Week 33, Nikki's Stocking Update

This post will be short and sweet!

I have been busy preparing for the 

9/11 National Day of Service on Saturday the 14th. 

Plus, I am helping some lovely people I know,

to care of their bedridden Mom. 

I go a little crazy sometimes. 

But here is the progress I have made!

Be Happy! Be Creative!

June Scrapbooking Pages

More pages from my trip to Michigan, All of these pictures were taken after my cousin Val and I returned from England. 

This was our day trip to Lake Michigan. 

Val's favorite lake and it is beautiful. 

Cousins and Leo

Sights seen in Michigan!

Two-page layout, the background paper matches, otherwise each page has its own flavor.

More Lake Michigan, the sand was wonderful and very fine!

Two-page layout.

Point Betsie Lighthouse.

Two-page layout.

June goal box colored.

The year so far colored. The year is half over! 

I am still on target to make 72 pages for the year. 

I have 38 pages done at this point, so I have a cushion of 2 pages.

May's Scrapbooking Pages

I need to catch up on posting my scrapbooking 

pages for each month. 

The last ones I posted were in April. 

So here are my 6 pages for May. 

These pages are from the big trip I took in 2022. 

This is me sitting in Sky Harbor airport all excited 

and ready for my adventure.

 This is the second page and I am going into the tunnel 

under the tarmac at the Detroit airport. 

This is how the 2-page layout will look together. 

This was at my cousin's home. Her Dad was my mother's brother. 

Yes, we look like family.

Some pictures from her property, I forget how much land she has.

 She has a pond and lots of critters that visit.  

Yes, that is a deer blind. Cozy little place. 

And she likes to camp in style.

This is how the 2-page layout looks together.

We took a day trip to the Amish community. 

I really enjoyed the general store. 

Those are real fur pelts, each was beautiful. 

The wooden toys were well crafted. The whole series of Dick and Jane books, which are the books I learned to read. Lots of good homemade food and an old-fashioned water pump.

How the 2-page layout looks. 

May's goal counter is all colored. 

Have fun and be happy and creative!

Weeks 30, 31, 32 Nikki's Stocking Update

Yes, I am doing three weeks at once. And in case you think there should be 4 weeks of updates. I was on vacation in Florida for a week and didn't do any stitching, but I had a good week in Florida. 

Week 30

I was able to fill in the center flower and the branches on both sides.

I still have flowers to add to the branches.

Week 31

I wanted to get Nikki's name on her stocking, so that is what I did!

I planned her name out on the graft. 

It looks so good!

Week 32

So since Nikki's name is in place. I was able to start the top vine.

The end of the vine on the right looks like it is off, 

but I counted that sucker five times. Actually, everything on the right side looks off, because the fabric isn't in the frame straight. 

I even did a running stitch and the stitches are 

in the same line of holes.

Last night, August 30th, I finished the vine. 

Now, all I have to do is add flowers and leaves. 

The vine is basically the top of the stocking!

I am getting close to being done!!!

Week 29 Nikki's Stocking Update!!

I made great progress this week. I am excited!

Next week I might make less progress than I want because 

want to make my 6 scrapbooking pages for July.

Of course, I left it for the end of the month. 

Silly Girl!

Week 28 Nikki's Stocking Update

I am counting the post showing I finished the foot of the stocking 

as the update for week 27th. 

While working on the angels I asked Nikki if she would like this back stitching around the angel's clothes. She said she does like it. 

This is what the angel would look like without the back stitching.

It looks better with the backstitching!

So here is all the progress for this week.

Things were slowed down a little,

 as I had a Just Serve project to work on.

This is all I have left to work on!

Extra Stocking Update!

At 12:33 AM on July 10th, 

I put the last stitch in the foot of the stocking!

It would have been earlier on the 9th but I stopped to speak to both of my daughters when they came in from different activities. 

I was determined not to go to be until I finished that side.

Close-up of the left side foot area. All done!

The bottom of the stocking!

The stocking has been rolled up to work on the upper half!

Strange to see a different view of the stocking after 

looking at that foot for so long!