25/02/2013

Jouer au chat et à la souris

Je vous l'avais bien dit, après les chats ...les souris
Chacun sait maintenant que j'ai un gros faible pour les souris et celles qui arrivent ont une histoire que je m'en vais vous raconter...

Mais d'abord, une souris qui n'est pas de moi, et qui m'a vraiment fait très très plaisir la semaine dernière....
A la Saint Valentin, je gagnais la giveaway de Mii =)
Déjà fin contente d'avoir participé et d'avoir gagné...j'ai vraiment été gâtée !!!!


Ce petit coussin avec la souris est adorable et en plus était parfumé...
Tout est vraiment très beau et je te l'ai déjà dit par mail mais une fois encore Mii .. mille merci =)

Des souris et encore des souris donc...
Le 17 février 2011, 2 ans la semaine dernière en effet, je postais ici mon premier message...mon blog naissait =)
Le premier post parlait déjà souris !
Les 2 premiers Margaret Sherry que je faisais , et pour la pièce où je voulais les mettre (ceux qui sont déjà venus ici peuvent confirmer que oui, c'est une pièce à part entière =D) il me fallait absolument un pendant, et je voulais les Sailing Mice =)
Je les ai cherché pendant longtemps et mes recherches m'ont conduit un beau jour de février 2011 sur le blog des fans de Margaret Sherry ... je 'rencontrais' Nia, j'ai créé mon blog sur ses conseils , j'entrais dans la blogosphère ... et outre la kyrielle de superbes aventures qui me sont arrivées en chemin... je commençais les Sailing Mice =D
Je les ai commencées et jamais terminées !
En sortant les petits lapins pour Anna l'autre fois, j'en ai profité pour dépoussiérer aussi ces petites bébêtes et je les ai terminées la semaine dernière =D


Une fois de plus je ne sais pas pourquoi j'ai remisé cette petite merveille alors qu'il ne restait pas grand chose à faire  =)
Elles sont maintenant encadrées et ont parfaitement trouvé leur place !
Elles ont une vraie histoire, et c'est tout de même grâce à elles que ce blog existe ... histoire que j'avais juste envie de partager en même temps que les croix =)

Dans un autre registre , on parlera bientôt de Clair de Lune...
xxxx



Of mice and Men =D
Indeed, I told you I would come back with mice after cats...so here I am 
Everybody knows now how I love mice and I have a story to tell you about the 3 you surely have seen 
But first...
One mouse, one over cute mouse that I didn't make, but that I received last week and who really made my day !
I won the Valentine giveaway Mii organised on her blog. I was already happy to participate and win, but when the parcel arrived I made a happy dance again !!
I have been over spoiled and I already told you by mail sweetie, but once again thousands of thank you for all these gifts you sent me =)
I absolutely love everything and  of course my heart goes to this pillow, which is too beautiful and so me : mouse, butterfly, purple and pink...
I love ! Merci Mii



It's definitely the right post to tell my story...
In 2011, February the 17th to be precise... I wrote my first post here =)
2 year ago last week, yes...
I have made some weeks before my 2 first Margaret Sherry ! 
There were 2 mice, that we framed for our new house, and I wanted a 3rd one to face them in the room and I wanted the Sailing Mice =) 
I think I totally felt in love with these cute design as soon as I saw it !
I searched for days an internet site where I could buy it...

My searches led me on the MS lovers blog, I 'met' Nia, I created my blog on her own advice, I met the blogosphere ... and among the load of super adventures that I lived since that day.... I was able to start the Sailing Mice =)


I started ... but never finished them !
Don't know why, as there was only one mouse to stitch and the other 2 to backstitch...
But when I had a look in my UFO the other day for Anna, I saw them and decided to do the dusting on this design too...
They are now framed and have found the perfect place in our home, facing the 'parents' mice =D
Impossible to take a good picture of the frame because of the bad light =(
But it's the same as for the first 2 ...


