Daily Archive: 2013.06.14

Itty Bitty Xes.

I’ve always been a crafty chick, going back to childhood. Over the years, I’ve been engrossed in any number of different crafts. Until knitting took over my brain, I was really in to cross-stitch. Really in to cross-stitch.

Since I’ve had a couple of knitting disappointments over the last few months, I’ve decided that I need to rediversify my crafty time. Thanks to G (flooring) and Jenn (stitching stand), I have an awesome setup for returning to cross stitch. I figured I’d start with a simple project, since I already have a horribly complex one that’s been going for years now. Apparently, my idea of simple is all sorts of skewed, as I ended up with this kit. (more…)

Happy National Strawberry Shortcake Day!

I wonder (though not enough to go look it up myself) if they refer to the dessert or the cartoon character.

Some other items of note today:

Today's Holidays

 

The US Army is 238 years old, and it is Flag Day.

However, I keep reading “World Blood Donor Day” as “Wild Blood Donor Day” and getting kind of weirded out.