07.06.10

My Independence Day Anniversary!!!

Posted in gardening, hobbies, knitting and crocheting at 12:57 pm by Administrator

Today marks nine years since my last blood transfusion.  Despite the gloomy weather outside, this is a wonderful day for me!  I’m just taking it easy, working on my favorite things–crafts. . . Like any other craft addict, I have a few projects going on at the same time.  Some are “years” old, sigh.  But, my resolution is to finish up my old projects and plug along on any new projects so they don’t last for years.  Here’s a new project I started a couple weeks ago.

It’s called “Grapevine Wreath with Floral” by Donna Dewberry.  The completed stitched size should be 14″x11″.  Here’s how far I got about a week ago.

Here’s how far I am on it today.

And did I say that it’s hard to just work on one project at a time?  Well, I started on something this Sunday.  This might end up as a small bathroom curtain if it turns out decent.  I’m thinking of adding beads on the bottom.

The pink ball, I’m thinking of using to make another curtain for my back door.  Not sure yet.  I’ll have to work up a swatch to see if I like how it drapes.

Another project that has been hanging around here for “years” is this cross stitch mermaid by Mirabilia.  I LOVE her designs!  I’ve finished all the cross stitching, but just need to add the beads now.  I’ve got the beads off to the side.

Uh, yeah, got lots of wrinkles. . . hope it irons out okay once I’m done.

And as if I don’t have enough projects to work on, I picked up a few more patterns that I found too irresistible to pass up.  I’ve long admired P Buckley Moss, and couldn’t pass up a few of her cross stitch patterns.

Then my girlfriend found out that I love Mirabilia patterns and she picked up several patterns for me that I just adore!!!  I told her a few of them that I liked, and had no idea she would pick them up for me!  Oye. . .

I thought I already had a craft stash big enough to last me my lifetime.  However, somehow my stash keeps growing!  I’m trying to get a grip, but it’s hard being that I’m such a craft addict. . . Well, at least I’m keeping my hands busy and staying out of trouble.  And the icing on the cake is that I’ve been able to indulge in these things hardly ever giving a thought to my once obsessive occupation of trying to heal my aplastic anemia.  Life has been good.  God is great.

I’m off to the Theodore Payne Foundation to hunt for some drought resistant plants.  Happy 6th of July everyone!

Marlakins

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