SpitfireFae's Craft Corner

Well, I'm a little late in doing this (as always it seems) mostly because even though I read other SFS blogs I never seem to remember to do mine. -__- I actually spent some this month, $19.49 to be exact so I have $5.51 left to carry over for this month.  I went to Hobby Lobby here in Lawton for the first time, just to check it out and see what there was to be had since I had a 40% off coupon.  Got a nice kit and leaflet for cross-stitch.  I also picked up a darning needle and a leaflet book of crochet afghan patterns since I'm teaching myself how to crochet and eventually I'd like to make an afghan. The 'Twelve Days of Christmas' kit is going to be fun with metallic threads and beads. ^_^ And the 'Biker Santa' leaflet I just couldn't pass up since it was on clearance and was just too cute! Don't think I'll start either of those soon though since 'Twelve Days' is another big project and 'Biker' I haven't really loo...

Well IHSW was this past weekend and or once I got to work on something other then Emma's birth record.  Mostly because it's finally finished! ^_^ Miss Emma was born on the 19th at 8:52pm the same day that my teal thread came in from Dimensions so that I could finish the hills. I got that finished, made another copy of the pattern where the text goes so I could figure out the personalization, and waited for the news.  I'll post pictures of it once it's washed and ironed. Now, as for what I was working on, I promised Sarah I would make Miss Emma a Christmas Stocking as well.  Sarah picked out the pattern from the list of ones I had saved on Amazon.com, much like she did with the birth record.  She picked out Santa's Sidecar and it's been sitting in my stash waiting for the time I finished the birth record before I started it. I finally opened it up on the 19th, figured out where I was going to start it, and got the personalization on the pattern done. Only d...

So I completely just skipped last month.  I honestly just forgot since I was moving and all.  Sorry ladies but I'm going to go ahead and answer last months question and this months! ^_^ May: What designs or themes do you really wish you could find?  What do you think is missing among stitching designs? Okay well....I honestly LOVE gryphons. But I'm pretty picky when it comes to how they look.  I know I can find tribal ones and the heraldic types ones but those aren't what I like.  I'm talking full on color 'realistic' looking creatures. ie: Love Mercedes Lackey and 'The Mage Wars' was the first book series by her that I ever read. :) Now, as you can imagine, not the easiest to find in the cross-stitching world since it's not a 'popular' mythical creature (ie: not a dragon, unicorn or fairy)  One of these days I might just go ahead and find a picture I like enough to make a pattern of it (or get someone else to since I'm not the...

Yes I know that May ended 13 days ago.  I just haven't sat down and actually written the post. As far as decorating the apartment, we have the all of our pictures and other such decor up in the living room/entrance way/dinning room.  The curtains are up in the living room but the master bedroom and guest room/computer room still need to have curtains and decor put up on the wall. For that we have to go through our posters and figure out which ones we are going to buy frames for and put up. As far as Miss Emma's arrival, it is now a waiting game. The doctor won't let her go past the 19th so we will see what happens. Now for pictures! ^_^ Update as of 5/31 Update as of 6/12 Ran out of the teal color that goes between the lighter blue/green for the hills.  Got to say, Dimensions is great about getting back to you.  I got an e-mail response a few hours after I placed my order saying it was processed and I should be receiving it in 7-10 business day...

Well once again I spent $0.  Really the whole 'I'm having to move thing' makes me not buying stuff a lot easier. ;) That being said, I'm now moved in and now just unpacking boxes. I will post a picture of my progress later this weekend. This month has just been crazy with the move and all.  So I'm STILL not finished with Emma's announcement. -__- I think I'm going to have to get a start on the Christmas stocking soon though at this rate or that won't be finished on time either. I do have the border finished (finally) so I can work on the rest of the inside now.  I'm down to the end and I think that's part of the problem, I want to move on and do other things and I really really want to start R&J but I can't until I get Emma's projects done first! I promised myself I wouldn't touch R&J till then so I have to stick with it.  Otherwise Emma is never going to get stocking or announcement. ;) R&J is going to be a HUGE ...

So once again I have $0 for this month if only because I'm still working on Emma's announcement.  Didn't get a lot done simply because I lost my desire to stitch it.  I want to change projects but I know I need to finish it.  So I did two quick, free kits, that came in the last issue of my cross-stitching magazine that were cards.  I'm giving them to my Mom and mother-in-law for Mother's day.  I had already decided to make a card for them and was just having issues finding a pattern I liked.  After finishing the two cards I felt better about working on Emma's gift. Lots of stuff going on though, Thomas & I are getting ready to move, he gets promoted and we are having family & people over for a party.  It will be fun but a little chaotic with everything going on.  Progress of Emma's  Group shot of the Mother's day cards.  Close up of the blue one that will be going to my Mom Close up of the orange one that will be g...

I actually had this started the day after the original post was supposed to be done.....I just didn't have pictures yet and then I got busy and forgot that I hadn't hit publish. >.> sorry folks. Well it's that time of year again....and this month's question:  How do you keep your stash organized? Well.....since I'm getting ready to move right now everything is in a box so it's not all that organized anymore. That being said, most of my thread is all wound on bobbins, with the brand on the left (DMC, J&P, whatever) and the number on the right if it is a paper bobbin.  The plastic ones (which I recently got) have the DMC code stickers on them since I only buy DMC. All of these are in two plastic boxes that are sectioned. I picked them up at Walmart or Hobby Lobby. Old pic.  Both are now full of thread. I used to buy plastic bags and store my thread in them with a slip of paper in it that had the code on it which I mostly used for kits.  The...