Wizardry

My DH and I decided we would not get gifts for one another for the holidays as we had remodeled the kitchen this summer and figured that would cover "gifts" for a good, long time. Well, I couldn't let Christmas pass without giving him something, so I made this for him:

I made it from a Mill Hill Buttons & Beads kit. He collects wizards and dragons, so I figured it would add to the collection nicely. :)

I am now back to working on finishing up my Tetons piece....I WILL get it done soon!!! :)

Quick Gifts

I was a tich under the weather this weekend, and I used my "down time" to create some stocking stuffers for the upcoming holidays. These were made from Kreinik kits...they took about 30 minutes each, start to finish.

Progress is being made!

I have been working on this piece since Sept. 29, 2010. It is my goal to finish it by Sept. 29, 2011...don't know if I'll make it, but I AM getting closer to the end. ;)

I decided to do the wildflowers in the foreground with beads to make them pop. So far I'm liking how it's turning out.

Grand Champion!

The Stellar's Jay piece pictured in the previous post won Grand Champion in my local county fair. :)

Stellar's Jay

I finally got this all framed the way I wanted it (and with some help from my friend Nancy, I now know how to do framing "from scratch").  The photo was taken in Rocky Mountain National Park in April 2010, the cross stitch is from a Fireside kit purchased at The Stitchin' Den in Estes Park, CO.

Now that I know how to do framing, there'll be no stopping me! 

Feeding the Stash

Most of us have way more kits/patterns/ideas than we will ever complete in one lifetime, but that doesn't stop us, does it?!

This week I'm visiting my mother and there's a LNS in her town that I love and I just *have* to visit each time I'm here. So of course, that's what I did yesterday...and I added all sorts of gorgeous colors of aida cloth to my stash, as well as a few new kits.

And, my sister surprised me with some little kits from Joann's Fabric that she found on sale for me.

Yep, the stash just keeps growing. I see it as a sort of "Audrey" (you know, that man-eating plant in "Little Shop of Horrors"?) that I just have to keep feeding before it devours ME. ;)

Keep on stitchin'!!!!

A Few Finishes to Share

I recently finished up a few "in the works" pieces (which really is quite an accomplishment for me...I'm a great "starter" but a rather lousy "finisher"....something I'm working to turn around this year):

Here is the finished, framed little dragon (top) I recently completed after letting it languish in the "unfinished" pile for 20 years...it is now hanging with its companion piece:

This piece is a Stellar's Jay from a Fireside kit purchased at The Stitchin' Den in Estes Park, CO, a year ago. It is my goal to frame it with a companion photo of a Stellar's Jay that I took in Rocky Mountain National Park during the same trip:

Here is a Jim Shore Mill Hill kit, The Southern Snowman:

And here's another finished piece - a poppy done with variegated floss and beads, all framed and ready to roll: