Last night I broke a needle with brute force. I've been working on a series of new cross stitches that I'm not ready to reveal yet. Over the course of these, I've broken more needles than ever in my life. ... Read More
Brute force
Shifting project gears
After I finish my current cross stitch, I'm going to shift gears and start something completely different. I went shopping for supplies today - Check out the size of this crochet hook! I can't wait to get started! ... Read More
Evie goes to school.
Evie started "school" today. It's an hour long class through the park district she's going to once a week. She did great. And while she was in there, I started a new project. ... Read More
Button monogram
The majority of the things I pin on Pinterest never actually happen. However, this was one of the few that I actually got done. This was the original project and I wanted one for Evie’s room. It was pretty easy to do, but I did burn myself quite a bit with the hot glue at first. So I got a cheap pair of tweezers and used those to help position the buttons, which saved my fingers a lot of pain. ... Read More
The Bloggess and I meet again!
Over the summer I went into Chicago to see Jenny Lawson's book signing and gifted her the Unicorn Success Club cross stitch. When I saw that she was going to be at Anderson's Bookshop, an independent bookstore in downtown Naperville, I immediately added it to my calendar app and started planning my next cross stitch. I scoured her website looking for the perfect thing and I decided to go with a quote from Copernicus the homicidal monkey. ... Read More
BAM, said the lady!
I am a huge Nathan Fillion fan, and I love his Twitter. I haven’t seen it used recently, but I always loved the phrase he coined, “BAM, said the lady!” So I made this for Josh’s office awhile back. I keep meaning to also make a “Feed the Birds” one, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. ... Read More
I sure know how to party hard.
Cross stitching in bed while I eat a Blow Pop and watch Damages on a Friday night. ... Read More
Stack o’ cross stitches
I really need to do something with this stack of like 20 finished cross stitches. And the pile of another 25 framed ones. If only I had the motivation to stop stitching and start listing things on Etsy… ... Read More