Fun Day of Stitching.

I have gotten only a little stitching done today. My stomach is hurting alot today but I don't want to go to the hospital again because they want to cut me open again. I have already had 2 surgeries in my life and I don't really want another one.

I had fun on the Internet today. I bought two new cross stitch kits. One is of two dolphins in the moonlight. I am going to do that one for my sister for Christmas. She has always loved dolphins. It is going to be lovely when I am done with it. It has been a while since I have made something for her and she has kinda been out of my life for the last two Christmas's or so. I miss her very much. I have a couple ideas for her kids for the holidays also. I got this cute bear pair. One is morning and one is night. They are very cute and will be easy to stitch. I believe I want these to be for my niece. She will be 3 next year. I'm not sure what I am going to do for the boys. Maybe make them Afghan's or teddy bears for their room. I will have to talk to my sister and see what they have and what they need. As for her new husband I don't even know what he likes seeing as I have never met the guy yet. He seems nice enough and is good to her and the kids but I'm not sure what he lies and dislikes.

This is the other kit that I bought today. This one is for me. I love the kitties, they are going to be so cute. I can't wait to work on it but it will have to wait till after Christmas to create. I realized that I only have about 4 months till Christmas and I need to get things rolling for my holiday gifts. Maybe in January I will start everyone's gifts so that I have plenty of time to get everyone's gifts done since it takes time and I have a large family now. I just got all the birthdays from my sister in law yesterday. Finally I have Michael's side of the family all written down so that maybe I an at least send them birthday cards. I have a good idea of what I am going to do for my mother and I am going to draw my father another picture this year for Christmas.

I love to draw too and lately I am feeling all of my creative blocks falling away which is very nice. I use to do crafts and write and draw all the time and since my miss carriage in April of last year I have been very depressed and creatively blocked. It was very hard compared to the other three miss carriages I have had since I was three months along this time before I lost the baby. The others I was right around 2-3 weeks, so I didn't know I was pregnant until I lost it. This one I knew for two months before I lost the baby. Its so disheartening that I have had 4 so far but the last one was the hardest.

Michael and I want to have children and we hope to after I get my health under control. I am working hard at it to I have been up and around a lot in the last few days. Cleaning and working around the house has been really nice. I am trying to be consistent and do something every few hours. Its been rough fighting threw the pain but I am determined.

I have an updated photo of my 'Hang in There.' Kitty. It is so cute now and I can see the whole kitty body. I can't wait to get the rest of it done. It is very cute and will make a nice addition to the ones that I have done already. I love kitties and cross stitching them is so much fun. I need to get some of the bigger hoops and frames. I don't know how much they will cost but Michael says that the loans are coming in real soon so I will be able to spend a tiny bit and see if I can get a cheep wooden one, when Walmart use to carry them they were pretty cheep, maybe $15.00 or there abouts. I guess we will just have to see. The ladies in Stitchers Heaven have posted a lot of lovely pictures in their albums' and I have seen some lovely looms and some of their techniques' are pretty neat. I am learning a lot.

Well I guess this is enough rambling for one post. I will see if I can post more tomorrow.

Tracey

Let the stitching begin.

I decided that I wanted to start a stitching blog to write and keep track of my fun stitching stuff along with other crafts that I make. It sounds like a really fun idea. I have just joined a great yahoo group called Stitchers Heaven and they have really been great to me. With life being crazy and things moving out of control it is nice to have so many wonderful people to talk to.

I am currently working on two projects but I do have several that I have not finished yet. I hope to go back to them and get them done sometime soon. I am working on Creative Accents. Hang in there. The one with the gray kitten hanging on a branch. I know there is also a brown striped kitten that I would love to get. This is as far as I have gotten so far. Cute little kitten feet. I am also working on a calender that I made up myself. The corner accents that I am putting on it are from D & C's Cross Stitch Fairies. They are really lovely. The idea of this work is to have a calender that I can change the dates on and keep track of birthdays, anniversaries and what not. I am currently working on how I will keep track of them and when I am done and got the months numbers on I will take a picture and post it here. I was thinking about finding a way to clip them on and we will see if that works.

It is going to be lovely when I get it done though. I am kinda taking a break from it and working on the kitten though because that one is so easy hehe and I love the colors'. Its going to be lovely when I am finally done with it.

I made some blankets for my family and what not for Christmas last year but I didn't have money to send them so when I start working on this years Christmas presents I will post last years and this years. I will have enough to send them this year because I have been saving for this year and they will get double presents. It should be fun. I have no idea what I am going to make everyone but I have been giving it a fair bit of thought lately. I only have a few months before the holidays are upon me.

The Stitchers Heaven group that I joined is so much fun. I am just having a blast here. There are a lot of competitions and stuff that are going on right now. Also there is a stitch a long that I didn't get to do this time because I know nothing about Black work. It is something that I am going to research and see if I can do one later on. There is also daily trivia that I play everyday and there is a daily project and a bingo game. This is my first bingo game and I have chosen my first set of words hehe. Valerie is our host for the bingo game this time and she gave us 40 words to choose from and we had to choose 20 out of the 40. It is going to be fun. I am still learning all the stuff I need to know for the Stitchers Heaven site and all the goodies that they have going on everyday of the month. I will write more as I learn more.

Well I guess that is enough for post #1. I am going to end here and to take a shower and get something to eat before I pick up my stitching again. I also have dishes and cleaning to do also. Not to mention a ton of laundry. I want to take my comforter to the laundry mat and get it all cleaned up before the winter months come in.

Have a great day and see ya round

Tracey