Drunken Weekend and Cross Stitch stuff

Well Hello,

So it's been a pretty long weekend. On Friday I had a family dinner with my fiancees mother and brothers and their girlfriends because it was his mother's birthday. We went to this dive bar restaurant. They kept telling me that the food there was cheap and really good and I am starting to think that their idea of good food is actually dog food. So the service there sucked so bad and our waitress was so dumb. When she started bringing out the food she waited forever to bring out everyone's, so my fiancee got his first and was about done eating it by the time the other people got theirs. I was the last to get mine and it was kind of awkward sitting there when other people are eating and I'm still waiting on my food. The food wasn't even good either. It tasted over cooked and like it was sitting on the counter forever. I will never go to that place again.

On top of all of that food business the waitress couldn't even get the bills right. She put our plate of nachos on his brothers bill. She showed my fiancee a bill for $47 and charged him $20. We were doing some drinking that night also. So it was like we were drinking for free. And she kept bringing over free shots and drinks saying it was on her. She also brought over a shot for herself and took it while she was working. I was completely unimpressed and I would never go to that place ever again. She's basically stealing from the bar for giving out so much free booze. Oh yeah and she over poured the drinks so gave out double drinks instead of single ones. Wow I have no idea how that bar is still standing. It was full of a bunch of gross old people too. It was definitely not my kind of place and I would never tell anyone to go there. In fact I would tell people to stay away from that place and go to a better one.

So on top of that I was really tipsy when I got home and then proceeded to tell my fiancee we had to play The Division Beta that was open this weekend. While I drank down the three coolers I had left in the fridge I was so hammered when we were playing but I wasn't too bad at shooting people. Needless to say after tequila shots and sugar drinks I had an awful hangover the next day.

So right now I am trying to figure out what to stitch next. I finished the Pinkie Pie cross stitch I was working on:

It's super cute. I just need to iron it a bit and next time I would definitely need a smaller frame or to measure it out first and then space it out better. I bought this frame for display purposes and now I'm thinking when I get some money in I should get a couple more sizes. I started on a Rainbow Dash one but lost a bit of interest in doing the same thing over again for all of the main ponies. If anyone wants a different pony I can definitely make up a pattern for it. This is also posted on my Etsy store here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Taraforming

Now I was just wondering what to work on next and since my sisters wedding is coming up in May I have decided to make her a wedding Cross Stitch for her home. I showed her a few different pictures that I liked and she choose this really pretty tree one. It will have their names and their wedding date on it. I may include a pretty saying in it. I wanted to do this really pretty one with doves but she said the tree one matched her house theme better. So that's what I'm going to do.

XOXO

Tara

Stuff and Things

Hey Everyone,

I just woke up stupidly early today and I couldn't fall back asleep for the life of me. You know those times where you are laying there and trying to sleep and your mind keeps going through all of your past jobs and shitty moments and thinking of things you'd rather not think of? That's what my stupid mind was doing today. So you know what screw that and screw this day. Now I need to calm down maybe do some work and hopefully take a nap later and everything will be alright.

So I have those bookmarks done and I have posted them in my shop on Etsy if you wanted to check them out here's the link: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Taraforming

If you wanted to follow me on twitter I post links to my new projects there and give you a heads up when my new blog is out as well as tweeting random things I feel like sharing about me: https://twitter.com/Tara99_123

I also have a Facebook page that I don't use too much right now. Unsure of what to really post there as I am all over my other social media and I really don't care much for Facebook but if you wanted to like my page there I promise not to spam your news feed: https://www.facebook.com/Taraforming-559956864159328/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

Holy crap Facebooks link is awful full of numbers and crap. I tried to shorten it like I do my Etsy one but Facebook is having none of that. Anyway want to see my new bookmarks well I can post the images here:

This cupcake one is super cute and I made it while thinking of my sister because she loves cupcakes. I asked her what colours to do and she just said Pink!!! So I did the bulk of it in pink and purple because I love purple. I can also stitch it up in different colours if you have some different favourite colours.

Here is the other one that I finished. I love it because it looks like something my Grandma would have made into an awful clashing blanket like the blanket I am currently using on my lap right now. All of my stitches can be done in different colours if you would like you just need to message me and I can do it right away.

Now I am almost done a new My Little Pony Pinkie Pie picture. It's super cute and I love her because she really lightens the mood although if I actually knew someone like her I think it would drain all of my energy real fast since I am such an introverted person. But seeing how cute and funny she is in the show really lightens my mood. I also need to get up some better pictures in my store of a lot of my posts. I am hoping that will get people to view them more and hopefully buy something. I am really discouraged with my store right now because no one has bought anything yet. I don't know what's wrong. I'm trying to make a living off of this but I may have to find another shitty ass job to help pay the bills if things don't pick up soon. All I wanted was to do something I loved for a living and not have to work under any more shitty ass management who don't give a fuck about you or how they are ruining everything by all of the shitty changes they make to make life harder on you so they can make more money for their already loaded pockets while we all strive to survive on minimum wage. Oh well I think I can hold out for one more month and hope my good dreams come true.

