Envy
Oh how I envy all you bloggers who are posting photos of the snow that has fallen in your area! I had to be content with the hard frost that came with our 30-degree temperature last night. It looked quite lovely (as lovely as it can get here in the devil's playground) when I woke up & looked out the window this morning. It is now just past the noon hour. The sun is shining & we are headed for our predicted temperature of 56 degrees. Bah! Humbug! Give me a blizzard & below-zero temperatures & I will be a friend to man : )
Disappointment
Although I am currently stitching a Christmas ornament for my exchange with Angela, I had a wee bit left to stitch on Mary Garry's December ornament which I posted about here. I had to stain the fabric in order to get the white floss (technically ecru) to show up. Now that I've finished the stitching, I find it difficult to understand why Mary chose the colors she did for Santa's hat & face. It seems to me that they all blend together & as a result there's really not much in the way of definition. I will put it aside & maybe frog Santa above the neck & have a go at a different color scheme.
Elation
Dread
I am facing the challenge of making the metallic laden exchange ornament just mentioned into a literal ornament.
Panic
So many more cross stitched items to stitch before Christmas; so little time left to stitch them.
Anticipation
Even though I still have some flying saucers left over from last week's delivery, they are running low so I ordered 3 more boxes on Monday which are on the truck to be delivered today.
11 comments:
Ha! Too bad you cannot find those flying saucers for sale by you.
I share your feelings of panic Shirlee. Another year of not enough time!
I really love your Christmas stitching piece so much..
We had a bad storm here..lots of hail..strange day
Love cucki xxx
I love how your ornament turned out! It looks great!
Love your stitching and your Snowy header and Merry Christmas tag -but how come Xmas has still managed to sneak up on me this year yet again??????
I love that Garry design - never saw it before. I have no idea what the satellite wafers are, but think those little beads are not good after gum surgery. I can't figure out why they were sent in such a big box. Every time I read "metallic" I get a chill.
Fun..and how true it is. How can it be that we find ourselves in this position every year..we know it is coming! I like the holiday touch to your blog...but really reminds me of how little time I have to complete everything I'd like to...usually I end up saying "I'll do better next year!"
Judy heartland stitcher
Great stitching Shirlee you have done a great job.
Do you get snow where your are Shirlee.
If we get it I only want it for one day and that would be Christmas day. hugs
please no snow for me! i am more of a tropical kind of girl - except for the mosquito part - that sucks. ive already admitted defeat on my xmas stitching plans - the stress is not worth it - good luck with the ornament finishing - i will light a candle and say a prayer for you :)
I remember flying saucer sweets!!! In France they used to be filled with a very sour powder, I used to pull faces at everyone but always wanted more... Good luck with all your stitching!
I think that the Satellite wafers will make everything better.
I still think that the little ornament looks sweet.
So happy that you are done with the metallic thread!
We have no snow yet either but I'm happy about that :) LOL. I do love the Winter though.
I love the ornament and I too have realized that I don't have enough time left before Xmas for all those projects I wanted to do.
Next year will be different (I keep telling myself that).
I LOVE the ornament I am stitching for you, I'm about half way done.
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