Photos!!!

I can't really say I know what I'm doing with my camera yet but I did take 2 photos yesterday & I seem to have downloaded them into my computer, resized them (somewhat), renamed them, & saved them.  The photos open up in some sort of paint program which I don't understand at all but here's what I've been able to do thus far.  Incidentally, God bless the inventors at GE for equipping this camera with a stabilization doohickie.  I took 2 photos & 2 photos only & neither one of them are blurry!  With my old camera, my photos were somewhat blurry most of the time.

This first photo is a pinkeep I made & festooned (that word just came to me ... don't think I've ever used it in a sentence before ... lol!) with chenille trim.  In an earlier post I asked how to go about attaching this trim with a ladder stitch.  The consensus was  basically "just stitch it on" & that's what I did.  I now have a chenille trim monkey on my back.  Every time I look at something I wonder if I can attach chenille trim to it.  I haven't seen the cat for 3 days!

Okay ... enough of that.  Here's the pinkeep ...

As you can see, I need to figure out how to "set the scene" rather than just plop something down on a table & take a picture of it.  This pattern is from Blackbird Designs.  There were actually 2 variations of it but I changed the colors to something "wintery."  The original colors used were summer/spring inspired.  Aren't you just loving that chenille trim???

This next photo is an ornament.  It did not lend itself to the chenille trim (pity) but I love how it turned out with the jute hanger.  Very simple & understated.  This pattern is in the 2011 Just Cross Stitch Ornaments magazine.  

Both these items will be used as gifts.  All the things I've been stitching lately are going to be gifts.  This is such fun   : )

Many people who have a room used solely for crafting will refer to their room as a "cave" because it is either very small or it's in a basement without a lot of light.  My craft room ... which has been full of boxes of junk as well as crafting supplies since we moved here 2-1/2 years ago ... is huge with large windows through which you can watch the sun make it's way across the sky the entire livelong day.  I'm sure the UV index up there is off the charts during daylight hours.  I've thought about posting a skin cancer warning on the wall as you mount the stairs.  If I were to put curtains or draperies on those windows, it just wouldn't "look right" so I avoid being up there as much as possible.  Of course if I need to use my sewing machine, it's up there ... right in front of one of those windows ... so I must suffer.  I suppose it is a somewhat similar feeling to what you are probably experiencing now as you read this paragraph & wonder why I must ramble on so ... lol!   Anyway, I have 2 ornaments up there is stages of finishing which I hope to accomplish today.  I also have another ornament which I can't figure out how to finish (if anyone can explain to me how to finish the Merry Little Bird pattern by Lizzie*Kate, please do so) & I will be finished stitching another ornament this evening.  This last one will have to wait to be totally finished until I receive some buttons I ordered for it.  

Why did I just go through all of that?  I don't know ... I think I just wanted to tell you I had 2 more ornaments upstairs to finish today.  This is where my husband would tell me that a person will ask me what time it is & 20 minutes later walk away not only knowing the time but a brief history of watchmaking as well   : )