dn angel || can you see in the darkness of my heart?

Monday, April 23, 2007

Wooooaaahhhh, itz been a long time since I updated this. Haven't been doing that much stitching lately - due to a packed schedule & extreme game addiction. Anyway, finally found the perfect frame for "Bears In Love" =) Am still midway working on the kittens kit. Think thatz gonna be yet another overdue project. Can't find frames for those yet though *mumbles* And my mum's bday is this weekend. Guess she'll just have to settle for a belated pressie... coz I doubt I can complete it in time. To think I was feeling positive in the 1st place. Misjudged the difficulty of the chart.

Finally framed up Aquarius. Hmm... itz a shame though, that I can't put it up for display. Due to some dispute @ home, 2 of the frames were smashed - the Leo & Virgo ones. Thankfully the stitching was undamaged in either way. The only problem now is getting exactly the same frames as replacement. Checked Daiso at PS - no luck. My only hope now is Daiso at IMM... where I got them in the 1st place. If I can't find those 2... then I'll have to hunt for another set of 12 coz it'll look weird with just 2 different ones. *sigh* Itz a shame though. Those were the perfect set of frames that complement the stitching. In 4 different colors... representing the different elements. Darn the walls look empty now.

Anyway ~ I finally plucked up the courage to try something new. Did up one of the kits from Q&E Cross Stitch & Papercraft. Was meant to be a bday gift for a friend... but oops, once again I overshot the deadline. Just managed to glue it up a while earlier. Tried iron-on interfacing for the 1st time. Had to do it to prevent the aida frm fraying when I cut the pattern out. Had a slight mishap... with part of the interfacing melting onto the iron (damn should have ironed on the stitching in the 1st place & not the other way round) but the end result was pretty decent :P Then there's another card that I really should have done by now - another one of the free kits that came with Q&E.

Am having mixed feelings about Q&E though. I miss the larger designs... but every issue seems to come with a card kit that make good gift ideas!! Furthermore, there are other designs in the mag that will definitely help when I need to do something for anyone's bday... etc. Ah well ~ won't be continuing my subscription either way. Will probably just apply for the Kinokuniya card & obtain all the mags as they come out... coz subscription rates are way too high. The only reason y I subscribed the previous time is coz of the special offer.

Well... after all this, think I'll be starting work on the Goddess of Mercy kit b4 Partners in Crime. Have alredi gotten the chart photocopied in b&w. Now all thatz left is for me to do the tacking & figure out how to fit it onto the scroll frame then away stitching I go!!

Pics to be posted the nxt time ~ just got my digicam back on Sun.

Shady noted 11:32 PM

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