I’m lazy in posting, but I have been stitching! My sweetie got a new camera for his birthday, so we’ve been working on getting the right settings for taking stitchy pictures. I think it’s worth the wait because the new ones are so much better! That said, here’s page umm… oh, I forget. It’s the middle page of Jasmine Becket-Griffith’s “A Pale Comparison.” Since I took this picture hmmm… a week or two ago, I’ve started the page below and added 700 or so stitches to it which has rounded out the dragon’s cheek and added some more to that black space between the elf maiden’s face and shoulder. You can see a picture of Jasmine’s original work here. Aside from the color in the eyes of the elf and the dragon, the rest of the chart is all neutral colors. I’m not a fan of neutral color charts, but this one I adore and can’t seem to stop working on!

Next up is Tribute to the Old Masters by Nouveau Encore. This is stitched on my favorite fabric - 36 count Lakeside Linen. I’m using Belle Soie’s Elegant Eggplant silk which is absolutely divine to stitch with. I highly recommend it! It’s always nice to spend time working on a single color sampler as there’s only one floss color to worry about. To see what the whole piece looks like, you can see it here. It’s just a little big. *grins*

I’ve got about a quarter of part 2 of Oriental Harem Garden done. I’ll be taking it with me on vacation along with another piece… I think. I’ve still not decided. I’d better figure it out soon as we’re leaving on Sunday! We’re taking our girls on a Disney Land/Sea vacation and then spending a week visiting our friend of over 20 years in Tampa. The girls have no idea where we’re going aside from on a plane. They will, of course, figure it out, but we’re enjoying their not knowing and looking forward to their surprise as they realize that we’re staying at a Disney resort for four days (all of their previous visits have been day trips) and then three days on the Disney Wonder, one of their Cruise liners (they have no idea that Disney even HAS boats) and then we’ll be going to the airport and instead of getting on a plane, we’ll be picking up a rental car and heading to Tampa for another week. It’s going to be quite the adventure!