Well I'm still waiting for the fabric to come so that I can start the portrait of my mother. They did say it would be 3 weeks though so I'll have to be patient. The trouble is that I have these bright ideas on the spur of the moment and there's a real danger that I'll have gone off the idea by the time the fabric arrives.  Not that I'll go off the idea of stitching her but my original bright spark idea was to stitch 5 of them - one for each of us siblings (I do get carried away sometimes with these theoretical thoughts).  I suffer from the stitchy equivalent of my eyes are bigger than my belly I'm afraid

In the meantime I've got quite a bit more done on my Celtic Spring and I've been looking for frames for her. I'm undecided whether to use a mount or not but am leaning towards not at the moment. I'm thinking of a nice thick gold frame so have been pricing them online as the Lady is not a standard size.

Compared to the HAED one that I have going, the Celtic Lady one is very easy to do but for some reason I haven't really enjoyed stitching her as much as I thought I would so I don't know whether I will get all of the series of four done.  However, I do love the way she looks and they will look lovely as a set on the wall so may do them all.  The other thing to take into consideration is that if I do stitch the set of four Ladies then it might be an idea to buy all the frames at once in case I can't get the same frame again - but that's more expense of course - decisions, decisions!

I've haven't done any more on my Spirit of Winter project but she has not been forgotten!  The trouble is that I'm like a kid in a sweet shop with all the designs available.

To prove the above point, I've added to my 'stash' with a kit of a Christmas stocking to be done. (I know its only March but it takes so long to stitch them and I need 3!).  It's by Dimensions Gold and I've looked at this one for a very long time and thought I might as well buy it while it's not expensive (well relatively).

 This is it.

The idea is to do a stocking each for my 3 children - they're 18, 20 and 23 by the way but I'm sure they'll have a good laugh when they get them and hopefully will keep them for any future grandchildren should I be blessed, and if not it will be something to keep. This first one is my favourite but my son Joe will have to have a Santa Claus one as he's inherited his mothers childish delight at Christmas and I've seen a nice snowman one for my other son John.  I know my daughter loves penguins but I really love this sleigh ride one so I'm afraid this is hers - unless I manage 4 of course - but I'm getting ahead of myself again.

I have a day off work tomorrow so to stich or to paint walls?  We'll see what tomorrow brings......