Good Christmas Everyone?

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas? As usual I ate and drank too much but had a lovely time with family. It was fairly uneventful and quiet but that is how I like it :)

No crafty presents this year, my Fiancé is still living by the rule I need to finish / start the projects I already have first!

But, he did still spoil me :) A new charm for my Pandora, an Urban Decay eye palette, Lush smellies, a woolly hat along with all the gifts friends and family got me! I am very thankful and lucky to have such thoughtful people in my life.

I did however get one crafty parcel in the mail on Christmas Eve. Crafty Kitten have started up a monthly Mystery Box service which contains an exclusive dyed fabric along with some other bits each month. December was the first box which had the theme of Christmas.

I was so pleased! I loved the fabric and the threads and beads will certainly come in handy!

Next year the theme is birthstones, so January will be Garnet. I have already placed my order :P

Well tomorrow is New Years Eve, which also happens to be my Birthday. I don't have any big plans for the day, my birthday does tend to get overlooked and forgotten about so I think I may just relax and perhaps pick up some stitching and please myself!

I hope you all had a great Christmas and I hope you enjoy your New Year Celebrations whatever you may be doing :)

Emma xx

iStitch Designs 2015 SAL and Merry Christmas!

Evening all!

Well we are almost there - less than a week till Christmas! Not that it is really feeling like it at the moment - the weather is strangely warm here in Scotland for the time of year and I will be working up to and including Christmas Eve so until the evening of the 24th it is business as usual here!

That been said it has been a busy week getting jobs done in preparation, writing cards, wrapping presents, food shopping...along with a few other things I will tell you about in the new year. So, not a whole lot of stitching has been done. However I did sit down this afternoon while watching Willie Wonker's Chocolate Factory and stitched away for a couple of hours.

I got just short of another 2 days done on the iStitch Designs Advent SAL - definitely not going to be caught up in time - but hey, maybe I will get it done for next Christmas ;)

Please excuse the lighting, it is hard to get it to show up great when it is dark outside but in real life this piece is looking great and I am enjoying working on it a lot - when I have the time!

In other news two more pieces of hand dyed fabric arrived from Crafty Kitten this week. These are the two pieces I picked for my two wedding samplers I am going to start next year. I think they are just perfect for what I have in mind.

The first is more pinky shade called Vintage Petals...

And this is Oatmeal...

They are both 28 count which I have never stitched on before but I am excited to give it a go!

Well I am guessing this will be my last post before Christmas so I hope you all have a great time.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Emma xo

#84 Easter Treats :)

I hope you all enjoyed your extended weekend and haven't eaten too many eggs!

Luckily for me I only had 1 from my boss at work and me and David shared another so thankfully I didn't O.D. on chocolate!

Yesterday was the first day since Ash Wednesday I had crisps, I have to say I am very proud of myself for lasting all of lent without them! Then, when I did have some I didn't especially enjoy them all that much! I guess crisps might be a rarer part of my diet from now on, which is a good thing!

I received some goodies this week, first I got two lots of hand dyed fabric from Crafty Kitten, I couldn't decide which to buy so have ended up getting both, I have the Disney Princess Pattern in mind for one of these and then depending on how much is left I may end up using the other for a Pride and Prejudice pattern I have too :)

Fairy Wings

Pansy Impressions

I have used the pictures from Crafty Kittens website, as I can't get pictures to do the fabric justice!

I'm also VERY tempted by the new limited edition April fabric which appeared on the site today, someone restrain me - please!

Also today David was ever so kind and bought me a chart, since he didn't get me an Easter Egg he said I can have a chart instead!

I decided on Dwarven Leader by Paine Free Crafts. I am loving all the Hobbit/Lord of the Ring patterns that are appearing recently, but it will be while until this one gets started.

Sadly, I haven't got any stitching done this weekend. Saturday I wasn't feeling so well, I slept until 7pm!! I guess I needed it, but still it seems like a waste of a day.

At least the clocks went forward for us in the UK yesterday, more daylight in the evening mean easier stitching when I get home from work - hooray!