Early Start on Snowflakes

 I love to stitch snowflakes!  I did these using 16 ct aida so they would fit into 20" hoops for ornaments.  I got the patterns for them from SamplerCrossStitch on Etsy.  I used variegated thread on the second one and I like how it looks!

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!

I Survived- Again!

 So apparently, there was another rapture that was supposed to happen last week.  They are always going on about "The Rapture" and then nothing happens. Not that I'm complaining, it's just funny.

I did this to commemorate the occasion and finished it last night.  Pattern by Subversive Cross Stitch.

Now my issue is, what cross stitch piece should I do?  Or do I wanna do an embroidery pattern...? 

The Witchy Stitcher Cryptid Stitch-Along: The Hodag

I finished this one last night.  I think he is so cute. I'm obsessed with his little feet!  This is one of the last cryptids in The Witchy Stitcher's Cryptid Stitch Along.  I have Bigfoot and the Popelick Goatman to do and I'll be done!  These have been so much fun.  Then I will start on the Supernatural Stitch-along!  I think for that one, I'll just use regular aida.  I had to keep getting this oatmeal aida and sometimes it was hard to find, and I did want them to match somewhat.  Anyway, here is Hodag. 

"In the heart of the Northwoods near Rhinelander, WI, lucky visitors may come across a mysterious, mischievous beast known as the Hodag.  The Hodag resembles a large bull-horned carnivore with a row of thick curbed spines down its back.  It was said to be born from the ashes of cremated oxen.  The Hodag is rarely seen but often blamed for cheeky tricks involving missing keys, sunglasses, and helping the "big one" get away from anglers."- The Witchy Stitcher

Happy October!

Well Happy October!!  The move was... rough.  The movers were AMAZING, but there was just a lot of other bullshit to deal with.  If I get into it, this will be a mini-novel so...

But, we are here, and we are settled! We have done a ton of things around town, and found all the good food!  Also, we are not live-out-of-boxes people and we are not procrastinators, so we are mostly unpacked (well, the boxes we are going to unpack for now anyway) except a few personal boxes here and there.  The essentials are unpacked and settled.  I have a few boxes in my office and in my office closet, and we actually do have a ton in the basement but they are out of sight or on shelves until we can get to them,  and we will keep them there until we figure out what to do with the contents.  

One thing that's a bit of a bummer... most of the walls, you can't get a tack or even a nail into.  We had to get a concrete drill to drill holes for screws for hanging pictures, so I will not be able to put all of my stitches up like I had at the last house.  In a way.. I'm not too mad about it because we did have A LOT.  It was a much bigger house, too, almost twice as big as we have now, and I think maybe having the walls covered would make it look cluttered.  Right now, we have big art on the walls, and it looks great.  Nice and clean, and not overwhelming.  So I'm okay with it and one day, I may find a place I want to hang some of my pieces.  for now, they are in boxes or in my art portfolio (Which is just about full!).  I MAY be able to hang a bunch in the bathroom but it has the CUTEST crane wallpaper on one wall, and I don't want to cover it, and the rest of the walls have some sort of covering that makes it look like brick.  I tried to get a tack in... nope.  Oh well!

I finally sat down to do a cross stitch a couple of weeks ago and between still getting settled and having downtime, I worked on it.  It took a while, only because I was also distracted by other stuff.  But with all the shit going down in this country, it sums up how I feel right now.  The pattern is another collab between Subversive Cross Stitch and Very Cross Stitching.