Grumpy Cat Cross Stitch

You'll notice I've been on a cross stitch kick lately...with Grumpy Cat! The one above, I made for a friend.

I saw this on vacation and knew I had to make it a cross stitch too! But this one is for ME.

It's so easy to make any picture a cross stitch. I just draw it free hand on the aida cloth and fill it in with 'x'es. Use a pencil in case you mess up- like I do..

The Pin up Edition

So here it is! I promised you a pin up and the time has come to make good on that promise.

I worked long and hard on this one!

There were lots of photos of me in different poses that I pulled from to create this special portrait.

Here is the sketch. I filled in the skin areas first.

The finished product in colored pencil.

Valentine's Day was excellent!

That swet man sent me flowers at work and handed me this delicious work of art later..the Chocolate box full of, you guessed it, chocolates!!

Then we went dancing!! Then, a couple of days later we went to the dance flurry in Saratoga Springs!! A full weekend of dance!

Happy girl!

Art work in progress, Marilyn Monroe additions

I've been working on this piece for 6 years off and on but I have recently done some more work on it that I want to share with you! This is part of my colored pencil tribute to Marilyn..

...in progress...

...and done!

..and this section I worked on a couple of months ago.

Someday it will be finished and hang on my mantel or somewhere she can be admired for the great beauty that she was.  I will post more as it comes along. Thanks for looking!