March Finishes and April Goals

March wasn't the stellar month that I had hoped for in the stitching arena, but I did manage to finish a few things.

My Stitching Finishes:

A Very Merry Spring - JBW Designs
Photobooth Snowmen - Bent Creek
Summer Fling - Heart In Hand

Books Read:

Murder of a Barbie and Ken - Denise Swanson
Starvation Lake - Bryan Gruley

I didn't accomplish many of my goals from last month, but I did a few. I did stitch something off my project list on the left hand side - Summer Fling and I finished the Bent Creek piece that I started in February. I also read 2 books during the month.

My April Goals:

Read 2 books
Stitch 1 project from the list on the left hand side of my blog
Stitch 2 other projects that are calling my name from my stash room

I currently don't have a current stitching project, so I need to figure out what I'm going to start next. Maybe I'll take a look at my project list, and pick one from those.

February Finishes & March Goals

My February finishes:

Little Women Series: Baking - Little House Needleworks
Seasonal Sampler Zipper - Bent Creek
A Chicky Easter - Lizzie Kate

WIP:

Photobooth Snowmen - Bent Creek

Books Read:

Murder of a Snake in the Grass - Denise Swanson

Goals for March:

Finish Photobooth Snowmen
Stitch two Christmas ornaments
Stitch one project from my list on the sidebar
Read two books

Looking over my goals for February, I did 3 of the 4. I stitched LHN's Baking, and stitched an older Bent Creek Zipper from my stash. I have all of the Zippers, from years ago, but haven't stitched very many of them. And, I did read the fourth book in the Scumble River series.

I haven't bought much of the new market releases, at least compared to previous years. But, of what I bought, I was able to stitch one of the kits, the Lizzie Kate project, the week after it arrived and have started Photobooth Snowmen. Usually, at least it seems like it, I buy a ton of new market releases and then only stitch a few of them - months later.

January Finishes...February Goals...

My stitching finishes for January:

Be Jolly/Be Blox - Lizzie Kate
Thanksgiving Sampler - Heart In Hand

Books read during January:

Thai Die - Monica Ferris
Plum Spooky - Janet Evanovich
Murder of a Small-Town Honey - Denise Swanson
Murder of a Sweet Old Lady - Denise Swanson
Murder of a Sleeping Beauty - Denise Swanson


My goals for February:

Stitch Little Women Series: Baking - Little House Needleworks
Stitch Be Merry/Be Blox - Lizzie Kate
Anything from my stitching stash
Continue reading the Scumble River mystery series by Denise Swanson

As my lists show, January was much more a reading month than it was stitching month. We've been getting such cold, snowy days that it makes me want to curl up on the couch with a cup of tea and a good cozy mystery.

Pictures of my finishes will be posted later this week, when I have a little more time than I do today.