My Photos Are Back!

I finally figured out a way to get my photos uploaded. Yay! So here it goes. I have finished part 1 of Papillon Creation's Around the World in 80 Stitches. The fabric is 28ct Lime Jobelan.

Here is my ort jar for the TUSAL. A little late, yes, but here they are anyway. lol

And here are my chicks at 5 weeks old.

No Photos Today

Well, I have tried to upload photos almost every day for the past week but for some reason, they aren't loading on blogger. I'm sure that will be fix soon but I thought I would check in anyway.

About a month ago, I started working on Around the World in 80 Stitches sal. I was loving it. I soon discovered that the metallic thread that I had picked out was not going to work. I ordered a couple of colors so I could choose what I liked the best. Well, I am still waiting for the threads as they are back ordered. Ugh! I finally decided to use some DMC metallic. I hate working with the stuff but I have to admit, the color is exactly what I was looking for. When I get part 1 done, which should be soon, I'll try to post a photo. Hopefully my troubles with Blogger will be fixed by then.

I have also been working a little on HaED's Fairy Frog Mother. Not much, but a little.

And my chicks will be 5 weeks old this Saturday. I was going to post photos of my little cuties at age 4 weeks but well, you know.

I realize that I missed TUSAL. I will try to get that photo up as well. Last week was kind off hectic for me. My Dad had surgery to remove a large skin cancer mass and he isn't recovering as quickly as we would all like. I'm not saying this is my excuse for missing TUSAL, I'm saying this is why I totally forgot about it. lol.

On a completely seperate note, my cousins are going back to school next week. I have babysat them both since they were born and they pretty much have become "my kids". It has been decided that they are now old enough to be by themselves after school until their mom gets home. I have known that this day was coming but it feels like I'm sending my kids off to college or something like that. I'll still get to see them but not nearly as much.  I'm trying not to be sad.

Here A Chick, There A Chick

I forgot to post these earlier. Here are my little cuties at 2 weeks old. They are growing so fast! I have tried to get better photos of them but they are a little frightened of the camera.

ABC Chicks

I stitched this up really quick. It is ABC Retro, a freebie from here. I used Weeks Dye Works "Bethlehem" and trust me, the color looks so much better in real life. I just could not get a photo that captured the color just right. Anyway, this is actually on my WIPocalypse list. It was listed as Unnamed Freebie. I had to search for it to find the name. lol.

My chicks at 1 week old. I love watching them grow. I'm not sure what they will look like when they are adults so it's like a surprise every time I walk in and see another color. I was asked what breed they are. I wanted more Americanas because they lay blueish green eggs and they are the friendliest birds I own. So I mixed my Black Star hens with an Americana rooster. I also bred my Americana hens with a Rhode Island Red Rooster (most likely because he is their favorite) or a Silver Laced Wyandotte Rooster. I got a few Americana eggs from my second cousin as well and there is no way of knowing what they were possibly mixed with. So like I said, I won't know what they will look like until they grow up. Fun huh?

July TUSAL and Chicks

Here is my TUSAL photo. This time it's only a few days late. lol. Here is why I didn't post my orts on Saturday.

I have been giving my fresh yard eggs to friends and family but there is never quite enough for everyone. So I put some eggs in the incubator so I will hoepfully have a few more hens to lay eggs. I put in 16 eggs. I candled them and 4 of them weren't fertilized. I wasn't sure all of the 12 that were left would hatch but they did! I was so excited to see the first one start poking it's way through. Here's some photos....

This is the 12 eggs before hatching.

The brown chick had just hatched and the black chick was drying off.

My little cuties.

WIPocalypse

Here is my update and finish for WIPocalypse. It's Welcome To The Nuthouse by Waxing Moon Designs and it was on my WIPocalypse list. I just used what threads I had laying around. The house blended too much into the background so I had to outline it a little. I also changed the colors on "Welcome" since I thought it was a little weird to me that it was blue and green and "Nut house" was multi-colored. Anyway, the original is below.

TUSAL

Here is my late photo of my orts for TUSAL. To make up for being late, here are a few more Hibiscus photos for you to enjoy.