Life is better

 On January 1st I started Life if Better by Lizzie Kate with friends Christin and Dani

This was one of the faster January 1 starts, and had it finished on January 7th

May 2018 plans update

Lets see how May shaped up!

1) ORNAMENT A MONTH - DONE

• Tiny Tidings - Snowy House is the last in the XXII series

Snowy House - Tiny Tidings XXII

• I also did a 2nd of the Merry Christmas.  Much happier with it on the mushroom.

Merry Christmas V2.0- Tiny Tidings XXII

2) YEAR IN CHALK  - DONE

• I finished up June on May 4th

Year in Chalk - June

3) SAL - Long Dog Samplers Mystery - Sneek

• Here is where I was last month

Long Dog Sneek - Parts 1 - 2
 

• Part 3 was finished on May 19

Long Dog Sneek - Parts 1-3

4) NEW SAL - worked on

• Part 2 was finished May 5th

Peppermint Purple - Blackwork Tangram
Parts 1-2
 

• Part 3 was finished on May 12th

Peppermint Purple - Blackwork Tangram
Parts 1-3

• Part 4 was finished on May 19th

Peppermint Purple - Blackwork Tangram
Parts 1-4

• Part 5 was finished on May 27th

5) FOCUS WIP

• After thinking about it, I decided to make Tapestry my focus WIP again.  This is where I am picking up from:

• And here is my progress for the month

6) INK CIRCLES MONDAY - done 2/4 weeks

• May 7th - YES

Dragons of Sumatra - Progress on May 7th

• May 14th - NOPE. 
• May 21st - Yes, Tapestry - no progress pic taken
• May 28th - Yes, Tapestry - no progress pic taken

7) FULL COVERAGE - NOPE

• After thinking again about everything I had in May, I decided that this was best left to another time.

Week 19 - Stitching and Margaritas

A day last this time... what can I say.. Adulting is hard

Here is a re-cap of my week

On Monday, I worked on Dragons for Ink Circles Monday.  Only a tiny bit of border got done

Tuesday I worked on my Lizzie Kate ornament, and finished it on Wednesday

Snowy House - Lizzie Kate Tiny Tidings XXII
WDW and 32ct mushroom

Saturday, I finished Merry Christmas V2.0.  Looks so much better on Mushroom!

Merry Christmas - Lizzie Kate Tiny Tidings XXII
WDW, DMC, 32ct Mushroom

Saturday I also pulled out and finished week 3 on the Blackwork Tangram SAL from Lakeside Needlecraft and Peppermint Purple

Blackwork Tangram SAL - Weeks 1-3

As you can see, no stitching on Thursday or Friday.  I can't remember what happened on Thursday, but Friday I met up with some ladies and attended the Girls Night out in Cobourg.
It was a fun night!

On our way to a pottery class, post 1 martini :)

El Camino in Cobourg makes amazing Margaritas! 
My favourite is the Black Margarita

May 2018 Plans

1) ORNAMENT A MONTH

• Its time for the last ornament from Tiny Tidings XXII. 
• I am thinking about re-doing the first one to have the fabric match... will see how the month goes.

2) YEAR IN CHALK

• June is kitted and ready to go

3) SAL - Long Dog Samplers Mystery - Sneek

• Start and finish Part 3

4) NEW SAL - Lakeside Needlecraft Blackwork Tangram

• There is a new blackwork SAL from Lakeside Needlecraft and Peppermint purple on Facebook.  I did part 1 in a few hours so keeping up with this one shouldn't be hard

5) FOCUS WIP

• I am having a hard time deciding what project to make a focus this month... so I might just work on the monthly stuff first and then go from there.

6) INK CIRCLES MONDAY

• Every Monday give an ink circles pattern at least a little love.
• Use the hashtags #InkCirclesMonday and #ICM on social media
• For more information, see April 2018 plans post

7) FULL COVERAGE

• After looking over my WIP list, I realized I haven't given my full coverage project (Buen Appetito from Charting Creations) any love in a REALLY long time.  Not sure how I will work this in to the plan, but I need to start putting a bit of stitches in this! 
• Does anyone else have a day set aside for full coverage?

