting soon you will have a 10% discount from :
FEBRUARY 09th 2012 to FEBRUARY 20th 2012 24:00

German time. After this end-date this offer has expired and is not longer valid!

1.) You MUST deduct the 10% YOURSELF before paying with Paypal - and mention the word :PIGGYBANK in your payment through Paypal. It is easier to not go through my website but to pay directly at Paypal using my email address:chatelaine@gmx.com

2.) Please understand that this is valid ONLY for the classes I offer - NOT for anything from European Cross Stitch !

 3.) I will NOT deduct 10% myself from payments done nor refund amounts if you forget to do it yourself ! If you forgot to deduct the 10%, it is your fault and will not be corrected by me.

4.) The time stamp of the PAYMENT counts, not the time of "joining" a group...

Online 97 - Firelily MEDIUM Mandala

Here now are some pictures for you illustrating the new Medium Mandala - with a topic of Fire Lilies in different color schemes. Lots (!!) of beads and crystals will add sparkle, lots of Special Stitches dimension and many different threads and fibers feed your love for "stash".... and the use of the pretties....

The matching Yahoo Group is here => Online 97

One color scheme of the 4 differently colored lilies

These vibrant and boldly colored Summer flowers are growing wild in the Alps and other mountain areas, but of course they are cultivated in Gardens as well.

You find the botanical "basic" plant - but as well Hybrids which have been carefully grown to various shades from golden yellow to flaming red, and some even are blush and pink.

I was never lucky to have them appear in my garden more then one season - in the following year there was literally no sign of them - root voles had feasted on the juicy bulbs. Grrr !

Corner ornaments, full of beads and Special Stitches.....

The very center repeats the 4 different color schemes for the Special-Stitches-Filling of the ornaments

And one on light blue... like an early morning Summer sky.....

Soooo cold, but beautiful !

Since one week or so we have the coldest, iciest weather here, but with sunshine .
Walking of the frozen lawn resulted in a wonderful crisp sound, when a gazillion of tiniest, hexagon-shaped crystals broke...

Close-up from lawn. Ehhh... better say : moss. Anyway, that green stuff in the middle of the garden !

Hexagon-shaped ice crystals on the moss sprouts

No snow yet. But tonight for a first time, frost needles grew in the garden. On living Ivy, on dead leafs, on the dried flowers of the Hydrangeas.

The pond is frozen and so are the Reeds.

So with the sun shining and armed in triple layers of sweaters and gloves I went out to the garden to collect impressions.

Tiny icy flowers on the garden table....

I nearly got fits seeing ALL of the mole's earth hills - I had not seen them all, and I was furious when I saw them even in the flowerbeds, burrying my perennials and roses.

Only ONE and a half of about 30+ mole hills in my garden. Sigh. He moved when in the ground ahead the builders came... and I hope he will move back, once the houses there are finished.

That awful little critter ! If you look close you can see a tiny hole besides the hill, which is adorned with frosty needles from humidity - the result of the mole snuffing, snoring and breathing in his ice-cold

appartment....Pretty lacy curtain, isn't it ?

Mole's entrance with icy lace caused by his humid breath...