{"id":2391,"date":"2012-11-25T21:46:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T02:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.52.55.152\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2012-11-25T21:46:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T02:46:24","slug":"update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/?p=2391","title":{"rendered":"Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you may have been wondering, where the heck have I been?!?!?!?<\/p>\n<p>Well, work has been &#8230; work.  \ud83d\ude42  There has been a lot of it and it has consumed most of my life for the past year, but the huge project I was working on is now complete, thank goodness.  Now I can try to re-establish some boundaries, reclaim my personal life and hopefully regain some sanity.  Needless to say, I&#8217;m behind on&#8230; well&#8230; everything.  I guess I have a thing for ellipses tonight, but there&#8217;s much that I&#8217;d rather leave unsaid at this point, so you&#8217;ll just have to write your own filler.  I&#8217;ll just say that it&#8217;s been a very challenging year and I will be quite glad to see it go.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, I&#8217;m already looking forward to 2013.  I have a lot of fun things planned for the first few months, more ideas on the back burner and much planning to do.  It&#8217;s all good.<\/p>\n<p>As far as stitching goes, here is what I&#8217;ve been doing since I last posted a stitching update back in July:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Started the final PIF gift, but didn&#8217;t get very far before I put it down again.  I will probably get to it in the new year.<\/li>\n<li>Started Passione Ricamo&#8217;s Fairy Mystery SAL.  I&#8217;m on steps 2\/3 of the 5 available and have some serious catching up to do.  Here is where I stood after completing step 1:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24700&#038;g2_serialNumber=1\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Stitched Lizzie*Kate&#8217;s Good Things:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24534&#038;g2_serialNumber=2\"\/><br \/>\n    The fun part about this one is that it has now become a traveling pattern and is crossing the globe.<\/li>\n<li>Stitched Teresa Wentzler&#8217;s Sun Dragon, as a purple moon dragon:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24538&#038;g2_serialNumber=1\"\/><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24541&#038;g2_serialNumber=1\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Started another instance of Teresa Wentzler&#8217;s Sun Dragon, this time as a turquoise moon dragon:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24543&#038;g2_serialNumber=1\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Stitched My Mark Designs&#8217; Be Calm, in mint:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24545&#038;g2_serialNumber=2\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Framed My Mark Designs&#8217; Be Calm, in mint:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24549&#038;g2_serialNumber=2\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Stitched My Mark Designs&#8217; Be Calm, in blue\/purple, for my cousin:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24547&#038;g2_serialNumber=2\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Framed My Mark Designs&#8217; Be Calm, in blue\/purple, for my cousin:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24555&#038;g2_serialNumber=2\"\/><br \/>\n    I just framed it last week and packed it up Friday night, so it is winging its way across the country as I type this.<\/li>\n<li>Started stitching a lovely little Joan Elliott design for my mother, called Water Wonderland, then realized that I don&#8217;t stand a chance of finishing it in time to have it framed for Christmas, so decided to whip up some ornaments instead.<\/li>\n<li>Stitched Star, from Mill Hill&#8217;s Winter Greetings Charmed Ornament series of kits, for myself:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24553&#038;g2_serialNumber=1\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Sent Nora Corbett&#8217;s Sunflower Fairy away to <a href=\"http:\/\/renselstudio.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jill Rensel<\/a> for framing.  She did an absolutely fantastic job and I just got it back this week, but haven&#8217;t had a chance to take a good photo of it.  As soon as I do, I will post it.  In the meantime, here is the photo she sent to me before she shipped it back:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24697&#038;g2_serialNumber=3\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Started Here Comes Treble by Ink Circles, as a Christmas gift for my music teacher.<\/li>\n<li>Stitched Lizzie*Kate&#8217;s Cross Stitcher in Residence, another traveling pattern:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24551&#038;g2_serialNumber=3\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the long Thanksgiving weekend is when I decided to try to crank out a few ornaments for my mother, which has now spilled over into trying to stitch a few for my step-dad, as well.  I kitted up 6 or 7 ornaments and have already completed two:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Holly Reindeer, designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/itsdaffycat.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sharon Bennett<\/a>:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24693&#038;g2_serialNumber=1\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Merry Little Christmas Ornament, designed by The Drawn Thread:<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennamagee.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&#038;g2_itemId=24695&#038;g2_serialNumber=1\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough for now.  I really need to go throw some more stitches into some pieces before bed.  Or work on transcribing more Adele songs.  I need another day off&#8230; or two!  \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>I hope that all of my U.S. friends had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday.  I know that I have much to be thankful for in my own life, including any and all of you who are still reading this blog!  Have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you may have been wondering, where the heck have I been?!?!?!? 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