Princess Bubbles Creates

 Maybe this mandala isn't finished.  I thought it was but now I am looking at the photo and think it could use a little more.  Not a lot more, just a little something.  I love the iridescent orange with the blue even though I usually prefer analogous colour schemes.  I have to force myself to break out of that comfort zone every once in a while.  

 It seemed to me that I posted about this piece recently but nope.  It has been three months!  This is the epitome of slow projects and it is ever so enjoyable.  I love having a dedicated project for using up bits of thread.  I love having this cheerful project hanging in my studio waiting patiently for the next little bit of stitching to be added.  I love that there is no deadline for this project.  It exists solely for my pleasure.  Isn't that the best kind of project! I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

    LeeAnna    asks    do you have a favorite appetizer in your family?  Can you share the recipe? would you rather have buffalo chicken dip or artichoke dip? What do you try first when you go to a party with  snacks? I think the super simple crab dip I make is a favourite in my family.  It is just crabmeat and Helluva Good Dip.  Very tasty.  We also love cream cheese and salsa rolled up in a soft tortilla shell and then cut into bite-size pieces.  I don't love cooking so I try to keep things simple.  I don't want to spend all my time or any time really in the kitchen.   I love party snacks.  All of them.  I wish we could eat that way all the time!  I don't think I can pick a favourite.  

 I have sewn together some interesting fabrics.  Some of them I did some surface design upon.  Some of them are silk, metallic and sparkly.  It was fun to go through my stash and look at all the pretty things.  I have started adding embellishments to this long scroll.  Again, so fun to go through my treasures and find the right things.   Working on the long scroll is a bit different.  Generally, I do a lot of the embellishing before sewing together the individual pieces.  Then I only have the seams to finish.  I am also working with a wide range of colours on this scroll.  It is good to change things up a bit! There is loads of stitching yet to be done.  Still more stash to hunt through.  Such a lovely winter project!

 I love doing mixed-media mandalas.  This one was done with watercolour paints and markers.  I feel free to use whatever media is going to give me the result that I want.  I am not interested in struggling with my art.  I am willing to struggle when needed but mostly it is not needed!

 I am hoping for some good stitching time this afternoon.  I have a fair number of wool mandalas on the go and it is time to finish at least one of them!  This past week has disappeared into a blur and not much stitching happened.  There were snippets of time for it but not the ambition.   I would like to end the year on a beautiful note of quiet stitching.  New Year's parties aren't my style.  I am more suited to quiet times as I imagine most of us slow stitchers are!  So cheers to pretty sparkling threads and soft fabrics.   I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

Lee Anna  comes up with such great questions.  This week we are discussing Would you rather kiss in Paris or kiss in a tent in the woods on NYE?  would you rather be at a big fancy party where you all scream happy new year at midnight, or at home on your sofa or with a couple friends playing cards etc Unequivically I am all about Paris.  We went there for our 25th anniversary and I loved everything about it.  I would go back in a heartbeat if there weren't so many other places I still want to visit.  My hubby would probably rather have the tent in the woods.  He camps every summer with his brother, brother-in-law and all the sons that can make it.  It is a highlight of his summer.  I am so glad our sons like to go with him because I certainly won't. As for NYE at midnight, most years you will find me in my bed asleep.  I am not a night owl.  We stayed up when we were younger.  That was enough for me.  We do have a lovely t...