What is wrong with me?!?

I guess I thought I didn't have enough on my plate because I just bought this.  It is for my niece and right now they are having a 50% off sale, just until tonight I think, so I figured I might as well buy it now.

I have done Pixel People - Batman's Enemies for one of my nephew's already, so that means one down 4 to go... well make that 6 including my own two boys.  My oldest nephew is getting the Pitbulls.  His sister is getting the Heaven and Earth Designs above.  It is called "Hannah" and that is her name so I think she will like it.  Next oldest is my sister's boy, who got the Pixel People and his sister is only 1 so I have some time before she is putting in her request.  Next is my 2 boys, the oldest is getting Lightning McQueen and my littlest is getting Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit bunnies.  And my last nephew is only 3 so he doesn't really care too much yet.  

I only have one sister but my boyfriend comes from a family of 5 boys so I will end up with more nephews and nieces I am sure.  I might have to start making a small pattern rule or I am never going to get these all done.

I just can't help myself

So I just bought this.  Those darn pumpkins!  I think I am going to do Frankenstein in the colors Micheal Jackson wears in the "Thiller" video.  I seen someone else had done that on the Mysterious Halloween Town and I thought it was so cute.  And I don't have a scissor fob so this really was a necessity.

Here is some more progress on Pitbulls.  I maybe have 75 stitches left of this page.  I don't think I have ever posted what my stitching rotation is so I was thinking maybe someone is kinda, sorta interested in knowing so here goes:

1st of the month is Once Upon A Time Sampler. I work on it until it is done.

around the 20th is The Mysterious Halloween Town Club (It comes out one a different day each month)  I work on it until it is done.

Then in between Once Upon A Time and Halloween Town I work on these in this order.

1 page Beatrix Potter

1 page Lightening McQueen

1 page Pitbulls

I find that by the time I get a whole page stitched up I am bored with it, so this rotation of the big ones works really well for me.  

There are talks of a motorcycle drive to Mocton this Saturday for a car show, but I am really hoping I can

get a side trip into Because You Count.  Yay!  One can pray.  

Happy Stitching!!  

Slow and steady

Little update on the Pitbulls.  Lots of color changes going on here, but I am enjoying stitching it.  

Thumbelina!!!

I really need to pay more attention... my mouse is missing his nose, and I didn't notice until I already had my picture taken (it has since been fixed).  The symbols for the mouses grey face and his pink nose were so similar that I didn't see the difference.  I hate when that happens.  Oh well I just stitched right over the grey and I really don't think anyone will notice hehehe.

Thumbelina was really fun to stitch, that little mouse is just so cute!    Next month I am hoping for some Hansel and Gretel.  

Happy Stitching!!

Happy Canada Day!

We enjoyed the parade in Rustico today.  It was great as always but seemed to be shorter this year, but great anyway.  Below is my mom, my 2 nephews and my oldest down front.

This is my man and my littlest getting ready to watch the parade.  I sweated my sunscreen right off and ended up with a bright red face.  It was H O T!  Thankfully the sunscreen worked on all the kiddos and we plugged the water to them like there was a drought coming, so everyone else fared pretty well.

Here is my progress on the Pitbulls but I have put it away for a bit to work on Once Upon A Time.

This is my small progress on the July block of Once Upon A Time... part of the J.  I thought I was going to get much more done today but between the 30 degree heat and the 3 extra children I had running through the sprinkler it just didn't happen, but it really was a day well spent!  Next year with Thomas being a little older we might even be able to take in the fireworks too.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Canada Day or if you are from a different country, I hope you had an extra enjoyable day today too.  I know I sure did!

Happy Stitching!

1st clue is finished!

I finished the first part of The Mysterious Halloween Town last night while watching Big Brother.  I am so confused this season how everything is going to work with 2 heads of household but is should be fun to watch!  

After I finished this I started another page on my nephew's Pitbulls cross stitch.  I will show a picture when I get a bit more done.  

Happy Stitching!!

Trick or treat!

How cute is this?  My poor scarecrow is without a face until I see my sister this evening to get some thread off of her.