Elsa Diamond Painting Finish, More Things Coming

 I've been a little discouraged with spotty internet, a little sick, and some family appearing out of nowhere for some assistance.  So I jotted off to Hobby Lobby, hoping to use the weekly coupon, which is discontinued! Ended up picking this up anyway, Elsa partial diamond painting, from Diamond Dotz. 17.5x14in fabric, with the design size a bit smaller.  The white with gray patterned background, is not worked.  Round drills in 28 colors, one is a lovely AB finish. A small video added to IG, as well.  I added the blue glitter washi tape. Cute, quick, nice quality, I'll do this one again.  You can check ebay  and etsy  for this. (Side note that on etsy the Pink Goldfish and Red Christmas Bells diamond painting links seemed to be disabled, so here they are again.)

So yes, continually bogged down with changes and things not quite working.  I will be focusing more on getting a few things resolved, and a lot more work up, as it's demanded.  Not sure how I might be balancing another move in the near future, etc.  But whatever.  Ebay also reversed gear a bit, unusual, to allow more listings in the craft categories, so I am adding the diamond drills a bit at a time.  I do have them all, in both square and round, and plan to keep them stocked, just slow going on getting them added. (Also up on Bonanza, along with many items I do not put on ebay.)  I probably can't recover my website email address, and will need to be adding a new one.

In the meantime, as another side note, that there will be some additions, rebranding.  I'm doing a good bit of graphics work, and that is an area I'm already familiar with.  Given some recent changes in circumstances, I will be opening up the graphics professionally, and making artwork and items available online, and to order. That should be started in the next few weeks. I will have another post when that is running, as well as more finished items.

The main plan of attack is vamping things up a bit.  It's about time to get ready for Fall and Christmas---including for you, if you wish to order China items in time. I have a small slew of bead and craft things, diamond painting supplies and accessories that are and will be coming from China, to add.  I have more items to go to ebay, some older bead and craft supplies to clear out, etc.  Bonanza is where I feel more comfortable with some designer perfume, food, etc, so it's slightly different. The website will reflect more varied women's items, both from China and from the US. And, in the middle of all that, a lot more craft finishes.  Much more than of late. I've been steadily working on all this, quietly, already, and some things will change rather significantly, while other items will be steadily available.

Santa Hearts Diamond Painting Finish, less ebay, more local shipping

 

A finish.  A diamond painting that I call Santa Hearts.  It's a partial, 16+in with the clear and special shape rhinestones. Sparkly, fun, a pretty design that I will make more of.  I added the green washi tape on the edges.  It's on ebay and also etsy .  I bought 3 of these at one time, and I expect to make the other 2, myself.  I will keep ordering these, from China, so I can stock more to make and sell, and I'd like to add them to Bonanza, and likely the regular website, when I can get to it.  Soon. Unfortunately, it will not be cheap, with the increasing shipping prices.  Larger sizes, bigger than this, have to ship priority mail, which is ranging close to $9.

Ltns.  I know. It's been an incredibly hectic year. Some good, some not so good. While I will try to be nonpolitical, etc, there is some serious rant here, and it may be offensive.  The lack of ability for empathy is astounding.  I'll try to keep it brief.  Email.  Until I saw the protests online, I could not figure out the near death threats, especially on a first hello email, on order statuses.  Surely, not just me? China? Assume I'm stupid?  No. Not just me, across the board on a lot of small sellers.  Threatening my near life and business, over a craft kit.  That's nothing close to normal customer service--and it won't be tolerated. And not passing that on to someone else, I could not be responsible for the mental health of that kind of influx.  Find manners.  Not sure when I will open the emails again, soon, as I am adding more expensive and quality items, so I apologize for those that had real issues.  The tracking.  Everyone gets an auto email of tracking(check your spam).  17track.net is pretty good for the out of country tracking.  Please use it.  Tracking is unreliable and slow, even though most orders are correct and arrive.  At one point, China orders were at 100 days for delivery, and US orders were about 45.  It may go back to that.  Have patience. And it is on YOU to follow up with USPS etc, if an order is showing shipped and near or already delivered--that is what they are there for.  In the meantime, if you cannot handle waiting, on your own, for long delivery times, and possibly incorrect tracking, that may run into 2 months or more, perhaps you should not order.

And I mean that in all seriousness.  Life is not going back to how it was.  A lot of this is out of the seller's control.  Last year was some of the most harrowing time as a seller, in decades of selling.  I've had years to build a few sites, and they all went crazy at the same time.  But so did my suppliers.  Cancelled, out of stock, late shipping, borders closed, warehouses shut down, or just disappeared.  Days that I could barely get through a few orders of the dozens and dozens. Complete exhaustion for months.

It's nice to know that it all works.  And zero time for crafting, most all year.  But I will need to make some changes, as that pace was beyond any normal capability---while the regular day to day pace is a little too slow.  And like most, juggling many things.  Small business. This is not corporations, often not even family operations.  Most sellers are here because they need this, this is their income and life, as something else was lacking.  They've turned a skill or knack into a job to make ends meet, with some business savvy and trying to be fluid.  They aren't going away.  But life was already hard, maybe balancing illness, special needs family, living out in BFE nowhere with nothing convenient.  Usually no hiccups, but small glitches here and there. This pandemic has exacerbated these problems and more. It's great if it seems like there are sellers with no issues, kudos.  But many are struggling, trying to keep a smile.  Please think outside your own box of priviledge, if this last year has taught you anything.  We don't all have the same options, plan B, assistance, to fix some things.  Just because you may live within 15 min of a post office, Walmart, can drive, are healthy, have helpers, etc.......doesn't mean many of these sellers do, at all.  In the meantime, this has also created extreme strain on whatever WAS normal life.  Kids, work, spouses, being at home, less income, food, etc, and perhaps their own illness, immune problems, death, grief, trauma...This has been a time like no other.  AND, they don't necessarily owe you all those explanations and transparencies, while you rattle off a nasty email.  If anything, especially for women, the bullying, harrassment, cancel culture, outing, stalking, drives them even more protective and underground.  I know, without a doubt, this falls on deaf ears, for so many, horrifyingly so, but I would really beg that you think, and sit back and be patient.  Almost everything arrives and is fine, most of the time, we are constantly working and trying to make it all work right. We have to, this is what we do....this other stuff is real PTSD type stress and unneccessary strain, clogging the efforts of getting real work done.

Anyway. So.  I've been mildly "lucky" that my personal strains have been on the more minimal side, and I have been able to keep that separated rather well, most of the time.  So far. However, I do have to re evaluate, again, what is and isn't working, as so many things in the business landscape have changed, and I expect at least half of it to be permanently not returning. That's a lot. My business model, my personal life, my individual needs and goals, have washed away and have to morph a bit more into something different, also protecting from such mayhem panic in some repeat future.  First off, my health.  Many know I already struggle with some physical issues, and those were not quiet this past year.  Excessively at the forefront.  I'm struggling to find the right mix of meds, food, de stress balance, etc and it's a battle; some days now I'm starting to win, but many days are lacking. I have to do things that are making this easier.  A harder/smarter approach.  And if anything, I need it even more than I did before.  So I will be concentrating on more streamlined, more effective things.  I have changed my ebay store to be smaller.  Limits me on how much I can list, so items will be parked on Bonanza and the website if possible, in much greater quantities. I've had enough of some of their treatment, so most everything will at least be on Bonanza, if I can.  I will also not be sourcing as many bead items, and what I do, I will be getting from China, direct.  The Swarovski crystals are mostly a dead item. I did order some as the sales started, not listed yet, but I won't be buying more. I am not thinking about adding Czech, but probably China, the better ones, at least, to sell as immediately available, along with many of the stone strands and cabochons that I've already started to collect.  I do have all of the diamond drills in both sizes, slowly adding and trying to keep that in stock. I also have a few supplies for the diamond painting, and will be adding those as I can get to it.  My picture editor was using Flash, so I am needing to relearn some editing, etc, pics will be a bit delayed.  In the meantime, my computer died last summer, and I bought a cheap one, only thing I could get.  I simply haven't logged in to many apps, etc that I had going, and at this rate, I may need a different computer, as I'm already beating this one to death. 

So the main gist is that I will not be selling most of the glass and US beads that are still up now.  Those will be replaced with China beads and stones, and some diamond painting and other craft kits from China.  My main US craft kit supplier went belly up.  The local kits I wanted to add, are not possible. I will be sourcing a few in the needlework category, etc, as I sift past some other items, pretty soon. I'd like to carry a few of the diamond painting kits, but unfortunately, they will have to be small.  I do still have a few larger ones, not listed, and I don't the the box shipping is viable. I need to be able to send small ones as 1st class mail, or it doesn't make sense. So that is probably not more than a 30x40cm size. China prices have increased significantly as well, and I don't expect that to stop, along with shipping fees now, and some tariffs. I hope this will ease some things on my health and wallet, and fees, and make this more manageable for me.

