Monday 1 February 2016

Reporting my progress

Thank you so much for your support on my new venture !! :) I am feeling motivated !!

Here is my progress on cross stitch, crochet and one more new thing :)

Jungle Japes, Height Chart by Durene Jones. I did the tree trunk on the bottom left and few animals on the top.

Here is the close up of the top - monkey, frog and a wild flower. I ran out of threads for these and have ordered yesterday . 

Some colorful crochet in the making .


Harvested spinach from my balcony garden

My mom was here in the month of January. I framed this Humming Bird cross stitch I did last year and gave it to her . This was among the beginning cross stitch projects and I did not quite get the right fabric size . So I was left with more on the top side . I think that is fine .


I made this first printable on Adobe Illustrator. Most of the tags, including button images , are done from the scratch . Now that I need to maintain two websites and other hobbies too, I need to ensure I have time for all . If I just do what I am feeling, then I will be frustrated for not doing the other things I love .
  
I could not get any simple crafty timetable online. This one will contain higher level activities and not specific projects I want to work on. For eg. Planned will have Crochet on Monday, Cross stitch on Tuesday etc. Indulgences is like for me - minimum 15min. of book reading, maximum 15min. of Pinterest. I spend 45 min. on newspaper reading daily :(

This will not conatin any household activities. I maintain that on a free simple iPad app - Jamie's To Do. You can see that app here . There is a lovely story behind it. A developer husband made it as a gift for his wife .

If anyone of you have multiple hobbies and interested in this timetable, I will email you this image file.

My Birthday is falling this month and is a milestone Birthday - 40th :) I am busy energizing the two people at home to do something and they have started obliging :) I already got a lovely gift from my Mom when she was here . Have you seen what crafty things I made on Raj's 40th B'day? If not, then take a look here .

I will tell you more about my B'day plans for myself in next post :D . Right now, I am done with enough words for you to read:)

Thanks for reading and seeing!!
Preeti





33 comments:

  1. Hi Preeti! I must say that your skills have improved so so much, cross stitch, crochet, and anyway I love seeing your creativity! Which websites are you running? I must have missed something...
    Take care and I am sure you will have a blast on your birthday!

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  2. What lovely stitching, framing and spinach! The hummingbird looks lovely. There should always be a larger amount of fabric at the top when framing otherwise the picture can look wrong. So making a mistake with the fabric size worked out for the best! :)

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  3. You are soo organized! And your crafting is stunning as always!

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  4. Beautiful post! My birthday this month too though not a special one like yours. I hope you have something lovely planned!

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  5. Such lovely pist..you are very organized dear..love your stitching and lovely crochet block xx

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  6. Good progress. The printable u have made is colorful. Have a great time on your birthday.

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  7. Congrats Preeti !!! on your new venture :) I wish you all the success for the same. All the projects look lovely..... hope to see the completed version soooon. The timetable printable looks so colourful and attractive.... I wish to have one for myself...but you know timetable doesn't suits me :) the more I try to get organised with my work the more cranky I get...:-) that is why I have reconciled myself to the fact that planner & I don't gel together..: ( Take care & have a nice day !!!:)


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  8. Great progress! The timetable looks like a nice idea but it would never work for me. Once in a while I do think of planning my time but I know I'll never stick to it. The Humming bird cross stitch is beautiful.

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  9. Gosh, you sure are organized ... and busy. I just let every day happen, come as it may. It's also my birth month and also a milestone, but yours plus 10. :) I've planted spinach but not sure anything is gonna sprout. Any tips?

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  10. Lots of wonderful things in this post. Great job on the WIP! The frame looks perfect to me. Beautiful crocheting and yummy pile of spinach. Good luck keeping up with your goals.

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  11. Busy woman !!!!!
    Have a nice week !
    Anna

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  12. Your cross stitch is lovely and I bet your Mum loved the hummingbird cross stitch she will treasure it I'm sure. You are so organised Preeti, I always intend to be but it never seems to happen somehow haha. Looking forward to hearing all about your birthday plans, have a great week. :) xx

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  13. The height chart is growing well - haha.
    The humming bird picture looks lovely too, I expect your Mum was very pleased with it.
    I use a simple diary and just note down the blogging SAL dates and which project I worked on each day.

