Red WIP

So I got accepted into the college I wanted to go to and I will be starting classes in January. I am super excited and super stressed out by it at the same time. A lot of small things have to happen between now and then but I am looking forward to it.  Work has calmed down a touched, but with the season of sales coming up, I am envisioning lots and lots of overtime.

Stitching wise, I've been busy.  I completed the top half of Red and I am in the midst of crocheting gloves for my local renaissance festival. Not exactly sure when I'm going this year, but I'm looking forward to it.  The first photo is a WIP picture I did about a week ago and the bottom is how it looks like now.  All the blank space is ALL beads.  She's going to look absolutely fabulous.

That's all I have for today.  Thanks for reading.  Happy Stitching!!

A Long Time With a Lot of Stitching

I know it's been forever. Life is amazingly busy right now and I just haven't had the time to really make this blog a priority.  My life has truly done a 180 since this time last year.  I am with an incredible man who has helped give my life at least some purpose and meaning and has helped me want to be a better person in every way.  I am now on first shift and they have been giving my boyfriend and I a TON of overtime that has really drained my reserves.  Because of this, I have decided to go back to college for my own sake versus having someone suggest I go back.  I haven't gotten into any colleges yet, but I have hope that it will happen.  If all else fails, I can do online courses for a while and then try again with a real college....or something.  My relationship with my family is greatly improved with everyone....except my brother, who's just a general jerk in the first place.  My life is amazing and I'm looking forward to seeing how my life continues.

On to the main point of this blog: THE STITCHING!!  Now, I have finished one piece that I am hoping to use for my wedding.  The theme is owls, so it's really perfect.  I was hoping to use it as a memorial type deal.  I used gold metallic for some of the leaves and it really gives it a touch of specialness.

I was able to frame the Ever After piece I posted last time.  It took at least an hour to figure out how to deconstruct it without ruining it and to then put it back together.  It had old, hardened hot glue on it and I spent at least 15 minutes doing it the hard way before I got fed up and looked up an easier way to get rid of it without ruining the wood (rubbing alcohol, btw).

Last finish of the day: my crochet project.  It's a simple blanket but it didn't turn out half bad for a first project, anyway.  I haven't been brave enough to try another project, but I'm working up the nerve.  I really want to get a pair of gloves made in time for our local renaissance festival.

Now for WIPs.  Now the first WIP is Celtic Summer.  I started it for my mother's sake because I eventually want to do all of them for her.  I stopped where I did because I got mildly bored by it and obsessed with starting a different project.  Anyway, this is where I am now.

Now the project I've been dying to stitch for a while now is Red from Mirabilia. I've been working on it for about a month now and I'm absolutely loving how it's turning out so far.

Randomness:  I had a fish.  It was mildly suicidal.  I had it for about a year.  It recently died.  I didn't really want to get another fish to replace it, on the other hand I wasn't sure what to do with the tank. I'm on Pinterest and I'm following someone who posted stuff about terrariums.  At first I thought it was silly.  Time goes on and I started to want some green life in the house.  When I first noticed the fish not looking so hot, I started planning what to do with the tank.  When it finally died, I had decided that a low maintenance plant would be a better fit.  So I did some research and I made this.

That's all I have for today.  Thank you for your patience.  Happy Stitching!!

Happily Ever After.....and Something Completely New

I finished that small piece that I mentioned last I posted. It's small and, no, I did not finish it in time for Valentine's Day, which is fine. It does happen. For this piece, I left off a few rows so I would be able to put it in a specific frame I have, but I think the piece still looks pretty darn awesome.

So the something completely different: I have started to teach myself how to crochet!! I have started something simple but huge and it's coming along quite well.  It's a simple blanket using single stitches. I'm not even close to finishing, but I will show you the two pics I do have. One was taken a few days after starting it and the other is it's current progress.

85 stitches wide and 27 high as of right now. It hurts my hands a bit, so I'm taking it slow until they're used to it.

That's all I really have for today.  Happy stitching!!

Skeleton Crew - FINISHED!!

YES!! I finished my Skeleton Crew piece and have already started another, much smaller piece which I am optimistically hoping to have done by Valentine's Day, but there's a chance it won't be done by then. We'll see. I have all week to work on it and it's pretty small.

Anyway, I finished Skeleton Crew 2/4/16.  First finish of the year!!  I have a pre-back stitch picture and a finished photo with some detail shots.

I'm very happy with how this piece turned out. Been wanting to stitch it the instant I got it, and here it is!!

Now for some patterns!!

Went with a Dragon Ball Z theme for today. Seemed fitting, for some reason. Happy Stitching!!

Happy New Year!? Updates Including Skeleton Crew WIPs

I know, I've done a terrible job posting and keeping everyone up to date on what I have been stitching.  However, night shift is killing my free time, making it so I honestly spend more time sleeping or working than anything else and makes what I do during my weekends very limited. Christmas was a particularly busy time for me as I work in a very busy factory.....not too mention family, new boyfriend, etc, etc.  Anyway, I have been busy stitching.  I made a few things for said new boyfriend but didn't think to take a picture of them until after I gave them away, so not those, lol.  Skeleton Crew is coming along nicely. I have a few WIP pictures to show off.

 The first photo is from before Thanksgiving and the second one is my current progress....as in this morning, lol.  I don't have that much more to do, just the lettering and the sea monster/fish beneath the hull, not to mention the tiny bits of back stitching.

I have some patterns to make up for the lack of them last post.

Hope you enjoy!! Happy Stitching!!