The Introverted Crafter

Hope you've all had a good Christmas. I thought I would post today as I am back to work tomorrow. I haven't got any pictures to upload this time as I am working on a number of projects and have not finished any. Instead I thought I would share my resolutions for 2020. I was going to go simple, and take a photo every day (2020 vision and all that) but instead I am going to do 20 things in 2020. Save at least 20% of wages - a fifth of my wages will be the minimum I save each month. I'm hoping it will be a lot more.  Go for a walk 20 times a month - should be an easy one for me seeing as how I walk to work, but I want to do more than that. I want to go for walks, either on my days off or during my lunch break, weather permitting. Row or weight 20 times a month - I have a rowing machine and a kettle bell and currently I am using neither of them. That needs to change. I have spent a large portion of this year worrying about my health yet I have done nothing about it. I n

Only a short one this week  Sometimes doing anything seems like too much, including writing this blog. I've made a couple of boxes using the latest tonic studios kit. Literally everything is from the kit. They were actually quite fiddly to pit together!  I've also been working on the stitch. Had to swap out a colour cos what they provided was woefully inadequate, and I didn't have a spare.  Luckily it works quite well, but its not tge point. If you buy a kit you should have everything you need in It, and more than enough thread to be getting on with. I've finally decided 2020's resolution, which I will divulge in next week's post. Until next time Ems

Thought I'd blog early this week. A few things to post, as well as the normal cross stitch update. To start, here's a simple card. I looked online for advice on how to colour hulk so that he didn't look flat. I've also made a tag, using an acrylic base this time. I edged the tag with white paint and snow tek paste, and added some tonic pearls and some gems. I coloured some wooden pieces with Lindy sprays as well as blue tinsel embossing powder, before adding some flowers and a ribbon. Finally, here is the stitch update.  Another example of how ridiculous this kit is is the amount of thread I have left over of one colour. Until next time Ems

I've not done much this week but I have completed an autumn themed tag. I started by cutting a tag and spraying it with lindys spray. I then embossed it with him holtz woodgrain folder. I then blended together various distress oxides, cutting autumn leaned out of them. I stamped and coloured an owl, then added a sentiment. I've also been working on the stitch. Not happy with it so far, as I have already run out of two colours, which shouldn't happen. The one I've just run out of isn't even halfway through the number of stitches required. I'm not the most frugal of stitches but I certainly am not wasteful enough for it to run out like that. Luckily I've got a stash of threads, and I found the right colours.  You should be able to see what it is by now. Any guesses? Until next time Ems