Oh Boy - DIY fun project

So this blog is something non-related to my usual stitching post. Few days back our team (with whom I work) arranged a baby shower for one of my colleagues - Mr. Y and the moment I came to know about the plan, I decided to do something DIY project for the event. Believe it or not, it is a lot of fun and joy doing such DIY projects for the near and dear ones. There are some beautiful DIY projects out there on the web but I have to choose the one where Mr. Y also feels comfortable with the stuff that we use. With him being quite Introvert, I have to be extra careful that I don't go over the board and finally here is what I came up with.

I am glad the event was a lot of fun and Mr. Y and the whole team had a good fun. BTW, the best part was when Mr. Y was reading out those beautiful messages (some of those messages are very creative) :) 

Here are few pics of the items that I have put together for the event.

Rest of my colleagues wrote their baby wishes on these shillots

And this cute box carried all the wonderful baby wishes

I got the template for the 3 inch Shillots from here and the banner templates from here.

Happy X-stitching. 

Little more progress on Little House Neighbourhood

So here I am with my update since my last post on the Little House Neighbourhood. It is always fun to see the progress and feel that the project is one step closer to completion. As this project is very much divided into sections on its own, my goal is to complete the atleast one section every weekend. And here is my update from the week end of 8/17/2019.

As a side note, it is so much joy to sit in the front patio overseeing the park right across the street and stitching this project :)

This weekend (8/24/2019), I worked on the Tree, birds and the sheet. Started on the third house.

Happy X-Stitching.

Update on Little House Neighbourhood

Finally got some time to post an update on the Little House Needlework. Since my last update on Little House Neighborhood, I started the project on 2/13/2018. Huh.... yes it is almost 18 months  back that I started this project. But worked on this piece on the month Feb of 2018 and shelved it until today. There are many reasons why I was unable to continue on this project (some good and some not so good reasons). Finally here I am dusted of the project and started working on for couple of hours today (8/10/2019). Here are few pictures on its progress.....

LHN - 2/13/2018

LHN - Feb - 2018

 And today I worked on most of the top left house.

LHN - 8/10/2019

If you have glanced through my blog, you will see that most of my projects are from Nora's or Mirabilia charts. I think after a very long time, I am doing non-Mira project and for sure this project is quite easy compared to Mira projects. As you can see, most of the stitching is in blocks and is so much easy x-stitch without any fear of miscounting. I am excited to now complete this project and display it in my living room at the earlier. :) 

Happy X-stitching...... 

Coming back with Isabella's Garden

Wow.... it has been almost 2+ years that I have blogged anything about my stitching nor did I do any stitching. Few days back, I saw a finished piece of Italian Lady (Designer - Sharon Christine designs ; Framing - Jill Rensel) and was awestruck at the beautiful piece. Felt inspired and motivated to start a new cross-stitch.

So went back to my stitching shelf to dust off and see what should I do. Reorganized my threads and felt rejunenated to see the organized thread box. :) Looked at some of the patterns that I completed in the past or wanted to do at some point in the future. And there is a WIP - Bluebell pixie (Designed - Nora Corbett). Finally decided to go with my 2 ever lasting projects on to do list -

1. Isabella's garden (Designed - Lavender & Lace) - Ordererd the required stash for this project and this will be my next project that I will do.
2. Little House Neighborhood (Designed - Little House Needlework) - Ordered pattern and fabric.

These 2 projects has been on my to-do list for a very long time and what better way to get inspired to start these now than latter.

So yes.... as soon as the stash is at my door step, I am on to Isabella's garden. :)

Happy Stitching. 

With Spring Queen, Rose & Holly - feeling ecstatic

ECSTATIC - Yes, I am totally over the 9th cloud seeing my dream project - Spring Queen, Holly and Rose Pixie. Absolutely no words to say. Nor do these pics can shout out loud how beautiful they look. All three framed on 10/29/2015 from a local framer - Mario's Bay Frames.  I highly recommend this framer as he has good collection of frames and matting. To top it, he also has an artistic eye. 

The best compliment was when my husband was awe-struck seeing Frame Spring Queen pic. His expression and words were "Did you make this ? " :) Now I am all charged to work on my WIP - BlueBell Pixie. 

Spring Queen - Framed on 10/29/2015

Rose Pixie  - Framed on 10/29/2015

Holly -  - Framed on 10/29/2015

Enjoy the pictures just as I do. :) 

Happy Stitching. 

Bluebell Pixie - on its way

So, got some inspiration to get back to my stitching. Have started Bluebell Pixi sometime during the middle of 2014 but then it has been couple of months that I did any more progress on this front. Finally got to do about 6 hours of stitching today and here is the progress sofar that I have on Bluebell Pixie. Did some whites, and her legs. Ofcourse, Mr frog has crept in without my knowledge and it took some time to convince Mr Frog that he reached wrong address. Watch out you stitchers, Mr Frog is on its way to next house. :)

Bluebell Pixie - as of 1/4/2015

Happy Stitching....... 

Happy new year -2015

wishing you all a ver hapy new year. And I really wish each one of you reading this blog post a happy and healthy to all your famil members.

So what happened in 2014 -

• Finished spring queen. Yes only one project was complete in 2014. 
• Moved to our new owned home. 

Lessons learnt in 2014 and goals for 2015-

• Health is smore important than anything in life. Do what ever it takes to be healthy nd maintain good health for your near and dear ones as well. 
• Maintain budgets for your spending. Bring all the budgets under control. Spend money after saving what is budgeted. Not saving after spending. 
• Look for a new job. Though we love what we do, it is not sufficient if it is not paying the bills for you. At the end of the day, you still have bills to pay for and you can't escape from them. So my next and one of the most important goals is to find one. 
• Spend less time on any means of social media (facebook, Skype, Internet etc) and more time with family members, stitching, learning something new related job etc. 
• Finish Bluebell pixie and start on the next mirabilia - biancebella. 

Hope you all also have set aside your goals for 2015 and wish you strive towards reaching your goals. 

Happy stitching - :)