May snowflake

May went by so quickly, I nearly forgot to tat my May snowflake for the Snowflake A Month Challenge at The Tatting Forums!

This is "Itsy-Bitsy Snowflake" from A Veritable Tatted Blizzard by Samantha Melnychuk. I put the quarter in the picture so that you can see just how itsy-bitsy this little flake is in size 80 DMC. It's so cute!

The shuttle on the left is one of my favorites from Grizzly Mountain Arts. The paisley shuttle is from Emsyjane. I do love my shuttles!

One gorgeous hanky!

I think Michelle's Aunt Rose-E would be pleased. I know I am!

Yes, I toyed with the idea of using a pink or blue edging, but I love the way the white edging pulls out the white flowers in the hanky. It's much more noticeable in person than in the photo.

Just don't look too closely... as I was pressing the hanky, I spied a few missed joins. Shhh! If I'm lucky, that blind man on the galloping horse will never notice! ; )

Pattern: "Clover" from Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior
Thread: Olympus Special No. 40

Hacked!

Dear friends and family,

My Yahoo email account has been hacked! Please do not open any suspicious looking email from me. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

Diane

Back in business!

Lucky me! Apple tech support had the answers for me. I emptied my cache, deleted my cookies, and all is well. Thank goodness!

...because, I received a very special package in the mail today! Anika at Tatting It Up had a giveaway, and I was the lucky winner! I was expecting a handmade card, and I received so much more. Thank you, Anika!

Did you notice the hanky in the middle? It's my favorite color, blue!

I think I know just which thread and pattern I'm going to use. : )

I'm getting close to finishing the edging for my hanky from Michelle... four more pattern repeats! I should be finished with it sometime this weekend. I can hardly wait to show you how beautiful it is!

Very strange!

I'm a Mac user, and I've been using Safari as my browser for years with no problems. However, suddenly Safari and Blogger aren't playing together very well. I'm trying this to see if I can post using Firefox. Blogger is looking into the problem, so I'm not overly concerned. It is difficult to change surfing habits, though!

I've been reading all of the posts that show up in my Google Reader, but I haven't been able to post any comments. Please be assured that I am keeping up with what all of my Blog Buddies are doing!

I have one hanky left to mail. Most of them were mailed Tuesday or Wednesday. I hope you all have fun with them!

Blog Buddies, I need your help!

Dear Blog Buddies,

I cannot find where I put my blog buddy addresses. I do know they're someplace really, really safe! If you signed up for Diane's Great Hanky Challenge, would you please look at the challenge post and see if your hanky has a line through the name? If it does, the hanky is reserved for you, but I can't find your address. If the name of the hanky is missing, I have your address and your hanky is ready to be mailed. Please send me your mailing info at DianeCademartori at gmail dot com. I really appreciate your help with this!

Diane

P.S. - My apologies to Elizabeth (Group E Yellow), Isdihara (Group E Yellow), Bri's Bits (Group F Yellow), and Frivole (Group A Brown). I tried to contact each of you by replying to comments, but I think I went about it the wrong way. The hankies each of you chose were already taken. I still have the Deep Purple, Bright Green, and one of the Mother hankies left, if you are interested.

I still need addresses for:

Group D Scorpio - Beelizabeth - received, thank you!
Group E Pink M - Michelle - received, thank you!
Group F Pink Flowers - BlondEngineer - received, thank you!
Group I Pink Flowers - Sharren in Greenwood - received, thank you!
Group I Blue Flowers - Mimi - received, thank you!
Group K Yellow & White Flowers - Laivine - received, thank you!

Again, my apologies dear friends. I probably should have waited until school is out to try this, but I was so excited about sharing with you! When I find those addresses... well, I guess I'd better not make any promises!

Diane's Great Hanky Challenge!

Update #2: If the name has been removed, the hanky has been packaged for mailing. Thanks for such a wonderful response!

Update: I'm sorry I wasn't clear. Would you mind choosing just one hanky for now so that more people can have an opportunity to try tatting hanky edgings? Thanks!

Here's the scoop, tatting friends... I've gone a tad crazy bidding on vintage hankies on eBay, and I've gotten some tremendous deals. However, there's no way I'll have time to tat edgings for all of these hankies!

Would you like to take part in a little hanky madness? Choose one of the hankies below, post your choice in the comments so that everyone will know which ones are taken (I'll try to keep up with marking off the ones that are spoken for), send me your mailing address, and I'll get one of these little beauties out to you ASAP! There are absolutely no strings attached. Believe me, I've kept plenty that I'm not quite ready to give up, and I still have far too many on hand!

I'm not good at coming up with names, but I'll try to name the hankies in groups that will help both of us out. First come, first serve. Please note that some of these hankies already have some machine-made lace attached to them, so you might have to do a little snipping.

I hope you'll post pictures of what you do! Happy tatting!

Group A: All gone!

I'm not sure why this picture turned sideways, but...
Group B: All gone!

Group C: All gone!

Oops! Another one turned sideways!
Group D: All gone!

Sideways pictures seem to be a theme here!
Group E: All gone!

Group F: All gone!

Group G: All gone!

Group H: All gone!

Group I: Yellow Mother - for shannon_in_love

Group J: All gone!

Group K: All gone!

Let the hanky madness begin!