Thanks for reading

XOXO

Tara

Happy Family Day!

Hey Hey

I hope everyone had a great Valentines day! I spent the day baking some goodies, Made some Amish Cinnamon Bread and some Lemon Pound Cake. Both are super delicious. My fiancee had to work so it was a nice surprise for him when he came home to some goodies on the counter. Then we made some dinner together, played some Destiny, and watched a couple of episodes of some new animes that came out. It was actually a good day in the end.

I spent some time drawing up some new designs for what project I wanted to do next. I came up with this really cute My Little Pony design for Pinkie Pie. I think I'm going to start on that today. Maybe after I finish my two bookmarks that have been sitting there. I was trying to come up with a solution to stop the fabric from moving around so much when I'm sewing it on. I think if I safety pin it then it should be alright. I didn't want to use sewing pins because I didn't want to accidentally poke myself while I'm holding it. I hate it when you stick yourself with a pin while sewing something. I actually stuck my finger a couple of times sewing up some bookmarks and it was with a cross stitch needle that's duller than a sewing needle.

Have a great Family Day today!

XOXO

Tara

Got Some Work Done Today!

Finally! I am feeling so much better today!

Hello,

So I finally got some work done today! Woo. Last night I came up with a great idea to download some audio books and to do some stitching while listening to them. It was great I got so much work done today. It helps that I was working off of a paper pattern that I drew. So I finished a whole bookmark today. Normally it would have taken me a couple of days. Although my eyes do feel strained and I feel sleepy, I may lay down after this to rest. I am so proud of myself. I was listening to the first Harry Potter book and things just seemed to get done today. Of course I have read those books a few times each and the earlier books probably over 5 times each.

So what I did today was this cute cupcake bookmark that says Bite Me. I love it. I would post a picture but after I finished it I braided up some string for that one and the square one I finished a few days ago and now they are sitting letting the glue dry so the string stays in place forever. Now I will let them sit overnight for the glue to completely dry. Tomorrow I will choose some fabric to stitch to the backs of them and finish them and then post them on my store. Whew. Now I am wondering what project I should work on next. I am not sire myself. I think I'm going to go rest and think about it.

Also, the Deadpool movie was amazing! I loved it. It was so Deadpool and funny and also really stupid funny with Deadpool humor. There was some great action in it also. I recommend watching it even if you wanted to wait for it to come out on video it is so worth a watch. They did an amazing job on that movie and I hope there's a second one. I would love to go and watch it again.

Now I;m going to go and rest for a couple of hours and then probably play some video games to relax while I think up some ideas of my next project to do. I do have a butterfly bookmark I drew up but I've been really wanting to do something with Mario and something more with Tetris. Any ideas you would like to see me do post them in the comments and I'll draw something up.

XOXO

Tara

DEADPOOL!!!

Hey, Hey,

Today is a special day!!!


It's Deadpool day!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

So I already bought some advance tickets to see the new Deadpool movie that came out today here. Well technically it had an early release last night but since my fiancee has today off we're going to see it this afternoon!!! I can't wait!

Wow so many exclamations. So here's the plan. We're going to hop on a bus down the block because it is horribly cold outside. In this weather it would probably take us about a 20 minute walk to get down the street to the card shop where I'm going to bring in my doubles of my Pokemon cards to trade in. Yes I collect Pokemon cards. Gotta catch em all. I don't play the card game I just like to collect all of the cards. My fiancee plays Yu-Gi-Oh and has probably over 7 binders full of Yu-Gi-Oh cards. He goes to weekly tournaments at the card shop down the street. He taught me how to play but I'm not very good. I mostly bribe him to lose so I can win. Plus I only like to play cute decks or super awesome fiendish decks.

OK! So after the card shop we're going to go next door to this butcher shop that also cooks burgers and such. Really big burgers that are so good and you don't get bloated after because they use they're own butcher cut meat. I swear the best burger places are the ones that are also butcher shops. OMG I want a charbroiled burger so bad. They have the best burgers I have ever eaten. Coming in second is the other butcher shop just a couple blocks away from where I live that we also buy our meat from because they use only free range animals. OK now I have burgers on the brain and I really want one right now. Good thing we're going to be leaving soon.

I like to get to the theater early normally to grab a good seat but since we already have our seats picked out I like to chill and get hyped before the movie. Plus the theater we go to now has these amazing big comfortable double recliner seats. So when you get your tickets you also have to pick the seats you will be sitting in. We had an awful time with the Star Wars movie. There were only front row seats and the movie was in 3D and we sat off to the side. OMG it made the 3D blurry and gave me a huge headache I could barely watch the movie. It's just my opinion but I HATE 3D movies. I will always choose a regular movie over a stupid 3D one.

So not a lot of craft talk in this email... I wasn't feeling so great the last couple of days. I finally finished that bookmark I was stitching just need to attach fabric to the back and I got a couple of new cute cupcake ones drawn up.

