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The End of Summer
Summer is ending and there is no way for me to stop it. Last night, I actually had to turn the porch lights on when DH got home. It was that dark out. *sob* Last week, it was so nice. We were able...
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Where Did Fall Go?
The last time I blogged, I whined about summer ending. And now, here we are at the end of Autumn. The leaves in the front and side yards have been raked, the Christmas tree is up and it now gets dark...
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Happy New Year!!!
It has been crazy, crazy, CRAZY! The end of the year is always super hectic. I had a lot going on. Work had to get done before we left to visit family. Then we were gone a day longer than planned...
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2010 Recap
I had TWO stitching finishes for 2010. I stitched up an ornie and I finished Coffin Buzz. That’s pretty bad as far as stitching goes, BUT 2010 was a very busy year. We traveled, we packed up, we...
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Winter Blues
We’ve been hit with so much snow, it is beyond ridiculous. We were lucky enough that we didn’t have to deal with the first snow of the season, but we’ve gotten hit almost every week and I AM DONE WITH...
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Celtic Banner Update
I started this project back in 2005. I purchased the chart, fabric and floss after seeing MLI’s model at Golden Thread in Rochester, NY. The model was soooo beautiful. I made awesome progress in 2005,...
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This Time Last Year
This blog was hacked in February last year… so I was not able to blog about major life events. Thank goodness for FB and Twitter! Anyway, this time last year, I was about 30 weeks preggers with #3 aka...
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On a Roll!
I’ve decided to spend some time finishing off some cross stitch projects. First up is an ornament that I finished stitching in 2009. It has been sitting in a box since then. It is so nice to finally...
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I’m Addicted to Succulents!
It all started with this plant: I got this Christmas Cactus way back in 2006, when we were still living in Buffalo. It has survived 3 moves since. I now have a second pot just from little bits I...
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Playing Around with Color
I started with this: And ended up with this: The goal was to give it MORE life. The original photo looked so pale compared to what I saw that day.
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Paradigm Lost Progress
I picked up this project again on Friday night. I think I made decent progress. I frogged out a couple of the smaller motifs that were originally done in 1 strand regular and re-stitched them with 1...
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Slightly Better
These pics are slightly better. I went out on the deck, laid down a towel and put my project over it. I really need to improve on my needlework photography skills. ETA: I am using 35 count undyed...
View ArticleHoly crap this thing still works!
And I even remembered how to get back into admin! Big fat lie: I saved a bunch of old emails and clicked the link from there. Anyway, this is really me, Abi, servant to The Great Viking. I should blog...
View ArticleI have a YouTube channel
Hey guys!!! I’m alive! I’m even stitching! I’ve joined Stitch Maynia and the madness has moved to YouTube. Check out my first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9cFZvmgSl8 I hope to be able to do...
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