Scribbles and Crafts

February was a strange month. Massive reading slump which leads to a writing block that grows daily, weather which was chilly for here but still far warmer than the last several February’s, and a general sense of being out of sorts in my own skin. I enjoyed stitching in February, it was the only truly creative escape I had which is frustrating. Heck I didn’t even enjoy cooking this month which is…

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February is many things but unofficially it is Love Month. What could be more loving than letting your husband sleep in on the weekends? Mine loves nothing more than a good lie in and I no longer wake him on the weekends unless there is a very specific reason to do so. Years ago, he could sleep in well past noon and be in bed before midnight. As we travel on the downward slope of life’s hill, he…

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February’s Stitching Focus

It is the first of the month and I spun the UFO2FO wheel this morning. The focus pieces for February are: Witch’s Pantry again and the piece I am stitching for my mum. Since Mum reads this blog regularly and the piece is sorta a surprise, no pictures. But here is where I am On Witch’s. Starting Point for February I am truly enjoying stitching this piece and I am loving the fibers I…

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January’s Recipe: Dog Cookies

Almost five years ago, my how time flies I tried to get a picture of the actual end result but honestly, those sweet dogs above mug me for cookies every time I make them, and I have to get them packed up and put away as soon as cooled. These lovely cookies are easy and healthy for your dogs, our bird even eats them depending on the ingredients. There is no set recipe because they are basically…

From Coloring to Bookmark

In recent years, adult coloring books have become all the rage but what do you do with all those beautifully colored pages afterwards? Or what do you do with all of that beautiful artwork your kids make that holds a special place in your heart once you remove it from the refrigerator? Well, if you are like me and have multiple books being read simultaneously then bookmarks are the obvious…

2021 was a good but odd year personally. We are fully settled in Texas finally and while I am sure 2022 holds yet more curve balls ahead, I am hopeful that it will be a much more settled year than the recent past. With that hope and prayer in mind, the 2022 year ahead for the blog seems to be much less chaotic and hit or miss. I am sure I will go through spurts where all creativity flees but hey…

I missed stitching goals in 2021 but that doesn’t mean those goals aren’t being carried over to 2022. There is a Facebook Group, so I have heard but I am not on Facebook, which plays a version of Bingo called WIPGO but I have my own spin on the board since I have a different definition of WIP vs. UFO. UFO for me in an UnFinished Object and Work In Progress is what I am actively stitching. If I…

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Journal Stash Acquisition for December 2021

Katie Daisy bonus sticker and business cardWinter stickersBookish Journal StickersWashi TapeKatie Daisy ordered This was going to be a journal and cross stitch stash acquisition posting but the cross stitch stash is currently experiencing supply chain delays which has been an ongoing hit or miss problem. I am understanding but it will put me on the back foot for a 2022 piece that I cannot start…

I dubbed 2021 as the Year of UFOs. So how’d I do? 2021 UFOs Well of the eight, a whopping two were completed! Cannot say I am especially proud of that but then again it is more than I completed in 2020. So it may only be two UFO finishes but those were started back in my college days more than three decades ago. Gosh how time flies! I had one more finish in 2021, it stitched up in one day…