SFS2015 February Report!

Month: February, 2015
Spent: $0
Earned: $0

The bonus to being busy is that this SFS is easy peasy ;) haha.

I tripped and fell from the face of the planet.

Hello.

Well, where to start. My life has been...well it's been pretty hard of late and extremely busy.

I'm sorry for being missing for most of this month and I'm terribly sorry to all of you. I have no progress on anything and I can't really guarantee any in the near future.

To cut things short, my Grandma, the one who taught me to cross stitch, is very ill and we fear that she hasn't got very long yet. I'm the closest family she has in terms of distance so most of my time is spent helping her around the house and running errands for her as well as raising a now 2 year old.

I know all of you ladies will understand and again I am sorry.

I have managed some crochet while sitting in waiting rooms and so I'll try to show that in the next week or so.

Thank you all for being so lovely and understanding!

Until next time,

Nel.

Friday posts on Friday!

How exciting! A Friday post on Friday. Haha.
Just a quick progress update!

Ta-da!
I didn't get as much done as I would have liked but it's the most stitching I've done in weeks so I'm still happy.

Thank you for reading, commenting and following!
Until next time,
Nel.

Tuesday is close to Sunday....right?

Aha. Here I am. 2 days late...again...
What can I say? 2015 is a busy year apparently.

Good news though! I have stitching!
Ta-Da!

Before and after pictures of my Noah's Ark Birth Record by Design Works.
Not a whole lot of work but some is better than what I've managed lately..a.k.a 0. I'm going to keep working on this as the recipient has already been born. Haha. He is such a little cutie but I need to get myself into gear to finish this off for him.

I've also been working on this...

It's just a simple granny square baby blanket. It's almost finished as this has been my go to de-stress project for the last few days. Crochet is a lot easier to put down and pick up again when your almost 2yo decides that bedtime is for babies. haha.

Well that's all for today, I'm going to keep on with Noah's Ark over the next few days so I hope to be back Friday with another update for you all. Thanks for hanging in there guys.
Thanks for reading, commenting and following.
Until next time,
Nel.

P.S. I'd like to add that I haven't abandoned the 31 starts/WIPS but they are on hold, even though Noah's Ark was one of the projects on the list!

January SFS

Month: January

Spent: $0.00

Earned: $0.00

It's ALIIIIIIVE!
Hey guys. It's me. I'm back.
I'm very sorry to have fallen off the face of the blogging world but to say that life has been hectic would be a massive understatement. Haha.
I feel like I haven't sat down in weeks and when I do get a minute all I want to do is sleep. DS has entered into the Terrible Twos a few weeks early and oh boy, it's terrible. We have full on melt downs when food goes into the microwave and don't even try to say the word 'No'. Ahhh, but I love him and really, it could be worse. I have done exactly 0 stitches since my last post which is a shame because I use cross stitching as a de-stress and right now I need it. Anyway, I hope to get back to it this weekend and get some progress in.

As for SFS! Well I have been suuuper succesful. I have spent $0 this month. haha. I haven't even had time to look at supplies or charts.

Well hopefully I will have a post up on Sunday with some stitches in something. Haha.
Thank you all for sticking around and thank you for the new followers I got during my absence!
Thank you for reading, commenting and following!
Until next time,
Nel.

Glendon Place SAL - 1

I'm not dead!
Hey everyone, sorry for my sudden, unexpected absence. Life has gone from quiet and cruise-y to flat out madness and I have had 0 time to stitch.
Yes, that means that I haven't been able to keep up with DUCJC2015. I haven't quit just yet though because I know that a few of you have decided to go straight through to February so my plan is to do all 31 but just stretched out over January and February.

Anyway, more on that in another post.
Now for Plum Pudding!

Ta-da...or not so Ta-da! Haha.
Yes, this is all I managed today between running around like a crazy woman.

The details are:
"Plum Pudding" by Glendon Place
Silver 28ct Cashel 2 over 2
Started 16/01/2015

Ok, well I'm sorry to blog and dash but the day isn't quite over for me yet. Thank you all for sticking around and also thank you for reading, commenting and following.
Until next time,
Nel.

DUCJC2015 day 11 and SFS

Hello!
Welcome to day 11! and my first SFS post!
Today I started something that I've been reeeeally excited about. Both because I love the pattern and also because it was Debbie that lead me to it. You'll understand in a minute.

It is 'Cut Thru Fairy Hill' by Bothy Threads! Yes I know that Debbie wasn't actually doing this one but I first found these kits through her blog and so I feel that this is my special project just for her.
You are probably wondering what is with the fabric. Yes, that is not the supplied Aida from the kit. I had this in my stash and felt that it matched the design to make it even more fairy-ish. It is called 'Fairy Floss' and it is a hand dye Evenweave from Sew it All. My picture doesn't do it any justice so feel free to follow the link to get a better look.

Now onto SFS! Yes I know it's not the end of the month but I just wanted to do a bit of an intro.
So I have decided to stick to $25 AUD. It's a little less than $25 USD but I'm not going to worry about that. I will be posting my progress on the 1st of each month (or a couple of days after if need be). My main goal is to spend as little as possible over the whole 6 months of the first half of SFS and just work with what I have(which is pretty much everything I need). Well that's all until February 1st, not too exciting. Haha.

Well that's all again folks.
Thank you for reading, commenting and following!
Until tomorrow,
Nel.