I’m lazy in posting, but I have been stitching! My sweetie got a new camera for his birthday, so we’ve been working on getting the right settings for taking stitchy pictures. 
I think it’s worth the wait because the new ones are so much better! That said, here’s page umm… oh, I forget. It’s the middle page of Jasmine Becket-Griffith’s “A Pale Comparison.” Since I took this picture hmmm… a week or two ago, I’ve started the page below and added 700 or so stitches to it which has rounded out the dragon’s cheek and added some more to that black space between the elf maiden’s face and shoulder. You can see a picture of Jasmine’s original work here. Aside from the color in the eyes of the elf and the dragon, the rest of the chart is all neutral colors. I’m not a fan of neutral color charts, but this one I adore and can’t seem to stop working on!
Next up is Tribute to the Old Masters by Nouveau Encore. This 
is stitched on my favorite fabric – 36 count Lakeside Linen. I’m using Belle Soie’s Elegant Eggplant silk which is absolutely divine to stitch with. I highly recommend it! It’s always nice to spend time working on a single color sampler as there’s only one floss color to worry about. To see what the whole piece looks like, you can see it here. It’s just a little big. *grins*
I’ve got about a quarter of part 2 of Oriental Harem Garden done. I’ll be taking it with me on vacation along with another piece… I think. I’ve still not decided. I’d better figure it out soon as we’re leaving on Sunday! We’re taking our girls on a Disney Land/Sea vacation and then spending a week visiting our friend of over 20 years in Tampa. The girls have no idea where we’re going aside from on a plane. They will, of course, figure it out, but we’re enjoying their not knowing and looking forward to their surprise as they realize that we’re staying at a Disney resort for four days (all of their previous visits have been day trips) and then three days on the Disney Wonder, one of their Cruise liners (they have no idea that Disney even HAS boats) and then we’ll be going to the airport and instead of getting on a plane, we’ll be picking up a rental car and heading to Tampa for another week. It’s going to be quite the adventure!
Believe it or not, I finished part 1 of a Chatelaine the month it came out! I did I did! Remember 
the over 2 piece I mentioned that I had been working intensively on in my last blog post? That was it! It took me less than a week to finish and here it is! I am sooooo in love with this piece that I had finish-itis when I got to the end. So-much-so that Kat had to prod me to actually finish it before July 1st when part 2 would come out. I know it sounds silly, but I really really love this one… more than any of the others. Oh yeah… details… it’s being stitched on 28 count “Romantic Interlude” linen from Silkweaver although I don’t think it’s 28 count anymore due to the dyeing process. I think it’s more like 30 count. I’m also using all the called for silks and beads. The empty spots are for the crystals and the central treasure which I won’t put on until the end.
Let’s see if I can keep up with this and have part 2 done before August 1st!
And finally… Happy Birthday, love! *SMOOCHIES!!*
I’m not going to post until I have a picture of part one of Periphaeria Design’s Spanish Mystery Sampler. My silk is due to arrive tomorrow or the day after and the mailman is being stalked! I’ve had quite the time getting my silk fiasco straightened out, but all is well and I hope to soon be stitching and will have a picture for you.
In the meantime, I’ve been stitching Mystery X and something I can’t blog about yet because it’s a birthday present for someone very sweet. It won’t be done in time for her birthday, but it will be done soonish.
So… I’m going to go back to my stalking of the mailman and working on a secret. 
For the last few weeks I’ve had this cough that refused to let me lay down or recline or do anything save for be completely vertical. Needless to say, I ended up in la-la land from sleep deprivation. So, being totally loopy in the head, I went in search of my Curly-Tailed Rosie because she’s all fluffy and pink and went really well with all the other fluffy pink things that were keeping me company. Well, there’s definitely something about Rosie because I went on a stitching frenzy! I added well over 1,000 stitches to her more than doubling what was already done and best of all, I’m feeling much better and able to sleep in my bed again like a normal person! *does the Snoopy happy dance* So without further ado, heeeeeeerrrrreeeee’s Rosie!
Is that the cutest little nose or what? *coos*
For those of you who saw my WIP post of “Be Err,” here is the finished product. 
It’s “Be Merry” from Shepherd’s Bush and was for Jenni for our 2007 Ornament Exchange. The chart calls for 10 count Tula but I opted for over 2 on 28 count Cashel. There are nine, count ‘em, N-I-N-E charms on this bugger. That’s the highest density of charms I’ve ever done! Santa’s beard is stitched with alpaca. It feels nice. It looks nice. It wasn’t nice to stitch with. Only if I like you gobs and gobs will I stitch with alpaca for you. It’s a fraying, separating, shredding, cat-attracting beast! Not to mention it’s impossible for an anal-retentive chick like me to get all of my stitches to look the same with the stuff. But… it is a beard afterall, and it’s soft and looks like a jolly ol’ beard. So I’ll stop going on about it.
I’m a’gonna go put Rosie away for a bit before she steals away the rest of the month!
I think it’s worth the wait because the new ones are so much better! That said, here’s page umm… oh, I forget. It’s the middle page of Jasmine Becket-Griffith’s “A Pale Comparison.” Since I took this picture hmmm… a week or two ago, I’ve started the page below and added 700 or so stitches to it which has rounded out the dragon’s cheek and added some more to that black space between the elf maiden’s face and shoulder. You can see a picture of Jasmine’s original work here. Aside from the color in the eyes of the elf and the dragon, the rest of the chart is all neutral colors. I’m not a fan of neutral color charts, but this one I adore and can’t seem to stop working on!
is stitched on my favorite fabric – 36 count Lakeside Linen. I’m using Belle Soie’s Elegant Eggplant silk which is absolutely divine to stitch with. I highly recommend it! It’s always nice to spend time working on a single color sampler as there’s only one floss color to worry about. To see what the whole piece looks like, you can see it here. It’s just a little big. *grins*
