I wish Labor Day weekend was longer than three days. Don't you?? If I had a vote, I would make it a week long holiday, but then again that it just me. I did make the most of it though. I finished a great book, The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks. I wrote a review about it on my reading blog here. It was awesome. They are making it into a movie. To all you chick flick lovers out there, definitely put this one on your list. I'm only praying that Hollywood doesn't get smart and try to change anything important from the book. That would not be cool. I would be an unhappy fan.
Next up! I got some progress done on some projects. I made a Winter Wonderland card as you saw in my last post. I also managed to put about 4 hours into my Nora Corbett "J" Fairy design yesterday... so Hooray! for that. Now I officially have 1/4" of a fairy done. :)
(Don't ask me why my pics look blurry at first glance and then look better when you click on them. I have no idea)
I tried to take my picture outside to show the colors better since the lighting in my house is sucky, but it was so overcast from a rain cloud coming, it didn't make much difference! I anticipate I will be done with this design before the end of the month. Good thing too cause I'm planning on moving onto a different stitching adventure once I'm done with this. You see.... I need to finish a quilt for a Christmas present this year and I'm going to attempt to hand quilt the quilt...... Yea you read that right! Am I crazy? Maybe a little I think. I know I will definitely need a few months for that. The honest story is that this quilt has been a WIP for too long and I need to finish it. I keep telling myself, "I can finish this for the next occasion or next holiday"..etc. I told myself no more of the excuses. I'm giving myself a big kick in the pants to finish it this year by 12/25. So you all shall be seeing progress photos of that project real soon. ;) I'm sure I will pick up a cross-stitch project after "J" is done cause I can't just stop cross-stitching. I just can't! I also managed to do a little crocheting this weekend, but nothing worth photographing. That baby afghan I'm doing has a deadline for November. I've had it for too long too. I'll post a pic once I put a few more rows into it.
I did finish stitching my piece for the Rotating Designer's Exchange. I just need to actually finish it into something. I wish I could say what but I can't. :) I also signed up for a Halloween Exchange on the Stitched With Love Exchanges blog. I'm really loving these exchanges. They are fun.
That's it for now. I'm in the mood to make a card, so I will be back later with a card project.
Happy Crafting!
Jen
Next up! I got some progress done on some projects. I made a Winter Wonderland card as you saw in my last post. I also managed to put about 4 hours into my Nora Corbett "J" Fairy design yesterday... so Hooray! for that. Now I officially have 1/4" of a fairy done. :)
(Don't ask me why my pics look blurry at first glance and then look better when you click on them. I have no idea)
I did finish stitching my piece for the Rotating Designer's Exchange. I just need to actually finish it into something. I wish I could say what but I can't. :) I also signed up for a Halloween Exchange on the Stitched With Love Exchanges blog. I'm really loving these exchanges. They are fun.
That's it for now. I'm in the mood to make a card, so I will be back later with a card project.
Happy Crafting!
Jen