They are 2 years old, as my blog, and my friendship with you here, I really had to thank them for that and to share their story =)

See you soon with I hope a WIP of Clair de Lune....
xxxx


32 commentaires:

  1. Trop mimi tes souris!! Ravie que tout te plaise :) Avant de t'envoyer tout cela, je me suis permise de prendre une petite photo de mon petit travail & l'ai envoyé à Lucy Heaton, le designer de Furry Tales. Elle l'a gentillement aussi mise sur son mur Facebook!! Que des commentaires bien sympathiques :) Bises, Mii

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    1. Merci Mii =)
      J'ai vu oui que LH avait publié ta photo, trop bien
      moi quand Margaret Sherry avait commenté une des miennes j'étais fin contente aussi =)
      normal que les commentaires soient sympathiques, cette petite chose est magnifique =)
      grobiz

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  2. Such a lovely giveaway that you won from Mii and how clever of her to include a mouse design for you.
    I love all those mice you stitched - they're absolutely delightful!
    Congratulations on blogging for 2 years! ♥

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    1. many thanks Kate =)
      My posts are very furry those days
      But it's gonna change a bit in the next one I think ...
      Mii really spoiled me =)
      big hugs
      xxx

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  3. Wow, lovely giveaway prize. Isn't the mouse just adorable... And it has a butterfly as well.. Definitely the right pressie for Valerie :)
    Well done on finishing your sailing mice. I love this design... Have only stitched one of these delightful mice...which I will be able to reveal when it arrives In El Salvador :)
    Congrats on 2 years of blogging! Blogging opens up a wonderful new world and without it I wouldn't have found you or Nia or the other lovely people I have "met". Here's to many more years of stitching and blogging :)

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    1. you're so right Noni, it's a wonderful new world I discovered 2 years ago, really never imagined this !!!
      thank you so much for your kind words on my mice =)
      can't wait to see yours
      hurry up mister postman =D
      Big hugs
      xxx

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  4. Super sweet giveaway gift..enjoy it dear..cute little cushion..
    And I truly love the cutie mousies..they so sweet..huge well done dear
    Big congrats for two year of blogging..sending you lots of blessings x

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    1. thank you so much sweetie =)
      I love these furry fellows, they were a delight to stitch
      and Mii's one is just perfect =)
      big big hugs
      have a great day
      xxxx

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  5. Congratulations on your win! All of them are so cute and nice! The last two look absolutely wonderful!!!

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    1. thanks a lot sweetie =)
      MS mice are all my story here, hehehehe
      she should draw more...
      xxxx

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  6. I love the three mice design:) I have had the pattern in my stash for a long long time, from a magazine I used to subscribe to. Your finish is lovely Valerie and they compliment the other two cute mice perfectly.
    How quickly has two years gone on the blogging front, Congratulations.

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    1. awww thank you Lesley =)
      indeed, already 2 years...but so many good moments =)
      big hugs
      xxx

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  7. Congratulations with your presents and also blog anniversary! yes, yes you are really spoiled by your friends! hi-hi-hi :)

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    1. Many thanks Olli =D
      I'm under a very shinning star in the blogosphere, indeed...
      big hugs
      xxx

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  8. Congrats on your win! The mouse pillow is so cute :) It must feel great to have finished your project finally too! :) xx

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    1. ho yes it is, a finished UFO is a great satisfaction =)
      and they are so cute...
      thank you for your kind words
      xxx

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  9. Congratulations on your two years of blogging, Valerie! I had no idea you were blogging for that long--so glad I finally discovered your blog last year :) Your little mice are just adorable--they always have the cutest expressions on their tiny faces... And what a nice win from Mii--just perfect gifts for you!! Enjoy :)

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    1. Thank you so much Carol =)
      I saw this morning that Margaret Sherry issued 2 new mice designs , she heard me, hehehehe =D
      I'm really happy those days...have to enjoy this =)
      big hugs
      xxx

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  10. hello copine c'est une jolie histoire la création de ce blog!!!! et tes souris elles sont adorables!!!! j'ai une préférence pour ton travail que je trouve super fin, je suis fan!!!!
    je te fais des très gros bisous et j'espère à très bientôt, pour le moment je suis grave débordée au boulot... biz
    Blandine

