What I did last weekend

Was to join over 300,000 protesters on the capital mall in Washington DC. This is a picture of my daughter and I. We chaperoned 2 busloads of high school students. It was awesome!! Please don't be offended if you don't agree with my view. I hope you will just respect it as I respect yours.

Block 2 of Days of Advent

We are having another snowstorm here today-it really is pretty. I would like it so much better if I didn't have to drive in it.  :^)
  Here is my second block of Days of Advent. I messed it up and it is like 2 stitches to the right-I just left it and compensated, because I would have had to rip out so much. Hopefully it is not too noticeable. I really love the colors in this piece.

Needle punched heart

Here is my finished heart. It turned out to be too big for my needle punch frame, so I had to put it on my rug hooking frame. I love the colors in this one! Thanks Lori for another great design-it was super fun to punch!

Some needlin' and some punchin' !

This is what I'm working on today:

Its a needle punch heart pillow. The design is by Lori Brechlin. I love everything she does. Its fun to work with her prim colors. I spent a 12 hour work day yesterday packing pattern orders for my 2 new cross stitch designs-coming soon-and finishing up some other things. So today it was nice to have a clean slate and be able to pick up a project just for fun.
I also finished up a doll order that was sent off today. This is another Jane...

I enjoyed working on her. In fact I started a new doll just to keep the doll mojo rolling. I used my Elizabeth pattern, but I will embellish and she will not look like Elizabeth when I am done. Its nice to be in the studio(ok, bedroom corner) again!

Crazy January 2011 Challenge~Days 12,13,14, and 15

We are having a huge snowstorm here today. I am so glad that it is MLK day, a school holiday. I don't have to try to figure out if school is closed, and then find out it is NOT closed, because of course, this is Chicago and they NEVER close school! And then go out in the storm and drive, white-knuckled,  the kids to school over slippery scary roads through blowing whiteness! Every time this happens I think to myself, I am just going to keep them home and spare myself the scary experience. But then I feel guilty and so I man up and head on out. LOL! So I am happy its a holiday today!!
 On to the challenge! I have thoroughly enjoyed this challenge! The variety was great, and even though I sometimes wanted to continue with a certain piece, I really enjoyed starting them all. I think the preparation was just as much fun, deciding on charts, kitting them up, visiting some local LNS for supplies (always a treat!). So here are the final starts for me:

Noah's Ark Sampler by The City Stitcher

This one was actually a WIP if you can believe it! Ha! Ha! I had like 3 stitches in it before. I have to admit I wasn't feeling it, so I didn't get much done on this one.

In March and In April by The Goode Huswife

This is another WIP. I worked on the grass and the house a bit. I really do want to finish this one this year, I really like its primitive and drab colors.

No Bees No Honey by Birds of a Feather

And finally, I worked on this one which I thoroughly enjoyed. I did have to enlarge the chart on my printer so my olde eyes could see those tiny darn symbols. This is being worked in Gentle Art sampler threads(which are one of my personal favorites) on 32ct. pearled barley.

 Are you noticing that that is only 14 new starts? Well I worked on this one again on Day 15, because I really like it!.

  So now that I am able to work on what ever I like, it will probably be Days of Advent and I'll pick a small one to work on to keep myself from feeling bogged down(big projects can do that to me sometimes!). What a fun time, and I have really enjoyed seeing all of the other starts around blogland!