Explosion!

Last night we had some friends over and one of them brought me a gift. And to my surprise it was a bag stuffed full of floss! I was more then a little happy. She made my night!



And from the look of the binding on them, I want to say that they are at lest from the 1980s. Ooh, vintage!
I remember what the ones my mom used back then and they look just like them.
So now I have to go through all of me current thread and check to see if the numbers have changed or the dye lot changed. I hope not. Wish me luck!!

Free time paying off

I'm on vacation. But we decided to stay home and bum around. Aside from playing video games, I've been crafty. :)




I finished a little cross stitch kit. The little $2 one. I saw it and it reminded me of my sister (she likes to spin her own yarn).



And I finished a bag too! Woot! I made this little sheepy with white fleece stitched on with black thread and white thread in the black areas. I LOVE simple things. Something simple or even plain things like more elegant then glamy and detailed stuff.

Our shop is undergoing some changes so we has been taking down somethings and will be adding new items in the near future. So I'm going to add this one to my shop along with a whole lot of others!!

Cute pattern site for all you anime lovers, geeky chicks, and gamers! Anime cross stitch

This is a fun forum for classic 8 bit games, chat and post with other nerd-tastic folks! Sprite Stitch Board

I have been working on one of those little kits that you can buy for like $2, and I cute design for my sister. But I have a crazy work schedule now and I started to do yoga again so I have been a little bit busier, but I am working!! :)
I have been sewing too. I have a couple of extremely plain short black dresses and I added trim and fun stuff to them.

A new year

I'm not one that sets new year's resolutions, but I starting thinking. Yes, I know scary, you should go run and hide. I don't like the fact that most of the resolutions that people set for themselves never get accomplished. So I guess I don't set them so I won't disappoint myself. hehe.
But there is one thing that I do want to do. That is stitching more. I really slacked off at the end of the year. But I feel that I will pick it up in full force now. :)

I have a couple of little cross stitch projects going on. Those will keep me happy. But want I really want to do is more for my Etsy shop. That's mostly sewing but that's what I love. I have loads of handbags, totes and purses that are blank and ready to be embellished. I have made a lot last year and still have yet to put them up on our shop. That bit is The Boy's job (he has been slacking).

I also want to make more of my dolls, like the one that is currently my icon.
Those little girlies are fun!

Good times!

I would like to wish everyone a good and happy new year!
I think that over all my year was good.
The only complaint is that I didn't do enough stitching! >.<
:)

Felt gifts

I said that I would post photos of the ornaments that I was making for my nieces and nephews.

They are felt and all hand stitched.

I was flipping through a Crate and Barrel catalog and saw these cute little felt ornaments and choked when I saw how much they costed. $40! For a set of four. WTF?!?
I thought to myself that I could easily make those myself.

They cost me under $2 bucks to make. Felt is cheap people!



One the last one I tried a herringbone stitch on it and it was very hard to stay straight, as you can see. But I MASTERED THE FRENCH KNOT BABY!!!!!!!! I feel so dumb that all this time I couldn't do one to save my life.



I just hope that they will like them.

Snip Snip!

Last year for christmas my sister got me a cute cellphone charm for Chinatown in Chicago. Unfortunately a charm is not the world's best thing for my phone. I have a BlackJack. I don't want to scratch the screen.
But I just had to use it, it's too cute to not.
So I noticed that my folding scissors had a spot for something like that. Now I rarely lose my scissors! She's decked out in a cute little kimono, parasol, and two little swords!