I'm doing 13 things
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.
merbs's Life List
-
1. lose 50 pounds
2 entries . 2 cheers2,492 people -
2. Get more exercise
1 cheer324 people -
3. Do more cross stitch
7 team members . 7 entries . 3 cheers20 people -
4. swim with sharks
658 people -
5. scuba dive
2,192 people -
6. Go skydiving
6,576 people -
7. read 125 books in 2007
6 team members6 people -
8. read 150 books in 2006
4 team members . 2 entries . 2 cheers6 people -
9. eat more vegetables
1 cheer869 people -
10. drink more water
1 entry . 3 cheers18,982 people -
11. Be less shy
1 cheer2,949 people -
12. keep a clean home
1 cheer97 people -
13. make my lunch more often
1 entry . 3 cheers37 people
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.
