"Flakes Unite" and "Joy Kitty"...

"Flakes Unite"

From Dimensions
Designed by Brian Jackins

Finished December 11th, 2008 approximately

"Joy Kitty"

From Dimensions

Designed by Brian Jackins
Finished December 11th, 2010

I totally didn't plan on the dates being similar...

ORT Jar...

I figured I should post a before picture of the ORT jar of doom... Look at that thing!!!! It's enormous!!!!! And look at all the ORTs! I think I've been collecting since this whole silly ORT thing started, because I sure didn't add much to the jar in the past twelve months, seeing as how I was in school from September to April, and then had a relatively stitch free summer where I worked and played back home for four months... All in all though, I think I had more finishes then I give myself credit for... There were two of "Nova Scotia Tartan Map", two free kits from Cross-Stitcher Magazine, "Cut Roses", "Tabby's Friend", something I stole from the internets to do for Jenn for Christmas last year (I know, bad stitcher!)... That's seven things I can recall during a time when I swear I didn't do much stitching...

Maybe it wasn't as much of a stitchy slump as I thought... :)

"Nova Scotia Tartan Map"...

"Nova Scotia Tartan Map"

From Foxberry Cottage Crafts

Finished December 9th, 2010

Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long!!!

I've joined up in the Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long for 2011 (Check out Sharon's blog for details: http://itsdaffycat.blogspot.com/)... I've been saving my ORT's for awhile, and have quite a large container for them to live in... I didn't sign-up for last year's, but I played along anyway... I'll have to start taking some pictures of my jar!

Goals for the Month of December, 2010...

1. Finish the "Nova Scotian Tartan Map"... It's a gift for my aunt for Christmas (she also received another cross-stitch for Christmas a couple of years ago, the "Winter Hideaway" Dimensions piece)... I feel the need to explain something about this piece... I gave my parents a finished cross-stitch of this while they were visiting me in Newfoundland... When I came home to Ontario at the beginning of September, it took me a couple of days to ask where they put it... Apparently, when they were cleaning the rental car in Newfoundland, they accidently threw it out with some bags... I've since had them purchace the chart packs for this and the "Cape Breton Tartan Map" (Dad liked them both a lot), and all the threads required to stitch them, and sometime in the near future I will stitch it for them again... Until then, this piece is for my father's sister, who took me in for a whole month back in 2008 and put up with my crazy ways... Finished December 9th, 2010...

2. Finish "Beguiling Tiger"... This has traveled with me across the country several times, but I just haven't felt like working on it, so it has languished in the 3/4's done state...

3. Finish "Joy Kitty"... I did some work on this in October, but I got distracted by the roses... Finished December 11th, 2010...


I work very near an up-scale coffee shop, which is managed by my mother actually... I tend to show up there at scarily early hours, to have breakfast and wake up properly... I have been making it a habit to take a cross-stitch with me to work on, because I'm usually there several hours before my shift starts... For instance, tonight I started work at 5pm, and I showed up at 2pm for coffee... I'm finding that this is really helping the progress of my stitching... And that there are lots of people in my community who think what I'm doing is awesome... Instant ego boost... :)

"Rose Cuttings"...

"Rose Cuttings"

From Dimensions
Designed by Christie Repasy

Finished November 18th, 2010

Goals for the Month of November, 2010...

1. Finish "Rose Cuttings" from Dimensions... I'm currently working on the half-stitch, so, I'm almost there... Finished November 18th, 2010...

2. Start and finish "Nova Scotia Tartan"... Again... *shakes head and sighs in the direction of the parental figures*... Started November 19th, 2010...

3. Try to get a couple of those free kits from Cross Stitcher magazine done... They've been building up over the years...



I'm sure there's more on this list to do, but really, it's 12:17 am... My brain is boggled...

Wandering...

So, I'm in another city again... Well, town anyway... Visiting friend for Easter... The bunny found me and everything...

Exams are in less then two weeks now... I am nervous as all get out... Why they torture students this way, I will never know...

I am going back to Ontario two weeks from yesterday... Visiting my family... I miss my family very much... And then I'll be back to Newfoundland for work on May 1st... Probably won't see them again for about 8 months then... Probably not until Christmas... The choices one must make...

However, when I'm back in my own bedroom, I will once again be surrounded by a puzzle... What cross-stitch kits am I gonna bring back with me for the summer? Four whole months of not having to study or do homework... I will have to have some serious thought on this...

Finished March 14th, 2010...


Progress as of March 27th, 2010...
Finals are soon... Haven't had time to do anything on it...

Weekend Plans...

Not going anywhere... Not doing any studying... I am pulling out my stitching and getting in some good quality time with my needle... I suddenly find myself without work this weekend, due to a switched shift... So, from Friday at around 5pm until Sunday evening expect for me to be peeking at a chart and highlighting and swearing at sparkly thread... I am having my own personal stitch-a-long dammit...

I have gotten some more done on the butterfly montage since I last posted... I'm almost finished the first one, just the pink and sparkly to go... Then to do some greenery and figure out which pretty butterfly to do next...

WoooooooooooHoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

"Butterfly Scene" designed by Lori Turosey... Creative Accents... Dimensions... As of March 5th. 2010...

I finally did some cross-stitch done!!!! Woot woot!!! And it has some sparkle too... Sooooooo happy...

Fail...

*jumps up and down on school notes*... Evil!!!!!!

Goals For The Month Of January 2010...

1. Stitch something... Anything!!!

*glares at textbooks and notes piled around the room*... It's all your fault, dammit...

No Crafting and All School Makes Alanda Go "Something Something"...

"Go crazy? Don't mind if I do!!!!"

Three weeks into term and already I'm a basketcase... I can't really blame it all on the school... I always was a basketcase; school just combines that with a chronic lack of sleep and a super caffeinated physique... That and constantly listening to "How It's Made" on Discovery while doing homework... Well... You can see how I might not be the most sane person on the planet, right?

And right now they're describing how coffee is made...

I keep planning on doing some crafty goodness... But, I took all (most) of my charts back to Sarnia, where they will collect dust for the next three months... It's amazing how much stash a girl can collect in a place where there's really no good craft stores... I have access to a Wal-Mart and a small craft store in a mall... Neither of which has anything I currently want to stitch...

So, I have two projects here... Dimensions "Bless This Home", Designed by Angela Staehling, and Dimensions "Butterfly Scene", Designed by Lori Turosey...

I'm hoping I can get at least one of these done this term... My fingers are itching...

Oh look... They're showing something about a tornado now...

Apparently Posting Doesn't Happen Around Here...

Been in school... Christmas was great... Will post more this weekend, and then possibly not for another 4 months... :)