Meet my new husband

Meet my new husband

Winners!

Ok, so I don't have the heart to pick when only 2 people entered. That's right. I can't even give this stuff away!

So congrats to Yamarilet and Jamie! Read their blogs and look at their Etsy sites! Because I say so. Do it now!

Winners!

What's that, Friday?

You're awesome? Why yes, you are!

Three sales on Etsy today: Dexter cross stitch pattern, sock monkey cross stitch kit and a custom embroidery pattern I made for a special someone who has a sock monkey-loving kiddo (thanks, Julie!)

Tomorrow is the end of the Free Pattern Giveaway, so tell all your friends and retweet your little asses off, ok? Yes, I am that excited about giving something away for free. I'm fun that way.

Tonight the husband is off work and we're going to watch Mad Men dvds and I'll stitch some more of my Etsy order, which will now be known as Project Tower. It's a code name, like spies have.

What's that, Friday?

I lied

Ok. I got a good start on my Etsy order after all. I didn't think I was going to have time for it this evening, but I did.

My oldest is going to see New Moon tomorrow with her friend. They are on opposing teams for the werewolf/vampire thing...I really have no idea what that is all about. I am not into this Twilight stuff, but her world revolves around it. They are going to write "Team Edward" on their faces. Or one of them is, I think. The other one wants to be for the werewolf.
I can't keep up with all of this.

Now it's midnight and I am going to bed.

I lied

A post that will surprise no one

Um. Did I say I was going to do a bunch of stuff today? Because I sort of didn't do a lot of it.

Things I did do:
I finished the craft bunny/running with scissors embroidery. I am very happy with it!

And...that's it.

I didn't even take a nap, and that's usually the one thing you can be sure I'll accomplish.

I did spend my afternoon helping my oldest and two other 11 year olds cross stitch. They are Chloë's friends, twins that live a block over. I was all excited because one of them (a boy who loves football, sports, mud and bugs) was so into it. He stitched the acorn from my mini owl pattern. For his sister I drew a tiger pattern, which is what she requested. They both did a great job and I made them kits to take home for finishing their projects.

So my afternoon wasn't productive in terms of getting my to-do list done, but I taught two kids how to make something cool, so I am happy with that.

A post that will surprise no one

Thursday To-Do

Today I'll start on my recent custom Etsy order. I am really excited about this one. It's a large piece, 11" x 16"/17", but only 2 colors. It is a custom design that I created for the buyer. I get to bust out my scroll frame for this one, which makes me a little bit giddy. It's sort of hilarious to me that things like that get me so excited, but whatever floats your boat, I guess.

Also on today's list (and we'll see how much of this gets done, because I am famous for putting off my deadline-free stuff)
-finish the top part of the sock monkey biscornu
-finish my craft bunny embroidery (it's looking mighty cute, if I do say so myself)
-finish making my felt pincushions
-take pictures of all this foolishness
-nap

I'll let you know how all of this goes.

You do want to know, right?

I thought so. Your life revolves around my to-do list. I know. It's ok.

Thursday To-Do

And the good juju continues...

Sock Monkey, sold and relisted!

And the good juju continues...

Lucky 100, or something like that

Today (like, two minutes ago) I got my 100th Facebook fan! Yay!

I have 66 followers on Twitter. Who's going to be the 100th?? Come on, people. Fight, fight!

Lucky 100, or something like that

Attention, attention: Biscornu WIP Update with bonus FOs

Have you been waiting on the edge of your seat? I didn't think so. I am still going to update the progress on the Sock Monkey Biscornu, because that's why I have a blog...to brag about myself on the internet.
Here it goes!

Biscornu pictures, in order:

After 2 hours:

After 4 hours:

After 8 hours:

After 12 hours:

I've put in another hour or so since that picture, and I expect to be finished with another 30 minutes or so of work. All I have left is backstitch. THEN, I'll do the back.

Here is my beautiful daughter and her red panda body. She wanted to stitch a panda, but in red and purple. My husband said it looked like a fire ant. I think it resembles a small animal fetus, myself. She has put purple arms, legs and ears on it now. I need to take a new picture. So proud of her! She did a red and orange acorn, too. Right next to the fire ant fetus.

I stitched up my mini owl pattern so I could put an actual picture on the Etsy listing.

I did the same for my Little Sock Monkey pattern:

No post is complete without a gnome! I stitched this up the other night just for fun. I used the DMC color variations floss for the grass. It made some of the grass come out sort of blue, but so what. I wanted to see how the floss looked.

In other news, magpienight has 95 fans on Facebook now! I wonder when it'll get to 100? I should have a party.

Attention, attention: Biscornu WIP Update with bonus FOs

What the gnome says, it's true.

BOGO MONDAY 11/16: Buy one cross stitch pattern in my Etsy shop and get one free! Just tell me in notes to seller which free pattern you want.

What the gnome says, it's true.