April 2018 Plans Update

Lets see how I made out for April... historically my busiest month at work

1) ORNAMENT A MONTH - YES and done

• I continued with the Tiny Tidings series

Two Houses - Tiny TidingsXXII from Lizzie Kate
Called for weeks, 32ct mushroom lugana

 

2) YEAR IN CHALK - YES and done

• I started Mays YIC on April 1st and finished April 4

Year in Chalk (May) from Hands On Design
32ct Linen in Slate from Fabrics by Stephanie
GAST chalk and mistletoe

3) SAL - Long Dog Samplers Mystery - Sneek - YES and done

• Pulled out part 2 after finishing YIC, and finished on the 15th

4) FOCUS WIP

• After looking over my WIPS, I decided to pull out Tapestry from Ink Circles
  This is where it was when I started

 

• and this is where I was as of Saturday when It went in the WIP pile once again

5) INK CIRCLES MONDAY (#ICM) - participated in 4/5 Mondays

• April 2nd - Worked on Valentina

• April 9th - NOPE.  Work kicked my ass and went to bed early without stitching AT ALL

• April 16th - Started Oscar's Corsage.  This will be my new travel project/ICM project until I can get some more thread for Valentina, and then again after Valentina is finished.

• April 23rd - Kept going with Tapestry, since it was out from the weekend

• April 30th - got home at a decent time and pulled Oscar's Corsage back out

 

 

How did you do in April?  Accomplish your goals?

Week 16 - Is that you spring?

Morning all
As I write this the sun is actually shinning... maybe there is hope to see spring in April!

Last week was another busy one at work.  I did manage to stitch a bit though!  I feel so much better (especially stress wise) when I do

Monday I had a new start for Ink Circles Monday.  This will also be my new travel project until I get more thread for Valentina and then after that one is done.
Not much of a start... but a start

After that I pulled out my ornament.  I felt like I was running out of time, even though we are only 1/2 way into the month when I started.
I finished early Saturday evening

Next (and last) on my list was a focus WIP.  I had tapestry in mind, and even though I wasn't sure I was feeling it, I decided to go for it.
Here is where it was when I pulled it out

And after some stitches on Sunday.  Not as focused stitching session as I wanted, but progress is progress.

Something else happened this week... I was featured as the Blogger of the week!
It was very weird to actually see posted!

This week I will be busy with work and my Birthday (YAY!!) so I will probably just keep plugging away at Tapestry when I have time.

Can't wait until the 1st when I can bring Year in Chalk and Sneek back out.

Have a great week all!

March 2018 plans update

Lets see how March went!


1) ORNAMENT A MONTH - DONE
Continued on with the Tiny Tidings XXII series and started Mr and Mrs Santa on March 11th
Finished

2) YEAR IN CHALK - April    DONE
I finished this one early in the month as well (March 5)



Year in Chalk (April) - Hands on Design
Fabric by Stephanie - 32ct linen Slate
GAST - Chalk and Ohio Lemon Pie

3) FOCUS WIP - Cirque des Coeur - DONE

Here is where I was at the end of February

 

You have probably already seen, but I had a happy dance on March 4th!

Ink Circles - Cirque des Coeur
32ct white lugana
Carries Creations Silk - Renegade

 

4) SAL - Long Dog Samplers Mystery - Part 1 - YES
Fabric finally arrived on March 6th!

This fabric doesn't photograph well, but this is the most accurate pic I got.


32ct Slate Blue

I got Part 1 done on March 12th

5) NEW START - Death By Cross Stitch - YES
Started March 16th.  DMC 154 on 32ct antique white Lugana

 

Progress to March 17th

6) 2nd FOCUS WIP - Fairy Alighting - YES and DONE

Here is Fairy when I started working on her again

 

I made excellent progress on her in March and had a finish very late on the 31st/very early on the first

 

 

 

 

 

April 2018 Plans

Here are my plans for the month of April
Still a good list, but not as much as work will be consuming a lot of my time.

1) ORNAMENT A MONTH

• Continue a start and finish on one part of the newest Tiny Tidings (xxii)

2) YEAR IN CHALK

• Start and Finish May

3) SAL - Long Dog Samplers Mystery - Sneek

• Start and finish Part 2 (currently one part behind)

4) FOCUS WIP

• I haven't decided 100% what my next focus will be.  I have decided to work on the above three items first and then see what calls to me

5) INK CIRCLES MONDAY

• I would like to get back to this.  I think it is time for Valentina, my travel project, to get a finish and this small design would be good for April.
  For those curious, it was created by 2 friends (Christin and Becca) and I since we all wanted to get some progress done on our Ink Circles.  Christin and Becca have a SAL and Becca and I have one too... so its a nice way to get some progress done.
  Please join us on Instagram with the hash tag #InkCirclesMonday if you want!

Week 11 - a finish, a start, and a WIP

First up this week was finishing my ornament.


Lizzie Kate - Tiny Tidings XXII
Mr & Mrs Santa
Called for weeks

This gives me 9 finishes so far this year!

On Thursday after getting to Retreat (and finally settling) I started Death by Cross Stitch with Dani.
This is where I got to on Friday night

Death by Cross Stitch
DMC 154, 32ct white lugana

Saturday I pulled out Fairy Alighting... since its next up on the goals list.

Here is the starting pic

and here is the after pic

Have a great week all!