August Gifted Gorgeousness / Monday Update

Today is time for a Gifted Gorgeousness check in. I'm still in the middle of my busy busy time. Since the last check in (July 15th) I have found time to work on my Elshire Family Crest for my Grandpa though. Only 4 days worth of work unfortunately! Here is where I was for the July 15th check in...

Here is where I am now...

I have made progress just not as much as I would like. My needles just pretty much stopped on me. So that meant I needed a break. I worked on a few other pieces. Last Monday I finished up a Pumpkin face Halloween project. Then I put 2 days into another DUCJC piece. It's not a gift though so stop reading if you are here for Gifted Gorgeousness haha.

Now onto the Monday Update part of my post. I worked on one of the Christmas Treasures. Remember them from 2016 DUCJC?

I decided to have fun with Jodyri threads that I won in a giveaway and just make them Treasures not Christmas Treasures. Here is the first one finished up...

I finished it up in March. I used Tulip Garden thread with that one. Here is my progress on the 2nd one...

I'm using Jodyri thread Autumn Berries. I just LOVE this thread and it's color blend. This is my progress after 2 days. This one is on a sparkly Aida fabric. Love the way it's turning out.

We had another fun Thursday through Saturday out garage sale hunting. This time was the Lincoln Hiway Buy Way. The part we did goes across Ohio. We stayed at a hotel along the route 2 nights. We ended up with a little less than 200 garage sales. The only thing I found stitching related was two more project boxes for $1.25! Jeremiah got some awesome books for school though!! 2 really amazing Life magazine published books about the September 11th attack. They were marked $25 and $20 originally and we got them for $5! They are full of personal stories and just amazing pictures. There was another one that is Letters Home from World War 2. They included photo copies of the original letters. We glanced through it and just can't wait to read the history of these personal stories. It was $1! I found some workbooks for his school work that were originally $15 each and got them for $1 or $2. So we some great deals!! It was horrible hot and we are so sore from all the walking and getting in and out but we had so much fun!!

There is a little of this and a little of that going on this week. We'll be starting up our school year one day soon too. But I'm hoping to pick back up the Family Crest and work on it till Friday. Hopefully my needles will find the mojo and get to stitching!

Monday Update Treasure Finish

Finish Number 12

Christmas Treasures 1 of 4 by Elizabeth Almond of Blackwork Journey

Published in Just Cross Stitch Dec 2015 Issue

Used 18ct sparkly white Aida

Thread is Jodyri Designs called Tulip Garden 054R

Started for DUCJC 2016 on Jan 7th. Took 5 Days.

Linking up to the Stitchery Link Party. If you do work with needle and thread head over and share your progress too.

We had a nice even though it was busy weekend. Izzy's vet appointment went fine. Her leg where she got surgery a few years ago is finally building up more leg muscle so that will help but she will always have arthritis to deal with. She put on some weight over the winter but he laughed and said every dog they saw that day had haha. So time for Spring weight loss. I took my pieces to be framed and the guy who frames them picked out the perfect frames so I can't wait to get them back to show off. I made it out of the store with only buying two threads I needed. I told my hubby don't even let me look at anything else haha. Sunday we went down to my families and had a little bday party for my Grandpa. Here is the cake they made for him...

He loved it! We had the normal cake too haha. It was a great visit and my side hurt from all the laughing we did.

Here it is the start to another week. We need to get ready for Spring and put away our snowman decorations. This coming weekend is International Hermit Stitch Weekend and I'm going to start Aquatic Maiden from Tilton Crafts finally!! She is ready and waiting. I don't know what I'm going to work on till then. I was thinking of some older pieces so I can justify the new start haha. I'll be back in a few days to share. Hope everyone has a great week!

Christmas Treasures 1 of 4

On DUCJC Day 7 I started Christmas Treasures from JCS Dec 2015 issue. Here is what they will look like again...

I'm not doing them "Christmassy" I guess so mine are just treasures haha. Here was my first day progress on the left one from Jan...

Tiffstitch had a giveaway for these beautiful Jodyri threads. This one is called Tulip Gardens. I just love how delicate it looks. Here it is now after 3 days...

I have 2 more borders to do. So it's going to stay out so I can see if I can finish it up. We have some plans this weekend. Izzy (our dog) has an vet appointment tomorrow. After that Fred is taking me to my LNS to get some pieces in to be framed. Sunday we are going down to visit family. My Grandpa is turning 80 next week so we want to go visit and say Happy Birthday. Have a great weekend!!

DUCJC Day 7

Today's pick is from the Just Cross Stitch December Issue...

It's called Christmas Treasures by Elizabeth Almond. It starts on page 46. I've decided to do them on sparkly white material.  I have two pieces of Aida and two pieces of evenweave. I'm also using the gorgeous Jodyri Design threads I got from Tiffstitch. Here is where I got today on the 1st of the 4...

I started with the one on the left. I'm using Aida for this one. The thread is called Tulip Gardens. I love how soft and delicate it looks.