In the meantime, this absolutely does not mean I will be selling less.  If anything, I need to be selling much more.  The outside world is placing more demands on me.  For now, I have created and bulked up the China Corner, and sorry, all China things will be going there, it will be unwieldy.  But I will be cutting down a bit on the diamond painting kits, and make more room for some other crafts and makeup, shoes, home decor, etc.  I've also had access to US dropship for a few years, and I am going to expand that significantly. That gives me more options to add perfume, US brand name designer items, assured genuine jewelry, and food. With delivery times that are about 10 days, most are US lower 48 street addresses for ground shipping, only.  Again, look to Bonanza first, for those.

The other thing, is the crafting.  I miss it significantly, and it was a solid piece of my business plan. It's the only other thing that comes so directly from my own labor. I was pretty appalled that I could not get a single project finished, out of the stacks of things here. That changes this year, I must have that as part of my business offerings, and for going forward in a few things personally. So expect to see perhaps a few quiet days here and there, and several new projects being added.  Don't forget I am open to doing commission work on nearly anything offered. Needlepoint, latch hook, felt kits, diamond painting, cross stitch, beadwork, etc, are all easily doable. I will be adding some options on that, but likely not until next year, as a plug and play request, but it's always available now, if you see or have a kit you would like done up, in nearly any size, from where ever.

That's plenty for now.  I should have another diamond painting finished very soon, it's almost ready, so I will have more to add with that update.  Stay safe, be well.

Out with the Old, in with the New, Big Changes

I am adding some new diamond painting kits for Ebay and also on Bonanza.  These will also be added to the shop, more on that in a bit.  This is a licensed product produced by Vervaco, Hello Kitty, a partial round 8.75x8.75in canvas kit. This is not a China derived item.

So.  There are a lot of changes afoot, please bare with me as things flip flop and I alter the shop and items quite a bit over the next few weeks and beyond, as fast as I can.  Generally speaking, this is driven by my health, and market trends, customer issues, etc.  For the last year, I have been struggling with minor but painful health issues that have made it extremely difficult to drive working so hard. I can only work from home, as it is, and I do all the work myself.  I feel like I have recovered, after a trip to the hospital and some very very quiet days in a no stamina state.  But, it's a new normal, and perhaps a few things, I cannot push, like I used to.

The diamond paintings from China have been my biggest hurdle in a problem area with a lack of quality control.  I love them, I like working on them, and wish I could still offer them all the time.  However, it's difficult with so many bad kits.  I will be discontinuing the entire category, as it currently is.  This will take a bit, and I think if you follow outside links, they may still work, and that is fine; I am trying to get new selections up before I wipe out everything old.  But I will take down the storefront category in about a week.  These items will not make it for Christmas, at that time, so it seems like a good time.

I will be bringing the category back. Almost immediately.  But it will only have the handful of kits from China I have personally bought to resell, that have been counted and are correct, that I will be shipping(with fees) from the US, to US customers.  It's a smattering, it's not meant to be a category option, it will be a small selection, and I do not have physical room to store very many kits, at this point.  Just a way to keep a small selection running that are complete and able to ship asap.  The other kits available will also be a small selection, but may ease the angst of not having a full range of kits.  These will be from needlework designers(see above) who have licensed and packaged their own kits and design conversions.  This will come as dropship direct to you items, that I don't see, but am assuming will be well put together, and will take a week to 10 days to arrive, again, shipping fees will be calculated in, it's not cheap in the US.

Other very important changes, that will be happening right away, Dec 1, is that I will stop shipping anything internationally.  The site can only be toggled for US shipping, or hand selected countries.  The items I am adding, cannot be shipped outside the US.  As a matter of fact, most will be only lower 48 and no PO Boxes or APO/FPO, mostly ground shipping.  To that end, I will unfortunately have to switch off international orders.  Nov 30 is the last day.  DPDISCONTINUED  is a coupon code that will expire at 11:59 CST to ease issues.  It's good for everyone, sitewide, you  must enter the code, for 20% off your order.

