My UFO and another WIP

Hi everyone :) 

I'm excited to show you two other projects that are in my current rotation.  When I'm not stitching on the Halloween Mystery Sampler "Spooked" by Lizzie Kate I'm usually working on my stocking.  

The stocking is called Stitcher's Studio out of the Cross Stitch & Country Crafts magazine.  I started it on 5/20/14 and stitch on and off as time allows. I really want to finish it for this Christmas but not sure I will be able to pull it off.  

Here's where I currently am at with it ~

Once I finish the mystery sampler I will be able to devote more time to it.  Maybe if I set goals for myself each month with where I want to be by month end then I will be able to give myself a little push!  So I guess a good goal would be to have everything finished that is at the toe under the floor stand by the end of August.  Let's see how we do with that shall we?

Here's a close up of some of the detail on the stocking ~

This stocking is so much fun to stitch and I've been enjoying working on it.

Next WIP or really my UFO because I don't even remember when I started this one.  It was before I got married over 16 years ago!  I picked it back up when my daughter was born a year later and ran out of thread because back then I was horrible stitcher and would carry threads across sections a lot and it's a Dimension kit called Lighthouse Pointe by Edie Hopkins.

About a year or two ago I found out that I could request replacement threads from Dimension so I did just that because I had the worst time trying to match it to a DMC color.  Which probably wouldn't have even noticed it.  But I did get the replacement threads and am every now and then working on it.  It is so close to being finished.  I am now just trying to back stitch and fill in any missing spots but I just have such a mental block about it and keep finding areas that need to have a stitch placed here or there.

This is where I'm at with it.  It is really a beautiful picture~

It's no secret that I will be very happy to have this one put behind me very soon!  I have so many other WIPs that need my attention plus I really want to start a new one.  I just ordered 4 new patterns from 123 Stitch and will show you those beauties when I get them :)

Well that is all today that I have to show you.  Have a nice evening!  

~ Barb