Back from the framer

I picked up two pieces from the framers this week. I love the way both pieces turned out! The first one is the Patchwork Baby Birth Record by Dimensions for my newest niece, Harper.

The second piece is Snowflake Serenade by Country Cottage Needleworks.

Have a great weekend! I will be busy stitching away on Mediterranean Mermaid :)

Finishes!

Well, I have one finish and one almost-finish : ) For the finish, I worked on a Christmas ornament from Prairie Schooler's Cranberry Christmas. This ornament will be a Christmas present. I also picked out some fabric to make to the ornament with, but I still haven't figured out how I want to finish it yet.

 The cross-stitch (it's just folded in the pic) and fabric:

For my almost-finish: I finished the last panel on the birth record! Since my niece is due in January, I won't be able to finish it until then. So, I am calling it finished for now. The last panel:

The whole thing with a cute poem in the center:

This weekend I started Mediterranean Mermaid by Mirabilia and will post a progress pic of her next week. My plan is to frame Mediterranean and South Seas Mermaids (I have already finished SSM) with the same frame and hang them up next to each other. They are also on the same fabric: Vintage Antique Green Belfast.

I added a new page to my blog. On it, there are links to different cross-stitch albums. I wanted to put all my albums in one place and organize my WIP pics.

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Birth Record Update and November

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We had my sister's baby shower this weekend and had lots of fun watching people drink from a bottle (it's harder to do than you would think). The next game involved guessing what was in the "dirty diaper." I melted various chocolate candies on diapers and people had to guess what it was. The melted snickers bar looked by far the most disgusting.

I am working on the last panel of the birth record, and my plan is to finish the piece tonight after work. Yay! Here is my progress from last week:

I also finished LHN's November this past week. The squirrel in the pattern looked cute : )

Have a great week!

Halloween Ornament and Progress

Happy Halloween!

I managed to finish one of my Halloween ornaments. Sadly, the other one is just looking at me and begging to be finished. For the one that I managed to finish, I glued it to a piece of cardboard, cut black felt out for the backing, and added an orange ribbon to hang it up with.

My progress this week on the birth record:

I am almost done! Yay! I have two more panels left to stitch, and then a little poem goes in the center along with the name and birth date.

I am also almost done with LHN's November, and I will post a picture of that when it is finished.

My stitchy goals for last month were:

1. Stitch 2 Halloween ornaments (one is almost done) Finished
2. Stitch 2 more Halloween Rules Finished
3. Work on the birth record Getting close to finishing
4. Finish the 6 o'clock rock garden in Japanese Garden, hopefully I can get more done! Finished
5. Start LHN's November Started

My goals for November will be:

1. Finish the birth record
2. Stitch one Christmas ornament
3. Start Mediterranean Mermaid
4. Finish the 9 o'clock rock garden in Japanese Garden
5. Finish November

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Stitching and Flowers

This past week I worked on the birth record. Fortunately, the panel I was working on was small, so I also had time to finish two more Halloween Rules. Hopefully the birth record will be done by the end of November or early December. Then, I just have to wait for the cute little girl to arrive, and for my sister to pick out a name.

The Halloween Rules are so cute and fairly quick to stitch. However, I will be putting up this piece until next year. Next up will probably be some Christmas ornaments (I like to stitch for the season). I digress...but LHN released a cute new ornament this month-Snow in Love-that I will be ordering today. I can't wait to work on it. Anyway, the pics:

I planted my violas back in August, and they started blooming within the last week. So far, I have one light purple plant, and one white one (that turns purple as it ages). Since the seeds were a random mix that I collected, I don't know what colors the flowers will be. So, it is fun watching them bloom. 

I think a big, mean, ugly grasshopper snacked on the purple flower : (  I don't like grasshoppers. The thing kept hanging out on my plants, and it was so huge! For a gardener, I probably should be a little less afraid of insects. Oh well. Thanks for stopping by!

IHSW Progress

I had a very productive weekend-lots of stitching for IHSW-yay! We also cleaned the apartment, and I made maple-walnut fudge (tasted great but turned out ok) and pralines (yum! They were prefect!). I had forgotten how hard it is to stir fudge, and I told hubby I should make fudge more often to build up my arm muscles. The pralines in all their yumminess:

As for the stitching, I worked on Japanese Garden and finished the 6 o'clock rock garden-I turned the picture right side up for easier viewing. I liked the blue/green colors in the rock garden. A pic showing all my progress on Japanese Garden is in the Japanese Garden album on the right. As soon as I am done with the birth record, I will definitely work on this one more.

I finished Pine Tree Inn by Little House Needleworks. Instead of plain cross-stitches for the snowflakes, I added beads (more bling!).

I also worked on the birth record and finished the cat. I like its yellow/coral checked legs. So cute!

I hope everyone had a great weekend, and I look forward to checking out your IHSW progress!

Ornaments

I worked on several ornaments this past week-two for Halloween and one for Christmas. My first Halloween ornament is from Cats, Bats and Witches by Prairie Schooler- I loved the clock-tower in this one.

My second Halloween ornament is from the 2011 Just Cross Stitch Halloween issue: Halloween Acorn House by Jeannette Douglas. Hopefully this weekend I will be able to finish both of them.

DH and I flew to Los Angeles this past weekend for a wedding, and I decided to bring a Christmas ornament-Pine Tree Inn by Little House Needleworks- to work on while waiting in the airport and on the plane. I found cross-stitching to be very calming while we sat on the runway for 30 minutes in LA because Las Vegas had traffic congestion problems, and we couldn't take off. I was happy that I had more stitching time instead of worrying over when we would be leaving.

Lastly, my progress on the birth record (I also worked on this one at the airport).

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

October

It's hard to believe October is here already! This past weekend, I went to the Cotton Pickin' Fair in Gay, GA, and it was a lot of fun.(As a side note, Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy were there this spring filming scenes for a new movie set in the prohibition era). I loved seeing everyone's wonderful work and creativity. Of course I bought a few things and stocked up on dip mixes. Unfortunately, hubby doesn't like mayonnaise at all and refuses to eat dips that contain it. I don't care for mayonnaise, but I think the dips taste better with it in them. So we will have to come to some sort of compromise when we make the dips.Yum!

Last week, I finished October Flip-It by Lizzie Kate. I changed most of the colors. Originally, the witch hat was purple, green, and yellow, but I didn't care for the way it looked, and changed the hat to black, a red/purple metallic thread, and orange. I also used much brighter/vibrant orange, purple, and green threads.

I made some more progress on the birth record-a cute little butterfly.

Lastly, here are my stitching goals for the month:

1. Stitch 2 halloween ornaments (one is almost done)
2. Stitch 2 more halloween rules
3. Work on the birth record
4. Finish the 6 o'clock rock garden in Japanese Garden, hopefully I can get more done!
5. Start LHN's November

Progress

I hope everyone had a great weekend! First, I want to say thanks for all the kind comments I have received. Since I am a new blogger, I am always excited when I get comments and new followers.

This past week I worked on a birth record for my new niece. It is Patchwork Baby Birth Record kit by Dimensions. I changed out the aida for 28 count antique white jobelan-I'm not an aida fan. I love the colors in the kite. They are so bright and cheerful (especially in person), and I look forward to stitching the other cute baby motifs.

My favorite time of the year is fall, and I love working on halloween/fall/thanksgiving cross-stitch. So, I stitched the next Halloween Rule by Lizzie Kate-Eat Candy-a great rule! The little candy corns in the pattern are adorable, and I am one of those people that actually likes candy corn. I am always excited when I see it hit the grocery store shelves.

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