In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue

Of course Columbus did get off course and didn't get to North America according to the historians. I wasn't there so I'll have to take their word for it. But still it is a national holiday for the government, post office, banks, and ME!!. I decided to extend that time off and took the last 3 days of last week off too. I've gotten some stitching in, helped a friend set up a new blog, did some designing, finishing of my completed stitching, reading and playing on the computer. In other words just relaxed.


Last week I showed off some of my Blackbird "Casting a Spell" WIP. I finished as much as I wanted. I got some foam core and stretched and laced the pieces and put them into the box that I got at "Hobby Lobby" & that I had painted black. Here is the result.
I stitched the pieces on 35 ct 18th Century Rook by R & R using the called for floss. It's a good thing that I have a LNS that uses some of the things that I stitch and complete, because I don't really decorate that much in my house but I've always been a crafty person and I need an outlet for my creations.

Since I worked on a dark colored 35ct, I needed to give my eyes a rest and chose to go just the opposite and picked 14ct white opalescent aida to do the next project. This is my design, and so far I am using Threadworx #1085. It is a Christmas design that I hope to have finished in a few days. I'll show it next week, but until then here is the start of it. I plan on using some embellishments that I found at Hobby Lobby, of course, to do some finishing touches to it.

I wonder if I write to Hobby Lobby and mention that they get a lot of free advertising from me in my blog, they'll put me on their public relations/advertising payroll. LOL

well until next week..

May Your Guardian Angel Watch Over You

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