Ornaments #6 and #7 are complete!

My photographic skills may start improving soon, since I finally got so frustrated with the flash that I sat down and read the manual. What a difference it makes. Whoda thunk?

Anyway, I promised pictures of the ornament finishes from the weekend. I'm going to try to finish-finish these this weekend. Fingers are crossed.

This is Fresh-fallen Snow. It took a lot longer than I expected, but I think the finish is worth the extra work.




And here is JBW, Love and Joy. I used the recommended threads on Monaco. It's a very simple finish, but I think it is so fresh and pretty.


I think the next ornament I do from the issue will be one of the ones that intimidates me. I don't want to leave the difficult ornaments til the end of the year, because I won't do them then, and that would be quite the bummer.

Can you believe how fast January went? I can't believe I'll be starting th February Itty Bitty Kitty square on Wednesday. It seems like I was just starting it last week, now it's time for the next one.

A WIP and some finishes

I am going to try to be a little more constant in posting photos and wanted to share what I've been doing this month.

This is my current WIP, the afore-mentioned Fresh Fallen Snow from the JCS issue. These are my color choices, and I think they work quite well.


You're a Lucky Dog, bought as a kit from Needlecraft Corner. I still have to put the buttons on, but the stitching is done.


Yuletide, by Plum Street Samplers.


And my cute little Spring Has Sprung, which was kitted up by my LNS a couple years ago. It is going to be made into a scissor fob.



Small finishes, but they're finishes!

Back to ornament stitching

Stitching on Santa last weekend knocked me into gear, so I've pulled out my 2011 JCS and gotten back to work on some ornaments. I actually finished the stitching on one over the weekend, Dragon Dreams' latest offering. I'm going to finish it into an ornament this evening, so hopefully, it will join the other ornaments either tonight, or tomorrow night. I'm kinda pleased to have another one done, since I now have 3 completed ornaments from this issue, which must be a record for me, LOL. If I get that done, I may do some finishing on a couple other ones that have been in dire need of it for a while now.

Wish me luck.