Christmas Decoration Supplies

A couple weeks ago Jessie and I decided that we need to get together to separate out all of our Christmas decorations. She took everything when she moved (from our apartment that we shared for 3 1/2 years) because we figured it'd be easier to deal with later!
I really want to make a lot of my decorations this year and she likes to craft some things too. We are going to get together tomorrow at her new apartment, separate our old decorations and make some new ones!
Tuesday night we went to Joanns with a full list of supplies we needed and lots of coupons! I am definitly making a bunting for myself this year, we are both making a few different types of paper snowflakes and felt snowflakes. I am also making felt ornaments and crocheted icicle ornaments. Jessie is going to paint glass ornaments too.
Here are a few gratuitous shots of some of the craft supplies we bought.



These fabrics are all so pretty, I can't wait to make the bunting!!



And just so you can see the sparklyness off this yarn...



I'll of course post the finished products after Craft Day!! I cant wait!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today I will be at my Dad's house eating my step mother's delicious home cooked Thanksgiving dinner!!
I am thankful for so many, many things...

I have the most amazing friends and famiy who are always there for me and I know I can count on whenever I need them.
I am thankful for Jeremy who is the most supportive, hilarious and inspiring boyfriend I could ever hope for.
I am thankful for Liz who just lets me bitch when I need to and is always pushing me to succeed when all I want to do is give up. She is the best friend anyone could ever have and I am so glad she's all mine!
I am thankful for my Dad, Mom and sister Jessie. They are there for me whenever I need them and I know I can count on them in even the worst situations.
I am thankful that I am alive, I can walk and that I have learned how to appreciate my life all because of that one left turn.
I am thankful for my job.
I am thankful for my adorable little apartment.
I am thankful for my sweet, sweet car that I would not have if it wasn't for all the amazing people in my life who love me!
I am thankful for my crafting abilitites.
I am thankful that I can pay all my bills on my own.
I am thankful that I have food on my table everyday and a roof over my head.

There are so many things I am thankful for and I try to remember them everyday!
Have a wonderful Turkey Day Everyone!!

Another Xstitch Update

Last night I went shopping with Jessie so I didn't get home til kind of late. I was able to work on the giant xstitch for a little while though.
Here is how it is coming together now with the little bits I worked on Monday and Tuesday nights. It's so annoying how it doesn't look like much! The middle shade of pink is the one I've been working on. I like to do an entire color before moving on to a new one.
I actually feel like I am going to get this done soon! Last night was the first time that I actually "saw" the finish line. All the other times I've worked on it, I felt like it was never ending!!
Sorry for such a dark picture, the flash was washing it out too much.

Crocheted Snowflakes

So last night Jeremy came over to watch The Walking Dead and eat dinner with me. His friend who is taping The Walking Dead for us gave him the wrong tape and we ended up watching a couple hours of WWII in HD instead. I was bummed about no zombies but I do like watching all that WWII stuff. It's amazing how much more I know about that war from watching the History channel than from my Social Studies classes in school.
Since he was over, I couldn't work on the cross stitch so I whipped up these two snowflakes. I got the pattern from over on Heart Handmade. They were so quick and easy and the spray startch I bought to stiffen them smelled just like my Nana =*(
It made me a little nostalgic and I got a bit choked up thinking about Nana but I think she would love that I thought of her while crocheting these little guys. I didn't stretch mine out as far as the ones in the pattern looked. I plan to make a lot more and I am going to crochet them looser so they stretch out more.

I left my camera at work so I only have a phone picture =/



I worked on the cross stich for about an hour after Jeremy left and before I went to bed but the progress was not very significant so I didn't bother taking a picture.

Ps - This is my 100th post!!

Quick Update...

One awesome thing about having this blog, it totally motivates me to complete things so that I have stuff to post!
My goal right now is to have this ginormous Xstich for Jeremy finished by Thanksgiving. It's a lofty goal but I think if I try my hardest, I can get it done.
I only worked on this yesterday, off and on almost all day and this is how much I got done.

Just the light pink parts within the lower left corner are what I got done yesterday.
(That's a 50 x 50 space, it's amazing how many stitches it DOESN'T look like it is!!)

Sneek Peak!

I started a MASSIVE cross stitch last year about this time with the intentions of giving it to Jeremy for Christmas. I obviously didn't finish it. Then, I thought I could finish it for his birthday last year (in February). Again, I obviously didn't finish it. I kind of put it down after his birthday because I was so incredibly sick of looking at it and the color pink!!
Over the last few months I would pick it up once in a while and stitch a bit but never a significant amount.
I am officially 3/4 of the way done with it. The last 1/4 I just finished took the absolute longest because of all the color changes.
I am DETERMINED to finish this thing to give to Jeremy this Christmas. I think I can do it.
Also a side note, I've only been doing half stiches, just / instead of a full X. I think if I hadn't made that decision way in the beginning, the thing would already be in the trash!!

So for now...just so every one knows I am still crafting my pants off even though I haven't completed anything in a while, I want to give a sneak peek. A teaser if you will, of this big ass cross stitch!





Any guesses what it is?!

Fanciest Spider Web EVER!

Over in my i heart fall class I won a giveaway!! The lovely Janel took doilys, put them in an embroidery hoop and added a little spider. Boom...cutest and fanciest spider web I've ever seen. This was the giveaway I wanted to win the most and I was soo soooo happy to learn that I did. I receieved this adorable guy in the mail yesterday (I looove getting mail) and immediately found a new home for him.
I think this is the cutest idea. This year at the VNA Sale, there was a whole pile of doilys that I was looking at but put back because I thought to myself "What are you gonna do with these, they're just going to collect dust?!" Needless to say I am kicking myself for not buying at least 2 or 3. Next year I want to make a whole bunch of these to hang around for Halloween!





In his new home...


I wish Halloween wasn't over =(