Saturday, February 02, 2013

Ornament SAL Report

At last! I've finished my first ornament for the Silver Lotus's Ornament Stitchalong.

I worked on it with my old ladies at the library yesterday, but when I got home from the library, I had to start prepping for our first stamping night. My rep has thrown up her hands at the behavior (messy, thieving) of some people at her stamp classes, so she has stopped doing that and gone back to the model of the PMS (Pizza, Music, and Stamping) party; this means she provides us a place to stamp and some supplies, but she doesn't design any cards. Because I know myself, I knew I had to go in with a plan. Preferably over-prepared. So I had four cards from Pinterest and some of the supplies ready to go. And I completed two of the four (seven cards total), but the group used another one of my ideas.

This morning while we watched Newcastle United beat (!) Chelsea, I completed the stitching on my ornament at long last.

Bent Creek
Starry Wreath
Just Cross Stitch Ornament issue

I also went through my JCS ornament issues, and chose a bunch of ornaments for the next few months. With any luck I'll be able to finish them on time!

19 comments:

Unknown said...

Love the ornament and the cards are great. The candle one is very cute.

xeyedmary said...

Love your ornament finish! I'm woefully behind, but at least I started one...%^}

Linda said...

Congrats on the finish Nikki. I love the ornament.

Linda

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Thievery? Makes you despair!

Nice ornie for the first month.

Beth said...

Super cards - so creative! BEnt Creek wreath is a cutie.

Melody said...

What cute cards. I have done some stamping/card making. But, I always seem to be at a loss for creative ideas.

Your wreath is so pretty also.

Too bad about the thievery.

Giovanna said...

Very nice ornament: excellent choice and great stitching.

Heather said...

I really love those cards. What a great job you did.

Also, fabulous ornament. :D

Charlene ♥ NC said...

Nicely stitched -- and cards, too?!

Anne Sans Tete said...

LOVE your cards! They're awesome.

Congrats on the ornie finish. It's pretty.

- Lisa N.

Virpi said...

Lovely stitching. I like it a lot.

Lisa said...

A lovely finish :-)

Chris said...

Gorgeous finish! I stitched this one a long time ago. It went for an exchange, Maybe I need to stitch it again :0)

Thoeria said...

What a cute finish! Pretty cards too :)

Starry-eyed stitcher said...

Come on the Magpies!! That's just for your hubby! We cheer for the Boro in real life. Lovely ornament - but it's hard to do Christmas stuff now isn't it? Irene xxx

Ziggyeor said...

Pretty Ornament. I'm sorry some people had to spoil the fun but I'm glad it wasn't ended entirely and you got to do some card making.

Sharon said...

Love your ornament! Looks great.

Jennifer said...

Love that ornament. I could definitely change out the colors and do a Cowboys theme. :-) What issue is it?

Anonymous said...

Anna I love this ornament which year of JCS ornament was it in! Love it..