Pile of Piggies WIP! :0)...

1st WIP pic as of 23rd September!!!

2nd WIP pic as of 27th September!!!

3rd WIP pic as of 8th October!!!

I started this stitch in mid September - as you can see it is progressing quite well :0) I am happy with the colours and the way it looks. The cover of the kit looks like this: 

It is quite an easy stitch ~ no blending, no fractionals and no half stitches :0) I am very glad that the colours in the threads in the kit are more natural than they show on the picture above...I think that the final piece will be stunning and I hope that Cookie's Mum will like it. It is her CHRISTMAS pressie so I think I am on track to get it completed in time. I have almost completed the 4th piglet on the left hand side of the design (the only one with a curly tail) so will show another picture when I have completed that piglet (should be within the next few days!)

I hope that you like my latest project and my WIP photographs ~ thanks for looking if you have done so!

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Framed "I Love Coffee" Present

I picked up my friends cross stitch from the framers recently and took it to her house...she loved it & it is in pride of place on her kitchen wall..

My quotes of the day today are:

I think that both say a similar thing...it is very important to speak the truth even if people do not want to hear it! In the end the truth may hurt but people will definitely end up appreciating & respecting you more...I always try to speak my mind no matter what the situation, even if is hard to speak the truth! I feel better for being truthful, I couldn't lie even if I needed to (I think that's a good trait of mine)...

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Almost A Year!

With my beautiful wonderful man Cookie! Hasn't that time flown??? In the past (almost) year we have done so many things...the biggest being:
* seeing Flux Pavilion at the UEA in Norwich...
* seeing Ellie Goulding at the O2...
* going on holiday to Holland and attending Defqon festival...(1st experience driving in Europe for Cookie!)
* completing 2 5k runs ~ The Color Run and The Electric Run
* Ford Fair 2O14...
* seeing Rudimental at the O2 Academy...
* few trips to see his family :0)
* got a 350litre fish tank and filled it with lots of beautiful fish!
& lots more memorable things! I am very happy...I hope that we continue to make more awesome memories and here's to another year together (((& more)))!!!

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Long Time No Post!

Long time and no blog post! I am going to make a promise to myself that I will post something once a week...

As my picture quote today says...life is better when you're lauging! People on Facebook have been doing these 3 positive things posts so for today's post I am going to post 3 positive things...

#1 ~ I had a lovely weekend with my boyfriend camping on Saturday night and wandering around Ford Fair on Sunday...

#2 ~ We will have been together for a year at the end of this month...that time has flown...we've done so many cool things within the past 11months and so many more awesome things to come!

#3 ~ I've been working in a different office for the past 7 days and they want to keep me but my original office wants me back! It's nice to feel "wanted" hehe...

I have not done a lot of stitching recently although I did finish something for one of my good friends...

It is away being framed right now...I assure you the cup to the right is straight but doesn't look like it in the photo for some reason 

Anyway...I hope that you like my latest cross stitch finish...I'll be back soon with another picture quote that has inspired me...

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Ellie Goulding at the O2..

On Sunday (the 9th of March) we went to see Ellie Goulding at the O2 and I thought I would share some photos of the event...we went into the Sky Bar backstage at the O2 before the show...I would recommend going in there if you are a Sky customer (it is very easy to get tickets to go in there here: https://rewards.sky.com/home/sky-at-the-o2/)...

We did lots of different things in the O2 before the show because we had time to fill so even if you arrive early there are the bars to go in (from 530pm) and other entertainment as well...my boyfriend Cookie went on a Nissan driving simulator which he said was awesome and in the Sky area you can read the news and also there is an Iron Man area there at the moment where they use an Xbox Kinect kind of software to make the Iron Man costume appear round you and you do certain activities as Iron Man :0)...I think that they change this area often depending what films are current...

Here are some photos of Ellie :0)...

~ the O2 was a bit full ;0)

~ The Stage set up was amazing...lots of monitors that cycled through live images that camera operators were filming as the show went on...

I hope that you like my pictures if you've had a look...:0) I will put up links to videos we did as well when they have uploaded to YouTube ;0)...

EDIT:

Ellie Goulding Lights Video

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2O14 Mission

Well my mission as set by my wonderful boyfriend is to FINISH my HAED Coral Addiction...

I have 2 and a half full pages & 3 partial pages to go...attached is a picture of how she looks right now...think I've done a tad more of her tail in the top right hand corner but I'll get a new photo when there's significant progress...

I think it's a do-able goal as long as I get some stitchy hours in this weekend & maintain those hours each week/weekend...

There are too many things to do in the day & not enough hours right?!...

Let battle commence!!!...
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