Hiya sistahs!  I hope you had a great weekend!  So this was my first weekend on Jenny Craig and I must say I was VERY good.  I listened, I ate, I was IN CONTROL.  My worst “pecking” time is at night… TERRIBLE.. I dunno if it is habit, hunger or boredom (can’t be)… but I decided to keep my fingers BuSy.  If they are BUSY then I don’t have to think about PECKING..LOL (just call me chickenbella).  I sometimes color at night which I love to do but I wanted to try something new… I have been EYEING embroidery work on blogs.. have been drooling actually and decided I wanted to try so of course I bought every book known to man and learned nothing..LOL.  I spoke to Ryan’s aunt who is an embroiderer (sp?) and she said that as long as you know a couple of stitches, don’t freak out and stress out that you need to know a kabillion.  Just focus on a couple and then increase your repertoire 🙂  .. so that’s what I decided to do.  And what better image to use than MAVIS HAS A DAISY! I love the idea of “HYBRIDING” a craft.. using your tools for different purposes.  So I tried a couple of fabrics the other day to embroider on and I am just gonna test one more and I think I will carry the best one in da STORE.. just to play around with and see what you can do.  I am now OFFICIALLY addicted and how great is it that you can use what you have!  (I stamped it using BLACK INDIA ink which I will have in da shop soon)  So while sipping my BANANA NUT BREAD tea (THE YUMMIEST.. actually the blend looks EDIBLE), I came up with this.  I can’t believe I am showing you this sample because Jayden decided to admire it with AVOCADO on her hands.  HMPH.. so please disregard the stain 🙂 (LOL).. Also I have learned a lot from this first attempt.. this fabric (muslin) is way too thin.. or the next one I will try to line it with batting so that you can’t see the threads through it… Lots of things learned, PLUS A STAIN but hey… that’s me… imperfection at it’s best!  WE MUST EMBRACE IMPERFECTION sistahs!

avocado stain. HMPH.

trying to avoid the avo stain.. no such luck LOL (but I am embracing imperfection remembah? LOL)

AHHHHH... found the angle with NO AVO!!! (PERFECTION..LOL). I just wrote the sentiment and stitched over it So with Mavis has a daisy above, I only backstitched everything.. some even, some uneven.. I do LOVE it!

YUMMM! see the SATIN stitch poking through?

maisy with LAZY DAISY STITCHES