My First Sewing Machine
I’ve been kicking around the idea of learning how to sew for several months now. Not necessarily clothing, though that’s certainly not out of the question down the road, but more from a crafy standpoint. Things like pillow slips, curtains, placemats, mug...
Work in Progress
This is my work in progress of the Four Seasons Bird cross-stitch project I started last week. I spent most of the weekend watching Shameless reruns and cross-stitching while Jason spent most of his weekend gaming with friends. It was a very nice, low key weekend...
Four Seasons Birds
Today I started a new, large (for me) counted cross-stitch project. It’s a 18″ x 10″ canvas with sections for spring, summer, fall and winter and various birds during that season with sticks and branches making natural frames for each season. It...
Birth Announcement Cross-Stitch
I have recently gotten back into cross-stitching after a very, very long break from it. When I was growing up I used to do small cross-stitch projects all the time. My mom even still has a bunch of them hanging in her house. While I was Christmas shopping I came...
Painting Elephants
Last week I attended a two hour acrylic painting class at Pinot’s Pallete in St. Matthews with my friend Brooke and her sister-in-law. They do classes almost every night and have a bar where you can buy beer, wine or mixed cocktails to sip on while you paint.We...