Very Late Projects Roar to Life

I finally finished my sister's birthday present and will able to give it to her this weekend. WHOOT! (I told her not to look at my blog today. I wonder if she will be able to resist?) I bought these patterns at Subversive Cross Stitch and have been diligently working on them (and making some mistakes on them) for quite some time now. Recently, Ma and I went to Hobby Lobby to get the frames.

There are small groups of red squares in this one that match this red frame:

This frame kind of looks black, but it's actually blue:

And I got this really, really pretty, shiny frame for this message because it's probably the only one my sister will display in public. I will most likely never see the other ones again. But this one? I think it should go front and center on her work desk. I messed up and cut the material too close on the left and then couldn't find a small enough mat, so I cut some card stock I had with fancy scissors that make designs:

These are currently on display at Nerdtopia, which is hilarious because I'm pretty sure I've NEVER heard either of my parents drop an f-bomb. Because Little is also coming, Ma and I put small Post-It notes over the "driving words" to keep her tiny eyes from such inappropriate language. I considered sewing little asterisks instead of the "u" in each one, but then I decided they look MUCH better with the real deal. Fuck. There, I said it. We all know f*ck just isn't the same.

I also finished the little tiny house I've been working on. Lesson learned: Paint the detailing before you glue it on when it's this small:

There is 1:48 scale furniture you can buy for houses like this, but I think I'll leave it without furniture for now because I've spent plenty of money recently. I'm not sure what I will use this house for. I'll think about it:

Speaking of gifts, Ma found the Iowa Magical Corn at her house in a bag full of my craft stuff. WTF??? Wasn't I supposed to mail that out like 6 months ago??? I SUCK. I'm HORRIBLE at going to the post office. I have a whole stack of things to ship out. I'm giving myself two weeks to do it. Start your timers (and bets).

Now that these projects are out of the way, I can start working on the Cattery. The shell came in the mail, and it's MUCH larger than I thought it was going to be. AWESOME. Room for PLENTY of mini kitties and accessories. I think I'm going to paint the inside walls a pale, buttery yellow. I will paint them BEFORE I glue together the shell. Now I just have to find the right yellow. Yellow can be a real b*tch. I mean bitch.

Happy Friday everyone! Have a great weekend!