Xmas Pressie two - Day 277

Another present in the making, so just some key shots of the process. I think I will need to practice my satin stitch, mine is a bit uneven. I am making a couple of these, so will hopefully get better.

I do give thanks to Urban threads though. Am starting to think I chose way to many sewing projects for this christmas!!

Full pics posted later.

Fishy Cross stitch - Day 258

Quick pattern I'm trying to get right for a certain pressie. 
So far this is the plan, now just need to plan colours.

Bieber Graphs - Day 50

Biggest craft push for today, was a possible gift for a girl suffering from severe Bieber Fever.
There are two possibilities I'm tossing up.... a cross-stitched picture for the wall, or use the graph for a crochet piece (pillow or blanket).
 This is an example of the ones I'm considering, its just a normal picture turned into a graph using myphotostitch.com. You can choose size, and how many colours your willing to use. it then generates the pattern with the colours needed in a bigger pdf. If I deside on the crochet option, I will need a picture with simple colours, or black and white.

Blue Bird cross-stitch - Day 43

The wings for the painting are still in development.
Todays extra quick craft is a little bluebird crossstitch. A friend came around and was telling me how a duck wondered into her kitchen uninvited this morning and I thought, Duck!
But... then I decided blue was calling me, so a sweet little bluebird instead. I played with Picnik's stamps for the leaf and musical notes. Even the free version of this site has some great features.

 "Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings."
Victor Hugo

Bite Me! - Day 35

Thanks for the suggestions on yesterdays post for the bunny body. Misha got me thinking though, and I decided to try an eaten chocolate bunny.
The head I had done hadn't been noshed on yet, so I gave him a Bite me! sign to go with the eaten one. These just happened to be next to the alien, and it wasn't until I pulled it out of the hoop that I realised it can all fit together!
"Beam me up!" "Bite me!" munch munch....

Beam Me Up! - Day 34

I haven't done any cross stitching for years!
I started with the heads, but couldn't decide what to do for the bodies. So cheated and hid the body instead!
The rabbit still needs something (though my strange side considers it could be a head on a spike, with some dripping blood, as the aliens latest catch). 

      "Beam me up Scotty... there's no intelligent life down here"