събота, февруари 11, 2012

I'm on a challenge spree

I know it's bad, and not very wise, given the fact that my second semester starts on Monday which means less time for stitching, reading, blogging, and sleeping. Oh dear sleep, I will miss you. No offend to the others. But I can't help it. Before I tell you all about my sins, I want to do something I should have done last week - and show you the prize I won from Jo's giveaway on Serendipitous Stitching!
I won the cutest prize! Thank you so so much!! Inside the callender it says that you can't hug a stitched piece. Yeah sure! I've been hugging the callendar, so try and stop me for hugging one of these cuties once stitched! Mom has her eyes on the Valentine design, while I've mibe on the Red Hats. So we'll have to figure this out. Jo also added a magnet and an awesome card with little verses, my fav is
The man in the moon came down too soon
And asked the way to Norwich,
He went to the south and burnt his mouth
Through eating cold pea porridge.

The presence of these on a card makes me think that it should be pretty popular but I'm excited because of the resemblance with Tolkien's Man in the moon came too soon, and of course the Man in the moon stayed up too late, that Frodo told in the Prancing Pony. I guess it doesn't speak good for me to know more of the litterature of imaginary world than of a real country, but after you survuved my previous fan based attacks, I think you can manage almost anything. Now I should let go of this card or else in my sleepy mood I may begin to trace the route from the Shire to Bree.
Thanks again for the great prize Jo! It even arrived the day after my bday which make it extra special.
I'm planning to do a giveaway myself some time soon, but I'm not sure when. I still have some other things to do first. It won't be related to a certain number of followers or blogoversaries, it will just be... eventually.

Next are my challenge sins - new sins and planned sins for the challenges I'm in
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Хич не ме бива да устоявам на изкушения, и точно преди началото на втория семестър, което значи остро намаляване на дажбите от четене, блогване, шиене и спане (о, сънчо, ще ми липсваш!) се записах на купчина предизвикателства. Преди обаче да си призная всичките грехове, исках да покажа страхотната наградка, която получих от Джо от Serendipitous Stitching! Падна ми се най-хубавата - календарче с мечета със схеми за шиене, и към подаръка тя беше прибавила магнитче и картичка от мястото, където живее. По картичката има стихове, които болното ми мозъче веднага асоциира със стиховете на Толкин за човека от луната, специално това, което Фродо рецитира в Скокливото Пони. Имам подозрения, че присъствието на другите стихове върху картичката говори за тяхната широка популярност, и фактът, че познавам по-добре литературата на измислена страна, отколкото тази на реално съществуваща, може и да не говори много добре за мен. Но след като изтърпяхте предишните фен базирани постове, мисля, че можете всичко.

А сега ще следват и прегрешенията ми :D
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  • A week or so ago I gave up my fear of forums (I'm just nt a big fan. I don't know why. I just think blog communication is so much more fun) and so I renewed my account in the forum Goblenite.org . Long story short, I joined a game that I could best translate as Little things, and for February we shold make a biscornu, and another little thing every month

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  • Преди около седмица преодолях страха си от форуми (просто да речем, че не са ми любимото средство за интернет комуникация. Не оцелявам дълго в тях, и намирам, че блоговете са много по-приятни и интересни) Накратко - записах се в играта Сръчнотийки и за месец февруари трябва да направя бискорню - и така всеки месец по някоя дреболийка. А как обичам дреболийки :))))

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Now is a sin I plan for my Wipoacypse list! I shared a bit of it with you last time. For every finish of the list I'll add a new one. I won't be startin them right way, but I'll be permitted to, yay! But it's hard enough to choose which ones! And with the craft online order I placed to celebrate my own bday, things ain't getting easier! I don't usually talk about stash I got, because seeing it all written and posted makes me feel guilty for the shopping sprees. But I'll ask for your votes on these, and say whether I can (and should) add beads only designs to the list. So here are my possible victims:
->The Tenth Doctor - not the cool colourful one that the Stitching Reaper is working on, but a smaller sepia coloured Doctor. Which is still very cool because it's the Doctor.
-> Moon Angel - a kit I bought recently. I couldn't find a pic online, so I had to take one



PI bought it because it reminded me of the L&L angels. But when I came home and opened it, I realized that they expected me to stitch the whole blue background. And to work in tent stitch. I have no idea why this surprised me - I know very well that almost all kits sold here are for tent stitch and with marked 22 count fabric - so it's marked and you have no choice but to stitch the background. I think this is no fun that's why I plan to get myself a blue aida and work it in full crosses. I also may add aome beads and metallics. I'll have to buy new fabric, and probably extra threads, but I still think it's better option than stitching all the blue.

