My first Christmas ornament finish for 2013!

I joined the 2013 Ornament SAL.  We stitch an ornament each month and post a picture on the last Wednesday of the month.  For my January ornament, I finished Noel, which I started last year.  This kept me busy when I was getting my oil changed and sitting at the DMV!  It's always good to have a small WIP that fits in your purse!  It is 2.5" square and came with its own handy frame!

Noel - FINISHED!

"Noel"
NeedleMagic, Inc.
Started 2/21/2012, Finished 1/29/2013

Here is my progress on Singing the Blues, my Monday SAL with Linda.  I stitched the letters G-N.

Singing the Blues update #3

November 10-12, per Random Number Generator!

I hope to finish some more of my Ultimate Crazy January Challenge starts before the end of the year.  The Random Number Generator chose these designs.  It's still fun to see the winning number pop up!

November 10 - #21 Pac-Man.  The only video games I ever played at the arcade were Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, very simple ones with only a joystick.  I couldn't handle anything more complicated than that!  Does anyone remember back in the day when you had to go somewhere and bring quarters to play pinball machines and video games?  This was hundreds of years ago before you could play video games in your own home!  I stitched more yellow and light blue outlining.  This is on 14 ct black Aida.  I'm making this one for me!

Pac-Man update #1

November 11 - #47 Leo.  This is a free chart from Stitch Alley.  I started this one in February and today I stitched more of the lion's head.  I'm making this one for my daughter, since her zodiac sign is Leo.  It is simple black on red 14 ct Aida.

Leo update #1

November 12 - #41 Noel.  I started this ornament in February but haven't touched it since.  Today I stitched the letters E and L.  I'm glad the Random Number Generator picked this one to stitch.  In fact, I'm happy whatever WIP is chosen!

Noel update #1

Days #50-#52

I am finally caught up on all my new starts for the Super-Duper Ultimate Crazy February Challenge!  Only 8 more days of February with 8 new starts to go!  Some of the charts still need to be printed, but I'm out of printer ink right now.  I think I will email them to myself and print them at my mom's house.

Day #50 is Noel, an ornament from NeedleMagic, Inc.  I bought a lot of ornament kits from Linda last year.  I love it when they come with the frame.  My Christmas tree will be covered with cross-stitched ornaments!

Day #51 is Ariel, a Disney ornament from Janlynn.  I bought a lot of these last year from Janlynn when they had a Disney clearance sale.  I want to stitch an ornament for everyone in the family.  This one will be for my niece.

Day #53 is Butterfly, an ornament from Designs for the Needle.  This one will be for my daughter for Christmas.  I'm looking forward to giving everyone a new ornament!

You can see all my planned starts for February on my SDUCFC page.  I actually listed 4 ornaments each for three of the days, so I'm planning to stitch 12 of these little ornaments with frames for everyone (and some for myself).  It feels great to have a head start on Christmas gifts already!