Saturday 19 November 2011

~~~~My Baby Blog turns 1 ~~~~

Hello Stunners!

Welcome to 3 new followers Rachel, Elisa and Titti. Thanx for joining in the journey!

Happy First Birthday Crafty Princess!!

Well stunners, I can't believe it but it's been a year since I started this blog. November 15th 2010 was my first post. This blog was started as a way of keeping me in stitches and also to have a visual journal of my craft.

So here it is! My year in STITCHES!  Of course all New starts will only have one pic but charts I had started prior but worked on during the year will have a before and after progress pic. Enjoy!




Crimson Glomour - HAED - Ching Chou Kuik
Originally on 28ct creme evenweave 1 over 1 full cross
Restart on Autumn Fire 28ct 2 over 1 tent stitch.





 Where is my Valentine? - HAED - Jasmine Becket-Griffith
28 ct white Lugana 1 over 1 full crosses
Page 1 & 2 completed






Lost in You - HAED- Rachel Marks
22ct white Hardanger 2 over 1 full crosses
Page 1 completed




Release - HAED - Jessica Galbreth
28ct White Lugana 2 over 1 tent stitch



Emerald Forest - Kustom Krafts - Colin Bogle
14ct Khaki Aida 3 over 1 full crosses





Guardian Angel - HAED - L.A Williams
28ct Antique White Opalescence Hardanger 1 over 1 full crosses
1 and a half pages completed



Fractal 45 - Cross stitch Collectibles
14ct Aida Black 3 over 1 full crosses




Faces of Faery 88 - HAED - Jasmine Becket-Griffith
14ct Purple Haze Aida 3 over 1 full crosses
My first HAED finish!




QS Fragile Heart - HAED - Hannah Lynn
Originally 22ct White Hardanger 2 over 1 full crosses
Restart (due to making a hole in fabby after frogging debacle)
22ct Black Hardanger 2 over 1 full crosses
42 rows completed out of  176



QS Spring to life - HAED - Hannah Lynn
25ct Fairy Forest Lugana 1 over 1 full crosses
4 and 3/4 pages completed.



Faces of Faery 164 - HAED - Jasmine Becket-Griffith
25ct White Opalescence Lugana 2 over 1 full crosses



L sampler letter - Selina Fenech - HAED
3 over 1 full crosses 14ct White Opalescence Aida


Jungle Baby Animals Birth record
2 over 1 full crosses 14ct White Aida




Froth and Bubble Sampler - Long Dog Samplers
32 ct Summer Khaki Linen 2 over 2 full crosses




Golden Wood - HAED - Ruth Sanderson
22 ct White Hardanger 2 over 1 full crosses


Ok so that's me in a year. I least I got one finish in there with 12 new starts LOL!! I'm now off to sort out my craft room and stash.  I will be working hard on Fragile Heart till the end of the year as I have signed up for HAED's freebie SAL 2012 and I really want to have 2011's finished first. Plus will be making a start on Faery 2 by Strelkina (HAED) as she will be my focus piece on 2012 WIPocalypse SAL which I also signed up for with Measi's musings.

Other than that I have promised myself no more new starts and I will be returning to my rotation in the New Year. I won't be participating in any more goal challenges on the HAED BB for 2012 at least, as when I try to keep to them so many of my charts don't see the light of day.

On top of the work as previously shown I also have a Mystic Stitch BAP, Golden Kite BBBAP and a Scarlet Quince BAP that I never picked up once in the year. So back to the weekly rotation for me in the new year!

Thank you everyone that has followed me during the year. I appreciate all your support, comments, advice and suggestions. It's purely due to you and this blog that I have kept up with all my stitching. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Please stay tuned for 2012 as I endeavour to make a massive effort when it comes to my stitching. I have devised a plan that will enable me to complete a BAP in 8 months.....YAY!!

Take care beautiful stunners
Be happy in everything that you do!

xoxo Alicia

13 comments:

  1. I'd love to hear your plan about finishing a BAP in 8 months, but I probably have to wait and see what's in your mind. You've made some really great progresses and a stunning finish in one year, congratulations! :)

    I decided to join the 2012 SAL (how could I say no? ;D), I chose the SK, Blue Moon. But like you, I want to finish Fragile Heart first (and SK Ice Wind, as I participated in two SAL's this year) before I concentrate on next year's SAL. I'm afraid otherwise they will be abandoned and forgotten.

    Keep up the great work and please keep us posted! :)

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  2. Just joined you.You have some great wip's.

    http://claire-stitchart.blogspot.com/

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  3. I'm anxious to hear your 8 month BAP plan too!!!!

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  4. :D Those are lots and lots of big HAED projects in that list! Quite a lot of work.

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  5. Happy Blogoversary!

    You've had a wonderful year in stitches ... that's a LOT of HAED charts in progress.

    Thanks for joining the WIPocalypse. I hope it works as a great motivator to make amazing progress next year. :)

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  6. Happy Blogoversary!
    You have done a lot this year. So many amazing pieces you are working on. Can´t wait to see more from you in 2012 :)

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  7. What a fantastic idea putting your before and after pictures up so you can see your progress for the year - I think I may have to pinch that idea for next year. Love all the pieces you are stitching on Faces of Faery 88 is one of my favourite pieces as I love purple and dragons. Looking forward to following your progress over the next 12 months xx

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  8. Congratulations on your one year blog anniversary lovie. You can rave on lunatic style at times but thats what we all love about you. xxxxx

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  9. Happy Blog-birthday!!! :D

    Love seeing all your WIPs laid out nice and pretty.

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  10. Happy Blog Birthday! That's so cool to see your WIPs :) Great progress on them all!

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  11. Aww thanx everyone! Yes I do have alot of Big projects on the go at once. But they are only the ones I worked on the past 12 months. I actually have 21 wip's. That's why I have to go back to rotations as I never got a chance to stitch on quite a few of them. Thank you for the anniversary wishes. You all rock my world! xoxo

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  12. Such great projects on the go. Can't wait to follow their progress in 2012. I'm doing HAED freebie also SK Forbidden Doorway.

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  13. Awesome stitching :)

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Hello Stunner! Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. I hope it made sense as I can rave on lunatic style when left unchecked. Any comment is appreciated and thank you for taking the time and brightening my day! xoxo