Some Good Stuff.

So, saying goodbye to family last weekend wasn't very fun.

In our little world, most of the week prior, was though.

Here is some of that fun stuff...

Easter was easy and colorful.

Having a house full of people,

and paper bunnies in our likeness' from Grandma was too.

Having WAY too much fun with my new phone. And Instagram.

(username-outherentheflats / name search-natalie t)

And, embroidering my new phone

and taking pictures of it with Instagram.

Much. Too. Much.

Speaking of embroidery,

I posted a wrap up thing over on A-Round-A-Day.

A year of stitching every day, complete.

Now what?

How about science projects, a dance recital, soccer and cleaning up our yard now that we can see it. The snow is a-melting and our little slice seems huge!

We are busy, no doubt.

What's up next for you?

Hello! and Notes On Them "Roundies".

Hi! Hope you had a lovely weekend with your families and Easter celebrations!

Just checking in here with some notes on the other blog/project that I am happily letting take up my time. It has been fun so far! Thanks to those that check in and have been so supportive. Makes it even more fun.

I have fallen into a pleasing stitching, photographing, posting routine that hasn't felt invasive to my day and life-routine with the kiddos. Yet, anyway. I think "Out Here'n The Flats" is suffering somewhat, from my neglect. I am still here though, promise.

I am stitching each round the night before I post it. So, I am one day ahead really. I take a photo (or two, or 100) the next morning and quickly edit, then post. Easy as that! My stitching runs 1 -2 hours from concept to tying off. I do that after the house is sleeping, usually in front of a movie or listening to music by the fire with Jeff when he is home. I am really enjoying that time at night.

I have decided to take a second photo of each piece outta the hoop with the hopes of creating a huge photo collage in a year with all the squares this way. Might be a cool poster in the end...? We will see. I also have tagged each photo up on the blog with colors, general subject, pattern type, season and month to make sorting hundreds of shots easier in the end. Did that mostly for myself, but viewers may want to search for a red flower, stitched in December, designed by the kids. You never know right? Seemed like sensible organizing to me. Or micro-embroidery-crazy organizing... you decide.

Next, I pin a little label to the back of each one with the date and title on it. Then off it goes to the finished pile to wait for some important future purpose.

Sound like a realistic and not weird or embroidery-crazy process? The kids look at me like I am a tad nuts each morning and say, separately, "WHAT?! You did another one Mom?"

Yes. Yes I did.

Happy Tuesday All!

Cut It...

Out here I am cutting and cutting and cutting.

While cutting I am marveling at the fact that yesterday, I was weeding and raking in just a long sleeve shirt but today, I am probably pulling out my heavy coat. Kodiak, I am just marveling.

So I am almost done cutting my 5x5 squares in prep for a year of stitching over here. I hope after the next 365 days I will be marveling at a collection of mini embroidery pieces.

Have a great day!

Coming Soon...

Well, when I get a crazy idea while snuggling (and snuggling) with a wiggly girl that took an extra long time to fall asleep tonight, I sure don't waste any time putting it into motion!

It's in motion.

May I present, my very own Project 365!

Yup. It's my two favorite creative things, embroidery and photography.

We will see what happens.

I hope I don't wake up tomorrow

with that "morning after" feeling of regret.

Because, I didn't think this through.

Really, I don't normally do this sort of thing.

It just, sort of, haaap-pened...

Wish me luck and please join me. Pretty please?

A-Round-A-Day, a year of lil' roundy embroideries...

Happy Wednesday!