New Photo! Caring Wings

I got a photo of Caring Wings. This shows the progress I have made. I worked on it 3 more hours after the picture was taken. The spaces that are open on the dress and wings are for beads and gold floss.

Making Progress on Caring Wings

This pic was from June of last year. You can see what I had finished and just imagine the wings coming out from the back. Sadly, I do not have an updated pic of Mirabilia's Caring Wings yet. (dead camara) I am hoping to get my daughters camara and get one later and I will post as soon as I do. I have been working on it all week. The only part left to finish on the bottom half of her dress is the beads and the gold thread. I also have more of the leaves finished around the bottom of her dress. I have over half of her wings finished and then I will move on to her arms, head and the rest of the leaves. Then I will stitch the dove. Last, I will do the gold thread, beads and back stitch. There is not really too much back stitching so that is good. I really want her to be a finish for this year. I am not rotating any of my other pieces since I want to get her finished and framed and hung on my DD's wall.

Link! Happy Halloween pic's

Link the #1 long coat Chihuahua wearing his vampire costume this past Halloween. He was not a happy camper! This is the only time I have ever seen him stand still! All other pictures of him are a blur because he is always on the move, either playing with his toys or teasing the cat. He is so loveable and such a good doggie! He is now 1 year old. Santa brought him and new toy and a new bed! He thought the bed was a large toy. After he had the paper off, he clamped his little teeth on it and started trying to shake it around. We laughed and showed him it was a bed. Its on the end of the couch where he lays while he is watching Spongebob. He loves his new bed! I read somewhere that chihuahuas can not jump on furniture because they are too small. Well, someone forgot to tell that to Link. He runs and Leaps! on to all the furniture including our bed, where he sleeps at night. (His new bed is just for 'day sleeping') He loves it when we have visitors and is the friendliest little doggie I have ever seen. If you are thinking about getting an inside dog, chihuahuas are awesome! He only barks if its 'necessary' lol and he is totally friendly because we let visitors give him a small treat. So he looks forward to company. He was totally easy to paper train and is very aware of everything going on. Another plus is the fact he does not get under my feet when I am walking! He weighs 5-6 lbs. and is just a wonderful little dog.

Happy New Year!!

I want to wish all my friends a Happy New Year! My goal for this year is to finish some of my larger wip's. That might have been a goal in the past that was not accomplished but hopefully I will be successful this year. I want to finish Rocky Mt. Christmas and Caring Wings. The Fortunate Traveler will come after those two. Cross stitching is a peaceful hobby that lets me see a finished project. It is encouraging to have so many friends who cross stitch. My finishes for 2008 were not that many but they were finishes! Wishing you all a healthy, happy new year!