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Friday, December 30, 2011
I was rushing through this since yesterday as I don't want to bring it over to 2012.
I have no idea what I should stitch for next year. I am thinking of continuing this HAED project until I finished Christmas Spirit..... OR
start on this new kit.
Since it is New Year's eve tomorrow, we are throwing a party, inviting some family members and friends over. I hope I can last through the night as my bedtime is usually at 9.30pm.
I wish everyone a Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Progress as of this morning.
It had been a while since I bought from HAED. During this sale, I bought Katerina Koukiotis Ballet Shoes.
When I saw this new kit by Dimensions, I knew I simply have to buy this to add on to my ballerina stash. It will goes well with my Dimensions Ballerina Beauty.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
It is going faster than I expected. I really love how she is turning out. Another 15000 stitches and she is done.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
I finally got my dream project started. I've combined 4 artworks of Katerina Koukiotis charted by HAED. It wasn't easy choosing just 4 as I love most of Koukiotis's works. I had so many thoughts while planning this project and the main one was : Should I stitch a small part of each of these 4 designs and hold a contest - Name The Chart Contest. My main problem is that, that means I have more than '1 wip' going on and that is just not me who prefer to complete 1 and start on a new one. We will see.
I am not so good with names and not creative enough. I really need some help here. What should I name my WIP? I've thought of Faces of Katerina Koukiotis's, Angels of Katerina Koukiotis's, etc. but I am just not so comfortable with what I've came out with. Any better names to name my WIP?
I hope everyone had a great and safe New Year. As usual every year, we will watch the fireworks from our house. Both my husband and our daughter had a great time playing with some fireworks that the whole front yard is still in a mess with the leftovers.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
A very happy new year to all. I hope everyone received all their packages during this Christmas and New Year season. It was a relieve for me when I finally received my package from the artist Katerina Koukiotis yesterday. I won her Christmas Spirit artwork on her Ebay a week before Christmas. When I opened the package, Kat enclosed a huge print of Angel of Spring, as well as her Twilight bookmark. I was stunned and speechless. She mentioned that she put in a little gift when she sent out Christmas Spirit but this is a huge gift for me as I love this Angel of Spring artwork so much. Thank you very much for the gifts, Kat. I sent her a package too, around the same time she sent hers to me. On the very same day, just hours later, she received mine! It is a pity that the angel ornament was broken a bit but she said she can fix it.
I finally received my trim and felt last Tuesday from a UK Ebay seller who sent out my package on the 21 December. Very nice seller whom I often go to whenever I need some felt squares. I also received my 'old raspberries' ;0) The seller is from USA and she is such a nice and helpful lady. She charged me only $2 for postage for 4 packages of vintage berry beads! I told her to double check again as that is a bit too low for postage from USA to Denmark. She confirmed the price is right. Ivy*Garden is her ebay store if you want some lovely vintage beads and berries and great customer service. I think I have all the stuff ready to start my felt cakes but I am still missing my 9 packets of rhinestones. I sent 2 mails asking the seller to check with her post office regarding my package but I am not getting any replies from her. She was strongly recommended to me by another crafter. I know she sent my package out on the 21 December as well. Should I file for a Item Not Received dispute over Ebay or not. It is not her fault if the package got lost during the busy season but if I don't get the goods, I certainly want my money back. On the other hand, that means she has to dig out from her own pocket to pay me back, just because Royal Mail lost my package. Any opinions from my blog readers?
I submitted my finished Sleeping Beauty (which you see her on the right hand side of the blog) to HAED for the Reward Program. I asked for QS Linda Tso At First Sight with a background removal but this service is not available together with the Reward Program. So, I just took the whole QS chart.
I am the 2nd winner on the HAED BB for completing my 2009 Full Year Goal Challenge and won myself a FS chart. I have no idea which chart to pick and since this week's artist is Katerina, I thought maybe her Christmas Spirit and Home for the Holidays might get charted. I told the moderator that I really have nothing which I want right now and would like to wait a bit. I am starting to become fussy when it comes to charts now. I just don't want to get or buy something and stash it up. I have until mid February to get my FS chart but if I still can't find one, I hope they allow me to pass the prize to someone else who would like to have a HAED chart.
As I mentioned in my previous post that I am not so fond of having this man wanting to stay over at our house on New Year's eve with crates of beer, in fact he is a male relative. Thank god he didn't come as my DH told him that both DD and I are not feeling well. At first, he still insisted on coming as he bought all the stuff (I presume all the beer). Luckily, he was down with a flu and he changed his mind coming.
DD was down with Chicken Pox on New Year's eve. So, she stayed for another week at home after her kindergarten reopens. It will be a busy month for us. Within this month, she will get a day to a private clinic here for an operation to remove the cyst under her eye. She has to go for her routine yearly check up and being a 5-year-old child, she will get her last shot. That means she might be down with a fever for few days. A real challenging Year 2010 and I can also see myself doing something really different too, a bit scary but I am up for it :0))
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Here is an update of my Sleeping Beauty. I posted on the HAED forum asking members' opinions on this and my Angel of Spring. All of them said they don't see Angel of Spring having too many colours on her face and to continue with her. Some said to stitch more on Sleeping Beauty and see. I am not so sure now as I think it is not so bad as I thought initially. One members said maybe it could be the colours of the HDF silks I am using on her. I didn't realise that at all and I didn't even check the difference between the 2 brands before starting on this project. I took the DMC colours out and put them beside HDF silks. I don't think the problem is with the floss as all the silk floss are about 1 shade darker than the required DMC floss.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
When I first saw this thread on HAED Forum, I was really excited and even more excited when I saw that one of my favourite artists Rachel Anderson's Citrine is one of the 4 SALs for the forum members. When I first saw Citrine on Rachel's site, I told myself that I will get a background removal as I have a piece of hand dyed fabric which is just perfect for the fairy and the butterflies. According to the murderator.... I mean moderator of the forum, I can remove the background myself with the chart she will email to the participants every 2 months but I am not eligible for the finisher competition. I am not so much into the competition but more on the SAL as I've never participated in a SAL with so many people and stitching the exact same chart without any colours changed. On the other hand, I ask myself, will I be able to enjoy the SAL if my mind is on the background removal? If I buy the chart, I will definitely get HAED to do the background removal.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
HAED is having a Thanksgiving sales. I don't have anything to buy this time. Wish they had get Rachel Anderson November Birthstone Fairy Citrine charted.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
I really think there is something wrong with the charting of this chart by HAED. Remembrance, Sleeping Beauty and So This is Love don't have so many colours like this one. Her face looks like Nightcrawler. One says you have to stand 3 meters away to view a HAED but this Angel of Spring, I have to stand more than 5 meters away, just not to scare the hell out of me. I've spent so much effort on this one and I will just continue with it, unless Mindy from SMF decides to open up her business again.
These are my 2009 HAED projects. Katerina K is my all time favourite artist. Not only is she a very talented lady but also a very humble lady. I love most of her artworks and how she could make expressions come alive and so real with her pencils.
Sleeping Beauty and Remembrance will be stitched with HDF silks. I bought quite a few during the sales and I really hope I have enough of her silk floss to complete these 2 projects.
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