Pentagram finish

It's been a while since I've posted.  I've been busy with other things, so I've not had a lot of crafting time.  

What have I been so busy with?  We have been working on the garden and just basically getting ready for spring in the front and back yards.  I have been going through boxes in the basement slowly but surely and pulling out my witchy/Pagan decor and finding places for it.  We have been going on evening walks and spending some evenings on our porch with some drinks.  We've also been going out every Thursday for music bingo.  So, I've not done a ton of crafting. I still have a cross stitch I've done about 60% of that I will be finishing.... at some point!  And I am currently working on the HUGE diamond painting Allen got me for Valentine's Day.  I've only managed a small corner, but again, we have been busy.  

Here is a picture of my magical back yard progress.  Excuse the fence- that will be replaced. 

Here is the diamond painting I most recently completed.  I got it from Amazon. It came out really well.  I can't wait to hang it!

2-20-26

 Hello!  I have been sort of busy so crafting has been put to the side.  However, I have made time the past few nights to work on a new diamond painting, and there is also a really cute cross stitch I'm working on that I will be able to post about soon.

For now, here is the progress on my current diamond painting.  I really love this one and it's going to hang in my office.  I got the kit on Amazon.

Another Flashback?

 I've been doing more flashbacks because I am working on bigger projects.  I have a diamond panting in the works and a really cool cross stitch as well.  

I started a Stitch A Day project last February, and I did not keep up with it, sadly.  I'm really not sure why.  But this is the progress I had made a year ago today.  

I've been doing work in the yard, though, so my crafting has taken a back seat for now.  We got all the roots and stuff cut out and we raked the dead grass.  Allen used the weed eater and I got all the cuttings up and in a bag and I put a few solar lights out.  It looks bare right now but this week, I'll be putting some grass and weed killer down to get the rest of the weeds gone, and then soil and then the pebbles!  It's coming together a bit faster than I expected thanks to Allen.  He has done so much.  I'm gonna get rid of the big slabs sitting around the edge of the garden and we are also gonna get the fence replaced this summer so it'll look a lot nicer back there!  Right now it looks pretty horrible.  The pic is a bit crooked so it looks like things are leaning, but they're not! Anyway, that's the update for today!

Flashback!

I finished this cross stitch for my sweet lil husband one year ago today!  It is currently in our bedroom on our dresser in front of the TV that is almost too big for the dresser.  I used ghosts from another pattern, I like from AlliePaigeEmbroidery, and I used an online text generator for the letters.  I dyed the aida myself.  I'm so happy that he likes my cross-stitch pieces.  The rest of them are in his office. 

Favorite Human

 I finished this cross stitch stealthily this morning before Allen woke up!  It's his annual V-day cross-stitch.  We aren't huge Valentine's Day people but I always like to make him something anyway.  Pattern is by CrypticVibesStitches on Etsy.  This is done on one of the pieces of fabric I dyed last week.  I am really happy with the painted hoop too.  

Fabric dying

I am back with the stitching itch again!  I have only finished two this year, and I'm working on a super secret one for Allen for Valentine's Day.  He caught me working on it this morning before work.  I hope he didn't see it and know what it was!  I used one of the pieces of fabric I dyed last week for it.  

I am in the mood to stitch spooky plants from Noctiflora Designs, so I chose two smaller ones from the patterns I have (because I'm also working on a diamond painting and will probably want to do some more perler bead stuff this weekend) and dyed some fabric especially for them.  

I used Rit dye in Hyacinth for this one and I used the jar dying method.  I rolled the fabric up randomly and squished it up in random places to make a random pattern and it did not disappoint!  It's a little darker than I wanted but I still like it.  

I wanted a light sage green for this one.  The Rit dye in Sage is a little too grey, so I added in a little of their Truly Green.  It's a little more green than I wanted and I didn't really care for how it came out until I ironed and and really saw the cool pattern in it. So now I am happy with it and I think it will work perfectly!

I really love dying fabric and am happy to have learned a few different methods.  I have a giant piece I got for Christmas that I may cut a few chunks off of to do more dying.  I will probably do the oven method next and use both liquid and powder dye to make different colors on the fabric and then I want to try ice dying again!  That was a lot of fun when I did it a few years ago.  

True Crime All The Time

I made this for my sister who constantly has her nose in a true crime book.  

We are both true crime junkies, I just prefer to watch and listen to mine because I don't have the time she does to read so much. I have probably watched most of the true crime documentary series that are out, and many of the stand-alone documentaries.  I'm always looking for new ones.  I also listen to true crime podcasts.  My favorite is Small Town Murder, but I also love My Favorite Murder and True Crime All the Time.  There are so many true crime podcasts but these stand out to me for the banter between hosts and the way the facts are presented.  

Oh!  I also love Dateline and 48 Hours, but I sometimes forget about them.  Anyway... sorry for this rambly post that reads more like a "Things I Like" post... right now, that's how my brain is working.

I can't remember if I found this pattern on Pinterest or if I put it together myself from one of the many alphabet patterns I have.  I got the fabric from KittyBloomStudio on Etsy. 

Flashback!

I finished this cross-stitch piece a year ago today!  I dyed the aida myself.  The pattern is by Alexstitchinshop.  I think it's a quote from Josie and the Pussycats but I feel like it applies to my Customer Service life, so I stitched it up.  

Glow Forest Finish

 I finished this lovely diamond painting last night.  I started it a week ago on Monday, so it took about a week to finish and that was with not working on it for two days since I was traveling.  I really like it.  I'm gonna put it in the portfolio I got with a gift card I forgot I had.  

It's a bit pixelated but I paid $7.99 for it and it's a smaller one, so I'm not unhappy with how it came out.  I have one in my cart that's a pentagram and I'm super excited to get it and do it.  I will definitely hang that one.