A New Project

But it's not cross stitch.

We have lived in this house for 7 years now and I have never had a space of my own as such.

In the average home the woman is the one that makes the house a home and the husband that lets her:-)
In my house it's different.  The husband takes a majority interest in the house and is finicky that he likes things just so.

He does all the work by hand (his choice) and I guess that makes him feel like he has a right to decide how things must be as he is doing the physical labour.

As a woman it does bother me sometimes that I walk through a house that doesn't have "me" in it.
You see we have totally different tastes in things and we clash on ideas.  I came to terms with this years ago and learned to just let him be.  When I used to fight it, it used to cause problems and I eventually learned that it's a small price to pay for a happier marriage.

We have a small flat in the back yard and I was given that as my craft room but it never really worked for me.  It's on the far side of the yard and I always feel separate from the house if I use it and also my daughter has grown up in this house and it's difficult to sit in there with a young child who doesn't want to be in there:-)
So it ended up being a storage area and I still had the problem of my wips being in the house and not really having a place to put them when I wasn't working on them.

We have a spare room in the house and I talked my hubby into letting me turn that into my craft room instead.  It used to be my daughters room until we moved her into the warmer bedroom and it has been sitting empty ever since, waiting to be turned into a guest room.  It's still painted pinks from when she stayed in there so my first job will be painting the walls.

I chose and picked up the colours of paint today and am excited and scared at the same time.  I love warmth and colours and I might have gone overboard with my colour choices:-(  I don't have an eye for colour so not sure how the two colours will work but I am holding thumbs that it turns out beautiful.

Other than painting there is a small vanity that I want to work on by removing the top half that hold the mirror, painting it and using it in the craft room.  I will also be needing a few pieces of furniture which I hope I will be able to find in the 2nd hand store etc.

But first things first... painting!

And I will of course take pictures before and as I go along, as it's a super important time to be able to have a craft room and also to have a room that can be done to suit my likes and every time I go in there it will be me.

I do warn you that it's going to be bright, cheerful and somethings will be quirky.

Mini Ariadne And Cut-Thru" Gypsy Wagon

I finished Row 2 Page 1 of Mini Ariadne and this puts me at 3% complete:

I also pulled out Gypsy Wagon again and did a little more on the roof:

Hoping that next time I might actually finish the roof.

New Start: Jewel On The Water

After my last two finished, I figured that I deserved a new start.

It doesn't look like much at the moment but new starts never really do:-)

I fell in love with this design the second I saw it in the magazine.

It's designed by Lesley Teare.

Where my Christmas Decorations are from

They are actually not decorations as such...

It was an advent calendar that I actually did make for my daughter:

I liked them so much that I decided that I wanted some of them hanging on my Christmas Tree:

It is out of Cross Stitch Crazy November 2011.

Ariadne and Christmas Decorations

I have made some nice progress on Mini Ariadne.  Row 1 of Page 1 is complete.

I know it's not much progress but it makes me feel a bit better breaking it down into page rows as it makes small "finishes" to be pleased about.

I also worked on some more Christmas decorations.

Next time it comes up in my rotation I will add the gold metallic threads and do the actual finishing.

I have been really enjoying my stitching time as I have been watching Stargate SG1 at the same time.  

I have been staying up way late but it's been so good at the same time.

I finished Season 3 last night and hope to start Season 4 soon.

A New To Me Blog

I came across a new to me blog today.

She doesn't do many updates as such but her stitching is lovely.

She doesn't have many ppl who comment on her work, so please go take a look at her blog.

Cross Stitch Angel

A Bit Of Everything

The last time you saw Hocus Pocus it looked like this:

As of about 15 minutes ago it now looks like this:

This project falls just short of the one year mark as I started it Halloween last year.  We don't celebrate it here but I felt like at least acknowledging it in theory and so I started this.

I have attempted starting a HAED a few times.  I actually almost managed a whole page on my BB SAL of Literate Dragon before I gave up and put it away.

I think my problem is that I either started projects that were too big for a first, or like LD, just too much confetti.  I think once I have a completed HAED it might motivate me to start a bigger/harder design.

So here is a new start... Mini Adriane

Winter has just passed us and clothing wise it was a terrible winter for me.  I need new jerseys and can't stand what they have in fashion at the moment... okay for the last two years.

So I spent most of the winter bundled up in tracksuit tops and thick jackets which did not look good at all.  So I decided to pull out the needles and make myself a few jerseys during the year.

Here is the start of my first one:

Okay I have two questions to answer from the last two posts.

I can't remember (off the top of my head) who asked about what online game I was talking about... it is called Ultima Online.

And Debbie, sadly I have not touched my 99 Bottles since the last update but my fingers have been itching to add a few more to my row.