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MEANT TO BEE

February 2, 2020 By Cathy Habermann 7 Comments

Meant to Bee

It feels like just yesterday when I was sharing ‘Love is Kind’ for our 31st Anniversary & we are about to arrive at our 32nd year as Mr. & Mrs. HOD 😉

We often talk about the good old days when we first met & started dating. Of course you always think about the ‘what-if’s’…what if we had chosen different colleges…what if I had left college when I seriously thought about it…what if he had never asked me to dance…

Fortunately, we don’t need to dwell on the what-if’s too much other than to say…’what if we sneak out of town for the weekend and pretend that we both don’t have crazy jobs and schedules’! This is exactly what we did over New Years. We hopped a plane and headed to the Riverwalk area of San Antonio. I highly recommend both – the sneaking out of town & San Antonio.

Please enjoy this year’s gift to Bill to celebrate our anniversary. I can hardly wait to see your finishes & inspirations. Click here to download the file for Meant to Bee.

 

This marks the 8th year that I have designed a complimentary token to celebrate our special day. Please look back on previous blogposts from this time of year to print your copy of older designs. Any items that were once available by SASE are no longer available. Please save your stamp.

If you post your finish on your social media pages, please be sure to use the #handsondesign tag so that I can oooh & awww – thanks to my good friends at Just Another Button Company, Lady Dot Creates & Weeks Dye works for sharing their talents with me & you! Ordering & item details for Pin-Mini, buttons, trim, linen & floss are on the chart.

 

Enjoy the stitch,

Cathy – Hands On Design

 

 

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Comments

  1. Phyllis Lundy says

    February 2, 2020 at 11:36 am

    Thank you Cathy! Love the words and the shape of this cute design.
    Happy Anniversary to you and Mr. HOD!!

    Reply
  2. Brenda E says

    February 2, 2020 at 5:53 pm

    Love your anniversary freebie! Thanks!

    Reply
  3. Diana says

    February 7, 2020 at 1:43 pm

    Thank you so much. I will be g this for a best friend that was married on Valentines Day & they are Bee keepers… how perfect! I just love your projects!

    Reply
  4. shellym says

    April 28, 2020 at 6:14 pm

    Thank You ? Im coming on 20yr in Oct ?where does the time go? My YOUNGEST will be 18 in August … You Blink and it flew in ?
    HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HOPE YOU GET SPOILED AND PAMPERED ???

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    • Beaj says

      May 29, 2020 at 1:27 am

      Congratulations. April 28th is our 58th Anniversary. tHANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY IN GIFTING US THIS DESIGN.

      Reply
  5. Mariah says

    April 29, 2020 at 10:54 am

    Thank you for the freebie Kathy. It is wonderful when we find the perfect partner. My husband and I celebrated our 40th last year, heading in to our 41st. I follow you on instagram, and have purchased a few of yo ur designs. The latest being the patriotic one. Which reminds me…i need to start stitching it & hopefully finish it to display by 4 Jul.

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  6. Lori Roth says

    February 2, 2021 at 4:02 pm

    Your Anniversary must bee around the corner. Hope you have a wonderful celebration this year also.

    Reply

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