2 down, 10 to go

I have finished 2 of the 12 teapots:  April and May.

I returned to Scrap....[gulp]

My husband wanted to go for a drive so I said, "let's go to Scrap."  That store will be the death of me.  Here is my haul:

Two sets of patterns of Texas Monthly Minis.  They have the charms needed as well.  I thought they were cute.  And they were $4 for both.

Another Mill Hill Kit.  

Yet another Mill Hill Kit but this one's for my hubby (he likes wine as well as tea)

Some random fabric, felt and white backing for my Christmons

And then I went to Michael's because I noticed that all my sz 24 tapestry needles look pretty gross but they were out so we went to Jo-Ann's.  I don't like the Jo-Ann's here, it's kinda small but I don't like the new brand of stuff that Hobby Lobby carries.

Teapot project

My husband likes tea.  A LOT.  American tea isn't good enough for him, he drinks PG tips.  Any long term follows of my blog may remember this piece:

I stitched it back in 2010 for my husband.  It's seasonal teacups.

Anyway, during my adventures at Scrap, I found this lovely piece of linen for 50 cents:

As you can see, it's got little running thread in it that makes it blocked off, kinda like the bell pull. And the edges have been nicely serged.  When I first saw it, I had an idea.

Enter this book:

It's a great book with a motif for every day of the year.  It also has themed stuff like teapots and wreaths and flowers and birthstone angels and quilt blocks for each month.  You've been the mini samplers out of this a few posts down.

Now, getting back to the tea.  I thought it would be a lovely idea to stitch the teapots on this piece of linen.

Now, I know what you're thinking, there are 16 squares on that piece of linen and only 12 teapots.  I'm going to leave the corners empty and figure out what to stitch there later.

Well, I just finished her tonight

Well, I just had to add some specialty stitches and I'm done with Miss Flora Frog.

Isn't she cute?

Not sure if I'm going to put the pin on her or just have her as something to hang up.

Flora Frog

By popular demand on my Yahoo! group, here's what she looks like right now:

The beads are kinda tedious but I love how it looks.  Mostly done except for some specialty stitches which should be interesting.

Scrap

So, today my hubby and I hit this little store in Denton called "Scrap."

OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH!!!!!!!!!!

It's a teeny tiny shop but packed with bargains.  It's a thrift store for craft stuff.  All of the stuff they sell is donated by people who have extra craft stuff that they don't want.  You know, the stuff you don't want to throw away because it MIGHT be useful some day in the future but you probably will never use.

Here's my killing for today.  The total was $21 with tax.

This tote was $3 and brand new in the bag.  It has a zipper and  a frog (my favorite).
My husband spied it when we came in through the store

I don't know if I'll do the heart patterns but this is a nice set of coasters for $5.

A Frog bead kit for $2.25 with all the beads included.

Some random scraps of fabric I picked up for $1.75 total for all of it.  

A Pooh book for $2.50.  I'm thinking of doing it for the girls.

The companion piece to my "Do Not Meddle" piece for $1.50.

I thought this was just gorgeous and I'm thinking about doing it for the girls' room.
And it was $.50

Not shown is a nice sketch pad that we got for Em and two straw hats for the girls at $.25 a piece.

Speaking of Em, the poor girl has had an inflamed eye for over a week.  We found the cause today--her iris was stuck to her lens!  Ouch!  Fortunately the prescription drops are working wonders.4

Chrismon Catchup

Over the past few days, I've been working on my Chrismons, Christian symbols for your Christmas tree.

For each one, I make one counted cross stitch on perforated plastic and one plastic canvas with yarn as it's larger and easier to see.  The patterns I'm using are from an old leaflet called "Christian Monograms" that I found in my Grandma's stash when I was visiting my aunt in CA (she somehow inherited all of it which isn't fair since she doesn't stitch anymore) and swiped.  I'm changing the color scheme as it was calling for three different shades of yellow floss as "gold hues."  Instead I'm using metallic DMC with black and white.  I think I may do the Noah's Ark in color.  Anyway, here's what I have so far.

Alpha and Omega

Latin Cross

Harp

Fish

Butterfly

I also have this one which doesn't have a plastic canvas counterpart yet.

Calvary Cross