My first 2008 finish

Wow - I can't believe this took me over 10 hours to do. This was sent to me as a RAK from one of the members of my cross stitching group. THANK YOU AGAIN!!

I changed it somewhat. The words were to be done in green - I changed it to yellow. The backstitching was to be done in yellow - I changed it to gold metallic (not the easiest to work with). The collars were to be stitched and I changed them to beads.

I think I spent the most time trying to decide how to spiff it up and after several hours of trying this bead and that I just felt - less is more so I have just a little in the upper corner.

I also have a bookmark to do and I think I'll do a little more preplanning with my beading as I have some cute scotty charms I'd like to use. But I've got other projects I MUST get finished so this will be done later on in the year.

Hope you like it - it was really fun to do.

These are my completed 2007 projects -



This was simple enough to do and I really like the red on pink and am currently looking for something else that is similar.

I framed this one in a black frame because I thought it would bring out the colors - then I added what I call foo-foo which added a little element of surprise I hope.

My cross stitch

This is what I completed in 2006. It is for my son who is in college for Fire/EMS. He currently has his EMT Basic Card and his 240 Card and currently taking Paramedic classes.

Wed Jan 23 2008

I'm not sure where I want to go with this - do I want to do this as a journal of my life or merely of my cross stitch or whatever??? Hummm I guess time will tell. Hopefully I will be able to put pictures of some of the things I've completed on here. Wait and see.....