New Year Nothingness

I have not felt much like doing anything lately. Maybe it's the weather. I have got my eye on some embroidery books, with my birthday looming some of them will be birthday treats to myself. And I am about to start to stitch this for a valentines card.
I have also discovered White Lies and have been listening to To Lose My Life pretty much all the time. Their new album, Ritual, has just been released which I think will be among my birthday treats. Happy bunny.

Merry Christmas

I tried something different this year with my cards. I normally make them with cross stitch but I tried embroidery, making Christmas trees with lights on. On some I used green organza, some a piece of green fabric (bought with a bag of fabric scraps), and some using a stitched outline of a tree using split stitch. I enjoyed making them, they have been much quicker to make than cross stitch. I enjoyed being creative and making each one individual.

a lark in the evenin'...

this was made for a birthday present. The chart is from JBW designs and I used "Eve's Apples" thread by Crescent Colours.

a bird for autumn

my finished bird for autumn. just winter to go...

apples

these a few designs I made for Apple Day, to sell on the stall. I made them into cards.

beautiful autumn

Autumn
by Emily Dickinson

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry’s cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I’ll put a trinket on.

Rustling under the Leaves

I am here under the leaves, rustling about. Our internet connection was broken for a week but is now back and working. But pictures are still not happening due to a lost card reader. They are building up on my camera so there will be an influx of them once reader is found.
I am off work on a "staycation" at the moment but have come down with a bad cold and am totally germified. I haven't managed to do what I wanted to do. I have managed a bit of stitching, mainly appley for Apple Day cards.
The nights are drawing in and it's getting chilly.