Long Overdue Catch Up!

Goodness!

I can't quite believe it has been 5 months since I last posted here! I hope you are all doing ok, I must admit these past five months have flown by and I have fallen off the blogosphere totally. I have't read any blogs in a long time but the past couple of days I have started to read some again with an odd comment here and there :)

It's nice to see so many of the regular bloggers still there stitching and blogging away - I hope soon to be one of those again! But I also see some of my favourite blogs no longer exist or they have decided to go to other mediums of social media :(

So, does anyone have any recommendations for newer blogs that I perhaps might not have seen or follow? Please let me know!

Crafting

I have to say the crafting bug has gone completely AWOL for the longest time, which also explains the lack of blogging. If i'm not crafting I don't have a whole much to talk about on here!

But I am happy to say last weekend I did start a new (simple) project - I wanted to ease myself back in to it with nothing too taxing. Here is a little sneak peek :)

As you can probably tell by the colours this is a Christmas project :D

Weight Loss

I'm pleased to say Slimming World is something I am still keeping up with rather well. To date I have lost a total of 2 stone 9lbs! (37lbs or 16.7kg) I am hoping by the end of this month to hit the three stone mark :) But for now my award collection is looking pretty good :)

Wedding Planning

Wedding plans are all starting to come together now, it is fast approaching. It seems so weird to think all that time ago we booked our venue and now it is less than 8 months away!

I go for my dress measurements taken this coming week! I am so excited, the whole dress shopping experience was wonderful, my Mother came up to Scotland for a couple of days to visit. 3 shops visi
ted but it was dress number 2 in shop number 2 which was the winner. I can't wait to try it on again :) :)

Other than that not a whole much to report, work is the usual (busy) and its been almost a year now since living in Scotland which has just flown by!

Any new designers or SALs I may have missed? Please let me know!

Hopefully I will be back in the coming week with an update on my craft project.

Until then...

Emma xo

Tribal Orca...FINISHED!

Good evening!

Yep, you read the title right, I have been working away on Tribal Orca over the weekend and this afternoon I placed the final stitch :)

I really enjoyed working on this project and I think the final result is great even if I do say so myself!

Tribal Orca by White Willow Stitching

Stitched on Deep Water by Colour Cascade Fabrics 14ct Opal Aida

So, my first finish of the year - hooray!

What will I work on next, well I'm not sure to be honest! I guess the next time I sit down to stitch I will peek in to my craft bag which holds all ten (or nine now!) projects for the year and whatever takes my fancy will be the one :)

In other news I have been a little behind in my blog reading and commenting as I started back on Slimming World again last weekend, so this past week I really focusing on that and getting myself organised. But it all paid off and I had my first weigh in yesterday and...

Yep, a whole 7 pounds in one week :D I was so happy and shocked!

I know it is because it is the first week but still I am off to a great start with my weight loss journey this year and I really want to add to what I managed to shift last year. I also ran three times this week making my total distance for February so far 11.5 km which I am pleased with.

Well, the weekend is almost over once again but thats ok, I have a short working week this coming week as I booked Thursday and Friday as holiday. No big plans but thought it was about time I took some time off :)

Until next time

Emma xx