Work in Progress

This is my work in progress of the Four Seasons Bird cross-stitch project I started last week.  I spent most of the weekend watching Shameless reruns and cross-stitching while Jason spent most of his weekend gaming with friends.  It was a very nice, low key weekend for a change.  Much enjoyable!  I will work on this pattern some more tomorrow night during Jason's game night.  On Tuesday my new camera arrives so I'll likely be messing with that for a few days trying to figure out all the functions and learn how it all works.  Very excited about that!  Plus it has WIFI capability so my future instagram photos will likely come from the new camera...and I will feel better about uploading those to Flickr since they will be of decent quality.  :)

Four Seasons Birds

Today I started a new, large (for me) counted cross-stitch project.  It's a 18" x 10" canvas with sections for spring, summer, fall and winter and various birds during that season with sticks and branches making natural frames for each season.  It will fit perfectly in my bird themed bathroom over the window once it is completed.  And as an additional perk, the birds are correct for the seasons here in Kentucky.

Here is what it will look like when completed.  The Four Seasons Birds Cross-Stitch kit can be purchased here.

Birth Announcement Cross-Stitch

I have recently gotten back into cross-stitching after a very, very long break from it.  When I was growing up I used to do small cross-stitch projects all the time.  My mom even still has a bunch of them hanging in her house.  While I was Christmas shopping I came across a very cute birth announcement cross-stitch project and decided to make one for Portia & Laila to give as a Christmas gift.  I got it done just in time, squeezing the last stitch in on Christmas Eve and framing it in time to gift to them on Christmas Day.  I think it turned out quite nice!  My next cross-stitch project will be the Four Seasons Birds for my bathroom.

Purchase this Balloon Birthday Ride kit.

Country Puzzle - 5/365

This is a jigsaw puzzle I put together over the winter. Since it matches our decor I planned to frame it and hang it, but can't find a decent priced frame for the size, so I think I'm just going to add some photo hangers on the back (it's already glued together) and hang it that way.