march cross stitch finished projects

so march was national craft month and i finished two different cross stitching projects this past month (and no this isn't an april fools joke), so i thought i'd share what i've done.

the first project is a key chain i made for a friend of mine. i got the design off of pinterest. and just used the colors i thought my friend would like better. my friend has a couple of dogs and she just loves them so i knew the paw print would be perfect for her! you can't see the back of the cross stitch, but it's just black felt sewed onto the plastic canvas that i used to make the keychain. i'm really getting the hang of making the keychain cross stitch.

sorry my hand looks a little goofy in the photo. 

the second project i finished was a project i had been working on for a couple of months. it's a design of the chicago land area. i got the design from a designer by the name of SatsumaStreet on etsy. i really like the design that she made and i just love the colors that she uses in all of her designs. but it was nice to just have a design just for my hometown, good old chicago.

i haven't framed the design yet, but i'm going to. i'm going to frame it different then i've ever framed before. normally i go out and buy a picture frame and just frame my work. but this time, for this project, i'm actually going to frame it in a hoop. when i do i'll take a bunch of photos and post on here. for i have a feeling it will be an adventure. hehe. this project is going to my mom. she loves chicago and she's been eyeing the design the whole time i've made this, so i'm going to give it to her.

finished!

i'm all done with the cross stitch i was working on for my mom. i'm just so excited to be done. it took me a little over a year to finish. it's so nice to be finished! here it is.

project update

i'm almost done with the project i'm doing for my mom. i just have the upper left hand corner to finish and then the outlining. then i'm done! i can't believe how close i am. but yet i'm still so far away. hehe. i will finish this sucker!!!! hehe. here's the link to the last update i did. so you can see the progress i've made. :)

the wedding dress

so my mom printed out the wedding pictures from my sister Marianne's wedding and the photographer got a picture of the 'something blue' i made for my sister on the wedding dress. so i just wanted to share with everyone the picture. here's the post i did about my sisters 'something blue'. and here's the photo of the 'something blue' on the wedding dress. :)

Taste of the Mediterranean - a cross stitch update

so i meant to finish this cross stitch which is named - Taste of the Mediterranean - for my mother for christmas, but that never happened. this is the biggest cross stitch i've ever made and eventually finish. hehe. so i just thought i would give an update on where i was. so here's a picture of where i was the last time i updated you the project. and here's a picture i took yesterday of where i am now on the project. i will finish this sucker! hehe

christmas cross stitch work in progress

so i am working on a project for my mom for christmas and this is what i have so far. i've been working on it off an on for the last couple of months. but now that it is the middle of november it's go time. all free time is going to this project. here's what i have so far and then here's a picture of what it will look like at the end.

Mom

Just wanted to say happy birthday to my mom. She's amazingly nuts and awesome at the same time. And that's why I love her. Happy birthday mom.