iStitch Designs Sew Advent 2015 and Stash!

Good evening all!

I hope you are all rested up this Sunday evening ready for the working week ahead and all your Christmas plans are coming together!

Just a few more presents to wrap and a few cards to write and I will be done - I can't believe Christmas is only 12 days away now!

This weekend we went to pick up our Wedding Invitations - it is all starting to become very real now! They are perfect, once I have them wrote up and sent out I will share with you how they look, but we are both very happy with them :)

Stitching wise I managed to stitch days two through to five this week - not as much done as I had hoped but it all counts...

I am loving how delicate it is looking on this fabric and stitched over one - fingers crossed I will get some more done this coming week.

Stash wise the post box has been very busy this week much to my Fiancé's bemusement but as I pointed out to him some of this was ordered weeks ago it has just so happened they have all arrived at a similar time... ;)

First up was my Needle Minders from Lisa at No More Lost Needles. I will admit I had forgotten which exact ones I had ordered! The personalised one which is a picture of me and David was a prize I had won.

Then my fabric and floss turned up for the Frosted Pumpkin Passport year long SAL which starts in January - this was my first time using The Homemakery but I was very impressed! So I am all ready to go come the 15th of next month :)

Finally two pieces of fabric arrived from Crafty Kitten - I just love them! 

Not sure what they will be used for yet, but I have a couple of ideas ;)

My plan this week is to catch up on blogs again - my reader has somehow crept back up to over 400 posts! 

Until next time!

Emma xo

Stitches and Stash!

Good evening!

I hope you are all well and had a pleasant weekend, and all the Christmas planning is starting to come together :)

Last weekend rather last minute I decided to Join the iStitch Designs advent stitch along - meaning I get sent a section of the chart each day from December 1st to December 24th.

Here is day one...

Yes...I have fallen behind already, but it's totally ok - I plan on stitching away this coming week and hopefully at the weekend. Some people are doing great at keeping up and the piece is looking lovely already - I can't wait to crack on with it!

Other than that just some new stash in the post this past week - my first two Soda Stitch Patterns.

I picked up The Little Kingdom...

and Petite Palace...

I thought they were so cute!

The Little Kingdom is actually 50% off at the moment on Sew and So as it's apparently a discontinued pattern.

Other than that not much to tell this week - we pick our wedding invites up this coming weekend - eek! :D

Make sure you come back on Friday when it will be my turn to host day 11 of Jo's Advent Blog Hop!

Until then!

Emma xo

Here Kitty Kitty...

Hey guys!

Hope you all had a good weekend, it's been none stop rain here in Scotland so have been enjoying a rather quiet pyjama and Downton Abbey catch up sort of day :)

Also got some more Christmas shopping done online today - I think I only have about 4 more presents to get and I am done.

As suspected this week not a whole load of stitching got done courtesy of the Fallout 4 release, along with a number of other boring things which got in the way of my stitching time.

But, more work did get done on Row of Cats - this guys seems to be taking longer than the others, I'm not sure if it's the colours or what, but I am getting there. Just his face left now.

This week some new stash also arrived, a new DMC floss box, my first is overflowing now so one was needed, along with a new pair of scissors (you can never have enough) and all the floss I need for three projects I intend to start in the new year. Most is DMC along with one Weeks Dye Works and a Classic Colourworks, which I have never used before so it will be interesting to try that out!

I probably won't get an opportunity to update next weekend (we are visiting family) but I should be able to update the Monday or Tuesday after, me and David are both off work for a week so fingers crossed I should get some good stitchy time!

After that we are almost in December - eek! I'm getting giddy for Christmas already!

Emma xo