I guess that's all I'm way too excited for Deadpool!!! I do have a Deadpool Christmas ornament in my Etsy store I can also put a magnet on the back of it so it can be a fridge magnet. Or you could use it as a sew on patch. I think I posted a picture of it in one of my previous posts but here it is again.

It's super awesome like Deadpool himself and looks so great in my Christmas tree. You can buy it here in my store: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Taraforming

As always thanks or reading and I hope you all have a wonderful day!!!

XOXO

Tara

Feeling So Much Better!!!

Good Evening!

I am feeling so much better today! Ah it feels good not to be stuck in bed all day with absolutely no energy at all. Especially with an awful stuffed up nose and cough. Yuck, I hate being sick.

So I actually got some work done today YAY!!! Not on my Pokemon Cross Stitch but on a bookmark that I kind of started a while ago. I started the border and got about one and a half squares done before I started to work on something else. Now I'm going to finish it up and post it in my store as soon as it's finished.

There is what I have done so far and my pattern I drew up beside it. For the pattern I found some graph paper at Staples that was perfect for drawing up Cross Stitch designs. Let me find the package to see what size it is. It says it is 10 : 1" and it is the perfect size fro drawing up new designs. I only wish the graph went all the way to the edges of the paper instead of being in a box. I may look for some other kinds as soon as I use up the paper I have now. Here is what the package looks like.

At first I tried to use regular graph paper but the squares were way too big and the patterns always looked distorted and used up way too much paper. Then until I found this stuff I just drew extra lines with a pencil in between each line in the regular graph paper. That seemed to work but every time you messed up and had to erase something you had to draw your lines back in and it is much easier to see the squares using this paper instead.

First I draw up my design and then I line it with a black liner pen. Even if I don't use black in the stitch I always draw it in with the black liner pen. Then I colour it in with whatever colours I think would look nice. After that or when I am about to stitch it I choose the embroidery floss colours I want to use and note them down on the pattern. I only use DMC embroidery floss. I tried using some no name from Wal-Mart and it was horrible and rough stuff. I like how nice and soft the DMC colours are. I love opening up my drawer and seeing all of the pretty colours staring at me.

Well that is all for now. I wanted to get this stitch done before I go to sleep because I have an awesome idea for a cute cupcake bookmark next. I have a lot of ideas floating in my head and not enough time in the day to do them all.

XOXO

Tara.

Them Sick Days

Hi Hi,

Sorry about the unexpected hiatus. Just wanted to let you all know that I am alright. I have this really terrible cold, that the worst fiancee in the world gave me, so not a lot of work at all has been done. I am feeling a bit better today and hopefully I can resume my work tomorrow. Just wanted to let you all know. Now back to sleep for me.

XOXO

Tara

Epic Pokemon Cross Stitch

Hey Guys!

So I started on the Epic Pokemon Cross Stitch for the generation one Pokemon a couple of days ago. It is going so slowly. There are so many different colours for just one Pokemon that it's hard getting just one done a day so far. Also I have been feeling a little under the weather.

So I started by counting out and basting a border around the cross stitch. I counted 5 squares every baste. I left room of about 5-10 squares between the border and where I was going to start to stitch. So the pattern in 256 Stitches across and 450 Stitches high. I am using 18 count Aida cloth. I really need one of those scroll frames to attach my cloth to. It would make it so much easier to stitch. All I have right now is a hoop and I hate how it leaves a dent in the fabric. Of course I iron it out when I am finished but I can always still see some dents where the hoop was. Normally the things I have stitched have been inside the hoop or just went over but this is the first really huge cross stitch I have done in a very long time.

I have most of Bulbasaur done except for some little colours and I started on Ivysaur and have a bit of the green for Metapod in there. That was about 2 days of work. Of course this week has been a little busy and the first day I didn't actually start until around 6pm and the second day I had my landlord come over for some electrical issues we were having.

Sadly I didn't get any work done today. It was gorgeous out today except for being really windy but I went to the movies with my mother in law and my fiancees brothers girlfriend. We just went to see Kung Fu Panda 3. It was super cute. Also, my wrist has been aching so bad today. I think there is a storm coming.  It really sucks trying to stitch and having your wrist hurt so badly. Nothing really gets done that way. My fiancee has had a cold too and I've been feeling a little unwell, I hope I'm not catching it too. My wrist is even killing me right now writing this so I don't think I can get any stitching done today. I think I'm going to eat a big supper and rest and hope I feel better in the morning.

So here's what I have done so far on the Pokemon Cross Stitch:

I am unsure right now if I want to add it to my store to sell or if it's just going to be a one and done kind of thing. I definitely have more fabric so I could make a second one, but I think this one is going to take around 150 days at least to finish. So like 4 months. I'll give myself around 6 months to finish it around other projects I will be doing and other things I will have to stitch when people buy them. That's a long time to stitch something and it's driving me crazy already. Of course I do feel guilty when I don't stitch something a day. I hate those days when nothing creative gets done.

Well that's all for now. My head just started to ache and I think I may be coming down with that stupid cold my fiancee has :( Damn Him!!! I will get my revenge on him! I hate being sick.

Thanks for reading!

XOXO

Tara