cute diy

saw this on another blog. it's so cute. think i might try to make a couple for christmas. maybe. not much time left. eek. but i'm happy to say that i'm pretty much ready, for the most part, almost, soooo close! lol
Mistletoe headband

UPDATE: uh, yeah, didn't get to that. maybe next year...



crafting craziness

been a crafting fool the past couple of days. added some names to some cute little bags, made a wreath for my grandma, and made my first felt toy, a woodland creature owl from the "Doodle Stitching" book. so cute. did all right for my first one.

no more sleep stitching

know when to stop! i almost ruined the project i'm working on last night.well, not really ruined. but could have gone horribly wrong. i really needed to be sleeping and not stitching. but i think i made it work. gah! lol.
here's a sneak peak...

swap goodies

look what i got! for the dia de los muertos swap on swap-bot. i think it is very sweet. it's a free-form embroidery from anita(Bastet59) from humble, tx. with extra black fabric to make into a pillow if i want, and i think i will! some holiday cards and floss, too. how nice. :-)

did another swap on swap-bot. this time a day of the dead embroidery swap. hosted by snifferooski, who i got and sent this embroidery to. funny thing is she used the same pattern for her partner, but we both changed them up a bit, so that was cool. kinda crappy pic here but the only one i got. darn it, my camera is broken. maybe i'll get one for myself for christmas, hit up the sales. actually, sure i can get mine fixed. we'll see. anyway, i haven't received my piece yet for the swap. can't wait to get it. hopefully it's not a month late like the last time. but things happen, i know. oh, and it's a pattern by carina. http://www.etsy.com/shop/polkaandbloom

oh, finished a piece for my grandma. she wanted me to make it for her to give her secret santa. it's like one i made for my mom when i first started doing embroidery. here it is. a banner from sublime stitching with the julie west patterns, tattoo letters, and even the flower is from the lisa petrucci patterns with a little heart added. haha. sublime stitching all the way! :-)

cute!

starting on a piece for my friend kat. it'll be a kinda buddha theme. :-)

love my spinthread necklace!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/spinthread

2010 ft worth zombie crawl

peace man ...

mary and i at the zombie crawl

my cousin allison and her fiance chris

zombies invade ft worth. it was a blast!

bat stitch and state fair of texas fun!

i entered a little giveaway on The Cuteness of Curiosity blog for some cute little halloween stitches. i chose the little bat and won! how lucky.
LOOK HOW CUTE!

i love it! and i also love halloween! thanks, kym. :-)

went to the state fair of Texas this weekend. got some free tix for volunteering for my favorite radio station out here, kxt, public radio. it's the best radio station ever! you can check it out online, too. you gotta check it out! indie, alt country, folk, blues, and more. great dj's, great music. i love being part of the street team. http://kxt.org/

oh, and if you want to know how to be the most popular person at the fair, win a chicken hat! 4real. it was a hit! LOL. had fried frito pie. pretty good. a friend had the fried beer, disgusting, all agreed. couple friends had the green goblin:fried pepper filled with guacamole and chicken, good but hard to eat. and of course, you can't go to the state fair without having a CORN DOG! still the best part. :-) oh, and i enjoyed my margarita pouch. it was a fun day, a lot of walking, and then dinner at Ozona in Dallas, great mojitos! good stuff with good peeps!
check out the good times...

most awesome chicken hat i won. hit the chicken into the bucket.

making friends with other fair winners. it's the big cow guy and rasta bananaaaa!! lol

the Midway, ferris wheel back there, too.

had to take some free pics at the auto show. haha. (i realize we could just take our own pics, but still. they say free, we say YES!)

again with the free pics. But with a Viper! ooh la la.



the walk back to meg's. nice to live right in the area! skip the traffic/parking mess.

and the fun continued into the night. must be why i actually slept in to about noon today! cray cray!

this is for my Aunt Nancy for Christmas. here's a pic of her and her horse.

looks like such a nice day, doesn't it!?

well, it took awhile, but i finally finished. love the way it turned out! gotta find the perfect frame now!

not quite done...

but i finally finished the hardest part, the face. more specifically the mouth. took several tries. i remembered a pinup face tutorial on the Sublime Stitching Blog, and that helped a lot! simple but so hard to get right. i'm happy with the way it turned out.
:-) just finishing up the border. should be done tomorrow! i stopped working on it for a bit, but now i'm eager to finish!