Custom Stuff – Like Anything

First off, hello, hello, hello! I know it’s been far too long and that you may very well have thought I died of some deadly disease (Ebola WAS going around) because I’ve been so silent for so long. Honestly, I just got really burned out. But now I feel like I’ve once again got something to say, so I am RISING LIKE A PHOENIX back into the blogosphere. Me:

Illustration credit – (I have no idea and DID tried to find out and will change this reference if that person contacts me and threatens to sue.)

I’m not going to post as much as I did. Well, I doubt. I just can’t come up with that many projects to make and searching around online for fun stuff EVERY DAY was starting to become a chore and that’s not why I started writing this blog. So, I took a break. A long one. But I’m starting to feel bloggy again. We’ve actually done a LOT of things around the old Queen AnnE apartment which I can’t wait to show you all. A lot of it has been on Instagram, but I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that not everyone follows me (probably because I don’t have many followers in general – you are missing out on some hilarious childhood pictures, my friend) which means I can safely share them here without everyone saying “Ugh – OLD NEWS, GRANDMA!”

ANYWAY…

For our anniversary this year, Ryan gave me a great present – and Etsy gift card. At first I was like “I’m going to buy something super fancy and wonderful and I will cherish it forever!!” But then I realized that a lot of the stuff I like on there is severely overpriced and I didn’t really want to “waste” my gift card. So that led me to buy a TON of little things (I actually still have a good portion of the gift certificate amount left). Things that have made me squeal with delight over and over again. One of which I’m going to show you now because I just got the proof and I was so excited that my first thought was “this level of awesome needs to blogged about.” But before I do, I just want to explain a bit about why I chose this particular item as some of you might find this “medium” of art to be…kinda old and dated and dumb. First of all – suck it. Second – you don’t know what you’re talking about. Third – you are about to change your mind. What am I talking about? Cross stitch. I know, I know. You’re thinking of old-timey houses and lots of crisscross alphabets. Well…you’re so wrong. Let me show you what I found and am currently working on.

Yes. That is a cross stitch pattern of The Royal Tenenbaums. A movie I love immensely. IMMENSELY. But then, upon further investigation of this Etsy Seller (weelittlestitches), I saw that not only do they do other awesome and hilarious TV and movie patterns, but also CUSTOM (hence the name of the post) patterns. Guys, I love custom things. Remember those custom pictures of Ralph and Ted that I had painted? I seriously can’t get enough. So…I bought a custom pattern, sent over some pictures and general information about us, and this is what she created:

GAHHHH!!! Ryan’s wearing a Space Invaders t-shirt! I’m wearing flip-flops! AND TED’S IN A BOX!!!!!!!!! I think my heart may explode with happiness. I can’t wait to actually stitch it!!

So that’s it for today. I’ve got some other projects I did over the hiatus to show you guys, including my sister-in-law’s wedding projects which turned out wonderfully. So…start getting used to seeing me around! (Watch, I’m gone for another several months…)