Officially failed

So i said at the beginning of the year i would be gaining pounds and losing pounds. Well, as December is never going to be a month for saving money or losing weight, I am officially giving up on my resolutions this year. I don't like to admit i have failed but i have, so I've not got a month to decide if and what i want to do next year.

Craft wise i have not done much this week. Here are the makes. I am in the middle of making something else, as i found a great company called Calico Crafts, but as it is not finished i am not posting it. First, here is the update on the cross stitch. Not much progress but then there never is to start with.

The next is a keyring. Nice and simple, i grabbed a few things from my stash. As you can see it is sea themed.

Finally, here is a winter themed necklace. The pendant in the middle has blue stones in it like on the necklace itself. There are some crackle stones which nicely mimic ice, and i had to use seed beads at the end as the necklace was not long enough.

Well, only a short one for today as i am still working on nanowrimo, so I'm reserving my writing for that. I'm not doing too badly actually' over 40,000 words written. I'm well on my way to hitting 50k before 1st December. Speaking of 1st December, i have not one, not two, but three advent calendars! Too much? One is a standard chocolate, one is a Harry Potter Funko calendar, and the last is a craft calendar, which is my mum's Christmas present to me.

Until next time,

Ems

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