So many to post...

... so little time...


Still haven't post my road trip pictures...

what's inside this package from Florence, Italy...

Indonesian cross-stitchers new year cross stitch exchange...

Lizzie Kate SAL 2013 with 117 fellow Indonesian cross-stitchers...

Let me manage my time first... :)

Hello again

It's been quite a while since my last post.
Well, my work loads have always been the cruelest at the last two months of the year. And I actually have been occupied with my home renovation for about 6 weeks.

Hubby and I didn't intend to do a big renovation at first. We just needed to fix our ceiling. But then one thing leads to another... We ended up with a long list of things to fix.

And tons of brick, piles of paint, boxes of tile, and lots of packing and unpacking stuffs later...

Our plain pale yellow house...

has a tinge of fresh orange I've been wanting to apply...

I still have tons of stuff to re-manage... but I decide to take a break for a while and finish my two WIPs!

My New Year Exchange Gift 2013 with fellow Indonesian cross-stitchers (I've been doing this exchange for 3 years).

And my untouched Cool Cats, autumn and winter cats, from Margaret Sherry Lovers SAL #3.

Let's sit back and relax... Grab some coffee and stitch stitch stitch...!

Happy holidays!!!

New Year Exchange 2012

Despite my sporadic, messy, and tight work schedule, I decided to join the Cross Stitch New Year Exchange 2012 with fellow Indonesian cross stitchers on Facebook. I also joined the new year exchange in 2011.

Unfortunately (as I predicted beforehand), I wasn't able to make a new piece for this exchange. So I decided to give my old finished piece a frame. My piece was sent to Jenn Chow.

The piece I received was a pair of slippers from Selly Lie. It's too beautiful I thought I would never wear them.

The main objective of this exchange was that we would love to know our cross stitch friends better since we met only virtually on Facebook.

What's in the envelope?

Happy (belated) new year everyone..!!
I have been feeling unwell since 5 days ago.
But I have recovered now... And I finally can reveal what is inside my new year's exchange envelope..

It is a coin purse from Hanna Sutrisno, my dear Indonesian cross stitching friend at facebook. She currently lives in Taiwan. And she sent the package from there.



It is lovely! I love the fresh color. I think I can use it for my pocket camera or cosmetics.

And here is what I have made for the exchange. A card I have sent to Ngiang in Jakarta.



The pattern is from CrossStitcher Magazine #229, designed by Margaret Sherry, and I also downloaded the mount from the website.

New Year's Cross Stitch Exchange

My facebook and cross stitching friend, Linda, had an idea to do a cross stitch exchange the end of this year. So, she gathered some Indonesian facebook friends (and cross stitch lover) to do so. And earlier this month she arranged to whom everyone send the cross stitch item. The item can be a bookmark, card, coin purse, pillow, and so on. So I began to pick a design and stitch it.

Last week, my cross stitch package arrived!
Well, we are not supposed to post about it until January 1, 2011. By then, we will post about it in a predetermined facebook group.

Ooooh, I cannot wait that long!! So, here is a preview...



And, this is my package I will send today.