I am adding many more China direct items, to the site.  If no shipping directions are indicated, it's a China item.  If it indicates US shipping, this will be sourced from a warehouse in the US.  I will continue to browse for many more women's and general home items from China, so that will still grow.  But the additions of US items, I will be pushing to add right away.  I have been selling them already on the auction sites, for years.  Brand name items that you recognize, makeup, craft kits, candles, food and baking, jewelry, all kinds of things.  I'm really excited to be able to start offering them on the website storefront itself. 

In the meantime, I am adding more items from China, that I have sourced and shipped to myself, and will continue to.  I am adding diamond drills that you can buy direct from the auction pages, a little at a time.  I have a few more diamond painting kits coming.  I also have a large selection of big stone cabochons coming, and bead strands for diy jewelrymaking. I am adding those listings to the stones selections on the website so you can browse and order direct, but many I will be having on hand and ready to ship asap from ebay, including some handpicked odd colors that are not regular stock, and actual pictures of the coloring and patterns. I may post those from time to time, for the new arrivals.

I should be back to emails, soon, that will be back open.  Remember, only the one tagged to the website itself. I do not see the ones from the payment processors and random other addresses. I'm working as fast as I can, to fit more into a work style that will work for me.  I am still crafting, in rare hours here and there, a few new projects are almost done.  It's a little on the backseat until January, when I can settle in some.  I am taking commissions on the diamond painting kits, either the ones I am stocking, or anything else you have or would like done, including from China.  I also can do that for the other craft kits, etc that I am sourcing, including things like the Bucilla felt Christmas stockings and ornaments, cross stitch, pixel, etc. I am happy to take on commission orders, as I have dropped off some personal obligations and other work, in order to concentrate on website sales. It's been a long time coming.

So, some patience please, and ignore the poor picture quality of my own items(where is the sun, anyway?)  as I have been raring to go, on offering a lot of different things. And I am so sorry for not being able to do international sales, perhaps find a US buddy who can hold/ship to you?  It's a lot of my customers, maybe something like that would be helpful; only idea I have been able to come up with.  

Red Christmas Bells, been forever

The Red Christmas Bells Drawing diamond painting.  Finally finished.  Sorry, it was not a sunny day, and we aren't going to have a nice day for about a week.  This is a full square, 35x35cm from one of the 3 kits set I got last year.  I do still have the other two for now, details were in my FB and they are up online(ships from the US).  Now that I have finished this one, if the others aren't purchased, I will dig in and make those, as well, to be offered as finished art like this one.  I added the forest green washi tape, looks very light once on the canvas. Sprayed with some gloss sealant. I have put it on ebay and etsy  already. This does come in different sizes, you can still go to my shop and order it yourself in bigger or smaller sizes.  Remember that it will take about a month to get, from the shop orders. (I have noted that most all XMAS gift type things should be ordered by Nov 25, to ensure delivery in time, not much later will work.)

So, uh, blah.  I did get really sick over the entire summer.  I was fighting a nagging infection, ended up that I got a secondary infection--from the medicine.  I eventually went to the hospital and spent a little time there.  It's been a long road to recover, and I'm still feeling a little fragile, not sure if that will go away.  I've been taking it a bit at a time, all the important stuff for shipping and packing orders, as a priority.  I think I otherwise slept the entire summer, no joke.  I am tentatively getting back into my routine, including from having turned most communication off beforehand.  I am not sure what it is, younger crafters etc, but emails were outright bullying.  Writing an intro email to someone you are looking to help you, that sounds nearly like a death threat, isn't the way to go about it, sorry, and my stress levels cannot deal with that, and a lot of the toxicity of social media. 

I hope to have things back on an even keel, including contact for people that have actual problems with the orders.  There is tracking assistance all over the web, I cannot respond to everyone asking again for the status, when it's all been sent, or I'd never get anything done. If I get through the emails, it will only be on the TurquoiseRoads one, most all the rest, I never even see, as it is, those filter to junk email accounts from the payment processors and hosting, etc.

Next?  Good question.  I've now had a couple years to assess what is working and what's not.  Dealt with a few family issues that have seemed to resolved finally.  My health seems good, except for energy level, and I have to take that into account for what I can get done.  And for the first time in a long time, a relationship that may be blossoming into something worth setting aside some time and effort for. Still in a wait and see mode, at my age, I am not keen on rushing anything, and it's been buzzing around for a few years already, only recently becoming more apparent.

