Wedding Sampler & Canvas Starts (and Cronus)

Disclaimer: There are 2 stitching pictures to start this post, then there are pictures of Cronus my Kingsnake. Just so those who don't like the snakes can avoid the last of the post. :)

Well I survived the first canvaswork class last week. There is ALOT of counting in canvas. Just worked on the outer border, done with all continental stitches. I am not even halfway done the border, so wanna try and do that before next week's class if possible. Here it is to date:

I also started on the weekend on the wedding sampler for my friends. The fabric is actually more of an ivory colour than this picture shows (sorry it's a bit blurry too). I am much happier with the replacement of this grey than the one I was using. There is almost no colour change now but I think that's actually better in this platform).
This design is from Big Toe Designs and is on 32ct Linen (I think, might be 30 actually…):

As many people ask me about Cronus I thought I'd share a few more pics and talk a bit more about him. For those that haven't been following Cronus is the hatchling Kingsnake that I got in the summer. While we have two other snakes they are really the B/F's more than mine. this one I picked out. And of course I managed to pick the weird one. We're a bit concerned about his behavior these days, it's very odd. So we've decided to suck it up and pay to get him into the vet this weekend. I think he's probably fine (and just a weirdo) but I need the peace of mind.
Here is his new set-up. (he has been upgraded to a larger tank, sorry don't have a picture of Onyx's new home yet…)

And here he is hanging out in his branch area. He's about twice as long as he was when we first got him. I think he's over two feet now I think:

Got lots of errands to do this week it seems. But hopefully I'll find some stitching time in there. And American Idol starts tonight, so gonna PVR that and stitch to it at some point. Will be interesting to see what Steve Tyler is like.
I have been stitching on Dragons and will do a pic in the next post. I'm almost halfway through the first page of the year already!

HAED SAL Start

I only have a small start to show you. It is this year's SAL on the HAED BB, I picked Faerie Bride. I gridded to the bottom left of the page so I could start where I am comfortable. (they give you the pages from top right and I always reorder and start bottom left, but on SAL's you only get one page at a time so this is my compromise to still stitch in the direction I like best). Here is the tiny part I have done so far:

We've been busy moving terrariums around in our office/snake room to fit Onyx's new home. It is a four foot tank and finally enough space for her. I will take some pictures of the new step-up and show you how big Cronus (my hatchling snake) has gotten in the next little bit. That is why there is less stitching than usual to share. I do have progress on dragons from Christmas still but haven't had a chance to pull it out for a picture. My apologies. Soon I'll get to it.

Thank you so much to everyone that commented on my post about Rene. I really appreciated all of your comments and the mutual support everyone has around the community.
I hope everyone is staying warm! It's freezing here at -22C (-30C with windchill), for my American friends that is -8F and -20F. Brrr...

A few people have asked me about the little image I created of Rene's frog stitching. If you would like to use it on your blog I am more than happy to share. You can grab it right from here, or you can email me and I will send you a file.
*hugs* to all as we grieve.