Couple of Diamond Art projects..........

I was in Michael's craft store the other month and stumbled upon a section with items that were designed by Johnathan Adler.  Now I have no idea who the heck he is, nor am I interested, but there were some things I fell in love with, including the diamond art kit that I made in the photo.  This is not a great photo of it, as it is framed and behind glass, so you can see the reflections.  However you can see the piece here online.

It took a little while to do, but was very straight forward and is really nice in person.  Also what was nice, was I was able to buy an off the shelf frame to put it in.  It is 16 inches by 20 inches, so a nice size.

The poppy print was given to me by a friend who was visiting Austria (I think), and is so pretty.

Then I had the girls visiting, so picked up some crafts, and one of the crafts was a set of three bookmarks to make again from the Johnathan Adler collection.  The one below was the one I kept, and the girls got one each as well.  Super simple and a very fast make.

Have you done any diamond art work?

Christmas Cross stitch.........

 I finally got it back from Michael's just before we left for vacation.

I went for a plain frame as the cross stitch itself is so busy.  It cost just under $145 to have it framed and that was with a 60% discount!  However it does look good, and they did "stitch it" at the back so it came out all even.  I am very pleased with it.  It's just a shame it will be hidden away until next November, but I am not a fan of having Christmas things up year round.

Sew Along.........All Done.

 I completed the Christmas Cross Stitch on Monday.  It's now all pressed and ready to take to Michael's to get framed.  It will be brought out every year around the end of November and put on display.  

I have to say I am super pleased with how it all turned out.  Will be participating in sew alongs in the future.

I have done very little reading over the past couple of months, so want to catch up with that, and maybe look for another sew along to participate in.

If anyone else is going to participate in a sew along, please let me know, and I will do the same if I stumble across one as well.