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    1. Merci ma copine =)
      Je suis raide dingue de ces souris, et tu sais biensur où je les ai accrochées =D
      Tu verras la prochaine fois que tu viens
      bon courage avec ton boulot :-/
      gros bisous
      xxxx

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  11. Such a wonderful post! Oh my.. Where to start commenting? :p
    Mii sent you beautiful gifts :) that little pillow is perfect for you :D and soooo cute! Tatty Teddy pattern is adorable! Do you plan to stitch it soon? :D
    2 years?! Seems like yesterday! Hehehe happy blogversary sweetie!! :D I'm thankful for the day your path crossed mine! You are an amazing friend that lives far away but is always close to my heart =)
    Congrats on finishing your trio!! Uhuuuuuu beautiful work sweetie =)))) I should stop reading your blog... You make me wish I could stitch all these beautiful works that you do!!! :D if only I had more hands... Lol!!

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    1. I told you a day you were my blog Godmother =D
      but please noooooo don't stop reading my blog hehehehe, I'll buy you hands if needed =D
      Thank you so much for your kind words sweetie, you're such a special friend to me too
      I'm so thankful to Margaret Sherry and her mice =D
      If only I had imagined what would happened to me after writing this first post 2 years ago ! I won't have believed it =D
      For sure my blog received pixie dust the day I created it =)
      I'll try to start Tatty Teddy very soon, maybe this weekend . I thought Mii would send only the chart but no, it's the full kit !! crazy Mii =)
      big big hugs sweetie
      xxxxxxxx

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  12. Hi Dear
    congrat ... for the gifts
    I'm very happy for You.
    WOW
    Mice are so beautiful
    I really like them.
    Giovanna

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    1. Many thanks Giovanna =)
      Mice are still what I stitch best hehehehe
      their little faces are so cute
      big big hugs
      xxx

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  13. OMGoodness, you got the perfect gift from Mii.
    beautifull stitchin piece, a cute mouse!!
    And those gifts.. I really love that heart shape little candles I hev really never seen them.. the little small ones you can but every where, but those I really have never seen.. Love love love them
    Also the buttom heart, I still need to make that one time.. love it!!
    the the above heart shape, also so beautifull.. love it too..
    ooops.. do I love hearts and white our what???????
    The other selfmade things are so cute too..
    Your going to stitch so much on that cute design this weekend!!!
    ♥ ♥

    OMGoodness.. your mice's looks so beautifull. it was in a box of dust for 2 years?????????????
    Thankfully the pixie dust of Nia was on top of it..;) hihihihi
    I can't wait too see the totall frames picture.. I love this design... never seen that there was so many green colors in it.. beautifull
    You stitch quality's are really so beautifull
    Those other two mice are so wonderfull too..
    Can't wait too see the totall pic of them all..
    Are they all hanging in your craft room???

    Hugs petite Anne

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    1. Thank you so much Petite Anne =)
      You enjoyed Mii's gifts as much as I did hihihihi
      Everything was so super indeed !
      I have been blessed....
      And thank you for your kind words on my mice =)
      I love them so much
      They are hanged in the laundry, I haven't any craft room =(
      When we had our house built I never imagined I would need one a day and we didn't forecast it =(
      I regret a bit now...
      But I craft anyway =D
      in the 2 very first posts here you will see the 2 other mice framed in a closer picture
      Sure one day you'll see them by yourself =D
      big hugs
      xxxxx

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  14. You mouse is beautiful. :) I love Margaret Sherry very much!!!

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    1. Thank you very much Freyja =)
      Margaret Sherry designs are so cute
      They inspire me a lot =D
      xxx

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  15. Great Stitching Valma, whilst I am not a huge fan of Margaret Sherry, these designs that you have stitched look so sweet. You clever girl!

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    1. Thank you very much Kaye =D
      I said this year I would stitch less MS designs...but I can't help, hehehehe
      xxxx

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  16. I loved this story, dear! It has inspired me... Thanks for sharing it with us!

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    1. how could I inspire you with my story ? hehehehe =)
      I fond it was logical to share this story here, those mice are the very beginning of my blog and of the so precious friendships I made =D
      so happy you loved it
      big hugs
      xxx

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