First off, hello, hello, hello! I know it’s been far too long and that you may very well have thought I died of some deadly disease (Ebola WAS going around) because I’ve been so silent for so long. Honestly, I just got really burned out. But now I feel like I’ve once again got something to say, so I am RISING LIKE A PHOENIX back into the blogosphere. Me:
Illustration credit - [I have no idea and DID tried to find out and will change this reference if that person contacts me and threatens to sue.]
I’m not going to post as much as I did. Well, I doubt. I just can’t come up with that many projects to make and searching around online for fun stuff EVERY DAY was starting to become a chore and that’s not why I started writing this blog. So, I took a break. A long one. But I’m starting to feel bloggy again. We’ve actually done a LOT of things around the old Queen AnnE apartment which I can’t wait to show you all. A lot of it has been on Instagram, but I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that not everyone follows me (probably because I don’t have many followers in general - you are missing out on some hilarious childhood pictures, my friend) which means I can safely share them here without everyone saying “Ugh - OLD NEWS, GRANDMA!”
ANYWAY…
For our anniversary this year, Ryan gave me a great present - and Etsy gift card. At first I was like “I’m going to buy something super fancy and wonderful and I will cherish it forever!!” But then I realized that a lot of the stuff I like on there is severely overpriced and I didn’t really want to “waste” my gift card. So that led me to buy a TON of little things (I actually still have a good portion of the gift certificate amount left). Things that have made me squeal with delight over and over again. One of which I’m going to show you now because I just got the proof and I was so excited that my first thought was “this level of awesome needs to blogged about.” But before I do, I just want to explain a bit about why I chose this particular item as some of you might find this “medium” of art to be…kinda old and dated and dumb. First of all - suck it. Second - you don’t know what you’re talking about. Third - you are about to change your mind. What am I talking about? Cross stitch. I know, I know. You’re thinking of old-timey houses and lots of crisscross alphabets. Well…you’re so wrong. Let me show you what I found and am currently working on.
Yes. That is a cross stitch pattern of The Royal Tenenbaums. A movie I love immensely. IMMENSELY. But then, upon further investigation of this Etsy Seller (weelittlestitches), I saw that not only do they do other awesome and hilarious TV and movie patterns, but also CUSTOM (hence the name of the post) patterns. Guys, I love custom things. Remember those custom pictures of Ralph and Ted that I had painted? I seriously can’t get enough. So…I bought a custom pattern, sent over some pictures and general information about us, and this is what she created:
GAHHHH!!! Ryan’s wearing a Space Invaders t-shirt! I’m wearing flip-flops! AND TED’S IN A BOX!!!!!!!!! I think my heart may explode with happiness. I can’t wait to actually stitch it!!
So that’s it for today. I’ve got some other projects I did over the hiatus to show you guys, including my sister-in-law’s wedding projects which turned out wonderfully. So…start getting used to seeing me around! (Watch, I’m gone for another several months…)
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