All of which means I need to be working smarter.  I will be trimming things that seem to be wasteful. I plan to downsize the ebay store when it is due, Feb 1? Most of the beads are not a productive item at this point.  If you want beads, this is the time to get them.  I will start lumping them into clearance bulk sets as the winter goes along, and moving them into auctions. I do have them on Bonanza as well, but I will try to push as many through on ebay as I can, before going into a smaller storefront.  A lot of the US dropship on ebay will also have to come down. Craft kits, threads, etc, will have to come off, probably not even enough space to auction.  Those are all on the TR Bonanza, again, you can still find it, but not if ebay is your preferred go-to, at that time.

I will be adding more China produced items in the bead space, ordering direct to have on hand. It's all stuff that populates US marketplaces already. However, I start to hit some issues on where to host items, conflicts on which platforms to use, and I cannot be spending hours every day in doing this.  The TR website is set to international shipping, which I cannot flip back and forth on items. I do not want to shut off international customers, that is about half my base.  But ALL of the items I have on hand, I will only ship in the US, it's much easier.  

So whether that is regular beads, China beads on hand, US sourced dropship, or the crafted items, I don't have a nice place to put all the overflow.  I am working on ideas to open another shop, for that.  It will only be available to US addresses---and quite possibly, no APO, PO Boxes, or even AK/HI, as many of the dropship will not accept those address formats.  Many are shipped by ground methods only.  Some of this is exciting for me, as I can add food items, perfume, etc, which I have not been able to offer before.  I do not have a firm date to start this, but possibly not until Jan 1.

In the meantime, it's time for a lot of site cleanup, and quiet nights of more crafting, as I hopefully recover a little more strength. (This includes the diamond paintings, as the super hot interest in those has waned a little; I will be cutting several of those slow movers out completely.)  I am quite disappointed in not being able to finish projects this year, especially since some are leftovers from last year. I am still working on the birds and maple pixel, ready to pick another type of diamond painting, and a few small cross stitch in the works. Not feeling like I have a lot of time to rest, needing to push so many things forward. 

My next update shouldn't be nearly so far, only a few weeks, if that.

Butterfly and Roses Pixel Mosaic, illness

A finish I thought I would have ready a while ago.  Butterfly and Roses pixel mosaic(non XMAS!) 10x8". 4 plates, 64 colors.  I somehow got stuck at the very end, just for the finish. While that happens sometimes, mostly it was because I wasn't feeling well, and just couldn't get that last oomph to get it done.  It's up on Ebay and Etsy already.


I sold the pink tiger head diamond painting.  I'd like to make another of those, but I really don't want it to be pink, so I am not sure I will order another one.  It was fun, so maybe sometime later, pink or not.

In the works?  I have a huge pixel of fall birds I would really like to get cracking on. I have a few small Christmas things that keep hanging around in my face, that I will probably shuffle around and work on.  I'd like to be fitting in one more non holiday type item soon, perhaps an oriental theme cross stitch.

But, in the meantime, I've been dealing with some serious illness. Not sure if it's really been noted much before, or it was way back, that I am not totally healthy. Chronic illness things that will never go away.  Hence, my foray into totally online craft and women things with the auction and website formats.  It's how I need to make money--- and how I can work and still take some downtime, as needed.  That bears repeating, the flexibility of crafting and working from home, lets me work around many types of scheduling issues.  Sorry if it's not always on the customer's timeline. Lately, it's been worse, and I've been more delayed than even I would like, but it couldn't be helped.  I've developed a severe secondary issue with my stamina, after being so sick with colds all winter.  It's not under control right now, but a bit better.


So---right now, most all of my energy is only on the most critical items. Usually listings and processing orders.  And I must, that is my income.  Other things will be processed as I can find the energy and strength.  (usually resolving itself before I get to it.)  

Add to that, shipping times have been extended.  I am not sure what happened to the Chinese New Year Festival, but it didn't seem to go that well, on their end.  Multiple issues with stock, delays, processing, message responses, etc.  Standard regular shipping has now been pushed to 25 days delivery.  Ouch.  It used to be 12-20.  Nothing I can do about that.  PLEASE start planning ahead, especially for holiday ordering, this could create quite a backup in October and beyond.

