Not Much to See Here

Hi guys I'm back!  A little late but meh that's okay.  I got caught up this month trying to finish the HAED challenge so I didn't get to work much on Birthstone Dragons but here it is so far:

I'm doing the border as I go so hopefully soon I'll be caught up.  See you all next (this) month!

Eek I Suck!

Hey everyone I know it's been a while.  My only excuse is that I've been on vacation at the end of every month for the past 3 months.  But I'm excited to say I have a finish to show!  Finally!  I finished it 10/15 and got it framed and sent about a week and a half later.  I haven't seen it hanging yet but I know the recipient has gotten it safe and sound and was really excited.

Here is Paradise after it was finished:

 

And here it is after it was framed:

Sorry for the really bad glare.  But I promise it's pretty in person :)

I framed it myself in a floating picture frame that I had to engineer.  Basically the way the frame worked was that it had the frame, a piece of glass, another piece of glass and then a smaller wood frame that fit inside the first to help sandwich the two pieces of glass together to hold the pics in place.  In order to make it work I cut the foam board so that it fit snugly inside of the smaller wooden frame.  Then I switched the order so that it was: frame, glass, smaller frame with the cross stitch inside, and then other piece of glass.  I stretched the fabric on the foam core board and pinned it in place but I didn't lace it because the fabric was large enough to just fold over the back and since it was a clear back I wanted it to look nice.

I hope that makes sense :)

As for this blog I'm not really sure what I want to do next.  I've already started 2 other projects but I don't know if I'm going to start another one on the 1st or not.  I guess we'll see how this blog is going to work next year :)

Thanks everyone for sticking with me on my journey!

 

Wow I'm Late!

Ha I totally didn't realize it was the end of the month lol.  I'm still chugging along and I'm hoping to finish soon.

Here's last month:

And now:

I decided to do all 9 pages at once so no page finished but I "think" I've made good progress?  It's hard to tell.  I'm still hoping for the end of September but don't think I'll make it.  I have a cruise coming up which will eat up time.  But I'll get there!

So Frustrating!

Hey guys I'm here with almost another 3 pages finished.  I have one done but couldn't quite whip out the other two.  I would have had it done but last weekend we were out of town for a wedding and this weekend hubby wanted to go out and do stuff all weekend.  

But I'm super close and will finish both pages tomorrow.

Here's where I was last time:

Here's where I am now:

As you can see I just have a tad in the middle and at the very bottom.

I have 9 pages left and only 4 whole pages.  I'm still debating but I think I'll do another set of 3 pages like I did this time and then the rest of them all together.  Either that or I'll do them all in one big set.  Pretty sure 2 sections though.  Either way I'm getting there!  I'm really aiming for the end of September.

Progress :)

Hi guys I'm back!  I'm about 75% done with Paradise with 12 pages left.  6 of those are full pages. I'm doing these 3 pages a tad different and I'm doing all 3 together.  

But here's the pics :)

Last time:

This time:

So as you can see I finished 2 1/2 pages this month and am well on my way in the next section!

I'm really hoping I can get these 3 pages done this month.  Wish me luck thanks for stopping by!

Holiday Blew By!

Wow how is it June?!  I meant to post yesterday but between work, Disneyland, a movie and a long drive home it didn't happen :D. 

Not much progress on paradise (yet again) but this time it was because I stitched a page of another design for the HAED challenge so I did actually finish almost two pages.  But last time I was here:

Now I'm here:

Actually a tad farther but didn't get a pic. The end of the page is where the blue starts so I have about 3/4 done.  See you next time with hopefully more progress!

Paradise :)

Hey everyone I still haven't made much progress.  My birthday was this month so I took a week vacation for it and I'm currently stitching for the HAED challenge on Facebook.  It's only a page though so it should be done soon and I can get back to paradise.  I'm 67% done and have 15 pages to go.

Last time:

Now:

I thought I had more progress but oh well at least I reached the bottom of the column.  I'm itching to get back to it so that's a good sign.

See you all next time with hopefully another column finish!

Not a Ton of Progress but Some :)

hey everyone I'm back with another update!  Between moving and vacation planning I didn't have much stitchy time but here's where I am:

Last time:

Yay Leap Day!

I needed this extra day to get as much stitching in as possible.  I definitely have slacked off a bit this month as I only got 2 pages done.  Part of the problem is I've been working out pretty consistently and another part is that I've had a couple of nights where I've been too busy to stitch and to top it off I'm moving this week and it took a lot of time to shop for a new apartment.