Now are the ones I ordered, they'll arrive till the end of the month
-> Ametyst/Pearl - beads only. I love the haed series of these, but they're way to big for me. The semi-beaded look like better choice.
-> Moon Castle - beads only. I'm so in love with half of the beads projects from this site. If these one work, there is going to be a major attack
->Washing day - cross stitch on a stamped aida, so it should be a rather quick project.
-> A Joan Elliott lady/ fairy from the Cross Stitch Collection magazine. I have a few ones I have my ye on and if this option gets enough love from you I'll show them all and make you vot again ]:)


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А сега ето малко планове за Уипокалипса. Както споменах предния път, реших, ч за всяка изпълнена точка от оригиналния списък мога да добавя нов проект. Не е като да го почвам веднага, но ще бъде в списъка на разрешените - става дума за сравнително големи проекти, малките при мен си имат вечно разрешение. Но и така не е лесно да се реши кои от всичките, които съм си харесала да преминат в списъка. Освен това се чудех дали да включа в списъка гоблени само с мъниста. Във всеки случай има две свободни места, и ако желаете, може да гласувате кои да ги заемат
-Доктор Кой - малко сепийно портретче на Десетият Доктор, т.е. Дейвид Тенант
-Лунен ангел - на снимката горе - обаче с известни промени. в комплекта прдполагат, че целият син фон трябва да е ушит, което според мен е загуба на време. Аз мисля, че щ е по-добре да си намеря някаква синя аида, може и по-тъмничка, като за нощно лунно небе, и да си спестя фона. Освен това го искам на кръстчета ангела. А може и да добавя малко блещук и мъниста
-Аметист/Перла - за този дизайн на едно място го наричат така, на друго иначе.. Това е само мъниста върху щампа Поръчах си ги заедно с още някои проекти. Много харесвам тази серия на Хаед, но техните схеми са просто огромни - тзи мънистени варианти изглжгдат много по приемливи.
-Лунен замък - отново само мъниста
-Една фея на Джоан Елиът от списанията Cross Stitch Collection. Имам няколко предвид. Ако тази опция спечели достатъчно, ще ви ги покажа всичките, и щ трябва да избират пак ]:)

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And my next stitching sin is going to b towards the Theme-a-licious. I really thought hard, but I can't pick a fav designer for this month, unless I say Haed with the SP Fairy. So this is what I decided. It's Fangirl February, so I'm gonna stitch what I'm a fangirl of - in this case I'll stop on Pratchett and start th Hogfather and on Harry Potter with a Hogwarts biscornu that I plan to fit in the small things challnge. So how does this plan sound to you?

I'll be more than happy to hear your thoughts! This post turned quite long, so I'm going to continue with the new reading challenges in the next one, most likely tomorrow. Till now, have fun and stay warm, because it's freezing where I am.
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И последното прегрешение, което смятам да извърша –засега- е спрямо предизвикателстовото Темалишъс, което определя тема за всеки месец. Февруари озаглавен като Фенски, което е разтълкувано като да работиш по любимия си дизайнер. Аз обаче не мога и не мога да си харесам, и накрая реших да приема друго тълкувание - да шия неща, на които съм фен. В моя случай това ще е Дядо Прас и Хогуортско бискорню, с което да вляза и в предизвикателството Сръчнотийки.

Ще се радвам да чуя какво мислите за това, или за гореизброените проекти :) Този пост излезе доста дълъг, така че с предизвикателствата за четене ще продължа в следващия. Дотогава ви пожелавам весело и топло изкарване! Брр!

9 коментара:

Anne каза...

Great win Nina!! Love that verse on the card too!! I hope you didn't get papercuts from hugging the chart too hard!! LOL...oh the shire, how I would love to live there!

demeter83 каза...

Wow, so many things that I can't wait to see your work on. They're all going to be gorgeous. Happy stitching, even if you only get a little done once you're back at school

Reaper каза...

Awesome prize you won! As far as the projects you have listed, I have the sepia Doctor as well and I think he's pretty cool :-) I don't blame you for getting blue aida for the angel, I can't imagine stitching in all that background, haha. The beaded amethyst/pearl fairy looked really pretty to me, never seen that version before, but I have to say I'd be very interested in seeing your Harry Potter biscornu! I think that is a great interpretation of fangirl February :-) Good luck in deciding.

Ziggyeor каза...

You had Dr. Who, Terry Pratchett and Harry Potter all in one post. I love you :) can't wait to see all your stitching.

Zvetanka Shahanska каза...

Понеже си падам по ангели, феи, тролчета, много харесах Лунния ангел и идеята за фон също.
Заинтригувах се също от идеята с мъниста т. е изцяло с мъниста, ще е интересно! Поздрави, Топчо! Програмата ти е максимум:)

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname каза...

So pleased that you liked the prize and the little extras! The Nursery Rhyme is very well known (in the UK at least!) so Tolkein would have been aware of it. I think he also based a poem on Hey Diddle Diddle which features the cow jumping over the moon.
Google "Man in Moon Tolkein" for more info.
The pea porridge is also called pease-porridge and is made of split peas rather than green peas!

I was confused by your "bead only" choices until I clicked on the links. I've never seen these before - is the fabric pre-printed then you just add the beads? What an interesting idea. I love the moon castle one in particular.
Also looking forward to the Hogwarts biscornu.

Jodie каза...

Whoa you certainly have a lot on the go...you sound like me LOL! I'm interested in hearing about the reading challenge you joined...I'm a sucker for challenges too, but never seem to complete them...hmmmm :-S

♥ Nia каза...

That calendar is so cute!! =)
Happy stitching :D

geeky Heather каза...

Sounds like a plan! Sounds like a lot of plans, actually! =)

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