Another One Bites the Dust

Yay another page/column finish!  And I'm now 75% done!  There's 12 more pages to do, 6 of which are full.  This column should bring us many more blues and to the edge of the big mountains.  But I have to study for my state licensing tests too and I have to take them before the 1st of August.  The history is what kills me for some reason I just can't remember it.  So that's going to take a lot of my time.  But anyway here's pictures!

Last time:

Now:

Sorry for the crooked photo I was using my hand to shield the sun a bit so the colors showed up better.

Notice the minder?  I just read the first Harry Potter book again because I'm starting a book club with some of the kids from my work/school.

Another Page Finish!

Hey everyone I have another page finish to share!  This took 13 days but it felt like so much shorter.  Oh well I hope the rest go quickly.  This was page number 29 so 13 left to go!  7 of those pages are partials as well including the next page.  I'm starting to get into more blocks of color.  Well not blocks per se but more stitches of the same color in the page.  The next page has no words so it's solid ocean.

Last time:

Now:

Kitty got a new tower :)

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope to see you in another week or so with another page finish :)

June GG

Hi everyone I'm here with another Gifted Gorgeousness hosted by Jo at Serendipitous Stitching!  GG is our chance to show off our stitchy gifts.  I'm stitching paradise for my cousin for her wedding.  Last time I was here:

Now I'm at almost another page finish here:

Another day or two and I should have it hopefully!  Thanks for stopping by!

Page Finish!

Hey guys I'm here with another page finish!  Took a while but school's been busy and we spent the Memorial Day weekend in Vegas then had to come home straight to a convention near Disneyland so we went there for 2 days.  I've made it up this weekend though and have knocked the 28th page off my list.  

Here was last time:

And now:

I finally have blue sky!

If you noticed the couple of missing stitches I seem to have lost one of my bobbins I need so I'll have to stop by Michaels and grab more.  I have a sneaking suspicion that kitty Mocha was involved.

Did you notice my cute new minder?  He'll be switching for another now that I've finished the page.

I went on a bit of a minder spree :)

Okay so maybe 5 isn't a spree but the Starbucks one was free :D

Close-up!

I also finished the black on Halloween Green.

I finished it in Vegas in the hotel.

Thanks for stopping by I'm off to stitch!

Obligatory kitty photo!  She kept following the cursor with her paw lol.

May GG

Hello everyone and welcome to my GG post!  GG is run by the lovely jo of serendipitous stitching.  It's a chance for us to post about stuff we've stitches that were gifts or are going to be gifts.  

I'm still chugging along on paradise but haven't had hardly any progress because I was working on the HAED challenge.  I'm done with it but just finished like 2 days ago.  I've done some of the letters of the next page and am working on the outlines now but forgot to take a pic lol.

Anyway last time I was here:

Now I'm here(ish):

For the top words I finished feel and for the bottom I have spir of spirit.

As for the HAED challenge I worked on Celtic wolf and finished a page of it.  This is the left side of his nose.

 Surprisingly there's been very little black so far.  A couple of stitches in his nose and down by the left corner.  I made a cool video of every color after I put them in.  But I can't post it from here.

Anyway I'll see you all next time!  Thanks for dropping by!

New Stash and HAED Challenge

Hi everyone just a short post today!  I've abandoned paradise for a short while while I work on finishing the HAED challenge on their Facebook page.  The challenge is to do a page of a pattern (at least 7,300 stitches) and do it cross country.  Mine rings in at barely 7,300 so in safe but I was worried when I recounted after doing 5 colors.  I'm not sure how many colors are on this page but I'm only about half done.  I'm going to do a video slideshow of each color after I finish it.  But here it is now:

This is his nose.  As a reminder I'm doing Brigid Ashwood's Celtic wolf that only, I think, 20 people own the pattern.  I got it with her calendar as a Kickstarter she was doing.  

I also got a new chart :). I know I don't need anymore but meh that's what the stitching world is all about!

Nic over at obsessive stitcher in her last post introduced me to charting creations where I found this beautiful piece:

I just fell in love with the the colors and the castle and the glow of her dress.  I held off a day before buying while I asked myself if I really needed it but I kept fantasizing about it so she became mine. I'm glad I waited though because they're having a sale!  There's a cool dragon I want too but I'll be good :)

That's all for now I hope to finish wolf soon so I can get back to paradise!  I'm itching to continue.  Thanks for stopping by!

Ps I just started watching floss tube so if any of you guys have a channel leave me a comment so I can watch :). I'm marathoning a lot right now which is my favorite way to watch stuff 

Quick New Update!

Hi everyone I'm here with just a quick update to show you some new stash and a new addition to our family!  First up was my goodies from the HAED sale.  I bought the four charts that are not Harry Potter but are close ;)

I still don't know what fabric I'll do them on or how I'll dye it but I have time.  Second off we brought home a new kitten from the pound yesterday!  Meet Mocha :)

She's very energetic and was the last of her litter to be taken.  We think it's because she's so lively and still in the biting stage.  They had us thinking she wouldn't settle down but she's currently sleeping under our bed at the moment and has sat on the couch with us for a few hours.  She's very playful and I think we wore her out lol.  She didn't let us get much sleep last night but I'm hoping tonight is different.  Shes 10 weeks old they think.

Thanks for stopping by I'm taking a brief sabbatical from stitching paradise so I can do the haed challenge so you'll see more of Celtic wolf soon!  I just hope Mocha lets me stitch!