the littlest angel

i am so happy to be back stitching my nativity club, especially this cutie little angel girl!

i feel so bad that she's bald, but the memory thread hair will be well worth the wait

i was able to complete the top half of her body over the weekend, and once again i'm loving the colors! i'm having trouble loving the gobelin variation stitch in the turquoise, the compensation seems to interrupt it so much. i'll give it some time though. 

only the bottom half of her dress is left before the fated navy basketweave background commences!

how was your weekend?

holiday stitching...it's a wrap!

my holiday stitching is complete and we can now go back to our  previously scheduled nativity club programming!

i put the final stitches in the last candy cane last night and promptly dragged the others out for a stitchy photo-shoot.

i used bronze beads for the lettering to play off the UT burnt orange and i love the finished product

the whole gang 

and just because new orleans never ceases to surprise me, check out my back porch visitor from this morning!

i've never seen one in person with that large of a shell! 

back to the nativity club this weekend *insert happy dance here*

remember me?

remember the nativity club that i've abandoned for candy canes been stitching on?

i thought i'd give you a sneak peek at the next canvas...the angel!

i'm trying to stitch the last candy cane as fast as i can!

a double finish in honor of america

the long weekend was just what i needed to finish up the next set of candy canes!

the red and white stripes made me feel very patriotic and it feels great to have 4 finishes under my belt!

starting on the last candy cane this week, and then back to the nativity!

happy weekend!

my agency produced a video to celebrate what freedom means to us, and i got to dust off the ole' vocal chords from my musical theatre days. hope you had a safe and happy 4th!

here's to a great weekend!

getting the hang of it

i started the next candy cane last night and am hoping the upcoming holiday will help make this a quick finish!

i'm using neon rays for the OU candy canes, just to give it some variety. i originally thought i might do different stitches on each one, but i love the effect of the cashmere stitch. don't want to mess up a good thing, especially when these are relatively smaller projects. 

what are your plans for the 4th?

seeing double!

i'm seeing double this morning and i like it!

i managed to stitch up the second TCU candy cane this weekend and after a quick stop at the lns, i was properly equipped to bead!

so i know i mentioned last week that i was just going to tent stitch the letters for my parents' gifts and bead my own...but that plan was out the door after the first beaded letter was completed. it was too cute to deny anyone the joy of having their very own candy cane with beaded letters!

so i ripped out the tent stitches and beaded that one too!

i'm in lurve!