But here's what I have so far.  Last time:

Now:

My goal for next month is smaller because if moving but my goal is to finish  this set of pages which is basically 2-1/2.  April won't go well either because of my birthday but we'll climb that mountain when we come to it :).

I'm Back!

Hi everyone I'm back with another Paradise update!  I didn't post last month because we were told not to.  I was going to anyway but I forgot lol.  Anyway I've made a lot of progress after not much progress over the holidays.  

Last time:

Now:

The colors are pretty true the first one was in daylight the second at night.  But in the two months I did about 4 1/2 pages.  The second pic is an official page finish with a bit of the next one.  See you all next month!

Paradise Progress

Hello again everyone :)

Thanksgiving was fun but now it's time for progress on Paradise!

Last time I was here:

Now I'm here:

I finished that page and finished another 2 1/2 pages (almost 3).  And we finally have the sun!  I'm aiming to get to the halfway mark before the end of the year.  Actually past that as the next page goes about 15 lines past the middle.  Which is basically another 3-3 1/2 pages.  Wish me luck!

October Paradise

It's about 11:30 here so I've made it just in time.  I was trying to finish the page but didn't quite make it.  I still have another 5 colors or so.  Without further ado here's my progress this month:

See you next month!  Oh and here's my theme pic:

It's Almost Paradise

Hello again!  Yet another month has gone by I can't believe the end of the year is almost here.  Where has time gone?  I'm excited for fall though.  My last two days have been spent outside enjoying the cooler weather.  I'm living in SoCal now so it won't get very cold but it's still nice not to sweat my booty off lol.

Well last month I was here:

And now I'm here:

Almost another page done.  If I wasn't so busy job hunting I'd have more done.  My deadline for this got way out of control and I'm hoping to have it done for their first anniversary.  Have fun with all of your projects!

Paradise in July

Well I think I'm averaging about a page a month.  This month I have a bit less than a page but I've been focusing a lot on getting ready to move.  We have to be out of our apartment next week.  We're probably getting one of those pods so they'll move the pod across the country and so were staying in hotels for a week or two until we secure jobs.  Then we're driving across the country to move ourselves.  The bad part is my cross stitch frame is too big to stitch in the car lol.  I may get a hoop or qsnap just for the car ride :). 

My progress last month got me here:

And my latest progress is here:

Stitch count wise it's over a page since I'm stitching into the next but I still have about 100 stitches left in the official page.  Hopefully the car ride will give me lots of progress for next months post :D.

June Post I'm Halfway Through the Top!

Yay!  I just finished putting in the last few stitches on this page and I'm officially past the halfway mark on the top row.  The whole piece is 14 pages across and 3 down so I feel like I've made progress.  A lot more this month than last.  But I actually did 3/4 of the page in 2 days.  Unfortunately now I have to focus on school again.

Here's where I was last post:

And the whole:

And here's where I am now:

And the piece as a whole:

Sorry I just noticed that pic is a bit blurry.  But I feel like I made great progress this month.  About a page and a half done.  I'm still far from my goal but that's okay.  I'm aiming for a Christmas finish now.

See you all next time!

Paradise Isn't Paradise :(

Unfortunately I haven't made much progress at all this month on paradise.  I finished about a page.  I have a good excuse though I was on vacation for 2 weeks and couldn't take my project with me because it was too big.  It seems like a lot of us this month haven't gotten much done though so I don't feel too bad :)

Last month:

Now:

And the piece as a whole: 

I was so frustrated because I really wanted to finish the half page yesterday but I was tired.  There's only 3 colors left in this section so that should be quick I hope.  I'll get it done tomorrow after work.  I  didn't get to stitch at all today because I slept until work and did errands after lol.  Oh well, see you all next month!

April Progress Paradise

I didn't manage a page finish before the post.  I'm on page 5 but have stitched 7/42 so far.  The page after next is the halfway point.

The top pic is my latest.  It has a few more stitches in but I won't get home until after midnight so can't get an updated pic.  But there's only about 30 extra stitches.  I hope my next post will see us moving further down because I'm pretty sure once I reach the halfway mark I'm going to work down again so I don't have to move my scroll rods.  See you next month!

March Update

Hey everyone I've got an update for paradise.  I just finished the first half of the 5th (I think) page.

I've still got a long way to go.  I switched from stitching in hand to using a scroll frame and I've gotten quite a  bit slower.  But that could also be because for some reason my floss keeps breaking.  And because I'm still learning.  

For those of you who don't read my blog the phrase is "smell the sea and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly". I'm doing it in 2 lines so that just shows you how much I still have left.  

It's been great watching your projects grow!