Back from Holidays

We returned from our holidays in lovely British Columbia on Friday and then spent the next few days hanging out at home and just lazing about. It was fantastic. But alas we are back into the work groove now. And of course back online!
It was kinda nice to have 6 days of being offline and out of communication with pretty much the entire world at my Grandparents farm in BC. So peaceful.
A part of me is happy to be back and into the routine again. And another part of me wishes for that peacefulness all the time.

But alas that is neither here nor there as here we all are. :)

I will have pictures from my holidays up in the next few days when my B/F downloads them.
In the meantime I have a stitching update!

I worked primarily on this little witchy ornament while we were away. Did a lot of it in the car (as we drove 8 hours to our destination and back again). It is almost complete. Just need to backstitch the "No magic until I've had my coffee" part. It has been a joy to stitch. Looking at the black in this photo though I'm not super happy about the coverage.


Sorry that is the only quick photo we managed last night.

Coming up: I will have updates on my ducky and the Papillion SAL too (halfway through part 3 now). I will have those up a bit later in the week along with those holiday photos.

Hope you've all had a great past week and a half and I am catching up on blogs today so can't wait to see what you've all been up to!

Holidays!!!

Alright, so my holidays start in approximately 5 hours! :)
I am going away with my B/F to visit family in BC. We will be without internet or email (except for phone access) but are going to try and not check very much at all. As a designer that sits in front of a computer all day, I do love my computer and the internet but sometimes you just need a break!
So forgive me if I don't answer blogs/emails/yahoo groups for a week.

My wonderful B/F went to my LNS and picked up my order of threads last night (as I was in a meeting) so that I can start two new projects in the car on the way to BC. We have an 8 hour drive ahead of us tomorrow.
They are from my stash purchase just three posts below.

This one is the moon mirror. Here is my small start (I have started both last night just so that I could A) get pics for you all B) know where to start in the car cause it's easier than counting. :)
(the photos of the project are from a book, so hard to see... sorry but thought you could at least get the idea).



And this is the tiny witch ornament that says: No magic until I've had my coffee. I'm going to hang this in my cubicle at work as I am often referred to as the "magic worker" when it comes to fixing file and designs.



As I expect both to be done while I'm away (as they are small) I won't update my sidebar until I return, hopefully with two new finishes!

Well I hope you all have a great week. And I look forward to catching up when we return and posting photos, both stitching and scenic for you.

A pirate finish... and more!

Well I'm happy to say that I *finally* finished the first of four pirates from Sue Hillis Designs that I am doing up. We are putting them in our bathroom and will just switch the one out for another every few months. My B/F loves pirates so our bathroom will be pirate themed sometime soon! :)

Here is a picture of beatings finished:


And what does this finish mean?
A new start. But it has to be another pirate.
So I started the Love Pirate. Here is the design:


And here is my start on it. This is on Summer Khaki Cashel Linen 28ct. The one above was on Mushroom Evenweave (they just didn't have the same material when I went in for more, but that is ok. The next three pirates will be on the Summer Khaki but I don't mind that they are different as the won't be side by side on the wall)


I also put a few more stitches into my Papillion SAL part 3. I know sad that I haven't gotten this done yet even with the delay on part 4 but that is okay. I knew I likely wouldn't keep up on this one.


We have only four more days until holidays! It will be an internet free holiday as we are headed to the mountains but I will likely update one more time before I go. And maybe even have my christmas ornament finished beforehand. While I am gone I hope to start my moon mirror or maybe one of the witch ornaments from when I bought stash at my LNS last time. :)
Thanks for visiting!