Made with glue, and a glove, and some pliers.

Today is the day to start a blog. 

Why today, you ask?

Mostly because it was tonight that I finally finished the embroidered header you see above these words. Haha, but seriously... What would a craft blog be without a hand-sewn header?

Not that this will be, absolutely, a craft blog. I do intend to let the creative juices flow in whatever way I see fit. For instance, I can give a mean photo tour of a space or an event. That will probably happen at least a time or two. Maybe a few musical suggestions. A recipe every now and again. Perhaps even a gardening post, once my green thumb-bearing mom teaches me the ropes and helps me get started on a tree-planting expedition on what I hope will one day be my own homestead. The possibilities are endless...

Anyhow. We'll start with cross-stitch.

I embarked on my journey into the world of needlework earlier this year, when a friend of mine got me excited about cross-stitch. I'm a lover of music, in particular of Erykah Badu, so I decided to start with some cross-stitched Baduizms. Wanna see?

Baduizm #1: Candace (the friend) helped me with this one. Hand drew the tree and wrote out the lyrics. One could say it was a complete collaboration. I've always loved this line...

Baduizm #2: Continuing the apple theme. I stole the apple design from one of my mom's old template books, which were extremely fun to play with in the beginning. The lettering came from the same book, and I just designed it by hand. There are still visible pencil marks that I'm working on figuring out how to clean up. 

I even made my newlywed best friend and her husband a little nerdy (and belated) wedding present:

My latest projects are going to be gifts, for the most part, so they will have to come later, once in the hands of their rightful owners. Let's just say there will be some Buffy, a little bit of Clueless, and maybe even some Robyn. Not to mention the use of some new techniques I've learned from this book:

Seriously though, this book is amazing for several reasons. First of all, it's cute as hell. Call me trite, but I love an instructive book with accessible language and adorable pictures. Also, it's simple, informative, and full of iron-ons and templates for future projects! I will most likely elaborate and demonstrate some of these things later on, so keep an eye out.

Ok, so that's enough, I believe, for my toe-dipping into the blogging world. Any suggestions/comments would be greatly appreciated!