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It’s silly, but I take it personally when someone outbids me on ebay!!! LOL
I did win a box of 31 cross stitch magazines last week. They came today. I’m enjoying browsing and planning future projects. Who knows, I might actually do one or two. The mags are from the 80s and 90s and I remember many of the projects because I used to subscribe to a couple of mags back then. And I’m really thrilled because after looking through about 15 mags, I stumbled on a chart that’s been on my mind lately. I was reading somewhere about petite stitching and remembered one from way back that I had wanted to do but had no idea which mag/month/year to look in. Now I have it and plan to work it after doing some wolves for my son. Oh, over this past wkend, I finished Rapunzel for my daughter.

Finally, got these kitties displayed(didn’t like the card that came with). Two ready to finish frames from Michael’s($1 each) covered with scrapbook paper and ribbon added for accent. I think it turned out pretty good considering I didn’t have the cross stitch pieces with me to match colors or the frame opening(good thing I hadn’t trimmed them any smaller).

It’s only half of the free kit that came with Cross Stitcher mag(issue 184), but just had to share coz he’s so cute. I started the other part and then realized something mighty important. I was going to run out of one color. Upon closer inspection of the pics, it seems I’m using the darker color where they used the lighter. Perhaps it’s a misprint or else my idea of light golden brown and golden brown is different than theirs.