Ornament SAL 2013-January edition

Or the title could be the 'Pink Blog Post'. Keep readin' and scrollin' and you'll find out why!

Here we are, the last Wednesday of January, time to post my ornament that I actually finished the first week of this month! I haven't finish finished it yet, got lazy! I took a bunch of light gold beads and sewed scattered them across the front. I know Mardi Gras is not a holiday, but I think it should be! 

Mardi Gras
The Sampler Girl freebie
on Mystery linen
using over-dyed floss



Here's a blurry shot of Mardi Gras! I have some crazy plans for the finishing of MG so be sure to check back (can't say for sure when that'll happen!). It involves chains, wooo! We had been dealing with days of rain and then of snow, so my pics are going to look dreary!

In between stitching the ornament and working on WIPs, I started Baby, It's Cold Outside from Heartstring Samplery.

It looks pink which isn't the true color. Now I'm using 36ct fabric, like the model on the chart, but the finished design measurement is soo different from mine. Mine is smaller. I worried that the words on top weren't going to fit but as you can see, they do. It'll be interesting to see how the big house and trees fit!

I  recently stashed too

Wow, what is up with that pink?! Anyway, I'd seen a few bloggers stitching 'Ghoul' this past Fall, admired from afar and bought it. The 'Salem Sisters' from PPS is the first of 3 and I want to stitch 'em all, so cha-ching! I also bought on eBay these charts from Victorian Motto, the letters V and S, along with some chenille trim that isn't in the pic.

Very cute designs. V is for my daughter and she is graduating this coming May so I want to stitch the little sampler-type design at the left right below the 'V' for her. S is for me!

Aaaanndd, here's Hope of the LHN Sheep Virtues, I'm not too sure of the title. This is the SAL that Vonna is hosting. I have the fabric and the threads to start this NOW but I'm just pooped so I'm planting my rear end on my side of the couch and watching TV! I just might start stitching on Hope for a little this evening, Might.

My last post or the one before I think I mentioned a birthday giveaway. Well my B-Day was yesterday and no Giveaway! I ordered some stuff and I'm still waiting on it. So I'll have a giveaway sometime soon and name it-oh I don't know, maybe Shelly Actually Sunk a Needle Into 'Hope' Giveaway!! Haha! I'm hoping this isn't a sign of a loss of MOJO! I can't have that happen, not with all these SALs I'm a part of!! Oh, the pressure...

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