It's a Beautiful Day and Freedom Saltbox- A Patriotic Freebie

                

           📻📻"See the sun shining in the window, 

          Time to start a new day. 

          Can't you hear the song bird singing?

          They're gonna sing out loud and say:

         It's a beautiful day for running in the sun, 

          A beautiful day has just begun. 

         A beautiful day to do what I want to do-o-o-o"

                

Good morning, ya'll. It is so joyous to begin the day with a song, and it is a beeautiful day! I hope your day is starting off with a sunshiny start!  

Please grab you a cup of whatever strikes your fancy. Well here, I have tea and yes I sip my ice tea in mugs. That's my excuse to buy cute mugs Lol . Don't tell Mr. Pinker. 

Be Blessed is a  freebie from my dear friend, Vicki at Stitchy McFloss blogspot

This is my newest mug that I got at the Dollar General while camping.  I haven't found them at my DG, but I am always keeping my eyes peeled for mug cuteness! 

Yesterday, I woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed thanks to a sweet birdie serenading to me on my window sill. I decided to take a drive to Lowes to see if there were any plants on sale. Oh , bummer ; no sales .  So I then went to Wally World where I found a couple of pepper and tomato plants to replace some that are looking pretty poorly.

 Being in the vicinity, I had to stop at the Goodwill. Let me show you my haul!! Loads of milk glass, and I even left some behind. Hmmm! I wonder if I should take another  trip to the Goodwill.  I am certainly in milk glass heaven right now.

  

In my previous post, I showed a photo of my newest stitch and finish - Hinzeit's Love Bees. 

My dear friend, PJ who knows I love bees sent me this chart. I finished it on a little clipboard that I had in my stash.

 I am pretty sure it had to have came from Wally World or Dollar Tree (the only 2 places I shop)  The clipboard does have an easel back and a small bow on it. 

                    

I decided to embellish mine so I pulled back the bow and added some old floral picks and jute. I just tacked the embellishments down with a tad of hot glue that way I can easily take it off if I want and then pull down the original bow .  

                   

Thank you again, PJ; I am so excited to add this to my bee collection.  

 Today I also wanted to share with you a new saltbox called Freedom Saltbox. 

  I am really loving the colors in this piece so much that I am going to use them in a little  sampler pinkeep that I hope to stitch and share soon.  

Click here for instruction page. 

Click here for Colored Chart.

Click here for Black/White Chart. 

I absolutely love seeing your saltbox stitches and each one is finished so beautifully. It just warms my heart.💗🥰🤗 Thank you, all. 

 The other day I was looking at which is the most popular saltbox.

 The most popular is ..... Drum Roll, please. Crow Creek!  

Crow Creek  was the very  1st saltbox. 

The 2nd most popular saltbox is .... Spring Green Saltbox. 

 It is always hard for me to choose my most favorite. They all have a special place in my heart especially the one's named after family members.

 If you have missed any of the other saltboxes, just click on the names below and you will be whisked back to a previous posts for your reading pleasure, and you will also find links to the charts there as well. 

 Candy Cane Cottage , Thanksgiving House,  Autumn's Saltbox , Susan's Summer Saltbox ,    Crow Creek Saltbox, Ophelia Manor on Punkin Holler Lane ,  Willowisp Manor of Holler Lane  ,  Turkey Creek Manor ,  Winter Saltbox  , and Dorothy Mae's Spring House   ,  Spring Green Saltbox  ,  Katie Anne's Saltbox , Sarah Jane's 1776 Saltbox , Aunt Bea's Summer Home  ,  Christmas Eve Saltbox  , Edna Viola's Saltbox ,  Winter Manor  ,  Elizabeth Hartline's Saltbox  , The Tulip House  and Strawberry Saltbox . 

      

Oh, my gosh! I have gabbed your head off. I am so sorry for the long post. Before you leave let me leave you , your weekly reminder "YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!" Thank you so much , sweeties for the lovely visit and have a very blessed and joyous day. As always... 

Happy quilting and stitching, ya'll

Melisa

Bee the best you can bee! 

Begin each day with a joyful heart. 

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗❤🧵

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy .I miss you , Amo . Love ya.