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  14. Great progress Preeti. I love the colors in your little square.

    Linda

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  15. Your things are lovely as always, Preeti. I rather like the hummingbird piece you gave your mother. I think it looks fine. Better than fine, actually! :) How exciting you will be celebrating your 40th this year! Looking forward to posts about it! :)

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  16. I hope you enjoy your birthday month, Preeti! 40 sounds very young to me--lots and lots of time to crochet, stitch, and create still :) Lovely stitching and crocheting!

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  17. Oh you have been busy Preeti! The height stitch is coming along beautifully - love that frog:D
    Your stitch for your mum is perfect! And those colours in your crochet block...fresh and girly and reminds me of spring :) You're sto organised!!

    Can't wait to hear your birthday plans!!

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  18. Oh you have been busy Preeti! The height stitch is coming along beautifully - love that frog:D
    Your stitch for your mum is perfect! And those colours in your crochet block...fresh and girly and reminds me of spring :) You're sto organised!!

    Can't wait to hear your birthday plans!!

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  19. Lovely Humming Bird. And the planner too.
    I also maintained something like that, but I go out of track sometimes :(

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  20. Your stitching progress always amazes me, and I admire your organizational charts, too. The project you framed and gave to your mom is so very lovely, something for her to treasure. I am planning how to celebrate my 65th birthday on February 17, and will be interested to know how you celebrate your 40th! So far I am planning to have a birthday dinner with my family at home and am having fun considering what the menu will be :) xx

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  21. Wonderful organizing!! I love that cross stitch you are doing , very cute. I would have never noticed the uneven part of the hummingbird framing project. It looks good to me.

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  22. Que lindo bordado iniciou!
    E gostei muito do trabalho em crochê.
    O quadro para sua mãe ficou muito bonito e os espinafres me deram água na boca.
    Abraços e ótimo dia.
    Márcia.

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  23. Very pretty gift you made:) You are so organized, keep it up:)

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  24. good to see all your crafty progress preeti..wishing you a fabulous birthday and blessed years ahead..me too will join the 40 club this year...thank you so much for the link to the app

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  25. Thanks so much for the app Preeti. I have downloaded it! I just organise myself with a simple planner otherwise.All your WIP look lovely! That spinach so lush.
    Wish you a wonderful wonderful milestone birthday

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  26. Isn't fresh spinach wonderful? I feel better when I add some to my salads. :)

    My husband gets a planner at work but he doesn't use it (he is very digital) so I rescue it and fill it with my crafty indulgences. I don't organize my time because I'm too flighty but I do use it to keep track of how long/often I've worked on a project. And my crafty purchases. And books read (a new thing this year).

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  27. Your gift looks so pretty! No worries about the frame, I think it looks beautiful just as it is! :)
    Those little animals are so cute!!! Curious to see it complete :D
    You know, I bought one Margaret Sherry kit to stitch for Lourenço this year :) His baby room didn't have much Msherry stitching but his new room will ;) I love her designs but not so much for the baby time.. now yes! All those cute animals will make an adorable room for my little boy ;) I will show it later :D
    When is your Bday?? :p
    hugs&smiles

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  28. Great progress on the height chart. The humming bird piece looks beautiful framed .
    Thanx for the digital organizer. I'm moving towards things old school this year and have started using a diary for my To do list etc.

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  29. Forgot to add,this is my birthday month too. I hope you have a great 40th and your family surprises you with lot of gifts.

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  30. Lovely projects.Wishing you a Happy 40th birthday.

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  31. lovely stitching updates!!
    Love seeing your progress
    Does it work you planning in when what to craft?
    Not or me, when I;m busy on a poject I wanne craft it till I get tired that do something else eill i;m tired of it!!
    Love seeing how you planner looks for you on a daily basis

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