What’s on my camera roll

My camera roll is a good representation of my brain, very random things.  Most of the pictures I take are texted to my sisters.  Here are some I sent to them this past week.

This is my car knitting project.  It is the beginning of a gnome. The pattern is Never Not Gnoming by Imagine Landscapes.

I bought a cute roll of wrapping paper from Dollar General.  Snoopy in his puffy coat makes me smile.  

 

The purple notebook is my 2026 planner.  When I was in high school my sister would give me a Kliban Cat planner for Christmas.  These stickers will jazz up my weekly To Do lists.

This meme is very much me. If it said anything about coffee or chocolate it would be perfect. Yes, I just take screenshots. I am lazy like that. 

We send lots of pet pictures.  One sister has two cats and the other has a cat and a dog. I might have more pet photos than I have pictures of my children. 

Avi is hoping we left dirty dishes for her to lick. She is not supposed to be on the counter let alone in the sink. We call this Scoping and Hoping. 

Because of the work in our attic Bru had to spend the day at puppy daycare. He doesn’t really enjoy being there but staying home would be more stressful. He did survive. 

These are a small sample of the photos that live on my camera roll. They are also a documentation of what takes place during a typical week for me. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit, Lisa

What I’m Doing Wednesday

Today I am trying to stay warm. There is work being done on our house and I have the back door open due to a slight odor. I am sensitive to smells, being cold is better than stinky. 

I hope to finish my festive wreath today. Before working on this project I may need to put on my snow pants and gloves. It is rather chilly in here!

My crafting has been small but steady. I have being trying to knit without looking at my work. It’s not as bad as I thought. Purling is slower but I can do it. 

I have been making a tiny drawing a day. The drawings usually reflect something that happened during the day. I try to keep this low stress and not overthink it. The point for me is to do it, not perfection. 

This is a pocket size planner. The pen I am using is a .025. It is like writing with a sewing needle.  I’ve enjoyed doing this and plan to continue it in 2026. 

I hope you are staying warm and have a fun projects to work on today.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit. Lisa

A Crafting Funk

 I have been in a huge crafting funk. It is so frustrating. Usually I am knitting or cross stitching or drawing or painting. I was given an adorable Woobles crochet kit for my birthday and haven’t made it. I know there is an ebb and flow to creating but the lack of making is driving me crazy. Plenty of ideas come to mind but I don’t to want to start any of them  I bought yarn on Black Friday and it’s still in the box.

Maybe I should blame my crafting buddies.  They aren’t very motivated to accomplish much either. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit. Lisa

Happy December

 I start my day with a cup of coffee and my planner.  It’s mostly just a book of lists.  Things I need to do and things I want to do.  If I turn my back or step out of the kitchen Avi makes her move to her favorite spot.  We joke she has lots of plans to make.

Now that the kids are older Christmas looks a little different.  I’m debating on not putting up a Christmas tree. The mantle may be all that gets decorated.  It will be festive and easy to put away.  However, we all did get an advent calendar.  They are too fun.  

Nothing like a daily piece of chocolate.  

I’m still working on my Half and Half Triangle Wrap. It is very close to being finished. This is what I take to my knit group or for car rides. I do enjoy the ease of it. 

I hope your December has started off nicely. Thank you for stopping by for a visit. Lisa

Tiny Needle Tuesday

Cross stitch has been my craft of choice lately.  It’s probably the poking and stabbing I’m enjoying most. Until I miscount and then it’s rip rip rip.

I am currently picking out stitches on my Noel project. My goal is to work on this the 25th of each month. It may take me till next month to have all of my messed up stitches removed, ugh tedious!

When I’m not picking out stitches this is the main focus project.  It was a stitch-a-long a several years ago.  I’m terrible at keeping up with scheduled crafts, now it’s a stitch-a-lone.  I heard that term on Flosstube and thought it was accurate for me  

My last cross stitch project is my Fairy. I need to do the word Imagine.  I’m going to finish her once I clean up Noel.

I do have a knitting project. It’s the Half and Half Triangle Wrap by Purl Soho. I work on it mostly for car knitting and my knit group. I’m sure my knit group believes this will never be finished. It’s is my second one so I do eventually finish them. 

I do have plenty of other projects.  These are the current ones.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit. Lisa

Tiny Needle Tuesday

 I am still trying to find a rhythm to blogging. A set schedule of posts may never happen for me. I sit to write and find my thoughts all a jumbled mess. I then overthink my photos or lack of photos. If you want pictures of our cat I have a crazy amount of those to share. She is adorable and more than a little bossy. 

This is Avi.  She rules the house. 

 

My 2025 cross stitch project was a bust. I could never decide exactly what I wanted to stitch. I’ve since been bouncing around on different projects. The one that is currently holding my attention is a fairy cross stitch.  I’m to the backstitching. I know backstitching isn’t always a favorite thing for some but it’s never bothered me too much. 

Sorry about the poor position of the photo. I could not get it to rotate correctly. 

I’m trying to decide if I should redo the stitching around her hand. The one looks a little large. It was late when I was working on her.  All I could think was that my fairy had man hands. I knew I needed a break.

Maybe the hand isn’t too large?  I may just leave it because we all can’t have dainty little hands.  She needs a face more than a smaller hand. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit. Lisa

Best Laid Plans

 I was going to start a stitch a motif a day cross stitch project. I saw CrossCanvasCrafts doing this on YouTube.  It looked like such a fun project. She announced she would be doing it again for 2025. I was all set to participate. You sign up and each week she emails you the patterns. The first email arrived and I didn’t really like the style of this year’s motifs. I know her project will look amazing but it’s not what I want to stitch. I’m considering doing my own. Yes, I know it’s January 7th. I’m still overthinking exactly what and how I want to do for this. I did get a small start last night. 

One thing for certain is there will be plenty of cat hair included. 

I’m going to keep working on this. I like the idea of a daily project. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.  Lisa