Books I Would Like To Read

You on a Diet by Mehmet Oz

Marie Therese by Susan Nagel
Shakespeare’s Wife by Germaine Greer
Four Queens by Nancy Goldstone
Cover Up by Nicky Epstein
Knitting for your Home by Nicky Epstein
Cables Untangled
Hooking With Yarn by Judy Taylor
Bedlam South by Mark Grisham
Crochet Lace by Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss
The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick
Thames by Peter Ackroyd
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
Crossroads by Belva Plain
The Quilts of Gee’s Bend by William Arnett
Stichin and Pullin by Patricia Mckissack
The Hundred Penny Box
The Other Queen by Phillipa Gregory
Elizabeth and Mary by Jane Dunn
Queen of Scots by John Guy
The 19th Wife


Wideacre by Phillipa Gregory (Wideacre Trilogy)
The Favored Child - book 2
Meridon - book 3

Diaries of Fanny Burney

Any book by Frank Wilson Kenyon

The Perfect Summer - Juliet Nicolson

John Adams by David McCullough – CD St Paul Library

Lady Susan by Jane Austen

The First Queen of England – Linda Porter (July)

Cerques des Cerques

This is Cerques des Circles by Ink Circles. It is stitched on 32 count Flax with using size 11 Smoked Topaz beads from Firestone Gems. The DMC used is 938.

Corsage and Boutonnieres

Here is the mother's corsage and a boutonniere

Veil on the Table

This is 3 yards of tulle edged with lace.

Lace on Veil

This is the lace edging on the veil with the pearl beads in the center. I had to sew on both sides to keep it on the tulle.

Veil Top 2

The top of the veil with the lacing and comb.

Shanda's Veil Top

The lace at the top of the veil. The comb is behind the lace.

Shanda's Bridal Bouquet

Here is a picture of the bridal bouquet, the pedals for the basket, the corsage and the boutonniere.