It feels a bit weird to be making progress on that cross stitch kit I bought back in 2004.  Yesterday, I finished the bulk of the stitching on the main part of the image and started on the back stitching that creates a shadow around the butterfly and scroll. Then disaster struck! I was almost done when the very last of the dark gold thread when it bunched up and then broke as I was trying to straighten it out. So, now I am stuck having to go to Michael’s tonight to see if I can find some matching thread. If I can’t, then I am going to take out all the dark gold stitches and replace them so that everything matches. Two steps forward and three steps back, it seems.

Before the disaster …

Speaking of Michael’s … the other day, I found (and purchased) this adorable donut kit. I can’t ever be accused of becoming obsessed once I get started on or rediscover a hobby.

And speaking of being obsessed … I can’t stop adding Hello ads to this post from last week. New ones keep popping up constantly! It’s the eye candy gift that keeps on giving.