WIPocalypse 2012

Showing posts with label Josh art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Josh art. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Late TUSAL and a bit more stitching

I'm late but so was Daffycat so I don't feel too bad posting this now:). One last TUSAL for the year...

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Here's one last look at my orts before I empty it out and start all over again in January. Lots of creams and browns on top from those Teddy birth announcements with a few blues, reds and greens from my recent Christmas stitching. And yes, my ort jar is posing with my stack of unsent Christmas cards. I'm planning on mailing them tomorrow. What is TUSAL? Glad you asked, head over to It's Daffycat to see what it's all about. Looks like Daffycat is going to host again in 2014 so signups for next year should be coming soon if you'd like to join in the fun!

Since I'm still not quite back to work I seem to have bunches of extra time so I actually have another finish to share too...

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That's another LHN Little Sheep Virtue and it's Peace this time. Might as well get ahead on my gift stitching while I'm sitting around in my behind. I am continuing to fell better too btw, kind of in that looks way worse than it feels stage but I'm not quite ready for work yet.

Oh and one more pic to leave you with today. How about a bit of Josh art since we haven't had any of that for awhile?

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Probably not the best lighting but that's about as good as it gets in our family room unless you happen to be sitting under my stitching lamp. As you can see we spent some time making paper snowflakes today. Josh recently discovered scissors and has quite the urge to cut up paper "but not hair, shirts or fingers" he reminded me before we started so we put his cutting to good use and did some decorating today. I feel for the poor daycare teachers, I can't even imagine trying to keep a bunch of wild pre-K kids with scissors in line!

That's about it for today. Looks like the little guy is busy with his Legos so maybe I can make a start on my third birth announcement, the one and only pink version I'll be doing at least for now.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

It's a wing!

Happy to report I've made good progress on QS Pirate Dragon.  The confetti in the wing wasn't quite as bad as the tail but it was enough to make me happy to get to the boring block stitching in the sky so I give you random dragon parts...

QS Pirate Dragon 9/26/12


I'm getting very close to finishing the second of nine pages and I'm pleased with the design so far. I'm not quite tired of it yet so I think I'll continue on and see if I can hit the top of the design sometime next month.

Not to be outdone, Josh has his own craftiness to show off...

Josh's spooky house 9/24/12


Found this kit when I was bringing out all the Fall/Halloween decorations last week.  It was all precut glittery foam for the house and foam stickers for the decorations, perfect for his attention span.  Josh and I had it all together in about 20 minutes or so but he had a blast helping punch everything out and peeling backs off the stickers. 

Oh, and one more thing too...

Prize 9/24/12


That's Leland napping, I mean guarding my stash prize from the stitching competition last month.  I actually qualified for a silver medal and was generously rewarded with two cuts of Kiwi Illusions fabric and a skein of GAST.  I've never used any fabric by Kiwi Illusions before but it looks great so I'll have to decide what will be stitched on it soon.  Thanks Terry!!

For those keeping track of the adoption, we did manage to get 2 more documents needed since last post.  We're still about 9 away from being done, not counting the USCIS paperwork we'll be filing as soon as our homestudy is finalized.  Probably just me but it seems to be going in slow motion right now.  I don't think it helps that we've done everything we can do at this point.  We're really just waiting for other people to complete forms and send them back to us which is the hardest part for me as I'm not always a very patient waiter when it comes to this kind of thing.  Thanks for your support and kind words regarding the adoption btw, it can be a bit of a roller coaster sometimes but we know we'll get to the happy ending someday- Josh is sure proof of that:)

Off to find some cartoons for Josh and see if I can maybe sneak a few more stitches in before dinner. Happy stitching until next time!