Anyhow, we seem to be at the edge of summer already.  I am busy still re-sorting from the Festival, and getting links updated, and adding items in several more categories.  I do not expect to do much crafting right now, but with several projects that were almost finished, I hope to have some more updates soon.

Be sure to check out the beads on ebay, I am clearancing a bunch of those out, permanently.  Older items that I have decided to drop, probably won't replace.  I will have some new items in the fall, to add, but it will be different beads, as well as more diamond supplies and dropship craft items, etc.

Candy Cane Pixel Mosaic, slow going

I have been working on other things!  Another finish, from a couple weeks ago, so the listings are already active for both Ebay and Etsy.  Candy Cane pixel mosaic.  This is only one plate, 4x5", but it also came with a plastic frame to set it off, so it's ready.  Pretty sure I will source another one, in pieces, cute idea, just not yet.

LTNS.  I have spent the entire winter going from one cold to the next, including right now. For me, that requires serious rest, in between what I can get done.  So I am still behind.  You will continue to see several Christmas projects coming out, as I did not get to get them done before Christmas.  And well, I think this year will mostly be a continuous Christmas, as those are my best sellers, etc, and it will be upon me before I know it, for this next year.  And, I really need to make things work.  On the more personal side, I continue to have a few things boomerang and chip away at my energies, that I thought were mostly done.

And, it's been the Chinese New Year.  That's been my time to dig in for some serious rework on website items, other listings, research, etc.  As the suppliers do not work or respond at all.  A few are just now coming back to work, but not that many, and they are swamped.  I am still processing orders, including some as custom(the regular listing was gone from them), so please please please be patient.  I haven't even had my email up this week, as I have no answers or updates, and no suppliers are answering until now, so, sorry, I will work on that as well.  Many listings will change, so please use the search function if you were looking for a specific diamond painting kit, or ring, etc. I will keep the names the same, but many have changed to alternate suppliers.

On that note, all emails etc should only be coming to the website.  I do not read or have direct access on a lot of other email accounts(including the payment processors), social media, or even mail etc.  It's yahoo  as TurquoiseRoads .  That's the only one to get you a (mostly) prompt reply and address your issue.  Orders, missing drills, tracking, artist removal requests, (at least from my site, I cannot control what China is producing), additions, etc, EVERY THING. Anything else unfortunately may be not seen, appear to be ignored, misrouted, or blocked. I streamline everything to that account only, online, for my health and sanity. Please use it.

In the meantime, omg, I am looking for warmer weather.  I hope that will ease a few of my cold issues and my work and productivity.  I do have another pixel mosaic in the works, and it's a spring/summer theme!  But then I will be right back to XMAS as I ponder a few other quick projects, or not so quick, that are more general in nature.

Jolly Santa Pixel Mosaic finished

This is a cute one.  Jolly Santa, a 10x8in pixel mosaic. 4 baseplates attached to make the picture with the plastic pegs. It should have gone a whole lot faster, but I was surprised with some family arriving in town--for a long stay. I have it posted on Ebay, next week to Etsy if needed.

I will have to take a pause on the pixels, as my diamond painting of the Red Christmas Bells has arrived.  It's later than I expected, so I will have to rush to get it done.  This is the one that I bought 2 extra, so they are here now, if you haven't checked out the FB page for TurquoiseRoads for the details on how to purchase the ones that are available to ship in the US right now, $23.99.  And of course, you can purchase any of the sizes for yourself, on the website here. This is a 35x35cm full square drill, hopefully a smaller, quicker project.  I am always open to work on these kits on a commission basis, as well, these in stock, or any that are listed, just like any of my other crafted items.

I had to stop on the Merry Christmas crossstitch text, just not enough time to get it done and make it available. I'd like to give people plenty of time to frame, and it is an odd size, so professional framing might be the norm.  I haven't wanted to put it too far away, but, never know.

I did start a new re-do on the Four Seasons cross stitch birds I had up.  The Fall and Winter birds had sold.  I have made the Fall bird available again, on ebay and etsy, the Winter one will be a few weeks. (I will also be making the Spring and Summer ones again, but they hadn't sold yet.) I won't keep reposting links to previously seen items, though, it kind of clutters this. I also have the Yellow Rose cross stitch up, again, if I didn't mention that previously.

Excited to get some new projects going though, with a couple finishes soon! --It's too cold out already, to be out goofing off.