Weekend Finishes and Frames

 We woke up at a decent hour Saturday, and I was able to finish up my "Decorative Gourd" pattern from Subversive Cross Stitch!  My mom decorates really cute for each holiday, and I thought she would like this.  The original pattern says "It's decorative gourd season, motherfuckers!" but as I made it for my Mom, I thought I would clean it up a bit.   I thrifted the frame from Goodwill and I think it's perfect!

I also found the perfect frame for my Witchy Stitcher Christmas cross stitch that I finally finished.  I love how it turned out!

For this one, I wanted to go square or round, and there weren't any frames that fit, so I did have to buy this from the evil Christians at Hobby Lobby.  I wish the picture showed the colors better, but this was the best I could do without my stupid reflection in the glass.  It came out nicely and now I have to figure out where to display my Christmas beauties this year!

Tiny Swearing

 I wanted to start on a cross stitch for my mom, just because, but I have to alter the pattern because it says "Motherfuckers" on it and I wanted it to say "Y'all".  But I really had the itch to stitch, even after I finished my "All I Want for Christmas is Your Soul" piece, so I stitched this little cutie up last night while watching the series finale of Star Trek:  The Next Generation with my cute lil husband.  We have seen it a million times but both love that series so much.  

I am not sure what count this fabric is- it's either 16 or 18 ct.  It's a lot smaller than I thought it would be and it fits in my 2" ornament hoops!  I think it's cute.  My mom disagrees... so I MUST alter the cross stitch pattern I want to make for her!

I Don't Ask for Much for Christmas.

 I have had this pattern from The Witchy Stitcher for years.  It was always really intimidating to me, because there is so much going on and with my short attention span, I never thought I'd be able to enjoy and finish it.  Boy, was I wrong.  I think it took me like a week of stitching but I did it!

In our new house, the walls aren't really meant to hang stuff on, I guess, because we have to have concrete drills to make any holes in the walls in most rooms, and in some, there is really cool wallpaper I don't want to hang stuff on, and in OTHER rooms, there is a nice white paneling they have put up that I am a huge fan of... but I plan to frame this and I will find somewhere to display for the holiday!

It's taking me a lot of self-restraint not to decorate for Christmas right now.  I'm usually good until after Thanksgiving but I think it may be because last year, I didn't decorate since we were packing and this year, we're in a new home.  But I'm being good!  I do already have spaces cleared out for decorations, though!  

Early Start on Snowflakes

 I love to stitch snowflakes!  I did these using 16 ct aida so they would fit into 2" hoops for ornaments.  I got the patterns for them from SamplerCrossStitch on Etsy.  I used variegated thread on the one of the left and I like how it looks!  I don't have room on my tree for these this year, I don't think, so I'm not sure what I'll do with them but they sure are cute.

A Blithe Yule

 It's a bit early for Christmas stuff in our household but I wanted to start on some Christmas stitching anyway.  We won't put the tree up until after Thanksgiving, and in the new place, there are far less places to put Christmas decor.  But I will definitely frame this up and hang it somewhere.  Pattern is by SirenStitchWorks on Etsy.  It says "A Blessed Yule" in Scottish.  I'm actually shocked at how quickly it came together.  I finished it in two days while watching true crime documentaries after work and on my lunch break!

More Perler Sprites

I found some more pics of some Perler Bead Sprites I've done.  I also can't remember when I did these but I found them on my IG so thought they needed posting!

I did this one a while back and lost the top black bead.  I found it when I was unpacking my office.

I made two bows- one with regular beads and one with smaller ones.  

These are done with the mini beads.  Here we have P-Chan from Ranma 1/2, a little Totoro, a tea cup, and a bow.  

Totoro and friends made from mini beads

This One's Dedicated to the Squirrels

 In Hutto, we had rabbits all over the place to watch and fawn over.  In Pueblo, it's squirrels.

The squirrels around our house are brave.  They will get sort of close to you on the fence.  They will come up onto the porch.  They will chatter at you and then run across the top of the fence when you are trying to nail something onto the boards.  When you throw a hammer onto the ground in frustration, they will laugh at you. And they also respond when you talk to them.

They're super cute, though, and I love watching them.  I completed this cross stitch last night while watching Monk with Allen.  The pattern is by lagodartgento shop on Etsy.  

Perlers Revisited

 I have been thinking about doing some more perler bead art lately and it reminded me that I haven't posted a lot of my perler bead art.  I did post most of it but there are some I didn't post that I did later, or just didn't get around to doing.  

I made my nephew some little minecraft guys'  heads one year just for the heck of it.  One of the zombies didn't turn out so well, so I kept him for some reason.  He's below, along with some candy, pizza, an onigiri and a cute bow I made.  I was gonna make barrettes from them but never got around to doing it.  

I'm not sure what Perler projects I'll do next but I alwasy get the itch at the end of the year and beginning of the next.  Weird how that happens like clockwork every year!