Those Blah Days

Hey Guys,

Blah today is a blah day. Do you know those days where you feel blah and down in the dumps no matter what? Well I'm having one of those days right now.

So last night I was working forever on drawing up this cute pattern. I didn't know what I wanted to do with it but I just really needed to be creative. Well I drew up this really cute colorful abstract flowery thing. It's awesome and I started stitching it up today unsure of what I was going to do with it so I cut a piece of 18 count Aida cloth into 8 1/2 X 11 making sure to leave some extra room on the sides. I was going to stitch it into a picture size but them partway through stitching the first colour I noticed that it would make a really cute bookmark. I only got the first colour and a little bit of the second colour done before I needed a break. So here it what I have done so far:

It's going to be so cute when it's done. I am going to stitch 2 sides and then sew them together and maybe braid some string to attach to it like a tassel. I also glue up the edges so they don't fray. I think I'm going to make a series of bookmarks and put them up in my store.

Also I don't think I told you this but I ordered a HUGE piece of Aida cloth online because I wanted to stitch up the huge Pokemon First Generation cross stitch. Well it took almost a month but they finally just shipped it. Ugh it's taking them forever so I don't think I will ever shop from that store again. Nowhere does it say that it may take a month to ship it. I just ordered a chunk of cloth it didn't need to take a month to finally ship it and then it says it will be 3 weeks before I receive it. Wow. I really need to find a better place to order some cloth from. Too bad the stores around me only carry already cut cloth and none of it was in the size I needed. It was almost the size at one place but a couple of inches short. Oh well.

Well I need to get back to my stitching because it's going to take a while to get this thing done. It was nice taking a break to post here though. I hope you all have a great day and don't run into the blahs like I have.

XOXO

Tara